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What a fantastic experience at the Rusty Mackerel! 🌊🍀 Nestled at the foot of the breathtaking Slieve League cliffs, this is the perfect place to soak in the beauty of Donegal while enjoying great food, drinks, and authentic Irish hospitality. 🏔️✨ One thing we really appreciated was the considerable amount of space available, along with a convenient car park 🚗, making it easy for visitors to stop by and relax without any hassle. For our mains, we ordered the Traditional Fish & Chips 🐟🍟, the Rusty Mackerel 🐠, the Fisherman's Pie 🥧, and the Chicken Burger 🍔. Every dish was delicious, generously portioned, and clearly made with quality ingredients. The seafood in particular was fresh and full of flavour. We also enjoyed a few pints of Guinness 🍺, poured to perfection with that authentic creamy taste you'd expect from a traditional Irish pub. A unique touch that stood out was their iconic practice of painting a design on top of the Guinness foam 🎨🍻, which added a bit of fun and character to the experience. It's great to see that they've also introduced accommodation options 🛏️ for visitors who want to stay longer and truly experience the traditional Irish pub culture. With live music happening every evening 🎶🎻, it creates a fantastic atmosphere where locals and tourists can come together, enjoy the craic, and make lasting memories. Excellent food, great pints, friendly service, live music, accommodation, ample parking, and an unbeatable location beneath Slieve League. The Rusty Mackerel is a must-visit when you're in Donegal. We'll definitely be back! 👏😊🇮🇪🍺

We stayed at the Rusty Mackrel based on a recommendation and found it to be brilliant, the room was a bit small but fine for a short stay. We had dinner there and the food was top notch, freshly prepared and quality ingredients, our waitress Ava made sure my wife had the exact food she needed for her dietry requirements. Very impressive, I had the fish and chips which was delicious. We then had a few drinks in the bar and again the staff were friendly and professional. The prices were ok for a tourist destination and I will be returning as theres lots more to explore in ghe area. I have no real negatives to say but I personally recommend the Rusty Mackrel as a brilliant plase to experience

Great spot for a break after climbing the hills as we did

Good lunch after the Giant's Causeway.

One night stay..Great food ,great atmosphere .Very helpful and friendly staff .Cabin like accomodation was perfect for our stay .The bar itself had a traditional irish band playing early evening .The later band were unable to make it but the locals ,the Austrian tourists and other guests took on with the guitar and sing a long .What a great nights craic.We will be back .Thanks to all the staff at the rusty Mackerel

This was our first stay at this place and we really liked it. The staff is very helpful and friendly, fast service, delicious food and especially delicious breakfast, live music in the bar and a very convenient location. We recommend it!

A Gem! Staff, food and the experince top notch.

Had the most amazing mackerel here, highly recommend checking out this place if you are in the area!

Wonderful spot for food i didnt stay but lunch was great seafood chowder and amazing Irish bread delicious and unique

Beautiful scenery for 360 degrees. Food and the staff were exceptional