Fresh Dunmore East Crab on Brown Bread — the €16 Lunch Worth Driving For
There's one dish on The Spinnaker's new lunch menu that tells you everything about where you're eating: fresh Dunmore East crabmeat on homemade brown bread, €16. The crab is landed at the harbour outside the door. The bread is baked in the village. You can see the boats from your table.
Why crab on brown bread
It's the least-invented dish in Ireland. No sauce hiding anything, no deep fryer, nowhere to cheat. Fresh white crabmeat, dressed leaves, homemade brown bread with proper butter. If the crab isn't fresh, the dish fails — which is exactly why it works in Dunmore East and rarely works inland. This is a village where the catch comes up the quay in boxes, metres from the kitchen.
What you get
The open crab sandwich is the top of the new lunch menu's sandwich list: fresh Dunmore East crabmeat on homemade brown bread with dressed leaves, €16, with a side salad like everything else on the lunch list. If crab's not your thing, the oak-smoked salmon version — capers, red onion, a wedge of lemon — is €12.
Pair it with a bowl of the seafood chowder (€13.50) if you're hungry after the cliff walk, or a glass of something cold on the deck if the sun's out. Lunch runs daily, 1pm–4pm — the full lineup is on the menu page.
Getting there
The Spinnaker is in the Lower Village, right on the harbour. Park near the lifeboat station and walk down. Ring Peter on (051) 383 133 if you're coming with a group, or check the Facebook page for what else is on this week.
Book a table — go straight to Peter
Peter runs The Spinnaker Bar in Dunmore East — the kitchen and the bar himself — so booking goes direct to him. No app, no fee, no middleman. Lunch runs daily, 1pm to 4pm.
Or message Peter on the Spinnaker Facebook page — he checks it daily.