“Le Presbytere – best French cooking, by an Irish chef”
Reviewed July 30, 2012 NEW
This was our first experience of Le Presbytere and the hospitality offered by Síle and Martin Dwyer but we hope it won’t be our last. From the instant we arrived everything was done to make our stay a delight. Going canoeing? Síle proffered towels and river shoes. To the beach? Martin produced a beach umbrella. But it is the food, cooked enthusiastically by Martin that completes the experience. Dinner each evening consisted of great food and interesting conversation – while we were there we met guests from Ireland, the UK, Spain, Germany, Holland and France. On our last evening there we had dinner that started with prawns cooked in butter with sorrel grown in their own garden, chicken with lemon and thyme and dessert of caramelized puff pastry with nectarines cooked in brandy and walnut and toffee ice cream. Dinner is served on the terrace overlooking the garden and with lovely views of the evening sky. There is even a nightingale singing from the tree in the garden. And our bedroom was very comfortable with great attention to detail, including proper bedside reading lamps. This is indeed a very special place.