Corporate Dining
A very special welcome awaits you and your guests at Finnstown Country House Hotel. The hotel & dining room at Finnstown are renowned for friendliness and hospitality. You can enjoy the fruits of many years of excellence. AA Rosettes for superior food and RAC Awards for merit and hospitality.
The Library Suite
Banqueting facilities for sixty to two hundred guests
The new Library Suite has been designed with that very special event in mind right down to the grand piano. The Library Reception room is reserved for welcoming guests, making the ideal setting for a drinks reception. The sound of a brass gong will summon guests to dine and usually to dance later on. The Library bar will serve drinks before, during and after the meal, as requested.
Banqueting Menus are extensive, contain a wide variety of choices and are normally priced at €65.00
There is a wide selection of dishes to choose from using fresh and local produce. Menus are normally priced at €65.00 with prices for special dishes such as Beef Wellington, black sole and fillet steak available on request. Finnstown proudly boasts an AA Rosette for high standards of food.
A specially reduced bed & breakfast rate of €89.00 per person sharing bed & full Irish breakfast is available to any guests wishing to stay overnight at the hotel.
Smaller dinner parties may be accommodated in the Manor suite
Beech Room or even in the dining room when available
Banqueting Menus
For Banqueting Receptions throughout 2010
Generally for a function the menu is priced at €65.00 menus include:
- Choice of 2 Starters
- Choice of 2 Main Courses
- Choice of 1 Dessert
- Tea or Coffee
There is no service charge. Price includes Vat at 12.5 %
Extras in menu are so marked.
The Finnstown wine list is extensive with an excellent from five different continents, but please let us know should you desire a particular wine that does not appear on the list
Method of Payment
A 25% deposit is required. Accounts are for settlement on or before the day of the function. Payment may be made by cash, bank draft or cheque by prior arrangement.
Function catering is provided by Portslade Limited
Brief Menu Explanation
Starters
Melody of Melon with a Duo of Fruit Coulis
Warm Salad of Smoked Chicken with a Roast Red Pepper & Tarragon Dressing
Countryhouse chicken and duck liver pate scented with fresh herb and cognac.
Salad of Boston Prawns and Pineapple with a marie Rose Sauce
Ragout of Venison Juiper Berrie & Redcurrant served in a Puff Pastry case
Supreme of Chicken and Mushroom in a white wine Cream, Vol au vent Style
Tian of Seafoods with a Lemon Crème Fraiche Dressing
Terrine of Wild Game with a Spiced Plum Chutney
Freshly Made Soups and Consommés
Cream of fresh vegetable
Cream of wild mushroom
Cream of cauliflower and blue cheese
Cream of pimento and tomato
Cream of leek and onion
(Or any fresh soup of your choice)
Beef consommé Julienne
Fresh minestrone, Parmesan
Gazpacho Andaluz (classic cold Spanish soup)
Fresh chicken and barley broth
Sorbet
Assorted flavours
Tropical Orange, Gin and Tonic, Champagne €2.50 Extra
Fish Courses
Freshly steamed paupiettes of plaice, dill cream sauce: €5.50
Poached salmon, tomato beurre blanc sauce: €5.50
Grilled fillets of lemon sole, garlic herb butter: €5.50
Main Courses
Grilled Whole Black sole with a Lemon Dill Butter
Baked Delice of Irish Salmon in filo pastry with a Basil Butter Sauce
Poached Delice of Salmon with Mini Ratatouille and a fresh mint Hollandaise
Butter Roasted Turkey with Honey Baked Ham, Herb stuffing Cranberry Sauce
Supreme of Chicken filled with a Potato and Smoked Bacon Souffle, Tarragon & Redcurrant Jus
Roast Leg of Wicklow Lamb with herb stuffing, Rosemary Jus Honey and Mint Sauce
Roast Prime Rib Eye of Irish Beef au Jus, with creamed Horseradish
Roast Sirlojn of Irish Beef with Yorkshire pudding, Red Wine and Basil Jus
Roast Stuffed Loin of Pork with a garlic Herb Crust, Meax Mustard Sauce
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Crispy Roast Stuffed Ducking with a Grand Marnier Apricot Orange Sauce
Fillet of Beef Wellington (wrapped in filo pastry) with a Fleurie Wine Sauce
Pan-Fried fillet steak served on a Balck Pepper Cognac Cream Sauce
All of the above €6.00 per person extra
All served with a medley of seasonal vegetables and potatoes
Desserts
Choux pastry Buns filled with Cream, seasonal fruits, warm chocolate sauce
Baked Lemon Citrus Tartlet with a Compote of Raspberries
Homemade Baked & Apple Honey Tart with Fresh Cream
Swiss Double Chocolate Mousse served on a light coffee cream sauce
Finnstown Sticky Toffee Pudding with caramel Sauce and Fresh Cream
Melody of Seasonal Fruits in grand Marnier syrup with Fresh Cream
Pavlova filled with seasonal fruits, served on a strawberry Coulis
Homemade Chocolate and Orange Cheesecake with Mango Coulis
Tea or Coffee
Additional Banqueting Information
Drinks Reception
Mulled wine: €5.50 per person
Punch: €5.50 per person
Kir: €5.95 per person
Sherry: €4.00 per person
Toast
Champagne €60.00 per bottle (eight glasses per bottle)
Open toast: €6.00 per person on average
