Dining, Cafe and a Flavour of Kylemore

The Kylemore Kitchen is a modern self-service café which maintains the tradition of good food and warm welcome which is an important aspect of Benedictine hospitality. We ensure only the highest quality, locally sourced produce is used in our café, ensuring that you get a true flavour of Kylemore.

From a quick coffee stop to a full hot meal our menu features something for everyone. Our hot buffet serves delicious lunches including, vegetarian dishes, a selection of quiches, pasta and fish and traditional favourites such as Irish stew. We are rightly renowned for our delicious homemade soups and award-winning scones and breads.

The salad counter offers an array of colourful and healthy salads which feature herbs and salad leaves from our Victorian Walled Garden. (In season) Choose from a wide selection of sandwiches including hot bistro style sandwiches on artisan breads and wraps.

Finally, our cake counter is where we really get to spoil you with our fresh baked daily scones, fruit crumbles, cream pastries, brownies, cheesecakes and sponges, and world renowned Kylemore Apple Pie!

Vegetarian, vegan and coeliac diets are catered for so please ask your server for more details.

Half price children’s portions and free baby bowls for toddlers aged 4 and under are available. Colouring sheets and a selection of story books are available in our small play area to keep your little ones happy.

Entrance ticket to the Kylemore Abbey estate is not required to dine at The Kylemore Kitchen Café.

Open Thursday to Monday 10am-4pm 

The Garden Tea House is located beside Kylemore Abbey’s 6 acre Victorian Walled Garden.

This is the go-to spot for sweet treats or a refreshing brew after your exploration of our woodland estate. This sunlit building is a delightful place to enjoy the best of home baking or a herbal tea made from herbs collected next door in the Walled Garden.

Children can colour and read story books while you relax and catch up on post card writing!

The views from the Tea House are spectacular with an uninterrupted panorama of the Connemara National Park and view across our Connemara Pony Paddock so you can watch the mares and foals frolicking in the Connemara countryside. Outside the Tea House there are picnic benches for adults and wild play area for your children's enjoyment.

Don't miss a visit to the Tea House as part of your special day out.

An entrance ticket to the Kylemore estate is required.