The Pullman Restaurant at Glenlo Abbey Hotel, just outside Galway in the west of Ireland, feels just like a movie set. In fact the two Orient Express carriages were once featured in a film based on the famous Agatha Christie novel; you half expect Hercule Poirot, one of her other creations, to slip into the table adjoining yours. Given its sweeping views of the golf links and Lough Corrig, guests might expect the food served aboard this stationary train to be, well, pedestrian. Nothing could be further from the truth. The menu is a tour de force, featuring contemporary Irish fare such as 42˚C Poached Atlantic Salmon, Wild Irish Loin of Venison and Wild Atlantic Trout. The meat, seafood, eggs and vegetables are all locally sourced, while the herbs are grown on the property itself. There’s a decent wine list and the service is exemplary.
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