The 2025 Irish Restaurant Award winners for county Carlow
- Overall: Clashganny House Restaurant
- Café: Goodly Barrow
- Casual Dining: Arboretum
- Chef: Henry Stone, Sha-Roe Bistro
- Contemporary Irish Cuisine: Cellar Restaurant at The Step House Hotel
- Customer Service: Teach Dolmain
- Employee Excellence Award: Kelly Mernagh, New Moon Tandoori Indian
- Gastro Pub: Teach Dolmain
- Hotel and Guesthouse Restaurant: The Cellar Restaurant at The Step House Hotel
- Innovator: Waterlilies Tullow
- Local Food Hero: Tracy Corcoran of The Green Lemon Cafe and Bakery
- Newcomer: Brasserie 15
- Pub: Corcorans Bar
- Restaurant Manager: Michal Kostra, Mimosa Bar de Tapas
- Sustainable Practices: Coppenagh House Farm
- Use of Social Media: Birdcage Cafe
- Wine Experience: Mimosa Bar de Tapas
- World Cuisine: Baht
Restaurant awards
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Carlow:
Introduction – Adventure – Anthem – Archaeology – Attractions – Awards – Birdwatching – Camping – Castles – Churches – Contact list – Cycling – Dining – Equestrian – Festivals – Fishing – Folklore – Gardens – Golf – Graveyards – Happening – Haunted – Highest – Hiking – History – Holy Wells – Hotels – Hotels8 – Instagrammable – Itineraries – Largest town – Luxury – MICE – Movies – Musicians – Name – New – Novelists – Off the beaten track – Poets – Pubs – Quotes – Random Facts – Restaurant Awards – Sacred Places – Saints – Spas – Sports – Sunsets– Sustainable – Things to do – Towns – Video – Villages – Walking – Wanderlist – Weddings – Wild swimming – Writers – 1837– 1846 – 1852 – 1909 – 1955 – 1980 –
Carlow combines historic landmarks with serene landscapes, with the Carlow Castle ruins and the nearby Altamont Gardens offering a mix of medieval and botanical appeal. The Barrow Way provides scenic riverside walks, while the Brownshill Dolmen, a prehistoric portal tomb, adds ancient history. Carlow is Ireland’s second smallest county by size (896 square km) and third smallest by population (61,968). Population peaked at 86,228 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 33,342 in 1961.In terms of hospitality, Carlow is Ireland’s 23rd most visited tourist county with around 68,000 international visitors per year.
2025 Irish Restaurant awards by county:
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
