Condé Nast Traveler announced Lir in Coleraine, which opened at the marina last year, as a winner of its UK's top new restaurants awards on Monday night.
"The tasting menu prepares ingredients thoughtfully, switching between whole fish butchery, fermenting, smoking and curing keeping in line with a nose-to-tail, zero-waste ethos. All of which is highly commendable, of course – but more importantly, the seafood is cooked in innovative ways, making up dishes such as Korean-fried ray wing or hake Kyiv with caper butter."
In a social media post, Lir said: "Bringing it back home for the north and having all the craic in London. Incredible night in Shoreditch celebrating with some of our heroes!"
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