Aimsir, Fine dining restaurant in Lyons Demesne, Celbridge, Ireland
Aimsir is a fine dining restaurant set inside the Cliff at Lyons boutique hotel in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. It offers tasting menus built around ingredients from Irish producers and from the hotel's own working farm on the grounds.
The restaurant was opened by Jordan Bailey, who had previously led the kitchen at Maaemo in Oslo, together with his wife Majken Bech-Bailey. It received a Michelin star in 2020, which brought it wider attention beyond Ireland.
The name Aimsir means "weather" in Irish, which gives a sense of how the menu follows what each season produces on Irish soil. The dishes change throughout the year as the farm on the property and local growers shift what they can offer.
The restaurant is open only from Wednesday through Saturday, so booking well in advance is a good idea since seats fill up quickly. The tasting menu runs for several hours, so arriving without rushing is the best approach.
The kitchen works with ingredients that many people would not expect on a tasting menu, such as fermented black garlic, beef tripe, smoked eel, and kelp gathered along the Irish coast. This shows how the cooking draws from the full range of what Ireland's land and sea can produce, not just the familiar parts.
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