Beans And Leaves in Athlone

This restaurant was great find for breakfast/ brunch. Great menu and nice to try something different than the fry we went in for. Had amazing ham hock and creamy mushroom with poached eggs which was amazing and the service was great. All staff so friendly and we had the pleasure of tasting some of the owners sons chocolates (Bon Chocolatiers). Amazing and I left after buying a selection. Will definitely be back.

One of my favorite restaurants during vacation. It was just recently renovated, and has a wonderful view of the river. The food was incredible and the entire wait staff was very lovely and sociable. They gave us free samples of chocolate that the owners’ son made, which was great! May have to visit again in the future. I ordered the Spanish fried egg with chorizo and potato hash, the shakshuka, and the bread and butter pudding.

I had the best muffin ever. Hot chocolate was delicious. And the staff were lovely.

Lovely food, tasty, fresh and top quality service. Very fast for such quality food. Exceptionally friendly staff , every staff member from opening the front door said Hello, we sat upstairs, nice bright room again, very friendly staff upstairs, when we were going all said goodbye and thanked us for coming. When we had started to eat- within a few minutes, we were asked if everything was alright, we were happy with the food and did we want anything else. Obviously the owner/manager/staff put a-lot of effort in. (Not that fussed on the QR ordering-the food and friendliness make up for this but it’s just something I personally don’t like in a restaurant)

Brown bread superb, soup and sausage rolls were excellent. Service was superb also

I love their vegetarian breakfast. It's amazing combination. And the coffee is so delicious and refreshing.

Highly recommended staff are amazing can't do enough teas n coffee 👌 pasterys yum

I didn’t like that you are basically forced to order with a QR Code based online system, while literally adding your order to a cart on a website (in a restaurant!) if you wanna pay with cash, you have to walk to the counter, and order there. I’d understand all this if it would be a big restaurant, but it’s around 50 sqm so i don’t get it why they need to use all these useless tech. If i was in their place, i’d just operate this venue in the old way, without all this QR nonsense. Food and the general vibe are good.

Exception place for food. Found this place by accident. There were 7 of us breaking up our road trip. The food was beyond our expectations, and excellent service. Would highly recommend

Casual cafe feel but outstanding food. 6 for lunch today and all plates cleared. I thought it was an excellent spot. Friendly young staff. You order on your own phone from a hugely varied menu with lots of vegetarian choices. Will be back again to try more exciting options