Murphy's Restaurant in Castletownbere

I visited Murphy's Restaurant today 28th August 2026 as came to Castletownbere on a weekend break. Absolutely lovely staff, kind, courteous, helpful. The food was amazing, tasty and well presented all fresh not shop bought produce. Only flaw, and this is just a tiny, tiny remark, the food on menu isn't what was served, the food on chalk board menu is what is served, so on menu is only a drinks menu, but it also shows food, maybe so as not to have customers order from this menu, just get a drinks menu list, now, it wasn't the staff fault people were ordering from this menu, as when I was seated IF PEOPLE WOULD ONLY LISTEN,,,, the staff stated the food menu is here (Which they brought out on a CHALBOARD MENU), and the drinks are on the pamphlet list, but obviously people weren't LISTENING.... 100% EXCEPTIONAL FOOD. CUSTOMER SERVICE 100%

Very accommodating and welcoming to us with our dog and 2 younger children in the covered outside area where they put the heater on for us. Fantastic service and friendly staff all round - the little one was dead impressed with his bonus ice cream 😋 Decent food and portions also, you should definitely consider if looking for dinner.

Delicious... first time visiting and certainly won't be the last! I had the pan fried hake, the variety of veg was refreshing...service great... I'll be back...

Dinner at Murphy's: delicious food and the friendliest, most attentive staff I've encountered in Ireland! Average prices, plenty of parking in the square outside... highly recommended!

This is a fabulous family owned restaurant on the Main Street in Castletownbere. We got a family table for seven. We had a mix of a lot of things. Everything was perfect. Very reasonably priced. Worth a visit if you are in the area.

We had a delicious vegetarian supper here. The waitress was wonderful, attentive and welcoming.

This place is incredible!! It was the seaside experience with legitimately good seafood! The service was very attentive, the owner came up several times to check on us. They had some seafood specials, I got the blackened Cajun salmon and it was cooked perfectly. My wife got the pan seared plaice and it also was very delicious. We would definitely come back!

Visited this place recently and it is a pure gem. Definitely recommend a visit

Fantastic, unpretentious restaurant with great staff and generous portions. Everything we had was fresh and excellently seasoned. The smash burger was one of the best I have had in months.

Lovely food. Friendly staff. Was busy when we went. I would recommend 🙂