Berehaven Lodge

Beara Peninsula


The restaurant at this complex of self-catering cottages, 6km east of Castletownbere, is open to all. The dining room has an outdoor terrace overlooking the sea where the South African chef does wonderful things with a barbecue on Fridays in summer. Otherwise, the menu serves up favourite dishes from Ireland and around the world (fish and chips, steaks, French onion soup, crab claws etc).


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