O'Dea's Bistro in Portarlington

Visited yesterday evening for a dinner while passing through. Very friendly staff working well when busy, unfortunately food was not up to scratch. Had turkey and ham , was very bland. Veg was very soft and bland too almost like a bag of frozen mixed veg...Everybody likes their food to be hot but the food was ridiculously hot must have been blasted in an oven ,plate would scald you. Got a baby bowl for my daughter and she could not even begin to eat it for good 10 mins or it would have burnt the mouth off her. Ordered goujons & chips from kids menu for my son and asked for couple of extra goujons if possible instead of chips for him, hes autistic and will only eat the chicken. After a long wait, 5 to 6 of the smallest over-cooked goujons came out for him , and I was charged 13e for them which I taught was a bit expensive. As I said staff friendly, relaxing atmosphere cant fault them but we were disappointed with the quality of the food especially for the price point.

Very friendly and efficient service

Best pub in town the food is so good

Hi, so let’s start with I own a pub in a neighbouring town. I have been here twice, this is a fantastic pub. The food and service would match anywhere. I felt compelled to give it a great rating. It’s just very good at what it does, I would recommend this to anyone. Michael Scully Sq Bar Portlaoise

Food was really good great service

Staff very friendly and a lovely atmosphere among them all. Pint of Guinness very very good. Had garlic mushrooms/chicken wings for super starter. Steak dinner/house burger was absolutely super and great value. Will definitely be back soon. Thank you for a lovely evening.