“Brilliant to stay overnight. Great food!”
Well, that is the sort of encomium we are always happy to receive from friends who have been touring the country with their Bridgestone Guides, enjoying the collection of idiosyncratic and – let’s be honest – sometimes even eccentric, hoteliers and country house keepers and B&B masters whom we collate and select for this book each year. Since taking over the beautiful Glencairn Inn, a flower-decked old coaching inn of low ceilings, a bar, intimate rooms and a cosy dining room that looks like it has sprung fresh-born from the pages of Country Living, Stéphane and Fiona have been doing the good thing, cooking nice French-inflected food in the bistro, maintaining the character of the house thanks to expert hospitality, establishing yet another exceptional destination address in beautiful West Waterford. The Glencairn Inn has much of the dream archetype about it, which explains why our friends reported so vividly on their stay here, and enjoyed it so much. Quite lovely.
