Pumpkin Pies for sale on Thursday November 24... Thanksgiviong Day... at O'Connells in Donnybrook. 10" tart for €13.00 each. Please pre-order to make sure .....call on 01 2696125. Ask for Annette
Our last addition will be Macroom Oat flakes... we are waiting for the delivery!
A time-honoured recipe for Grandma O'Connells Sweet White Scones. A natural traditional Irish recipe for Sweet Scones as made in O'Connells Restaurant in Donnybrook, Dublin.
O'Connells in Donnybrook, Dublin - our principles are simple - the very best of Irish food, free-range, organic, wild where possible - cooked simply to enhance it's natural flavours.
Our Restaurant's recipe for Mary O'Regan's chicken in a charcoal fired oven.
Open from 9.30AM. The graduate eats free when accompanied by at least two adults.
Two course brunch from €12.50 | Two course Lunch from €14.50 | Two course Early Bird from €20.95
Special at Lunch and Dinner : Charcoal Oven Roasted Organic Pork & Free Range Chicken | Certified Hereford Prime Steaks and lots of great new Vegetarian choices.
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Dorrie has been working in O'Connells for years. We worked with her already in both previous locations in Ballsbridge. Dorrie is enchanting, very smiley and efficient and ... just a bit short! To help her reach higher places, we have what you see below as the Dorrie's Step.
The Dorrie Step also comes in very handy for Sunday Buffet Lunches when smaller children come to the buffet... and lets face it most of the time what they really want to see is the Dessert Buffet , not the salads one! Up they go and they choose! Check it out next time you come in for your Sunday Lunch...
You can now book through our website - www.oconnellsdonnybrook.com -
Go to the RESERVATION page and follow the instructions.
A confirmation reply will be sent to your email address within minutes!
We are delighted with this new system and hope you will be too!
Our Celebration Plate for your Leaving Cert Student...parents or guardians when you bring your student for dinner at OConnells.
A big thank you for the effort, help and support you have given all over the past weeks and years!!!
The offer is on until June 30th!
The six flowers baskets have been brought to the restaurant.
They are now hanging and swaying gently in the Donnybrook breeze!
We are quite delighted with the result.
Unfortunately, we had to re ove our lovely pink hydrangeas as they were beginning to wilt...
Some pictures have been taken. Will be loaded in the next few days.
Have a look if you are not passing by Morehampton Road.
Please have a look at our new Lunch Menu.
Our customers are very pleased of the extensive choice we now have on our menu.
Sandwiches made on order, cold or hot, salads as well as the Deal of the Day...
We also have Set Menu on offer.
Just check out our menu page
O'Connells in Donnybrook is participating in the Donnybrook Flair Event this week.
It takes place in Donnybrook, in the KT Art Centre, there's loads of activities and lots to see, a great weekend and discovery of all that is in Donnybrook!
Check out the Donnybrook Flair Facebook page for more info.
For all students who graduate this spring, summer or later, we have a great menu for lunch to offer you and your family...
(Dishes may vary slightly depending on availability)
(Pre-select four choices for each course to be printed on your personalised menus)
(Each guest's individual order will be taken at the table on being seated)
Nora Egan's Inch House Black Pudding Apple Compote | Mustard Sauce
Poached Pear, Candied Walnuts & Crozier Blue Salad
White Crab, Avocado & Citrus Salad Mixed Leaves
Honey & Soya Roast Duck Salad with Orange & Cashew Nuts
Bill Casey's Organic Smoked Salmon Lemon | Capers | Shallots
Smoked Haddock & Castletownbere landed Fish Cake
Mixed Leaves Salad & Lemon Mayonnaise
French Onion Soup | Gruyère Cheese Croûton
O'Connells Vegetarian Soup of The Day | Herb Cream or Parsley Pesto
Pan-fried Castletownbere Catch of The Day with the garnish of the day
O'Connells Irish Lamb Shepherd's Pie with a knob of Herb Butter
Italian Papardelle Pasta with Spinach, Roast Tomatoes, Pine Nuts & Alfredo Sauce
Char-Grilled Breast of Corn-fed Chicken with Wholegrain Mustard Sauce
Grilled Rib of Hereford Prime Irish Beef | Horseradish Cream & Pan-roasting Gravy
Pan-Roasted Fillet of Salmon | Cucumber Ragoût | Beurre Blanc
Wicklow Venison Two Ways - Braised & Grilled Red Cabbage | Juniper Berry Cream Sauce
FOR OUR YOUNGER GUESTS
Goujons of Corn-fed Irish Chicken with chips
Penne Pasta with Cheddar Cheese or Plain with Butter
Penne Pasta with Tomato Sauce & Cheddar Cheese
All dishes are served with vegetables & potatoes of the day
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Desserts
Warm Cullohill Apple Tart with Whipped Cream
Dark Belgian Chocolate Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream
Cream Meringue with Mixed Berry Compote & Whipped Cream
Baked O'Connells New York Style Lemon Cheesecake with Whipped Cream
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Caramel Sauce |
Lil O'Connell's Sherry Trifle with Folded Cream
FOR OUR YOUNGER GUESTS
Chocotof Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce & Chocolate Flakes
O'Coco Vanilla Ice Cream with Caramel Sauce & Crunchie Bits
Tea, Coffee. Fresh Mint Infusion
€25.75 per person / Child up to 10 years old €13.75
There is a service charge for all parties above 6 persons, this is distributed 100% to our staff
Graduation Lunch Menu
Spring | Summer 2011
Lunch Party Function Menu
(Dishes may vary slightly depending on availability)
Booking Procedure
Since 1999, O'Connells has made it our business to give you the customer what you want. Please let us know how you would like your function / party to be and we will invariably be able to do just that.
Reservations will be accepted by telephone, by email and in person. To secure/confirm your booking, we require a deposit please, of €100.00. This deposit is refundable if the cancellation is made within seven days of the deposit being paid.
We recommend pre-selecting wines. This makes the event more efficient on arrival and helps to keep your budget to the level you wish.
At O'Connells we provide a personalised menu for each party with the inscription of your choice and a logo if desired.
A typical inscription might read:
‘Lunch on the occasion of the Communion / Confirmation of Ruth/ Jack.
Parking - See the Location Map on our web site. There is ample on-street Parking in our immediate area particularly in the streets almost opposite O'Connells ... Victoria Avenue; Auburn Avenue; Brendan Road; Morehampton Road - along The Shopping Parade and beyond The Fire Station at The Entrance to The Crescent and Mount Eden Road.
Finally, may we remind you ‘nothing is set in stone', quite simply let us know what you wish to have. We will be delighted to respond.
FOR RESERVATIONS
PLEASE CONTACT O'CONNELLS
on 01-269 6116 (phone) Ask for Annette O'Connell
Email : info@oconnellsdonnybrook.com
Web : www.oconnellsdonnybrook.com
Coeliac Chef and author, Rosemary Kearney , has arrived in OConnells yesterday.
Rosemary is overseeing our practices as well as introducing new recipes.
She has made three absolutely delicious desserts ....
Chocolate, Orange & Hazelnut Tart | Normandy Pear Tart | Ginger Rhubarb Bread & Butter Pudding.
This Easter, we hope to see you.
So, one late afternoon, we tested our recipe for Hot Cross Buns and Barmbrack in the Donnybrook pastry oven...
We think the result is smashing and hope you agree!
Some customers tasted the end products and were delighted.
Just fingerlicking yummy with a little bit of butter and a good coffee or tea!
Just have a look a the 'before' and 'after' cooking!
The kitchen brigade slow-cooks the Sunday Roast Beef from late Saturday night.
We took some pictures last Sunday morning just as the roast was rested and ready to serve.
Have a look at these! Yummy!!!
(Here-below a glimpse of the Menu - The Menu may vary slightly)
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with Shrimps and Fresh Herbs
with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
Cos Lettuce & Spinach Salad with Avocado, Smoked Gubbeen Bacon, Croutons & Caesar Dressing
Buckwheat Pancakes with Bill Casey's Smoked Organic Irish Salmon Crème Fraiche and Crispy Capers
Tomato, Charcoal Roasted Pepper & Irish Goats Cheese Tart with Wild Wicklow Garlic Pesto
Rosemary Potato Gnocchi with Tomato Fondue and Freshly Grated Parmesan
Fish Cakes of Smoked Fish and Castletownbere landed Wild Fish with Parsley Butter
Donnybrook Coeliac Hors d'Oeuvre Plate
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with Shrimps and Fresh Herbs | Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
Tomato, Charcoal Roasted Pepper & Irish Goats Cheese Tart with Wild Wicklow Garlic Pesto
Rosemary Potato Gnocchi with Tomato Fondue and Freshly Grated Parmesan
Cork Coeliac Hors d'Oeuvre Plate
Buckwheat Pancakes with Bill Casey's Shanagarry Smoked Organic Irish Salmon Crème Fraiche and Crispy Capers
Fish Cakes of Smoked Fish and Castletownbere landed Wild Fish with Parsley Butter
Cos Lettuce & Spinach Salad with Avocado, Smoked Gubbeen Bacon, Croutons & Caesar Dressing
French Onion Soup with Gruyère Cheese Croûton
Organic Irish Chicken, Mushroom & Tarragon Pie with a Savoury Pastry Top
Charcoal Grill Roasted Peppered Sirloin of Certified Hereford Prime Irish Beef
served thinly sliced with Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish Sauce
Breaded Weiner Schnitzel of Free-Range Irish Pork with Mushrooms à la Crème
Fisherman's Basket of Fresh Castletownbere landed Fish in a light Beer Batter with Home-made Chips
Caledonian Char-Coal Oven Roasted Free-Range Chicken (Butter-Fly Roasted)
(Carved from The Trolley at your Table)
Thyme Leaf Bread Stuffing | Grandma O'Connell's Bread Sauce with Marjoram | Cranberry sauce
(all gluten-free ) your choice of two pots per person
Tiramisu | Lil O'Connell's Sherry Trifle | Warm Pear & Almond Pudding |Warm Chocolate Pudding
Sticky Toffee Pudding | O'Connells Berry Compote Meringue Roulade | Mango Sorbet
Vanilla Ice Cream | Chocolate Ice Cream | Strawberry Ice Cream
An ideal Private Lunch for Schools friends and their families -
Take the entire room privately for two three families or for One Big Family
Adults €22.50 | Children €1.25 per year of age (up to 12 years)
A Communion day off for Mum and everyone
... no pressure at home, no mountain of dishes, no weeks of Spring Cleaning !
ask us for a Menu or see www.oconnellsdonnybrook.com
Personalised Menus with the Child's Name
and a Chocolate inscribed Desserts Plate for The Communion Boy of Girl.
Communion Boy or Girl - complimentary Lunch
Call us on 01 269 6116 or email on info@oconnellsdonnybrook.com
On March 17, we had a great Rugby Lunch organised in the Belmont Room.
Clongowes and Roscrea Colleges were battling it out in Donnybrook and there was great atmosphere everywhere.
We had lunch served to the tables and we have taken a few pictures to show you what it was like....
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The Belmont Room, our private room uspstairs is ready!
Rory O'Connell came last Thursday to add on the final touches ... and what touches they are!
Some lovely and quite unexpected piece of furniture, lamps all around the room and even a dresser!
He has also used an old door cut in two... I just do not know how to explain it but the next time you come to see us,
come and see the room and you can find out for yourself!
Pictures soon to be added !
Late last year, we started planting tulip and daffodill bulbs to use in O'Connells for the spring.
We are quite proud to show you our corner of the garden with all the leaves coming out!
It makes up for the hard work in the cold last year!
..and hopefully, we will all enjoy the colours in the restaurant very soon!
Check out our leaves!
Pictures of the Belmont Room below and of the restaurant!!
We were honoured to welcome Nora Egan energetic 90+ Mum - the owner of her Black Pudding Recipe! A member of the staff rushed in to tell the Chef 'Mrs Black Pudding' is in the restaurant'. 'Mrs Black Pudding' insisted on ordering the Black Pudding as on the menu with Bramley Apple Compote, Grainy Mustard Sauce and O'Connells Crispy Potatoes. After much care and attention in the kitchen the dish was finally served. Mrs BP pronounced - Perfect! Relief all round. A great Mother and Daughter duo of real Irish Food Producers.
Mike Hanrahan of Austmarine in Brisbane, Australia has sent us this reassuring photo. We were straight on to Terry Butterly in Annagassan, Co Louth to remind him to plan for our Native Irish Lobster and Oyster requirements. We also have to figure out how to get a 'truck load' of sea water from the coast to Donnybrook.
The well-known traveller's guide Fodors reviewed our Restaurant while we were located in Ballsbridge. We like to think it's still true of our new Restaurant in Donnybrook!
Here's an excerpt from the review:
Add to this a focus on fresh Irish produce and you have the makings of a feast that is deliriously, quintessentially Irish.
Christmas Season – Christmas Lunch
Friday 26th November to Christmas Eve, Friday 24th December 2010
Seatings 12 noon to 3.30pm
(MENU SUBJECT TO CHANGES BASED ON AVAILABILITY)
O’Connells Oven Baked French Onion Soup
Gruyére Cheese Croutons
Spiced Pumpkin Soup with Confit Rabbit & Créme Fraiche
Gravadlax of Organic Clare Island Salmon
Potato Salad, Honey & Mustard Dressing
Crozier Blue Cheese Salad
Toasted Walnuts, Chilli, Pear & Chardonnay Dressing
Foie Gras & Chicken Liver Parfait with Fig Jam & Toasted Brioche
Breast of Wood Pigeon with Bayonne Ham, Green beans, Apple & Artichoke Salad
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Roast Breast of Turkey & Honey Baked Ham
Herbed Bread Sauce, Pan-Roasting Gravy & Cranberry Sauce, Traditional Bread Stuffing
Roast Rib Eye of Hereford Prime Irish Beef Caramelised Onions, Field Mushrooms, Béarnaise Sauce
Slow Braised Shoulder of Connemara Hill Lamb with Champ, Roast Vegetables & Rosemary Jus
Roast Breast of Pheasant Chestnut & Bacon Stuffing, Root Vegetables and Juices
Pan-fried Fillet of Cod Crushed Potatoes, Spinach & Braised Squid
Roast Monkfish with Wild Mushrooms, Provençale of Winter Vegetables & Chorizo
Butternut Squash Risotto | Parmigiano Reggiano
Vegetable Sauté with Brussels Sprouts
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Kylemore Abbey Connemara Christmas Plum Pudding | Mrs Hanrahan’s Port Wine Sauce
Scandinavian Iced Berries | Hot White Chocolate Sauce
Warm Chocolate Brownie | Vanilla Ice Cream
Dark Cherry Créme Brulée | Christmas Biscuit
Lil O’Connell’s Traditional Sherry Trifle | Chantilly Cream
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Menu at €28.50 inclusive of Tea & Coffee
and if required Personalised Printed Menus | Christmas Cracker per person
(There is an additional 10% Service Charge for all parties of six persons and above)
O’Connells Restaurant 1999 – 2010
... The one and only, the original O’Connells Restaurant – where the food is the difference ...
133/135 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. (01) 66 55 940 Tom O’Connell (087) 922 9333
Coeliacs
All dishes on this menu are either Gluten Free or may be prepared Gluten Free. Please ask for The Restaurant Manager to personally take your order.
We are proud of our long years of catering to our Coeliac clientele. The Gluten free dishes are prepared in our kitchens where Gluten is also used.
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August 28th., 2010 - We were delighted to read the following advice from a contributor to The Irish Coeliac Society's Blog ...
If you're planning your travel itinerary the GF Fish & Chips in Mespil Row, Dublin 2 only take place on Saturday and Sundays. They are really lovely!
If O'Connell's restaurant is open in its' new premises by then in Donnybrook, Dublin, they are excellent: http://www.oconnellsdonnybrook.com/ . Roly's Bistro in Ballsbridge is also supposed to be good for GF food: www.rolysbistro.ie and is beside the American Embassy too!
I've heard the Bay Tree Restaurant in Kildare are good for GF, haven't yet been: http://www.thebaytree.ie/
We were delighted to be Reviewed by The Sunday Post. The Review seemed to point out what we are most proud of... We are humbled by the description of O'Connells and will continue to strive to be ourselves adn better ourselves each day.
Our Seniors have been the back-bone of our country and are our marvellous Parents, Uncles, Aunts, Teachers, Mentors, Neighbours, Friends and Public Servants - we salute them and invite them to join us at Great Value until the end of The Chilly Season.
January to May 31st., 2010
Each Monday to Thursday - Be seated before 12.30pm - Select from the multi-choice menu of the day
One course €7.50; Two Courses €9.50; Three Courses €11.50
All prices include a Pot of Tea or Coffee.
An O'Connells Senior will have been born 50 Years before O'Connells Restaurant
O'Connells opened in Ballsbridge on August 2nd., 1999
Even Restaurateurs need a break.
To-day after a very busy December we have happily turned the key in the lock for our Annual Christmas Break.
We re-open on Sunday next, December 27th for our usual marvellous Sunday Lunch. In the meantime we will happily take your calls on (087) 922 9333.
We have been humbled by the amazing business throughout December. Thank you and a Merry Christmas to one and all.
Tom O'Connell, The Chefs, Service and Back of House Team at O'Connells
Two very special Christmas Sunday Lunches to bring on the Christmas cheer - A complimentary glass of Tom's Mulled Wine on arrival!
We had a special party a few days days and Tom had to find wild garlic for the soup...
all the way to the Wicklow mountains he went and yes... he found it... look !!!
You may have seen the picture of Tom picking up wild garlic in Wicklow!
We keep very quiet about the area.... the kitchen have been preparing wild garlic pesto andf it is delicious...
Lovely very garlicky fragant leaves... great in a salad too...
Hi Tom,
I just wanted to let you know how delighted we were with the way things went on Friday night. Everyone had a wonderful time and the food was effusively complimented by all. The room looked magnificent and Eamon Monaghan on the piano really added to a wonderful atmosphere. I must particularly compliment you and your team for taking everything, from last minute cancellations by several of our party to the presence of a table of younger diners, in your stride. We were very well looked after in a charming and good humoured fashion by the whole team and things could not have been better.
Mum was thrilled and that is largely down to you all.
Many thanks once again,
Eleanor
Christmas is coming. We are having great fun here tasting our Sherry Trifle. Ah the memories! It is quite amazing how food smells and flavours can transport us to our childhood. On Sunday, I walked Cullohill 'Mountain' in my native village in Co Laois, collected Blackberries and Hazelnuts. Then back to my Brothers House for 'Cullohill Apple Tart' ... available each day of the year here in O'Connells in Ballsbridge. Email us for the recipe! Click on 'Occasions' on this site for our Christmas Menus.
“Just Ask!” is a public awareness campaign that aims to encourage consumers when eating out to look for information on where the food (particularly meat) on their plate comes from, and encourages chefs to provide this information on their menus. The programme supports both large and smaller artisan suppliers, encouraging both Irish diners and visitors from abroad to support restaurants that are in turn supporting their suppliers.
O'Connells Ballsbridge is October, 2009's Just Ask Restaurant of the Month.
