
The 2025 Irish Restaurant Award winners for county Tipperary
- Overall: Chez Hans, Cashel
- Café: Oh Sugar
- Casual Dining: The Cellar Bar at Bailey’s Hotel
- Chef: Stefan McEnteer of The Bishop’s Buttery at Cashel Palace Hotel
- Contemporary Irish Cuisine: Larkins Bar & Restaurant
- Customer Service: O’Neills Bistro
- Employee Excellence Award: Karli Fee of Central House Dining Room
- Gastro Pub: The Arch Bar
- Hotel and Guesthouse Restaurant: The Bishop’s Buttery at Cashel Palace Hotel
- Innovator: The Lazy Cow Coffee House
- Local Food Hero: Shannon Forrest & Declan Malone, Rivesci
- Newcomer: Sadler’s Restaurant
- Pub: The Thatch Pub Cloneen
- Restaurant Manager: Louise Matthiae of Chez Hans
- Sustainable Practices: Cloughjordan Ecovillage
- Use of Social Media: The Runnerbean Coffee Shop
- Wine Experience: The Bishop’s Buttery at Cashel Palace Hotel
- World Cuisine: Bodega 1830, Clonmel
Restaurant awards
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Tipperary offers a mix of historic landmarks and lush countryside, with the Rock of Cashel’s medieval fortress and cathedral providing a stunning hilltop vista. Cahir Castle, one of Ireland’s best-preserved castles, offers historical insights, while the Glen of Aherlow’s walking trails showcase scenic valleys. Other attractions include the historic town of Clonmel and its markets. Tipperary is Ireland’s sixth largest county by size (4,254 square km) and 12th largest by population (167,895). Population peaked at 435,553 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 122,812 in 1966. In terms of hospitality, Tipperary is Ireland’s 14th most visited tourist county with around 168,000 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