The Fatted Calf in Athlone

We had a wonderful evening at Fatted Calf. The ambiance was beautiful, and lovely background music played softly. The welcome was warm and inviting. The service was attentive, humorous, and never intrusive! The food was divine! The combination of the appetizer with the black pudding croquettes, the scallops, and the various sauces was an explosion of flavor! Thank you! For the main course, the meat was tender and juicy with a delicious chimichurri sauce. Wonderful! The desserts were simply amazing! Our restaurant visit was the highlight of our time here in Athlone!

Robert is an exceptional waiter — truly a machine! His service was outstanding, and he treated us with great professionalism and kindness. Highly recommended!

Wandered into this gorgeous restaurant Tuesday this week. Before I even speak about the delicious food, I want to mention the service and the people. They were so attentive and professional, warm and kind. People make a place for me. Attention to detail has been lost in a lot of restaurants, but not this place! Everything on the menu was so appealing but we both ended up going for one of the specials of the day, the sirloin. The tastes, the sauces, the love put into the food was second to none! We had a pinot grigio and Argentinan Malbec to accompany them. My malbec was full bodied and bold, it went perfectly with my meat. We then had espresso martinis instead of desserts- again delicious! It was my mums first espresso martini and it didnt disappoint. My mother mentioned we were out celebrating and they brought down a complimentary dessert with Congratulations written on it- so kind and lovely. We were very impressed and will be back aome day

What a fab meal. Beautiful food and excellent service. First night in Athlone from Donegal and would definitely recommend it. Compliments to all the team

I'm carnivore, so only eat meat, ordered steak without the sides obviously, still got charged for them though and nothing extra on the plate, won't visit again

Absolutely incredible, we stumbled in on a whim and were blown away by the food, we had black pudding starter, prawn wonton and the smoked mackerel rillette set a high bar, but the main course blew us away! Fabulous porter steak for main and crispy sticky pork belly. Desserts just as good, such was the staff and wine and cocktails. If we lived in Athlone we would be the size of a house eating here every day

Exceptional food and friendly service.