Barntown is a small village about five kilometres from Wexford town — the sort of place you drive past without stopping. Sebz Restaurant is a very good reason to stop. Since it opened, husband and wife team Padraig Doyle and Anne-Marie Neville have turned it into one of the most quietly regarded dining destinations in the South East.
Contemporary Irish, Taken Seriously
The menu at Sebz is built around contemporary modern Irish cuisine using fresh, locally sourced produce. That’s a phrase that gets used a lot in Irish restaurant marketing, but at Sebz it describes something real: a menu that changes with what’s available, that treats Wexford’s agricultural and coastal bounty as the starting point rather than a selling point.
Padraig and Anne-Marie saw what they describe as an opening in the market — an opportunity to offer something with genuine character, rather than another iteration of what already existed. What they built is a restaurant with a clear point of view and the cooking skill to back it up.
The Room and the Atmosphere
Sebz is the kind of restaurant where the room feels considered rather than decorated — a space designed to let the food do the talking without making diners feel they’re in a showroom. Service has been consistently praised for being warm and knowledgeable without being stiff.
Padraig and Anne-Marie built Sebz because they saw a gap in what Wexford had to offer. A few years on, it’s become one of the reasons people drive to Barntown on purpose.
Practical Details
Sebz opens Wednesday through Saturday from 12:30pm and Sunday from 12pm. Booking ahead is advisable, particularly for weekend dinners.
Sebz Restaurant
Barntown, Co. Wexford
🌐 sebz.ie
📸 @sebzrestaurant
Open Wed–Sat 12:30pm–9pm | Sun 12pm–4pm
