Kilmaley Lodge & Restaurant is situated in the beautiful surroundings of West Clare in the heart of Kilmaley village. We are a small, family-run restaurant, led by Chef Serafina Rodriguez, and guest house with a deep connection to our rural community.

The local landscape is our inspiration and our food is created using the very best seasonal ingredients from award-winning, local suppliers.

We encourage creativity, a good working environment and a community approach for the benefit of all.

The Story Of Serafina

We’re a long way from Paraguay. Born on Aug 8th 1975, Serafina grew up on a farm 150km north of the capital Asuncion. She was 3rd in a large family with 5 brothers and 5 sisters. She left home aged 16 to work as an Au Pair for the Parga family in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2003 the family moved to Ireland and Serafina was brought along.

The family setup in Inch, Co. Clare, and ran a specialist cake business called Cakes By Desire, Serafina was the cake maker. In 2009 as the bubble burst, thousand-dollar cakes were no longer in vogue. Serafina moved onto work for the Garrigan family in Lahinch. She worked there until 2012 where she also managed the West Coast Lodge BnB.

From 2012 – 2014, Serafina worked for the Hennigan family in Lahinch. In 2014 Serafina fulfilled her passion for cooking and stepped up to Chef at The Coast Lodge in Spanish Point. From 2016 – 2023, Serafina was a Chef at Danny Mac’s in Lahinch.

The journey now resumes here in Kilmaley, on Oct 7th 2023 Serafina set out on her own after ploughing her life savings into this venture. She’s now a Kilmaley girl.

Using the very best locally-sourced ingredients from our network of regional suppliers, our highly skilled team creates dishes that represent the unique flavours of the Wild Atlantic Way.

We have made a sincere commitment to been kind to the environment and to contiously adapt in order to meet the targets we have set ourselves. This includes a commitment to have zero waste on food.

The community is centre to everything we do and we are keen to work with the next generation of young people in our community. We also endeavour to support local artists by displaying their artwork throughout Kilmaley Lodge & Restaurant.