Roadside Tavern

Top choice in The Burren

The Roadside offers pure Clare craic. Third-generation owner Peter Curtin proudly presides over trad sessions, which play nightly in summer and on Friday and Saturday evenings in winter. Peter also kick-started the in-house Burren Brewery, which makes superb gold lagers, red ales and stout that's best sampled along with the tavern's award-winning food.

Fish from the nearby Burren Smokehouse is incorporated in dishes, which are served between March and October (mains from €13; noon to 4pm and 6pm to 9pm Monday to Friday, noon to 9pm Saturday and Sunday).

Contact

Address

Kincora Rd

Get In Touch

065-707 4084

https://www.roadsidetavern.ie/

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