Ronnie and Tim, manager and chef of Renvyle House, are one of the great double acts in Irish hospitality and food. Between them, Mr Ronnie Counihan and Mr Tim O’Sullivan have created a manifesto for the beautiful Renvyle House that is one of the most compelling examples of contemporary Irish ingenuity, and of contemporary Irish creativity and hospitality.
Their hands-on approach means that whilst Renvyle looks like an hotel, and has the scale of an hotel, it actually feels more like a country house, it has that sense of intimacy and exclusiveness.
Their creativity means that the Renvyle food is cutting edge, and yet is also simple and unpretentious, earthy and agrestic, smartly sourced from excellent local artisan suppliers, beautifully curated and cooked.
It means that Renvyle feels traditional, yet is as modern as you need it to be. Reconciling all these seeming contradictions takes a particular form of genius, and these two genial blokes have it in spades.
