At the time I was the restaurant critic for Irish Tatler, and I had heard that the chef manning the stove was worth checking out. Jary worked for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges Hotel in London, and Kennan spent five years as a manager in Ballyfin. Upstairs, it is considerably livelier, but regardless of where you are sitting, it just feels like the perfect place to be for lunch on a Saturday. Rúibín is the place you wish you’d booked before you headed to Galway – if you don’t already live in Galway, that is. And as an outsider, you immediately feel like you’ve found the best place in town and not just landed in a touristy joint.

Source: The Irish Times June 24, 2022 19:25 UTC