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26/02/2025: I work around the corner and love stopping in here for an after work pint . Lovely staff. Good Guinness 👍

19/01/2025: Estuve allí 3 noches seguidas y gasté una fortuna... Este tipo es un bar brillante, un saludo por cada uno que nadie se queda afuera. Ojalá hubiera más como él y en más de 25 años me recuerda a mí cuando empecé... ¡Aférrrrense a él, chicos, es un pequeño Diomand!

25/01/2025: The nicest satay you’ll ever taste!! Very friendly staff especially the manager she’s a very nice person. Highly recommended food is incredible.

02/01/2025: Food was very yummy staff were very nice people and one of the best restaurants in the counrty

08/03/2025: Lovely place to watch the rugby. Roaring fire and dog friendly too

08/12/2024: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ i can’t recommend The Blackwater in Kells enough! Not only is the food and atmosphere top-notch, but the staff go above and beyond. Trish, in particular, was incredible—so kind, caring, and thoughtful. She even went out of her way to drop us home, which was beyond generous. It’s rare to find such amazing hospitality these days. We’ll definitely be back—thank you, Trish, for making our experience unforgettable!

25/10/2024: Best coffee in Portlaoise! Peter is always great for a chat and the protein balls are hard to turn down!!

15/10/2024: Great coffee and Acai bowls. Can really tell the love for producing great quality coffee - highly recommend

15/02/2025: food under cooked also found extras in the food lovely for me wont be returning food is disgusting.

04/02/2025: Would've left 0 stars but can't do that as Google review doesn't let me. I wouldn't recommend this place at all !!! O.M.G. when it comes to sanitary procedures, the staff is lacking it big time: one single sign with "Use gloves" but not a single person who's handling food would have even the intention of reading at least the sign... Somebody was smoking in the back because the time I arrived at the shop, there would be a breeze of cold and smell coming from the back of the shop and yet not even a single soul... Just one single soul thinking of washing their hands before even touching the food or at least dezinfecting their hands properly. Their's like 5-7 people working that day, and you couldn't tell who's serving and who's helping the customers with their orders. A complete chaos didn't know where the line is or who is waiting for his order... Speaking of the order... For ruffle around 10-20€ getting a 3rd World size portion of fish and chips sounds more like an exaggerated thing to say, but really may fed only a child, not an adult with it. Ended up buying from this place just because finding a good takeaway on a late Sunday night is really hard... So my advice for any future customers would be: GO THERE IF YOU ARE EITHER DESPERATE OR DRUNK and have no other option of takeaway elsewhere I am sorry for the staff. I don't want to be rude, but either them or whoever is managing them and the shop has no idea of food regulations and staff/ customer safety

23/02/2025: This place was vile the food moldy and it smells like a homeless haven but the style of building reminds me of my childhood would not recommend unless your going for a nostalgic experience

20/10/2024: Eugene and Idele run a great business here the food is unreal and a real homely atmosphere

25/11/2024: Best of the best!!🥹🫶🏻 Very kind and beautiful people who working there!!!🫶🏻

19/10/2024: What a gem of a place, I can't recommend this place enough... the lads are super friendly and the coffee is great.

29/10/2024: Best sport in the town by a country mile ! Spotless, great bar ladies behind the bar and couldn't do enough for you. Always a fabulous buzz about the place. Big beer garden. Guinness is gorgeous and giant t,v, for all the sports during the day. Music every week.

23/09/2024: Lovely pub for a beer, and it has lovely, relaxing lighting all around. A great sport type pub with the Rugby on in one section and Football in another, so catering for eveyone, we as a group could also sit in an area for a chat too. So we'll done to the management top class and and that goes for the service and friendly staff too. Thanks for a great experience. 100%.

23/02/2025: Wow, I was in this pub again recently after a two year break. The host was so rude, really bad. I haven't experienced such insolence in a long time. I really can't recommend it, I'd rather go somewhere else. Totally unpleasant atmosphere Bad-tempered faces at the bar The service was really bad. Barely had time to place our order. The waiter immediately left as if he was happy to be rid of us. Totally unfriendly and not interested in his job. That doesn't work at all!

23/02/2025: We are from Switzerland. Two years ago we were able to sing live with Kevin and his brother and had a lot of fun in this pub because he called us to this pub and we were able to get to know it. When we recently visited the pub to see if there would be good live music again, I was excited. I was nervous with joy as I stood outside the pub, excited to show it off to my fellow travelers. We entered and looked for a place. We went to the bar and the bartender was a red-haired man with frizzy hair who was very annoyed and uninterested in us. We want to order a beer and ask what types are available. The man looked at us in a very annoyed, condescending and arrogant way and made a hand gesture as if it should be clear what kind of beer was available. Without saying anything and labeling us unwelcome, he continued to say nothing, so we chose a beer that we hoped was available. He got us the beer, didn't even look at us, popped the beer in our face without looking at us and ran away. I wanted to ask him if there was still live music today, since I had such a great evening two years ago. However, that evening on February 15, 2025 was a sad catastrophe. The serving girls simply cleared away the glass without asking if everything was okay or if it could be something again. No sound. It seemed as if the workers wanted to get rid of us. I entered with so much joy and memories and stepped out full of disappointment with my fellow travelers. I looked at the red-haired man again and walked out without saying anything. If we hadn't gone there again, I would still have fond memories of this pub.

29/01/2025: The Best Shiisha Place in Dublin.

30/11/2024: Shisha was good, Karak chai was delicious, service was impeccable. One bad thing I can think of is the loud music and it wasn’t to my taste.

03/02/2025: We just spent 2 wonderful nights as a family of 5 wonderful cake and card to celebrate my daughters confirmation when we arrived staff very friendly and so helpful food was fab great family get away which was badly needed definitely reccomend the maldron

31/01/2025: Great experience at the Maldron Hotel gym and swimming pool! Clean facilities, well-maintained equipment, and a welcoming atmosphere. The staff were friendly and helpful—made the visit even better. Highly recommend!

17/03/2025: Staff polite at check in, rooms cleaned everyday. Coffee and biscuits replenished daily. Breakfast was very good. Evening meals and bar was awesome. Overall a very pleasant stay.

17/03/2025: City centre Hotel great view of the Shannon River. Food and drink good. Rooms large and comfortable with great views of Limerick City and surrounding areas. It's a tall building.

11/03/2025: Yes, if you're willing to pay €7 for a Guinness and €7.50 for a Bulmers.

10/03/2025: Very friendly and welcoming staff, the lamb stew was amazing.

02/10/2024: What a fantastic little pub tucked in at the end of the village. The live music was excellent and the atmosphere very welcoming, Guinness and Murphy's both excellent. I'd highly recommend popping in when your on the area.

29/09/2024: Lovely pub ,not sure if they do food ,just called in for a drink ,great atmosphere

31/01/2025: The Boxty Stack breakfast is sublime, definitely one of the best breakfasts ever. 👍

18/09/2024: There's a saying that dynamite comes in small packages. This is very true for this charming restaurant. I was treated in a very welcoming manner. I watched as each customer was immediately made welcome, even addressed by their name if known. The service was fast and the meal delicious. Usually a Caesar chicken and bacon salad is served too dry for my liking, but this salad had the perfect ratio of salad and dressing. The garlic bread was crispy but not hard. I totally enjoyed every aspect of my visit. Definitely on my 'do again ' list. Thank you Caroline and staff.