AN award winning Ennis restaurant has announced it is closing its doors for good.

The owners of the Rowan Tree Cafe Bar on Harmony Row confirmed they have made the “difficult decision” to cease trading as of Monday of this week.

According to a social media post the decision to close was made “due to increasing and unsustainable operational costs”.

“We would like to thank all our loyal guests and customers for their valued custom over the years and most importantly thanks to our fantastic employees many of whom have been with us since the beginning, for their loyalty and dedicated hard work, we will miss the interactions with you all on a daily basis but we feel now is the right time to end this chapter,” stated Brian and Marianne O’Neill.

They have urged anybody with a gift voucher to contact them by email at info@rowantreecafebar.ie before Friday.