Awards

• HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ACADEMY MILLENNIUM AWARD OF DISTINCTION FOR EXCELLANCE PRESENTED TO KINGFISHER
  For Outstanding Food and Service 2001 by The Supreme Council of The Hotel and Restaurant Academy.



• Ericsson Business Person Award
  Operating in Portlaoise for the past five years the restaurant can boast among its credentials the 2001 Ericsson Business Person Award (In which Khurshid Anwar saw over 390 candidates)



• Best Restaurant in Ireland 2002.
  
  
  
• Irish Welcome Award for 2003
  The restaurant has also been nominated for the Failte Ireland 'Irish Welcome Award for 2003.



• Personal compliments of former American President Bill Clinton and his wife Located on Lower Main Street, Kingfisher Indian restaurant enjoys the sort of reputation that similar businesses dream of and it's a reputation that has far out flown the boundaries of Laois. Khurshid Anwar Googee who in his previous capacity as proprietor of the equally vaunted CAFÉ INDIA in Tullamore received the personal compliments of former American President Bill Clinton and his wife-



• Ireland's Top Restaurant Award
  Most recently Kingfisher has won the Leading Restaurant Association of Ireland's Top Restaurant award.



• RTE and the IRISH TIMES
  Kingfisher has granted a brace of awards been visited by RTE and the IRISH TIMES and has amassed a bulging folder of thank you letters from the many customers who dine in its confines.