{"id":10396,"date":"2015-11-26T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=10396"},"modified":"2015-11-30T08:07:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T07:07:03","slug":"giant%e2%80%99s-causeway-crowned-uks-best-heritage-attraction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/11\/giant%e2%80%99s-causeway-crowned-uks-best-heritage-attraction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BLUE BOOK IS RED LETTER DAY FOR BROWNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

L’Derry’s “Browns” has become the first restaurant in Northern Ireland to be included in the prestigious “Ireland\u2019s Blue Book” association of hotels and restaurants.<\/h1>\n
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Browns Restaurant and Champagne Lounge, L\/Derry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Browns, already named by critics as the best in the northwest and one of the best in Ireland, joins a select handful of Northern Ireland hotels, including the Bushmills Inn, Newforge House and Ardtara Country House, in the elite guide. Ardtara Country House in Upperlands is also owned by Browns owners Marcus Roulston and Chef Patron Ian Orr, making this a double Blue Book feather in their caps.<\/p>\n

Sallyanne Clarke, President, Ireland’s Blue Book and proprietor of Dublin’s ‘Ecrivain\u00a0Restaurant said “We are particularly delighted to have Browns, the first restaurant in Northern Ireland,\u00a0join our collection.\u201d<\/p>\n

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John McGrillen, CEO of Tourism NI, said “We are pleased to see Browns Restaurant as\u00a0the first Northern Ireland restaurant\u00a0invited to\u00a0join the elite group of properties in\u00a0Ireland’s Blue\u00a0Book.\u00a0This honour is particularly fitting as we approach the Northern Ireland Year of\u00a0Food and Drink 2016.\u00a0\u00a0Congratulations to\u00a0Ian Orr,\u00a0Chef Patron and Marcus Roulston and\u00a0their team.”<\/p>\n

Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, offered <\/strong>\u201cCongratulations to Browns Restaurant on being the first Northern Ireland restaurant to join the prestigious Blue Book collection. Ireland\u2019s Blue Book has long been known for representing properties of unique and individual style\u00a0which offer the best in hospitality, so the inclusion of Browns for the first time in 2016 is testament to its high standards and the superb experience it offers our overseas visitors. Ireland\u2019s Blue Book undoubtedly helps to give the island of Ireland significant \u201cstand-out\u201d in the very competitive international marketplace. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Ireland\u2019s Blue Book, to promote Browns Restaurant and all of the other wonderful properties in the collection, around the world in\u00a02016.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marcus Roulston and Ian Orr, Co Owners, Browns Restaurant said “Browns is delighted and humbled to be Northern Ireland’s only restaurant to have been invited to join the elite\u00a0collection of hotels and restaurants in\u00a0Ireland\u2019s Blue Book.\u00a0This is a gratifying complement to the “Best Restaurant in Co. L’Derry” award received every year from 2010 to 2015 from Ireland\u2019s Restaurants Association and with our sister restaurant, “Browns\u00a0in Town”, \u00a0to be the only two restaurants in the City to be recommended in the Michelin Guide 2016. In light of these awards, Browns is particularly proud of the restaurant\u2019s accessibility to all with arguably the best value for money in the northwest. We thank our loyal customers over the years for their continued support and friendship.”<\/p>\n

The addition of Browns bring to 49 the number of boutique hotels, restaurants and country houses in one of Europe\u2019s premier collections — membership of which is notoriously difficult to achieve and highly-regarded as a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L’Derry’s “Browns” has become the first restaurant in Northern Ireland to be included in the prestigious “Ireland\u2019s Blue Book” association of hotels and restaurants. Browns, already named by critics as the best in the northwest and one of the best in Ireland, joins a select handful of Northern Ireland hotels, including the Bushmills Inn, Newforge … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10396"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10429,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10396\/revisions\/10429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}