The Irish Restaurant Awards 2016 have returned! Below we reveal the shortlist of the top ten establishments in four of the awards industry categories including Best Cookery School, Best Digital Marketing, Best Seafood Experience and Best Private Dining & Club Restaurant.

Winners of the industry category shortlists will be announced at the All-Ireland Irish Restaurant Awards on Monday 16^th, May at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Dublin.

Best Cookery School – Kindly sponsored by Avonmore (Glanbia)

• Aniar Boutique Cookery School – Galway
• Ballyknocken House & Cookery School – Wicklow
• Ballymaloe Cookery School – Cork
• Belle Isle Cookery School – Fermanagh
• Cooks Academy – Dublin
• Dingle Cookery School – Kerry
• Dublin Cookery School – Dublin
• Dunbrody Cookery School – Wexford
• Neven Maguire Cookery School – Cavan
• The Tannery – Waterford

Best Digital Marketing – Kindly sponsored by Open Table

• Aniar – Galway
• Antoinette’s Bakery – Dublin
• Coqbull – Cork
• Electric – Cork
• La Perla Restaurant @ Lyrath Estate – Kilkenny
• Saba Restaurant – Dublin
• The Blind Pig – Dublin
• The Happy Pear – Wicklow
• The Ice House – Mayo
• Yamamori – Dublin

Best Private Dining & Club Restaurant – Kindly sponsored by Peroni (Richmond Marketing)

• Chapter One – Dublin
• Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club – Dublin
• L’Ecrivain Restaurant – Dublin
• Locks – Dublin
• Restaurant FortyOne – Dublin
• Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud – Dublin
• Royal Irish Yacht Club – Dublin
• Royal St. George YC – Dublin
• Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club – Dublin
• The River Room Restaurant at The K Club – Dublin

Best Seafood Experience – Kindly sponsored by Pallas Foods

• Catch 22 – Dublin
• Cavistons – Dublin
• Eithna’s By the Sea – Sligo
• Kealy’s Seafood Bar & Restaurant – Donegal
• Fishy Fishy Cafe – Cork
• Klaw – Dublin
• Matt The Thresher – Dublin
• O’Grady’s on the Pier – Galway
• Super Miss Sue – Dublin
• Vaughan’s Anchor Inn – Clare