Food and Drink
Strawberry Tree
Ireland's only certified organic restaurant, and winner of Food & Wine Magazine's Best Leinster restaurant, The Strawberry Tree, serves only wild and organic foods sourced from local artisan food suppliers.
The innovative cuisine is matched by the dramatic surroundings. Our walk in wine cellar carries a diverse and delectable selection of wines and cheese's.
Opening Times:
November 01st - March 31st - Open for Dinner Thursday to Sunday nights Only, from 7pm
April 01st - May 30th - Open for Dinner Wednesday to Sunday nights Only, from 7pm.
Easter Week - Open for Dinner Sunday April 04th, Tuesday April 06th and Thursday to Sunday from 7pm.
June 01st - October 30th and Christmas period - Open for dinner every night from 7pm.
La Taverna Armento is open every night.
The Big Table Experience
The Big Table provides a unique opportunity for The Strawberry Tree Kitchen to prepare Foods and a Menu that simply cannot be served in a normal restaurant setting, presented on a single table that can stretch from 8 to 40 people.
Commencing with a simple pre-starter, all the food then arrives together to The Big Table in the style of a Feast and is presented on platters in the centre of the table for guest to pick and choose, and to mix and match the foods 'til their hearts content!! Guests are encouraged to help serve the person on both sides of them, helping to add to the conviviality and atmosphere of the table.
After enjoying a selection plate of desserts guests can help themselves to some wonderful Organic Cheeses, which are kept at perfect temperature in the old wine cellar.
Even the menu is presented in a different style in that rather than the recipe been highlighted, it is the supplier, farmer or artisan producer that is named and written about.
What organically certified means in layman's terms:
Yes To: Natural ingredients, healthy soil, genetic diversity, natural landscape and habitats.
No To: Harmful Pesticides, Herbicides, GMO's, Irradiation, Fumigation, Synthetic Additives and Artificial Chemical Fertilizers.
What organically certified means in legal terms:
The word 'Organic' has legal connotations when applied to Enterprises that are managed and products produced in compliance with (EEC) Regulation 1804/99 as amended and in accordance with the Standards for Organic Food & Farming in Ireland (September 2002 Edition). The Dept. of Agriculture together with The Organic Trust has the authority to issue such certificates.
What organically certified means to The Strawberry Tree:
Quite simply, it puts the restaurant into a league of it's own. Not one other restaurant in Ireland is certified, with maybe only a dozen or so on mainland Europe.
What organically certified means to our customers:
Well, what's on the menu for them? Or more to the point, what is not on the menu!
Irish and E.U. law does not allow conventional foods in the kitchen of The Strawberry Tree. So they can be sure that the ingredients supplied to us by our Organic Producers, contain none of the nasties listed above.
The framed Organic Licenses at the Strawberry Tree entrance are a comfort to our customers in a time when everyone is concerned about Chemicals, Pesticides and Genetically Modified foods. They are a legal assurance that their meal will be as nature intended - fresh and without any of the hidden additives of conventional foods.
