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About The Restaurant

As you enter the pretty village of Kilmore in Co. Wexford, you can't miss the suberb Mary Barry’s Seafood Bar & Restaurant bedecked in beautiful colourful flowers. It was hopping, when we went in, with a mixture of locals enjoying their usual favourites, plus ladies in best dresses and men looking uncomfortable in the once-a-year suit for whatever event was occuring.

We got a comfortable table in front of the bar and surveyed both a page of ‘Nicky’s Specials” and another full range of starters, which can also be had as mains, plus seafood, chicken, meat, vegan, vegetarian, stir fry’s & curry dishes. “Are these all available at lunchtime?” I asked, mesmerised, only to be assured that indeed they were. “Nicky likes to give a good selection.”

Local seafood is of course the specialty here and that was what we were intent on during our visit to the Sunny South East. Dishes included Tuskar crab cocktail or ‘Retro’ prawn cocktail. There were chorizo panfried prawns; panfried Kilmore Quay scallops with black pudding & apple sauce; Kilmore Quay fresh scampi with chips; goujons of monkfish or if you want an Asian or Italian influence there was Thai yellow prawn & monkfish curry, and crab and prawn linguini, as well as seafood platters or half-lobster half crab salad.

Rena had a special of the day, Duncannon smoked haddock & prawn gratin, which was excellent value and very tasty with plenty of fish served in a pretty blue bowl with a breadroll. I had the Tuskar crab cocktail in the main course size and it was a whopper, sporting a sizeable amount of delicious fresh crabmeat, plus two huge crab claws, potato salad – I love potato salad – a hard boiled egg, one half topped with a blob of Marie Rose sauce, a variety of greenery, cherry tomatoes, red onions, julienned carrot, micro herbs, lemon sections and a big dish of fresh crispy fries. 

They have a great selection of desserts at Mary Barry's also, with everything from proftiteroles to Peach Melba to a good old fashioned Knickerbocker glory. There's warm apple pie, homemade sticky toffee pudding plus a range of vegan desserts to choose from as well.

The takeaway offering at Marry Barry's is excellent also with a sizeable menu of tasty delights from which to choose.

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