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28/04/2026: The food was okay overall, but I’d say it’s quite expensive for what you get. I had to remove two items as I can’t eat them, and they replaced them with extra roast potatoes and a hash brown, which I appreciated. That said, I initially only got four small pieces of potato, but when I asked for more, they added extra, which was good. The server was friendly and took our order well. The coffee was really good nice and hot. There’s also good parking available, and it’s easy to turn in and access the place.

26/04/2026: Editing an old review from 5 stars as I used to absolutely love this place. Have been coming in for breakfasts/brunches here for years now. Used to love the Full Irish ('Farmer's Fair') but they've changed a lot from what they used to be. It's hit & miss on the food a lot of the time, as they regularly change things around regarding what arrives on the plate so it's like a lottery. Food has become very disappointing over the last year or more and do not justify the prices anymore.

01/06/2026: Friendly atmosphere ,live music , outdoor seating area .

03/02/2026: Fine bar but looking a bit jaded in places Could do with a revamp of simple stuff really - good music at the weekend - some great acts local and national

26/09/2025: Stopped by this coffee shop this morning for a cortado and something to go — and wow! The cortado was absolute perfection, and the almond croissant was just as impressive. To top it off, they were playing Radiohead, which gave the place such a great vibe. Highly recommend if you’re looking for fantastic coffee and fresh-baked goods!

15/08/2025: Delicious espresso at a good price

16/09/2025: A very decent pub with welcoming locals and a very pleasent chap manning the bar when we visited.

31/08/2025: Nice place for a pint; friendly and cozy.

14/10/2025: I visited your restaurant approximately an hour ago and would like to share my recent experience. Before entering the queue, I wanted to ask one of your staff members whether you had the Bufalina pizza available. Unfortunately, I was met with a rude and dismissive response—“It’s in the oven.” Later, when I proceeded to place my order, another staff member served me in a cold and indifferent manner. I have ordered the Bufalina pizza from your restaurant many times before, and it has never been served as burnt as it was today. I was quite surprised by the quality. Moreover, as I was leaving with my order, I noticed three members of your team looking directly at me while speaking in their own language and laughing, which made me feel very uncomfortable and disrespected.

09/10/2025: I ate pasta carbonara there which was very good and the servers are very friendly, I highly recommend it.

07/06/2026: The perfect neighborhood spot!💛💛💛 Surf Hut is my absolute favourite coffee shop. It's just a few steps from my front door, the coffee is consistently perfect, and the staff are so friendly. We are so lucky to have this gem nearby! ☕️✨

31/05/2026: Just pretty bad customer service. Burnt milk, awful wait times, great location though

03/04/2026: Best Chinese in Fingal, you won’t be disappointed 🔥

29/03/2026: The spice bag was a bag or rice. It tasted like rank raccoon poo. I paid €9.50 for a Joyous Garden spice bag and got a bag of cold rice.

23/04/2026: I used to really like this place, but after today I’m honestly shocked. I ordered takeaway and also bought prawn crackers. Right before handing me my order, a staff member picked up one bag of crackers, said “oh, another one,” and gave me a different (but identical-looking) packet instead. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but when I got home, I discovered there were bugs inside the crackers 🤮🤢 It makes me feel like the staff member was aware of the issue and still chose to give it to me. This is extremely unhygienic and very disrespectful to customers who are paying for their food. After this experience, I won’t be coming back!!!

27/02/2026: Big place, traditional chinese style. Excellent food. Very tasty meals, everything was excellent 👌 we really enjoyed our dinner, shredded chicken with saute sauce and fillet beef with black bean sauce. The service was amazing, very attentive girl, even though it was busy. Definitely recommended, sit in and enjoy.

17/08/2025: arrived this morning to buy bread for clients wasn't sure what I wanted but the young lady behind the counter was so helpful and kind really was also looking for some dessert spoke about each one ended up getting what and very reasonably priced definitely back again

24/06/2025: Everything was fresh, well-seasoned, and perfectly cooked.

20/05/2026: Cheap stout, great atmosphere. A real locals spot. Recommended for a quiet pint and to get away from the busy soulless places in the city.

22/11/2025: UPDATE: Sister Trish and cleaner Mother has left Biddy’s Pub “ We are Fed Up of his Greed and Bullying “ So who is telling Lies Now readers .. Firstly I would like to state I have been frequenting Biddy’s O’Dowd’s Bar Athlone since Opening in 2022 a Couple of Times a Week during that time I rarely got a bad pint of Guinness their was NO PROBLEM replacing a pint if this happened but in Recent Times Bad Pints of Guinness were a Regular Occurrences at Biddy’s Bar Regrettably .. GREED is a TERRIBLE THING if your in the PUB / CATERING BUSINESS or any business serving the Unsuspecting Citizens of Ireland and Visitors DEADLY PRODUCTS … I have always Promoted Biddy’s O’Dowd’s or similar Business that is Selling Good Food or Drinkable Products I also frequented the old bar in the late 1980’s so I have the Experience of GOOD and BAD products like Guinness for FORTY YEARS which in anyone’s books Qualifies Me to WRITE this Review and Hurts Me at the same Time .. If Irish Citizens the Public Cannot Trust Publicans Luckily they are Rare around Athlone anyway ….. I also was SUBJECTED to Verbal Abuse by Chris Hewitt Licence Owner when he PHONED ME like a Creature POSSESSED … I hung Up on him … I received a Superb Pint of Guinness when i entered the Pub it was Very Quiet and I was the only customer drinking the Good Stuff “Guinness Draught” everyone else was drinking Beers / Larger which should raised a Red Flag for me ….. I complemented Trish Owners sister Chris on the Great Quality of the Guinness as I do Everywhere from Ireland to Portugal and further where I get a Great Pint of Guinness i ordered a Second Pint of Guinness The Second Pint was as different as Chalk and Cheese with Brown / Black Bubbles Accross its Head I won’t say Guinness as it wasn’t Guinness but Slops … How this Transformation from My First Superb Pint of Guinness to the Second Pint is IMPOSSIBLE unless the Barrel was finished and Trish replaced the Guinness Barrel with a New Barrel which was OFF also and could be Replaced with another New Keg if that is what Happened or the Original barrel was tampered with … I made Trish aware of the Problem and she Replied “ it might be the Glasses !!!! “ as she hadn’t changed the Guinness Barrel I left it with her I ordered a Replacement Pint of Guinness Trish but it was EXACTLY the Same UNDRINKABLE I made Trish aware again … New Customer entered the pub and Ordered a Pint of Guinness like a Shot Trish ran again down the stairse to the Cellar .. Trish visits the Cellar Very Frequently .. When Trish pulled and served a Pint of Guinness to the New Customer it looked Exactly the Same as my First Pint of Guinness which was a TOTAL Transformation ..NOT … I pointed the Guinness Transformation to Trish but got NO REPLY .. In fact I got the COLD SHOULDER !!!! I then Left Biddy as I was made UNWELCOME by Trish’s Attitude towards ME.. I got a Drinkable Pint of Good Guinness which I had No Problem obtaining in Athlone ….. I sent Trish a Picture of a “GOOD PINT” of GUINNESS which I had NO PROBLEM obtaining here in Athlone .. Less than an Hour I was Subjected to a phone call from Chris Hewitt Trish’s brother a TERRAIN of ABUSE ROARING DOWN the PHONE at ME HE was like a Creature POSSESSED .. I would also state their my be a Breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 as Chris Hewitt stated that he would make sure that I wouldn’t get served in any Pub an Athlone as he was printing my picture off Pub CCTV “ as I speak and sending it to them “ He also BARRED ME .. This is All Over me making Trish his sister aware of a Bad Pint of Guinness which can happen in any Pub .. I looked on Trish as a Friend telling her Personal Private stuff I thought we were Friends or so she made Out by Poisoning Me !!!! I drank in that old pub in the late 1980’s which has been closed for years that’s showing my age I was drinking here before Chris Hewitt was Born !! So I Hope Chris and Trish aren’t showing a different Side of themselves by being AGEST to their Customers !! They Definitely shown the Very Worst side of themselves that Morning Greed Terrible Thing

20/08/2025: This place is the best pub in town. Think Cheers, but in Ireland. The bartender and locals were super friendly, telling jokes and giving local recommendations. We spent a lot of time here and plan to go back later tonight after dinner. Would HIGHLY recommend coming here for a pint or chocolate espresso martini.

02/01/2026: Delicious food and great service.

23/11/2025: FOULEST BEHAVIOUR OF STAFF MEMBER - WHOM I BELIEVE TO BE DATSE HERSELF - IN DATSE'S CAFE, CAVAN on 22nd NOVEMBER 2025 So today, myself and my family went into Cavan to see wicked. We headed in early with the intention to go to another cafe - Cafe Mana for the pesto chicken on sourdough that we love so much, and the gorgeous cappuccinos and hot chocolate too. We've been looking forward to the day out for a while now. Sadly, when we arrived in Cavan, Cafe Mana was closed. Autumn opening hours. So we decided to go to Datses instead. Been there before, the food's good and it was close by. We were in good form. Greeted familiar faces and I even had a wee bop at the counter to a song on the radio. The mood was good. We ordered our coffees and food and told the lovely lassie at the counter that we'd sit outside - inside was almost full. Everything went well, food and all was lovely. Until... A member of staff came out to clear the plates - we were still drinking our coffees and chatting. I had lifted my vape and taken one puff from it when the staff member said something to me which I didn't hear properly. "Sorry, what did you say?" I asked her politely. "No vaping" she barked back. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't...." She cut across me again snapping and pointing behind her to the entry of the outdoor area whilst shoving her face into mine "There are signs up" I leaned to one side to see the sign as it was impossible to see with her face in such close proximity to mine - she was leaning across Tony who was sitting between me and the place where she was standing - extremely intimidating behaviour. I said what I saw on the sign "No smoking. Sorry I though because [we were outside] she was already talking over me, again snapping. "You think it should say no vaping. Is that it?" I was taken aback at this stage. I looked at her puzzled and said "No. I didn't..." She was off again. This time I cut across her. "Excuse me, can I finish my sentence?" She grinned. "I was merely trying to say I didn't know that smoking wasn't allowed in the outdoor space but you repeatedly talked over me and wouldn't let me finish. You have been very rude. But I forgive you." "Huh," she snorted, "Forgive me for What?" - she almost SPAT out the "What". At that point I knew what I was dealing with and was not going to spend another moment in that company. I firmly said to my kids "Come On. We're leaving." And I stood up whilst telling her "For being so rude and obnoxious." I turned and began to exit the premises. The entire time I was walking away from her, she was spewing verbal abuse after me. Tony and Leah couldn't move with shock. I turned around to her as I stood in the entryway and she was over at the far table, I put my two open hands out in front of my body and firmly stated "I reject your foul and abusive behaviour". She was so proud of herself with a big smirk on her face. I again turned around to Tony and Leah to snap them out of it "Come On Now. We're leaving. Right Now." And we did. Now for one moment I was tempted to walk straight into the Cafe and demand to speak to the manager. But I was angry and if I had walked into the cafe to relive that after just going through it - well I would not have been SPEAKING to anyone so I chose to walk away. All three of us chose to walk away. Because all three members of my family refuse to piss all over someone else's evening in the same manner that little upstart in Datse's pissed all over ours. I don't think I need state that I will NEVER be going back in there again and a lot of our friends won't be going there or recommending them to anyone either after that performance. Shame on you madam.