What the critics had to say ...
"Of all the new stars that have risen in Ireland, none shines quite so brightly as Conrad Gallagher" - Michael Bateman, Independent On Sunday
"The new high king of Irish cuisine" - Miles McWeeney
"No one else cooks like Conrad Gallagher, because no one else can cook like Conrad Gallagher." - The Bridgestone 100 Best Restaurants of Ireland
"His food is a theatre, as Grand Gignol, an allegory for intellectual complexity and richness…Thrilling. Outrageous. Unique." - John McKenna, The Irish Times
"I don't remember such an impressive meal in a brand new restaurant since the early days of Gordon Ramsey…in New York you wouldn't get near or by the place!" - Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Conrad Gallagher's food is very much about assaulting your taste buds from every angle, full of wacky combinations, constant inventiveness and utter confidence. If you don't like it, you don't have to eat there. As for me, I think he's a national treasure." - Tom Doorley
"Each dish represents a torrent of ideas and a welter of work. Each course is an exhilarating excursion through flavours, an intense reworking of our expectations of what cooking is about. Most chefs gravitate towards a fundamental simplicity in food but, in comparison, Conrad Gallagher is simply on another planet." - John McKenna, The Irish Times
"Irish-born chef Conrad Gallagher combines clear flavours with genuinely innovative ideas which…work beautifully." - The Guardian Food
"Mouth watering…fantastic…Give it a try you won't be able to keep quiet about Conrad Gallagher for long!" - Chris Campbell, Dining Guide
"Three hours of "Exultate Jubilate" with the pudding the "Hallelujah Chorus" all played with hardly a false note!" - Marion McGilvary, Eating Out, FT Weekend Magazine
"Conrad's fanfare of ingredients will make your head spin. The food was the culinary equivalent of full exhibitionist sex with a first date, who then does your laundry!" - Eating Out, Financial Times Weekend Magazine
"Main courses - oh the main courses…the duck - a dish to obsess and fantasize about. The massively ambitious menu is …flawlessly realised" - Metro Life
"The guinea fowl was perfect, the squab pigeon was tender and subtle and the truffle potato was the best I'd ever tasted…What Conrad does well, few do better" - Pat Leahy, The Sunday Business Post
"Definitely in my top five of all time…the sort of food that explains why a certain chef, in this case Conrad Gallagher, has Michelin Stars!" - Canada Post
"The food, the staff and enough amuse bouche action to satisfy the Michelin man in one of his more demanding moods" - Nick Folkes, Esquire Magazine
"Hats off to Conrad Gallagher!" - Square Meal
"Conrad Gallagher…the best restaurant opening of the summer!" - Jeremy Wayne, The Guardian
"Rich…wonderfully fresh…a delight…the food and service was amazing!" - Hot Magazine
"He has a dazzling talent not only as cook, but as restaurateur, showman, entertainer and businessman." - Irish Food Board
Conrad has cooked for amongst others:
Bono, Bill Clinton, Gwen Stefani, Jon Bon Jovi, Ben Stiller, Colin Farrell, The Corrs, Kylie Minogue, Stereophonics, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Lady Victoria Harvey of England, Sarah Brightman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Roger Sanchez, Adam Sandler, R.E.M., Sophie Ellis Bextor, Boris Becker, The Cardigans, Pamela Anderson, Jean Kennedy Smith, The Cranberries, Enya...the list goes on and on.