The Georgina Campbell Guide 2005

By far the most comprehensive of the welter of hospitality guides on the Irish market and certainly one of the most honest and reliable. Essentially, there are three kinds of guide. Firstly there’s the “If you join our club you are eligible for an entry” category; then there’s the “Give us e100 and we’ll include you” ilk. Georgina’s falls into the third category, only type worth buying if a guide is to be more than a listing of what’s available. The methodology used in its compilation is scrupulously fair; the inspectors are people with knowledge and integrity. Within the guide’s pages you’ll find everything from a B&B, a wayside café to a five star hotel or two star restaurant. Most people own a selection of hospitality guides (for which, as someone who’s written one, I’m truly thankful). But if you need a “where do eat/drink/stay” and could only afford one, ‘The Georgina’ would have to be it