Lime Tree Restaurant 3A Shelbourne Street, Kenmare, County Kerry V93 A462

"Everything about this restaurant was gorgeous - from the cozy, fire lit atmosphere in the old schoolhouse to the warm welcome from our server Lisa. Our group of eight chose the prix fix menu and enjoyed a variety of gorgeous dishes prepared by chef - sweet, seared scallops, and flavour packed duck croquettes; followed by the hake, steak and lamb two ways, each one of us finished their meal with a smile on their faces. Big thanks to Lisa for accommodating our post wedding group’s reservation day of, and thanks to you and chef for the lovely hospitality!"

"We visited recently and I couldn’t say I’d recommend the restaurant. Although the food is tasty and the service was friendly, the price for a two course meal, at €47.50, was simply too much. I opted for a main and dessert. I had a lovely piece of hake which was very tasty, with average sides and a dessert of crepes. Add in my portion of the wine, the meal was close to €70. It really wasn’t good value."

"This was an unfortunate experience for us. While travelling to Black Valley for an overnight stay, we made a pit stop in Kenmare. The name and the reviews for the place were tempting so we went in with great expectations. The staff was nice enough to find us a place in their upstairs dinning area even though the place was close to full. And they were okay with us ordering ala carte from their set-menu. that is where the nice part of the story ends. We got a seafood chowder, which was pretty average - so not fitting the mage of the place. The dish that killed the mood was the chicken wings. It was supposed to be sweet and spicy but the sauce was just sickly sweet. When we asked if we get some chili sauce, the staff said yes, then took about 20 minutes and brought out more of the same sickly sweet stuff. I can understand if chicken wings are not too spicy to cater to local palettes but who is this sickly sweet goo serving? This was quite unexpected, especially when staff repeated it a second time after making us wait."

"My fiancé and myself went for dinner about 3 weeks ago looking for something special to celebrate her birthday and unfortunately it didn't meet the expectations. I thought for the price, the presentation of the plates and the good reviews from the other customers I was picking the best restaurant in Kenmare but don't think I was right. The service was very friendly and the place is lovely but the food was very average and not well cooked. For a menu of 2 plates for 47,5€, you would expect much more. We ordered a prawn cocktail which was extremely plain and smoked salmon which was also nothing outstanding. As a main course we ordered two hakes, presentation was great, but one of them was overcooked and killed all the flavour. At that stage we decided to go somewhere to take the dessert as weren't happy at all."

"The group had early supper here on a banking holiday. The upstairs room was mildly claustrophobic. The wait staff was patient and efficient. The vegetarian selections were limited and tilted to vegan"