"HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT!": A wide selection of deserts are baked daily at The Café

Open from 17th March 2011 through to 21st and in April on every Saturday and Sunday. From 1st May to end of September we are open every day.

Visitors to the stunning Russborough House in Blessington can now enjoy a wide ranging all day menu, full of wholesome foods and tasty treats, seven days a week. After a pleasant stroll through Russborough’s exquisite gardens or a wander through the well-maintained house with it’s lavish furnishings and magnificent paintings, there is no better way to round up the afternoon than with a trip to The Kitchen Garden Café.
 
Every day the Kitchen Garden Café Chef, Dawn Farley, features a creative menu of delicious meals and snacks from hearty soups, garden fresh salads and delicate quiches, to mouth-watering home baked breads, scones and tarts. All the Café’s food is freshly made on the premises using only the highest quality ingredients.
 
To complement your meal the Café offers an assortment of teas and freshly brewed coffee, and a selection of quality wines by the glass or bottle. Kitchen Garden Café is the perfect place to meet friends for great conversation and even better food. It is also perfect for a relaxing place to work or to surf the internet as it offers customers free WIFI access - just ask for details. Classic simplicity, outstanding service and ingredients of the finest quality are why this eatery is the perfect choice for those wanting to venture to Russborough for the first time and just a few of the many reasons regulars have returned week after week.
 
 Kevin and Dawn Farley will be on hand to serve you up a whole host of tasty meals from morning to evening.  All food served at Kitchen Garden Café is fresh and locally sourced. “We are passionate about the preparation and presentation of food,” said Kevin. “We pride ourselves in purchasing locally and building relationships with farmers and growers.” All meats, fish, dairy products, breads and puddings are from ingredients sourced in Co. Wicklow. The organic beds at Russborough provide Kitchen Garden Café with items on a seasonal basis such as vegetables fruit and fresh flowers for the tables in the cafe.
 
A trip to Russborough House can be fun for all the family. The 2,000 sq metre maze located in Russborough’s sprawling gardens is hugely popular with children who have great fun trying to find their way to the statue of Cupid on a central pillar in the middle of the Maze. After all the fun and games are done pop into Kitchen Garden Café where there is something for all the family to enjoy from freshly prepared meals and snacks to a range of tasty tea time favorites. Between meals, the Kitchen Garden Café remains open for ‘made to order’ sandwiches and ‘grab and go’ items such as prepackaged sandwiches, homemade baked goods including scones, bakewell tarts, brownies, carrot cake, apple pie and chocolate chip cookies along with H.B ice cream, hot and cold beverages - perfect for any busy family.
Kitchen Garden Café is open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm.