Places to Eat

Reynards Restaurant offers the finest of contemporary dining in a very cosmopolitan style with award-winning cuisine and a superior wine list. Popular with guests and visitors who return time and time again, Our Head Chef Des Nugent set standards with mouth watering dishes from the best of local, in-season ingredients. With an ever- changing a la carte menu and special Friday night steak menu, dining in the airy, elegantly designed Reynards Restaurant is sheer perfection from aperitif to the last petit four.

Chapter 1 is dedicated to offering the very best in service, so you can place your order over the phone so that it is ready when you arrive for lunch. Alternatively, you can ask for a table to be reserved for you, or you can take advantage of its very popular take-out service.

Norbert Neylon trained and worked at Dromoland Castle in County Clare for three years. He then moved to Dublin to work with Kevin Thornton of the famed Thorntons Restaurant. Kevin Thornton quickly recognised Norbert's skills and promoted him to Sous Chef of his prestigious restaurant. Continuing his career Norbert was voted the Baileys Eurotoque Young Chef of the year in 1997. Norbert decided to leave Dublin and took-up the position as Head Chef at the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare County Limerick where he stayed for two years before moving to London. In June 2001 Norbert moved to Cavan and opened the Oak Room Restaurant in the Cavan Crystal Heritage centre. Here he ran a very successful restaurant until it was destroyed by fire in November 2003. In March 2006 The Oak Room Restaurant located in Cavan Town was launched.

We pride ourselves on the superb cuisine and the relaxed atmosphere of the Pike restaurant suite, with many and varied courses. This restaurant provides a wine list, menus to suit vegetarians and those with special dietary requirements.

MacNean House & Restaurant, Blacklion, Co. Cavan was originally opened as MacNean’s Bistro in 1989 by Neven’s parents, Joe and Vera Maguire. The Bistro was named after the spectacular MacNean Lakes nearby. A true family concern, Joe and Vera involved all 9 of their children in cooking and working at the restaurant. Neven Maguire took over the restaurant in 2003. He re-opened MacNean’s Bistro as MacNean House & Restaurant in 2007, doubling its seating capacity, developing 10 luxurious guest-rooms and offering extended menu’s of his award-winning dishes and a large selection of wines from all over the world.