This is your chance to experience the culinary delights of Rare at The Blue Haven. Located in The Blue Haven Hotel in the picturesque village of Kinsale, Co Cork, the start of the Wild Atlantic Way, it offers a sophisticated fine dining experience.
Rare at The Blue Haven was listed among the top eight in The Irish Times’ selection of great restaurants around Ireland to visit for a special occasion.
Led by Executive Chef Meeran Manzoor, you can enjoy an intimate, multi-course fine-dining experience featuring the finest, and even rarest of ingredients, with local, chemical-free, and ethically produced ingredients integral to the restaurant’s ethos.
The menu is influenced by Meeran’s Tamil Nadu heritage. Meeran is passionately committed to using the very best of local produce. Meeran draws upon his wealth of global culinary expertise to create a menu that is both innovative and surprising, while always maintaining the integrity of the produce.
After your Rare dining experience, you will enjoy an overnight stay in The Blue Haven Hotel, found in the heart of Kinsale. Set in a serene, seaside hideaway village, each room represents the culmination of a love for art, history, luxury, design, and uncomplicated sophistication.
Rare is located at The Blue Haven Hotel, Pearse Street, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 NA72. Opening hours are Thursday to Saturday, from 5:30 pm to 7:45 pm.
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Terms & Conditions
1. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.
2. A valid entry consists of a correct answer entered in the form above, accompanied by the entrant’s name, email address and a phone number.
3. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.
4. The Promotion will run from 8/11/24 to midnight on 24/11/24 inclusive.
5. All entries must be received by the promoter by no later than midnight on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
6. Promotion limited to one entry per person. No entrant will win more than one prize.
7. By submitting an entry to the promoter, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.
8. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.
9. The prize is a tasting menu for two in Rare at The Blue Haven plus an overnight stay for two in The Blue Haven Hotel. There will be one winner.
10. All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. This voucher cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash.
11. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise caused by the acceptance of the terms and conditions or in connection with the prize.
12. In the event of unforeseen circumstances the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value.
13. The winners will be notified by email. The winner must claim the prize within 30 days of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Promotion rules.
14. The promoters’ decision is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into.
15. The winners’ details (name and county) will be made available on The Irish Times website.
16. The winner may be required to participate in unpaid publicity arising from this promotion.
17. The promoter will only process your personal information as set out in https://www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/privacy-policy and as set out in these terms and conditions.
18. Prizes are non transferrable and cannot be exchanged for cash.
19. These terms and conditions shall be governed by Irish law and the Courts of the Republic of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
20. Promoter and Data Controller: The Irish Times DAC, The Irish Times Building, P.O. Box 74, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2.
21. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the Promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.