Courtyard Restaurant in Swords

20/03/2026: Dealdy atmosphere & quick service

18/03/2026: There for St. Patrick’s Day lunch, 8 ppl to our table. Rude upstairs staff (waitress with long red hair) makes snappy comment about 3 kids dancing to the traditional music and playing in the center of the room. They were not rowdy or rude, they were being watched well, as it wasn’t very crowded. She said something along the lines of “you need to move the kids. I can barely walk though here myself, let alone with kids on the floor.” A simple “hi, can you please have the kids dance near the table?” would’ve been polite and the correct way to address patrons. We already knew she was clueless when asked if she had any St Patrick’s Day themed drinks (like green beer) and she said “what’s that?” It’s exactly what it’s called. Green beer, you know for the many guests you have here for the parade… she said no and after taking a couple drink orders walked away without finishing and didn’t come back until we went to the kind gentleman at the bar to ask for our order to be taken. She didn’t even bring the two ordered drinks. Would’ve stayed longer if we’d had someone else serving us. Her attitude and lack of customer service skills really put us all off.