Woodruff in the Media
Good Food Ireland restaurant of the year 2023
Woodruff wins the Good Food Ireland® Restaurant of the Year 2023. “A strong emphasis on seasonal Irish ingredients, whereby the Chef’s creativity consistently demonstrates an aptitude for bringing out the integrity of the ingredients and successfully marrying those flavours as a complete dish. Warmth of hospitality, exceptional service, to
Woodruff comes 8th place in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants in Ireland list
“The simplicity of the setting in little Stepaside only adds to the impact of Simon Williams extraordinary forage-led cooking in Woodruff.” Sally & John McKenna Excerpt from Sally & John McKenna We wrote the first edition of 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland exactly 30 years ago, in 1992, when the country’s culinary culture was
Woodruff Restaurant listed in the Michellin Guide
We are pleased to announce our listing in the Michelin Guide, you can click on the buttn below to view our Michelin Guide Restaurant Page. “This appealing neighbourhood bistro offers a weekly changing menu of well-crafted, fairly priced dishes, which are packed with local produce – including plenty of foraged ingredients. Along with the del
Irish Times: Exemplary dining at the foot of the Dublin mountains
Corinna Hardgrave – Irish Times “Dining in Woodruff is an absolute pleasure and it encapsulates all of the qualities that we are looking to highlight in Food Month at The Irish Times, which runs throughout November. Together, the chef Simon Williams and Maguire in front of house, effortlessly combine everything that makes for a great [&
Independent Review: Woodruff really steps up to the plate
Katy McGuinness – Independent.ie “Woodruff in Stepaside serves up excellent artisan and seasonal Irish produce with an international flavour” It’s Saturday night. I wish I were heading out to a restaurant for the evening, putting on something other than the jumper-and-woolly-socks-with-Birkenstocks combo that is my unchanging wa
Irish Examiner: Woodruff is a restaurant everyone in Ireland needs to know about
Leslie Williams – Irish Examiner It’s hard to keep up. I’d heard Woodruff in Stepaside was good and that chef Simon Williams and manager Colm Maguire had ambitions, but I had clearly not been paying enough attention. Woodruff is not just ‘good’ — it is a restaurant everyone in Ireland needs to know about. In […]
