{"id":291203,"date":"2026-02-10T21:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291203\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:53:07","slug":"five-well-known-restaurants-lose-michelin-bib-status-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291203\/","title":{"rendered":"Five well-known restaurants lose Michelin Bib status \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prestigious Michelin Britain and Ireland Guide<\/a> ceremony was held for the first time in Dublin<\/a> on Monday night, but what had been earmarked as an homage to Irish food disappointed a number of restaurants that lost their Bib Gourmand ranking for 2026.<\/p>\n

The status, which is named after Bibendum the Michelin man, \u201chighlights restaurants offering great quality, great value cooking\u201d, according to the guide.<\/p>\n

Lottie\u2019s<\/a> in Rathmines, Pichet and La Gordita<\/a> in Dublin were among the restaurants to lose their Bibs late on Monday evening when Michelin updated its website to reflect its new listings for 2026. The changes were not announced during the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Lottie\u2019s retained neither its Bib Gourmand nor its listing in the Michelin Guide for 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s understandable that a few restaurants had to drop off the list to make some room,\u201d Lottie\u2019s chef Domini Kemp said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLottie\u2019s was recognised by Michelin for its delicious cooking at affordable prices, showcasing amazing Irish farmers. That still remains our focus and we feel that in 2026, we\u2019re better than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kemp, who also runs restaurant Nancy Hands in Dublin 8, congratulated the five Irish restaurants that gained new Bibs in the 2026 Michelin Guide. She said Lottie\u2019s has \u201cbeen honoured to have had the Bib for the last two years, awarded soon after we first opened. It\u2019s been an important part of our early success\u201d. <\/p>\n

Cush in Midleton, Co Cork, which was previously located in Ballycotton, has also been removed from the Guide as well as losing its Bib Gourmand. Chef Dan Guerin left the venture in October of last year. <\/p>\n

Pichet and La Gordita, who secured their bibs in 2010 and 2024 respectively, retain their listing in the Guide.<\/p>\n

Pichet\u2019s founder Stephen Gibson said the restaurant\u2019s offering evolves from year to year, \u201clike awards\u201d. Its focus \u201cremains firmly on continuing to grow, evolve, and deliver the best possible experience to our guests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hugely proud of our restaurant and staff, and the place in their heart that customers have for Pichet. We congratulate all the venues recognised this week and to those who may have lost distinctions, we encourage them to stay positive,\u201d Gibson said. <\/p>\n

In Belfast, the Waterman had its Bib removed but retained its place in the Guide for 2026.<\/p>\n

Bibs differ from Michelin stars, which are individually awarded on a scale of one to three for \u201coutstanding cooking\u201d. <\/p>\n

Most restaurants in the Guide are neither starred nor have Bib Gourmands \u2013 they are simply spots Michelin considers worth a visit. <\/p>\n

The Irish restaurants gaining new Bibs for 2026 were Bigfan, Borgo and For\u00eat in Dublin, while in Belfast, Michelin added Beau. Farmgate in Lismore in Co Waterford was awarded the fifth new Bib.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The prestigious Michelin Britain and Ireland Guide ceremony was held for the first time in Dublin on Monday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4501,46,615,93,61,60,46885,6513],"class_list":{"0":"post-291203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-belfast","9":"tag-cork","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-michelin","15":"tag-waterford"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}