The Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, a popular fixture at Downtown Disney Orlando, won the title of “Best Restaurant” in this year's Orlando magazine Dining Awards- online readers’ poll. The announcement will be in the May issue of the award-winning Central Florida lifestyle journal (already on sale!)
The Irish Pub also got first-place honors in the restaurant competition of “Best Live Music and Entertainment” and “Best Place to Take Company.” They also received second place in the “Best Place to Take Kids” and third-place for “Best Beer Selection” categories.
According to the article:
“Charismatic Chef Kevin Dundon, Ireland’s answer to Emeril Lagasse, takes time from his TV and book tour schedule to visit Orlando several times a year for high-energy, special event dinners, but his influence on the Raglan Road menu can be seen -- and tasted -- every day,” writes Orlando magazine dining critic Joseph Hayes. “The restaurant, a series of faithfully restored bars and furnishings from ancient Old Country pubs, has the feel of a genuinely family-run restaurant (which it is). It gives Dundon a place to use traditional recipes and farm-fresh ingredients as a leaping point for new, satisfying and occasionally surprising ideas such as a killer twist on smoked haddock & Dubliner cheese dip or a wine-infused broth and seafood he calls ‘It’s not bleedin’ Chowder!’ The combination of New Irish cuisine, a pint of ale and a wink from a high-stepping Irish lass is hard to beat.”
The Irish Pub also got first-place honors in the restaurant competition of “Best Live Music and Entertainment” and “Best Place to Take Company.” They also received second place in the “Best Place to Take Kids” and third-place for “Best Beer Selection” categories.
According to the article:
“Charismatic Chef Kevin Dundon, Ireland’s answer to Emeril Lagasse, takes time from his TV and book tour schedule to visit Orlando several times a year for high-energy, special event dinners, but his influence on the Raglan Road menu can be seen -- and tasted -- every day,” writes Orlando magazine dining critic Joseph Hayes. “The restaurant, a series of faithfully restored bars and furnishings from ancient Old Country pubs, has the feel of a genuinely family-run restaurant (which it is). It gives Dundon a place to use traditional recipes and farm-fresh ingredients as a leaping point for new, satisfying and occasionally surprising ideas such as a killer twist on smoked haddock & Dubliner cheese dip or a wine-infused broth and seafood he calls ‘It’s not bleedin’ Chowder!’ The combination of New Irish cuisine, a pint of ale and a wink from a high-stepping Irish lass is hard to beat.”