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08/06/2025: Cool spot. Great coffee, reasonable prices. Hidden gem, will be back!

06/05/2025: Lovely spot, really nice staff and a lovely atmosphere, a bit pricey for one drink though and the matcha wasn’t the best quality (the shade of green in the photo says it all😭)

04/10/2025: Best chipper for miles, the fresh fish is the best.

29/05/2025: Food was ok not overly friendly tbh

04/03/2025: Terrible, I ordered a lamb kebab with only lettuce and garlic sauce, I talked three times to the attendant, and he in front of me told the boy, and even so they gave me a kebab with all the ingredients, a lot of incompetence. I don't recommend it.

11/02/2025: Good fried chicken restaurant. Alternative for KFC. I would say better than KFC. Unfortunately last time I went to this restaurant they stopped Chicking. Now as an alternative they started pizza and shawarma. And also they sell South Indian dishes. South Indian dishes are the best. Need to try.

27/07/2025: Below average experience. The food is ok. Portion size is absolutely terrible. Been here a few times but the last time was the final straw. Came here one day when it was busy, was just popping in with 3 friends to get a pint and be ok our way. There was a few people looking for seats so I approached the bar and asked the guy (mid 40’s?) about just sitting at the bar for a pint and he was absolutely foul mannered. He said “why don’t you join the queue like everyone else trying to get a table in here” I love locally and this bar/restaurant is quite close to me, many occasions I choose to go elsewhere for food and drinks. In this day and age that behaviour is unacceptable That episode, along with the overpriced menu and small food portion sizes and that barman’s behaviour ultimately made my decision on the palace. Couple weeks later “the shack” came up in conversation with different friends suggesting places to eat; I shut it down. Funnily enough one of the people in the group said that they ordered food weeks earlier and the same guy was intimidating to her because she didn’t eat her food and was pushing for answers, she was hungover and explained nothing was wrong with it. Won’t be returning, and I’ll be telling others the same story.

18/07/2025: Great atmosphere, delicious food, great drinks, and friendly personable service. Wife and I visited Athlone from the UK and were so glad we came here for lunch, highly recommend.

16/04/2026: Beautiful, classy place. Love it

19/07/2025: We arrived as a group of 5, two sober men as they both don’t drink ever and one man in crutches who wasn’t drinking. Greeted by bouncers” I don’t let groups of men in that I don’t know”. Without asking Anthing else we weren’t allowed in. He proceeded to allow a group of 6 men immediately afterwards in with no checks of ID, proceeded by a followings 2 groups. When asked he said “ this is just the rules” with no explanation. It didn’t happen to be that our NORTHERN accent didn’t quite suit his tone, happy to let anyone else in. Overall I can only Describe an experience of sectarianism and pathetic men who have a bitter look on life’s

12/07/2025: Absolute joke of a place don’t let outsiders in bouncers are rude and unprofessional no reason why you can’t come in other sorry no groups even though 3 people went in after we approached bar and there were 3 of us shocking bouncers need a life lesson the tools

20/07/2025: I'ts called Gleesons Now and looks completely different now

15/02/2026: Shoe string chips like fried finger nails very hard and put in a heater for many hours disgusting exept the burgers but you need good chips but these chips are the opposite of what you could eat

16/12/2025: Great place to grab a bite or some necessities. Very friendly!

09/07/2025: Really nice pub, good look and feel about the place. Friendly helpful staff and the beer is really good, great pint when in the area.

24/05/2025: Plenty of friendly staff in a busy eatery. Hot food ought to be on a hot plate, my chips were cold and my hamburger overdone and the dearest price I have ever paid for a burger in Europe. Onions rings lovely. But overall impression, not interested, just dish it out. Had I been on my own I would have walked out.

27/09/2025: I can't say it tasted bad but the place is visually very dirty and off-putting.

02/06/2025: Horrible food horrible service. Waited 45 minutes for a kebab that was dry as the Sahara