the malte house granary

The dining room of Fionnuala's, with its appropriately well-worn feel and its array of personal memorabilia, looks rather like the stage set of some amateur dramatic production, but there is nothing stagy about the friendliness and good heart of the cooking.

It is like a "Little Italian Restaurant". Pizzas and pastas are generous with the spicy flavours of pepperoni and sweet peppers, food that is comforting at lunchtime, and fun for the evening, when there might be a classic chicken cacciatore to pair with some thumping Italian wine.