County Roscommon businesses recognised at Irish Restaurant Awards

Food and hospitality businesses around the county were honoured at the recent Irish Restaurant Awards Regional Final 2026, where the very best in the sector across Connacht were celebrated.

The awards took place on Tuesday, March 31st at the Knockranny House Hotel, where the county winners from across the province were revealed.

The Old Stone House Restaurant in Ballinlough was named the county’s best restaurant and it also won the Best Wine Experience Award. The award for Pub of the Year for County Roscommon went to Coffey’s Bar, Lecarrow, while the Best Hotel & Guesthouse Restaurant went to Kilronan Castle. Roscommon Town's Rogue & Co Café was named the county’s Best Cafe.

Cortober’s My Kitchen By Sham Hanifa, Maki Sushi in the county town, and Regan’s Gastro Pub & Restaurant, also in Roscommon Town, scooped two awards each.

My Kitchen by Sham Hanifa was recognised in the best chef category with Sinead Toolan taking home the county prize. It was also the winner of the Best Sustainable Practices award.

Regan’s Gastro Pub & Restaurant won the title of the county’s Best Gastro Pub and the Best Contemporary Irish Cuisine award.

Maki Sushi won the Best Use of Social Media award on the night as well as the Best World Cuisine award.

Excellent visitor experiences at the Abbey Hotel ensured that it won the Best Customer Service Award. Teresa Donnellan, a recently retired employee of Hester’s Golden Eagle Bar & Restaurant, won the Employee Excellence Award.

Now in its 17th year, the Irish Restaurant Awards attracted over 150,000 public nominations, submitted via The Irish Times website. The All-Ireland winners will be revealed at the a gala event on Monday, 18 May at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin.

Here is a full list of our county's winners:

Best Restaurant - Sponsored by American Express

Roscommon: The Old Stone House 

Restaurant Best Chef - Sponsored by BWG Food Service 

Roscommon: Sinead Toolan, My Kitchen By Sham Hanifa 

Best Restaurant Manager - Sponsored by Paynt 

Roscommon: Navrish Audit, Keenan's Hotel Bar & Restaurant 

Best Hotel & Guesthouse Restaurant 

Roscommon: Kilronan Castle 

Employee Excellence – Sponsored by Peninsula 

Roscommon: Theresa Donlon, Hester’s Golden Eagle Bar & Restaurant 

Best Use Of Social Media 

Roscommon: Maki Sushi 

Best Casual Dining – Sponsored by Musgrave Marketplace 

Roscommon: The Purple Onion Kitchen

Best World Cuisine – Sponsored by National Chef de Partie Apprenticeship & National Sous Chef Apprenticeship Programmes 

Roscommon: Maki Sushi 

Best Gastro Pub – Sponsored by Hendersons Foodservice 

Roscommon: Regan’s Gastro Pub & Restaurant 

Best Contemporary Irish Cuisine – Sponsored by FBD Insurance 

Roscommon: Regan’s Gastro Pub & Restaurant 

Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Square 

Roscommon: Cox’s Bistro and Café 

Pub Of The Year 

Roscommon: Coffey’s 

Best Wine Experience – Sponsored by Bibendum 

Roscommon: The Old Stone House Restaurant 

Best Customer Service – Sponsored by Restaurant-Insurance.ie provided by Dolmen 

Roscommon: Abbey Hotel 

Best Cafe – Sponsored by Illy 

Roscommon: Rogue & Co Café 

Best Sustainable Practices 

Roscommon: My Kitchen By Sham Hanifa 

Innovator of the Year – Sponsored by Diageo 

Roscommon: Zunu Bakehouse 

Local Food Hero – Sponsored by Sugar Snap Agency 

Roscommon: Benny O’Connell, Benny’s Deli