The Smuggler's Rest, Cloghehead

Delicious, fresh, mouth-watering seafood locally sourced daily from the Boyne Valleys largest fishing port. Port Oriel produces some of the world’s most sought after seafood; Crab, Razor Clams, Dublin Bay Prawns, and a whole selection of White Fish which you will find cooked to perfection on our menus …

December Menu

Starters

Soup Of The Day

€5.90

served with homemade soda bread

Golden Fried Brie

€7.95

served with red onion and cranberry chutney on mixed leaf salad with balsamic glaze

Smugglers Seafood Chowder

€10.50

locally sourced fresh and smoked fish in a white wine cream sauce

Slow Braised Pork Belly

€7.95

served with spiced red cabbage and baby spinach, apple chutney, cider jus

Sticky Chicken Wings

sml €8.50 | lrg €13.00

fried until golden crispy all tossed up in either BBQ or hot sauce and served with blue cheese dip

Goats Cheese Salad

€9.95

mixed baby leaf, beetroot, candied walnuts, cherry tomato, pickled red onion, balsamic dressing

Prawn Pil Pil

€10.50

sautéed prawns done in garlic butter, chilli and white wine finished with fresh herbs served with salad and toasted sourdough

BBQ Half Back Of Ribs

€10.50

slow braised short ribs glazed with BBQ sauce, served with ruby slaw

Main Course

The Captain's Fish & Chips

€16.50

light battered locally sourced cod served with garden pea puree, homemade tartar sauce and served with chips

Smugglers Scampi

sml €14 | lrg €21

our famous panko coated Dublin Bay prawns cooked to perfection and served with rustic chips and homemade tartare and marie rose sauce

Pan Seared Hake

€18.50

served with creamy mash potatoes, wilted baby spinach, buttered asparagus, lemon cream sauce

Pan Fried Salmon

€17.95

pan fried darne of salmon with wilted spinach, herb baby potatoes and a lemon cream reduction

Seafood Pie

€16.95

locally sourced seafood in a creamy white wine sauce topped with herb mash potatoes

Supreme Of Chicken

€15.70

served with roast root vegetables, red wine and tarragon jus

Turkey & Ham

€16.95

served with herb stuffing, mash potatoes, roast vegetables and red wine jus

Slow Braised Beef Cheek

€18.00

served on creamy mash potatoes, baby carrots and a pearl onion jus

Smugglers Beef Burger

€14.50

Ballymaloe relish, smoked applewood, sliced gherkin, lettuce, beef tomato, pickled red onion served with rustic chips

Smugglers Chicken Burger

€13.95

crisp shredded lettuce, tomato, garlic mayo and ruby slaw on a brioche bun accompanied by hand cut rustic chips

Halloumi Burger

€13.00

shallow fried halloumi cheese, shredded lettuce and tomato topped with spicy buffalo sauce, sliced avocado served on a brioche bap with rustic chips

Wild Mushroom & Spinach Risotto

€13.50

sautéed wild mushrooms in a white wine and garlic cream finished with baby spinach and parmesan shavings

Sides

Rustic Fries

€4.00

Battered Onion Rings

€3.50

Side Salad

€3.50

Skinny Fries

€3.50

Mayo Based Sauce

€0.70

Garlic Mayo | Sweet Chilli Mayo | Tartar Sauce | Marie Rose Sauce

If you have an allergen or a food intolerance please advise your server

Fish delivered straight to our chefs daily by local seafood supplier Seamus Dunne

Contact us for party bookings [email protected]

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Desserts

Selection Of Ice Cream

€6.00

topped with homemade butterscotch sauce

Death By Chocolate

€6.00

warmed chocolate cake served with vanilla ice cream

Cheesecake Of The Day

€6.00

warmed chocolate cake served with vanilla ice cream

Profiteroles

€6.00

stuffed with vanilla cream and topped with rich chocolate sauce

Traditional Christmas Pudding

€6.00

served with brandy custard, crème chantilly

Hazelnut & White Chocolate Chip Brownie

€6.00

with warm chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream

The Smugglers Rest beef burger
The Smugglers Rest beef burger

Our famous prawns / scampi are 100% Irish langoustines caught by Clogherhead fishermen in Irish waters. Considered a delicacy across Europe our chefs collect them daily from Pat Lynch in Dundalk Bay Seafoods which is only a 2 minutes walk from The Smugglers Rest

The Smugglers Rest

Welcome to The Smuggler’s Rest, Clogherhead

The Smuggler's Rest

Harbour Road,
Clogherhead,
Co. Louth.
Ireland.
A92 XH2D

041 988 9302

[email protected]

Opening Hours

Mon
CLOSED
Tue
CLOSED
Wed
CLOSED
Thur
5pm - 9pm (food, bar late)
Fri
5pm - 9pm (bar late)
Sat
1pm - 7.30pm (bar late)
Sun
1pm - 7pm (bar late)

Enjoy ALCOHOL sensibly. Visit 

Monday - Wednesday

Available for private party bookings

Thursday - Sunday

Bar available until late

See Our Party Menus