Three generations.

Three destinations.

One proud ethos.

Our Story

It all started in 1979, when John and Annette Vaughan opened Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor, a traditional bar and restaurant serving great Irish food.

Son Denis learnt his craft in the kitchen, putting the Anchor Inn on the map as a seafood destination serving the freshest fish and shellfish that was landed daily in Liscannor harbour.

Denis’s wife, Lisa, joined the business, looking after everything from the bookings to the front-of-house service. Guests today can still meet Annette popping in on occasion too.

Denis and Lisa’s eldest sons, James and Denis Jr, are the third generation to join the family business. Trained as a chef, James took over the kitchens in Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor in 2021.

Younger brother, Denis, joins his dad in Lahinch, working across the family’s new businesses, Spooney’s ice-cream parlour on the seafront and front-of-house in their casual new restaurant next door, Vaughan’s on the Prom.

A true Clare family, the Vaughans are synonymous with the very best of Irish hospitality and enjoy nothing more than sharing their love of really great Irish food with everyone who comes their way.

It all started in 1979, when John and Annette Vaughan opened Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor, a traditional bar and restaurant serving great Irish food.

Son Denis learnt his craft in the kitchen, putting the Anchor Inn on the map as a seafood destination serving the freshest fish and shellfish that was landed daily in Liscannor harbour.

Denis’s wife, Lisa, joined the business, looking after everything from the bookings to the front-of-house service. Guests today can still meet Annette popping in on occasion too.

Denis and Lisa’s eldest sons, James and Denis Jr, are the third generation to join the family business. Trained as a chef, James took over the kitchens in Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor in 2021.

Younger brother, Denis, joins his dad in Lahinch, working across the family’s new businesses, Spooney’s ice-cream parlour on the seafront and front-of-house in their casual new restaurant next door, Vaughan’s on the Prom.

A true Clare family, the Vaughans are synonymous with the very best of Irish hospitality and enjoy nothing more than sharing their love of really great Irish food with everyone who comes their way.

Sustainability

We don’t just talk about sustainability. We try extra hard to get things right at our three locations. For more than 15 years, we’ve used solar panels at Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor to heat our hot water. 

Every ounce of our take-away packaging is compostable, from our ice-cream tubs to our fish and chips packaging and coffee cups. We make everything from scratch in our kitchens, eliminating wasteful packaging and plastics and working in tune with the seasons.

Most of our menu is sourced from within County Clare, cutting down on needless food miles. We serve coffee from Sunday Collab, who donate 1% of all profits to protecting the oceans.

We don’t just talk about sustainability. We try extra hard to get things right at our three locations. For more than 15 years, we’ve used solar panels at Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor to heat our hot water.

Every ounce of our take-away packaging is compostable, from our ice-cream tubs to our fish and chips packaging and coffee cups. We make everything from scratch in our kitchens, eliminating wasteful packaging and plastics and working in tune with the seasons.

Most of our menu is sourced from within County Clare, cutting down on needless food miles. We serve coffee from Sunday Collab, who donate 1% of all profits to protecting the oceans.

Our Ingredients

At Vaughan’s, we proudly champion the best local produce so you can enjoy a true taste of Ireland.

Our suppliers include:

  • Shellfish from Sean ‘Digger’, Liscannor, Co Clare
  • Fish from CS Fish, Doonbeg, Co Clare
  • Beef from John Stone Beef, Ballymahon, Co Longford
  • Salads from Celtic Salads, The Burren, Co Clare
  • Seaweed from Wild Irish Seaweed, Quilty, Co Clare
  • Milk from Lacey’s Farm, Liscannor, Co Clare
  • Potatoes from Pyne’s Potatoes, Kilrush, Co Clare
  • Cheese from St Tola Goat’s Cheese, Ennistymon, Co Clare
  • Redmond Fine Foods

Awards & Accreditations

We don’t like to brag and prefer to let our cooking speak for itself. Happily, lots of people like our food and hospitality and have given us awards to let us know.

And it’s not just our food. Our commitment to the local environment and sustainable produce has received some recognition too.

Vaughan’s Anchor Inn

Join us in the pretty fishing village of Liscannor, where our landmark restaurant and bar has been serving delicious Irish food for over 40 years.

Specialising in local and sustainably sourced seafood, our award-winning team only serves the very best seasonal ingredients. Everything is made in-house, from our bread to our ice-cream, and our menus are informed by the day’s catch from Liscannor and Doolin.

With pints on tap, tables indoors and out, and a third-generation Vaughan in the kitchen, we’re keeping up a proud tradition of serving honest and delicious Irish seafood.

Open daily 12.00pm-8.30pm. 

Dinner bookings advisable.

Accommodation also available.

Join us in the pretty fishing village of Liscannor, where our landmark restaurant and bar has been serving delicious Irish food for over 40 years.

Specialising in local and sustainably sourced seafood, our award-winning team only serves the very best seasonal ingredients. Everything is made in-house, from our bread to our ice-cream, and our menus are informed by the day’s catch from Liscannor and Doolin.

With pints on tap, tables indoors and out, and a third-generation Vaughan in the kitchen, we’re keeping up a proud tradition of serving honest and delicious Irish seafood.

Open daily 12.00pm-8.30pm. 

Dinner bookings advisable.

Accommodation also available.

Lunch sample menu

Dinner sample menu

Wine, Dine & Stay

The ideal location for exploring the Cliffs of Moher, The Burren and Wild Atlantic Way, Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor offers luxurious accommodation at superb rates with a delicious breakfast every morning.

Each of our stylishly refurbished bedrooms has an ensuite bathroom, king-size double bed and memory foam mattress. Our water is heated by solar power and guests can enjoy free parking.

Rooms include

  • Monsoon showers for a refreshing wake-up
  • Colour television
  • Hair dryer
  • Nespresso Machines
  • Complementary Wi-Fi
  • In-room safes
  • The Handmade Soap Company amenities

The ideal location for exploring the Cliffs of Moher, The Burren and Wild Atlantic Way, Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor offers luxurious accommodation at superb rates with a delicious breakfast every morning.

Each of our stylishly refurbished bedrooms has an ensuite bathroom, king-size double bed and memory foam mattress. Our water is heated by solar power and guests can enjoy free parking.

Rooms include

  • Monsoon showers for a refreshing wake-up
  • Colour television
  • Hair dryer
  • Nespresso Machines
  • Complementary Wi-Fi
  • In-room safes
  • The Handmade Soap Company amenities

Spooney’s

At Spooney’s ice-cream parlour in Lahinch, we make our own cow-to-cone ice-cream every single day. Why’s it called cow-to-cone? Because we collect fresh milk daily from Lacey’s Farm in Liscannor and pasteurise it ourselves, before churning it into insanely delicious ice-cream.

Of course we don’t just serve cones: there’s wafer baskets, sorbets and milkshakes too and our incredible Super Sundaes.

Spooney’s also serves deliciously fresh fish and chips, made with locally caught fish that we fillet and batter in-house. Our chips are fresh too, cut from potatoes grown 40 kilometres away.

Enjoy a specialty coffee at Spooney’s too, made with Sunday Collab single origin coffee, our own milk, and perhaps freshly made churros or doughnuts on the side.

Open daily from 10am – 7pm.

At Spooney’s ice-cream parlour in Lahinch, we make our own cow-to-cone ice-cream every single day. Why’s it called cow-to-cone? Because we collect fresh milk daily from Lacey’s Farm in Liscannor and pasteurise it ourselves, before churning it into insanely delicious ice-cream.

Of course we don’t just serve cones: there’s wafer baskets, sorbets and milkshakes too and our incredible Super Sundaes.

Spooney’s also serves deliciously fresh fish and chips, made with locally caught fish that we fillet and batter in-house. Our chips are fresh too, cut from potatoes grown 40 kilometres away.

Enjoy a specialty coffee at Spooney’s too, made with Sunday Collab single origin coffee, our own milk, and perhaps freshly made churros or doughnuts on the side.

Open daily from 10am – 7pm.

Spooney’s Cones

Spooney’s homemade ice-cream and sorbet. New flavours every day.

1 scoop €3 | 2 scoops €4 | 3 scoops €5

Spooney’s Fresh Milkshakes

Made with our fresh ice-cream.

Small €3.50 | Mega €4.50

Spooney’s Baskets

Bounty, Strawberry, Ferrero Rocher, Mint Chocolate.

€4

Spooney’s Super Sundaes

Spooney’s Mess, Daim & Malteser, Reese’s Pieces, Hungry Hippo, Unicorn, Oreo, Biscoff.

Small €4.50 | Mega €5.50

Cloud cone

Our homemade whipped cream, 1 topping, candy floss

€4.50

Spooney’s Affogato

Vanilla ice-cream, hot espresso coffee.

€4.70

Soft serve

99’s €4.70 | Cone €2.20

Popcorn

Small €2.50 | Large €4

Candy floss

€2

Vaughan’s on the Prom

Join us at Vaughan’s on The Prom for memorable food in the most memorable of locations. Overlooking beautiful Liscannor Bay in Lahinch, we specialise in seafood and the freshest seasonal and local produce.

Bringing honest Irish food to Lahinch’s seafront, we cook over charcoal on a Josper Basque Grill, with our chefs making everything from scratch. Our modern menu features the tastiest Irish seafood, including lobster, langoustines, fish and chips and steak.

A full bar means you can enjoy your favourite drink with the best of food and the best of ocean views. Relaxed and casual, indoors and out, you’ll find a warm Vaughans welcome in this laidback Lahinch restaurant. 

Open daily from 12.30pm – 8.30pm.

Dinner bookings advisable.

Join us at Vaughan’s on The Prom for memorable food in the most memorable of locations. Overlooking beautiful Liscannor Bay in Lahinch, we specialise in seafood and the freshest seasonal and local produce.

Bringing honest Irish food to Lahinch’s seafront, we cook over charcoal on a Josper Basque Grill, with our chefs making everything from scratch. Our modern menu features the tastiest Irish seafood, including lobster, langoustines, fish and chips and steak.

A full bar means you can enjoy your favourite drink with the best of food and the best of ocean views. Relaxed and casual, indoors and out, you’ll find a warm Vaughans welcome in this laidback Lahinch restaurant. 

Open daily from 12.30pm – 8.30pm. 

Dinner bookings advisable.

Lunch sample menu

All our meat and shellfish is cooked over hot coals on our Basque Josper grill

Dinner sample menu

Please inform a member of staff if you have any allergies or dietary requirements. We will be happy to advise which dishes are suitable, unfortunately we cannot guarantee the absence of traces of nuts and other allergens.
Vaughan's

Anchor Inn Wine list 2025

CHAMPAGNE AND SPARKLING WINE

  • Moet & Chandon €100
  • Delamotte €110
  • Taittinger Brut €115
  • Taittinger Nocturne €115
  • Taittinger Brut vintage 2015 €150
  • Dom Perignon 1998 €450
  • Krug Grande Cuvée €350
  • Krug 2006 Brut €700
  • Salon Brut, 2012 €1200
  • Prosecco, Antica Vigna €56

ROSÉ WINE

  • Conde Valdemar, Spain €35

    2022

  • Irresistible, Cotes de Provence €48

    2023

  • Roseblood, Chateau d’Estoublon €70

    2022

  • Taittinger Rosé €125

WINES BY THE GLASS

House White Wines

  • Chardonnay, Olive Grove €35

    Australia, 2022

  • Sauvignon Blanc, Fumees blanc, Francois Lurton €35

    France, 2024

  • Pinot Grigo Sensi €35

    Italy, 2023

  • Sauvignon Blanc El Caminador €35

    Chile, 2023

  • Picpoul De Pinet Saint Peyre €35

    2023

  • Unoaked chardonnay Ardche Louis Latour €37

    2023

  • Albarino, Vizconde de Barrantes €38

    2023

Burgundy

  • Bourgogne Aligote, Frederic Leprince €58

    2021

  • Bourgogne Blanc, Sauzet €70

    2021

  • Bourgogne Blanc, Sauzet €70

    2020

  • Bourgogne Blanc, Sauzet €70

    2018

  • Bourgogne, Domaine Leflaive €100

    2021

  • Bourgogne Tonnerre, Patrick Piuze €60

    2018

  • Pouilly Fuisse Premier Cru, Auvigue €85

    2019

  • Macon-Lugny, Domaine Regnard €55

    2021

  • Rully Domaine Faiveley €90

    2020

  • Montagny Domaine Faiveley €85

    2020

Chablis

  • Saint Pierre, Albert €70

    2022

  • Grand Regnard, Regnard €110

    2022

Chablis 1er Cru

  • “Fourchaume” Albert Pic €90

    2019

  • “Fourchaume” Regnard €110

    2018

  • ”Montee de Tonnerre” Francois Raveanau €220

    2020

  • ”Montee de Tonnerre” Francois Raveanau €240

    2019

  • ”Montee de Tonnerre” Francois Raveanau €200

    2018

Chablis Grand Cru

  • “les Clos” William Fevre €190

    2017

  • “Valmur” Francois Raveneau” €310

    2021

Meursault

  • En L’Ormeau, Yves Boyer-Martenot €120

    2019

  • “Les Grand Charrons” Philippe Bouzereau €130

    2020

  • “Vieux Clos De Chateau De Citeaux” Monopole €140

    2020

Meursault 1er Cru

  • Charmes 1er Cru, Yves Boyer-Martenot €170

    2017

  • Domaine Leflaive, 1er Cru, “Sous Le Dos Dane” €320

    2019

  • Domaine Leflaive, 1er Cru, “Sous Le Dos Dane” €300

    2018

Chassagne Montrachet

  • Jacques Carillon €160

    2020

  • Bachelet Monnot €150

    2021

Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru

  • ‘Clos Saint-Jean, T.Morey €175

    2015

  • ”Les Chenevottes” Heitz-Lochardet €165

    2018

  • ”Morgeot” Joseph Faivley €185

    2014

  • ”Morgeot” Philippe Bouzereau €180

    2019

Puligny Montrachet

  • Jean Louis Chavy €160

    2020

  • Jacques Carillon €170

    2020

  • Etienne Sauzet €180

    2018

  • Etienne Sauzet €190

    2019

  • Etienne Sauzet €180

    2020

  • Domaine Henri Bollot €220

    2018

  • Domaine Leflaive €250

    2018

Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru

  • “Les Perrieres” 1er Cru, Jacques Carillon €260

    2020

  • “Les Referts” 1er Cru, Jacques Carillon €260

    2020

  • “Les Champ Canet” 1er Cru Jacques Carillon €260

    2020

  • ”Les Referts” Etienne Sauzet €270

    2018

  • ”Les Referts” Etienne Sauzet €290

    2019

  • 1er Cru “Champ Canet”, Etienne Sauzet €270

    2017

  • “Les Referts” 1er Cru, Domaine Faivley €280

    2015

  • “Clos de la Mouchere” Monopole, Henri Boillot €260

    2018

  • “Les Pucelles” Domaine Henri Boillot €340

    2018

  • “Clavoillon” Domaine Leflaive €350

    2018

Grand Cru

  • Corton Charlemagne Francoise Andre €300

    2014

  • Corton Charlamagne Domaine Clos De La Chapelle €250

    2017

  • Corton Charlemagne Bonneau Du Martray €450

    2017

  • Corton Charlemagne Bonneau Du Martray €450

    2016

  • Corton Charlemagne Bonneau Du Martray €450

    2015

  • Chevalier Montrachet, Philippe Colin €700

    2017

  • Chevalier Montrachet, Domaine Leflaive €1,000

    2018

  • Chevalier Montrachet, Etienne Sauzet €900

    2016

  • Batard Montrachet, Thomas Morey €680

    2017

  • Batard Montrachet, Domaine Faiveley €750

    2010

  • Batard Montrachet, Etienne Sauzet €800

    2016

  • Batard Montrachet, Domaine Leflaive €850

    2018

FRANCE

  • Muscadet, Domaine De La Vinconniere €38

    2023

  • Muscadet Clisson €45

    2012

  • Pouilly Fumé Gilles Chollet €52

    2023

  • Pouilly Fume, de Ladoucette €65

    2023

  • Sancerre, Comte Lafond €60

    2023

  • Sancerre, Comte Lafond, Grand Cuvee €90

    2022

NEW ZEALAND

  • Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, Pegasus Bay €60

    2019

  • Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, 3 wooly Sheep €42

    2024

SOUTH AFRICA

  • Hamilton Russell Chardonnay €95

    2020

USA

  • Calera, Mt Harlan Chardonnay €90

    2019

RED WINE

  • Cabernet Sauvignon, Croix Des Vents €35

    France, 2024

  • Merlot El Caminador €35

    Chile, 2023

  • Monastrell / Casa Carmela €35

    Spain, 2022

  • Malbec, Piedra Negra €38

    Argentina, 2024

FRANCE

  • Fleurie ‘Le Vivier’ Lucien Lardy Vicneron €50

    2022

  • Bordeaux Superior –Chateau Poujeau St Genes €42

    2018

  • Chateau D’Angles, La Clape €48

    2020

  • Saint Emilion, Chateau Moulin de Grenet €45

    2021

  • Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Cantenac, Selection Madame €65

    2020

  • Saint Emilion Grand Cru, Fleur Cardianle, Grand Cru Classe €200

    2016

  • Medoc Chateau Chantemerle €45

    2018

  • Haut Medoc, Chateau Cantemerle €130

    2010

  • Pomerol, Chateau Grange-Neuve €90

    2019

  • Pomerol Chateau Bourgneuf €110

    2014

  • La Clarence, Chateau Bahans, Haut Brion €220

    2000

St Julien
  • La Reserve de Leoville Barton €105

    2018

  • Chateau Langoa Barton €150

    2011

  • Chateau Langoa Barton €190

    2009

  • Chateau La Grange €150

    2010

  • Chateau La Grange €140

    2018

  • Chateau La Grange €140

    2019

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €420

    1989

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €420

    1990

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €340

    1996

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €360

    2000

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €360

    2005

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €360

    2009

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €380

    2010

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €320

    2014

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €350

    2015

  • Chateau Leoville Barton €320

    2019

  • Chateau Leoville Las Cases €900

    1996

  • Chateau Leoville Las Cases €850

    2005

  • Chateau Leoville Las Cases €850

    2009

  • Chateau Leoville Las Cases €790

    2010

Pauillac
  • Lacoste Borie €105

    2014

  • Grand Puy Lacoste €190

    2008

  • Echo de Lynch Bages €130

    2015

  • Chateau Lynch Bages, Grand Cru Classe €450

    1996

  • Chateau Lynch Bages, Grand Cru Classe €420

    2000

  • Chateau Lynch Bages, Grand Cru Classe €320

    2009

  • Chateau Lynch Bages, Grand Cru Classe €300

    2010

  • Chateau Mouton Rothschild €1,600

    2009

  • Chateau Mouton Rothschild €1,700

    2010

  • Chateau Mouton Rothschild €1,300

    2015

  • Chateau Latour €1,000

    2001

  • Chateau Latour €1,100

    2015

Margaux
  • Margaux Chateau Siran €95

    2017

  • Chateau Rauzan-Segla €450

    2009

  • Chateau Rauzan-Segla €380

    2010

  • Chateau Rauzan-Segla €300

    2015

Saint-Estéphe
  • Chateau Cos d’Estournel €500

    2003

  • Chateau Cos d’Estournel €800

    2005

  • Chateau Cos d’Estournel €390

    2014

Rhone Valley
  • Domaine Boisson, Cairanne, Cotes du Rhone €45

    2021

  • Cote Rotie, Lieu dit ‘Bertholon’ Stephane Ogier €260

    2018

  • Cote Rotie, Lieu dit ‘Montmain’ Stephane Ogier €260

    2018

  • Cote Rotie, Lieu dit ‘Le Champon’ Stephane Ogier €260

    2018

  • Cote Rotie, Lieu dit ‘Cognet’ Stephane Ogier €260

    2018

  • Cote Rotie, Lieu dit ‘But de Mont’ Stephane Ogier €260

    2018

  • Cote Rotie, Lieu dit ‘Fongeant’ Stephane Ogier €260

    2018

  • Cote Rotie ‘LA BELLE HELENE’ Stephane Ogier €700

    2018

Burgundy
  • Bourgogne, Cotes d’Auxerre, Goisot, Jean Hugues €65

    2019

  • Rully, Jean Baptiste Ponsot €75

    2021

  • Marsannay, Les Favieres, Charles Audion €115

    2021

  • Savigny Les Beaune, Domaine Simon Bize & Fils €120

    2018

  • Gevrey Chambertin, 1er cru ‘Les Cazetiers’ Domaine Rosseau €430

    2021

SPAIN

  • Rioja, Conde Valdemar, Crianza €42

    2020

  • Rioja, Conde Valdemar Reserva €46

    2017

  • Rioja Conde Valdmare Gran Reserve €52

    2017

ITALY

  • Valpolicella superior, Ripassa della, Zenato €59

    2020

  • Borolo DOCG, Sansilvestro €85

    2020

  • Sassicaia, Bolgheri Sassacaia €790

    2010

  • Sassicaia, Bolgheri Sassacaia €770

    2014

  • Sassicaia, Bolgheri Sassacaia €750

    2017

NEW ZEALAND

  • Lawsons Dry Hills, Marlborough, Pinot Noir Reserve €50

    2019

ARGENTINA

  • Bodega Piedra Negra, Malbec, Reserve €45

    2022

  • Bodega Piedra Negra, Malbec, Gran Reserve €80

    2022

U.S.A

  • Decoy, Merlot, Sonoma County €65

    2019

  • Duckhorn Merlot, Napa Valley €105

    2021

  • Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley €120

    2020

  • Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain €160

    2020

  • Duckhorn, Merlot, Three Palms, Napa Valley €170

    2020

  • Orin Swift Papillon Red €170

    2018

  • Orin Swift ‘Slander’ Pinot Noir €100

    2018

  • Orin Swift Machete Red €110

    2020

  • Orin Swift, Mercury Head, Cabernet Sauvignon €240

    2018

  • Louis Martini Monte Rossa Cabernet Sauvignon €170

    2013

  • Dominus, “Napanook” Napa Valley €230

    2012

  • Dominus, Napa Valley €350

    2015

  • Joseph Phelps “Insignia” €630

    2012

  • Joseph Phelps “Insignia” €630

    2013

  • Joseph Phelps “Insignia” €640

    2014

  • Joseph Phelps “Insignia” €610

    2015

  • Joseph Phelps “Insignia” €600

    2016

  • Joseph Phelps “Insignia” €590

    2017

  • Opus One €790

    2012

  • Opus One €800

    2013

  • Opus One €780

    2014

  • Opus One €760

    2015

  • Opus One €750

    2016

  • Opus One €740

    2018

You always get the best room rate if you book directly with us!

Call us at 065 708 1548 to make your reservation or email [email protected].