The Tea Rooms Emo Court is delighted to partner with CaToCa Fine Food and Giftware to deliver a quality experience to our visitors. The Emo Court Tearoom allows you to enjoy a wonderful setting in a landscape unchanged since the eighteenth century. Emo Tea Rooms are at Emo Court, which is near the village of Emo, Co.
Laois. Emo Court is a mansion which was designed in 1790 for the First Earl of Portarlington. Today, you can wander around the beautiful picturesque gardens, featuring giant sequoias, which were planted in the late nineteenth century, and many other unusual trees and shrubs.
A visit to Emo Court is special, the place is magical, however, please avoid the tea rooms as you will leave vexed and upset that in this day and age this arrogance is allowed. CaToCa Fine Food and Giftware is located at Emo Court and Gardens, an Office of Public Works heritage site and one of the few private houses and gardens designed by the architect James Gandon, who designed it in 1790. The house is set within beautiful gardens and parkland.
The restored tea rooms, formally opened in 2005 can cater for groups from 1 to 80. The tea rooms are divided into 4. The dining room The drawing room with Irish yew settee in front of window.
Emo Court View of Emo Court entrance from treecover The library The rotunda dome Opening Times While the house is now closed for the 2025 season the parklands and tearooms remain open daily. The house will reopen mid. Emo Court's free parklands, stunning gardens, and welcoming tea rooms make it a top Laois attraction, ideal for families, walkers, and dog owners (with restrictions).
The Emo Court Tea Rooms is ideal for taking a rest and enjoying a speciality coffee some sweet treats or for picking up some gifts. Open all year round except for Christmas Day. The Emo Court tearoom in the historic Dower House is open 364 days a year, serving warming drinks and treats perfect for rounding off a winter stroll.
Once the largest country estate in Ireland, Emo Court was commissioned and built by the earls of Portarlington and designed by the eminent architect James Gandon.