The best restaurants

14/03/2026: Food and service is always fantastic!

13/03/2026: My local, busy pub, decent staff, I marked a star off for the lack of windows, also my kids are coeliac and they weren't very helpful with this unlike other pubs in the area where they would at least be able to fry some chips or something for them.

30/12/2025: Lovely Pub, Great Pint of Stout

17/08/2025: Historic, informal and easy-going place...watch your watch, you're not drunk.

27/02/2026: We came in for a few pints and ended up staying for a couple hours, having a great time talking and joking with the bartenders. Getting to speak with Ashley was one of the highlights of our trip. This was also the first place we were exposed to treacle brown bread and their homemade batch is out of this world. The Irish stew was perfect for the setting, and I found myself wanting it again on every chilly day of the trip. Thank you for the hospitality!

13/01/2026: Came in for a pint, felt welcomed immediately and enjoyed our time among regulars and locals. The service was outstanding. Would come back anytime. Thank you for a lovely time after a long drive.

06/01/2026: A café promoted even by HOTbox. After a sauna, all we wanted was to have a coffee. We arrived and found a sign saying “Ring the bell.” A girl came to the door and asked us, “Do you want to have a coffee?” We said yes. Her response? She flipped the sign to “Closed” and said they were closed. So what is the point of promoting this café and listing opening hours from 8:45 on weekdays if, in reality, you’re not open at all? Very disappointing and confusing experience.

04/01/2026: Had a great tour and Gin making class. I would highly recommend it.

23/11/2025: Friendly staff, very impressed with beautiful clean bedroom, just finished a very tasty breakfast, on our way home after a very enjoyable weekend, definitely come back again

22/11/2025: On a Friday night you know tourism is dead in the west when serving stops at half 12 on a "FRIDAY" night.... In the interest of bringing tourists in maybe open late and have trad music!!! Or does that not suit your propaganda!!

03/12/2025: Excellent food spotless highly recommend 👌

16/11/2025: The carvery was top notch. The staff was great. I will definitely be back. We were there in the afternoon so that's why atmosphere is a 4

17/03/2026: A former bank transformed into a welcoming venue, good value for money.

15/03/2026: Irish coffee, rather cold and bland despite the whiskey; they didn't add sugar to the cream, and the coffee was that lukewarm, watery brew you get everywhere. €9. The place is very nice, but the service was listless. There weren't many customers. They didn't even bring me a saucer or spoon and were surprised that I wanted to pay in cash.

01/02/2026: Food was out of this world and the service was even better . We were served by Conor and he was 10/10 highly recommended 👌

17/01/2026: Lovely place beautiful ambience

10/03/2026: great menu with some uniqueness a little pricey

02/03/2026: My best restaurant in Swords, well recommended 😍💃

07/11/2025: Great to see some Asian options in Blanch village. Staff were helpful and friendly. Pastries and sweet treats looked delicious. The outdoor dining area is very well done.

28/10/2025: 4 of 6 of us had the fine oppotunity of expericencing food poisoning after having the ube chiffon swiss roll and pistachios cake.

01/03/2026: Very good value for money and excellent quality. Service very attentive. Definitely will be back!

26/02/2026: Loved it .Staff is friendly .Food was also worth the price and tasty 😋.

03/01/2026: We’ve been regular customers up until this visit, which is why this experience was particularly disappointing. We waited around 30 minutes just to place our order, and then another 40 minutes for the food to arrive. It was disheartening to see a table seated after us receive their starter before our food was served, with no explanation or apology offered. When the food eventually arrived, it appeared to have been microwaved rather than freshly prepared, which made the long wait even harder to understand. Overall, the experience fell short of what we’d come to expect. We hope this was a once-off, but unfortunately it has made us reconsider returning unless there’s a noticeable improvement.

16/12/2025: Thank you 🥰 Everything was very tasty, fast and very friendly atmosphere. The staff is very friendly Thank you, my birthday went very well. Thank you 🥰

29/10/2025: A very cozy cafe, I really liked the food, the sandwich was not dry, lots of cheese, very clean, the staff is top notch, polite and friendly, the food is the best.

29/10/2025: Staff were lovely and it was clean. Food was very basic. It’s says the sandwiches etc come with tortilla chips-there was 3 on the side of the plate. Side salad was very fresh though. The bagel I ordered was missing toppings and was 80% relish with a small amount of goats cheese. Grand if you just want something very basic and quick.

16/03/2026: Fantastic and fresh Chickken Caesar salad. Good coffee, great service and food all around looks great. Hope this place thrives

12/03/2026: Lovely coffee and even lovelier staff! ♥️

28/02/2026: Excellent experience for afternoon tea. Refills of sandwiches and scones are unlimited. The scones and pastries are truly delicious. The only slight drawback was that the sandwiches were a little bland. A wide selection of teas and a few coffees are available. The setting is beautiful (special mention for the fresh flowers). Thank you, Claudia, for serving us so professionally.

24/02/2026: The best tea we’ve ever had. AMAZING gluten free!