Seafood Restaurant on Skerries Harbour
Paulo Tullio/ Irish Independant
Stoop Your Head is on Skerries Bay, on Harbour Road, and affords a fine view over the bay and the fishing boats that were moored at the harbour wall. Small yachts bobbed in the water and I was thinking to myself that if there was a splash of sun, this could have been any small Mediterranean port.
The pub -- which doesn't take reservations -- was packed to the gills. When we walked in, we were told, "We're not taking any more names for the waiting list." For a moment, I baulked; all this way and now no food and no review. Then we were told, "There are tables available outside if you like." So that's where we went, to a glassed-in smoking area that gave some shelter from the breeze and from where we had a view across the bay.It's worth taking a moment to analyse the menu here, because it's clearly very successful. When you have difficulty getting a table mid-week, you know that they're doing something right.
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