My Wife and I celebrated our 1st Wedding Anniversary with dinner in Legends Restaurant on Saturday night. The Restaurant was very busy, with a hen party of 40 woman, a few families and many couples, there was a buzz around the place which was very pleasant.
Some people often think that the food and service on a busy night in a Restaurant can vary and be inconsistent but I can honestly say I was very impressed with both. I worked in the Hotel industry for years and know how difficult it is to please everyone, but the staff in the Restaurant seemed to take it in there stride.
Looking around the dining room, which has a lovely feel to it, the diners appeared happy and the food was coming out without delay, serving a party of 40 is not easy, but there was little fuss around the place and none of the other diners were left waiting or unattended.
The choice of menu was extensive, the set Dinner Menu had a choice of 6 starters and 6 main courses as well as a variety of delicious desserts, which I found impressive and very reasonably priced.
We decided to choose fro the A La Carte Menu. The starters came out exactly how they were described on the menu, and you weren't left guessing as to what was on the plate. I had the blue cheese and black pudding with red onion marmalade which was divine. My wife had the prawn and crab meat dumplings which i had a sneak taste off and they were equally as good. We were washing these down with a bottle of Champagne.
Next to the main course. I decided to go for the fillet steak which i rarely eat on a night out, mainly because as a chef I'm hard to please when it comes to cooking a steak properly. Well have no worries ordering a Steak here, it was cooked to perfection (med), cooked evenly and hot throughout and it was as tender as eating jelly, delicious. My wife had the Lamb Cutlets again cooked medium, there were 4 of them on the plate, and all were cooked perfect. The main courses were accompanied by fresh cooked vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and green beans) and garlic gratin potatoes which were lovely and creamy. The main courses were washed down with a bottle of red wine, Badet & Claret which complemented the meal beautifully.
Well onto Dessert, yeah we made room, it would have been ashame not to a least try them, we made it easy for the pastry chef and ordered 2 Eton Mess, which were served in a cocktail glass and very very nice.
To finish, this was one of the best meals I have eaten in years, it was flawless. Complements to the Hotel on a wonderful Restaurant, a real GEM which might no be on the radar for many visitors to Ennis, but don't let this one pass you by, you wont be disappointed.

We had to come to Calre to see family and friends and needed a place to stay that was both conveinent to get around and a place we could relax in after our busy days.