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13/09/2025: Wish I had taken a photo but I was so hungry as a lot of restaurants were booked solid this evening. We were deterred by the terrible reviews but were we ever pleasantly surprised. The service was fast and the meal was hot and delicious. I had the slow cooked beef and it was tasty, the meat fell apart, and the gravy was decadent without being too salty. Overall, we were a table of 3 and everyone was extremely satisfied.

10/05/2025: The food is very tasty. The waiters are very polite and attentive. There was live music. I liked everything very much.

15/07/2025: What a random, fantastic find! In the middle of Longford County sits the most delicious Italian restaurant. Fresh and yummy. The desserts were also incredible. Lovely staff & a clean restaurant. It was so good the first night, we went back the 2nd night. Bummed we couldn't have gone back another evening!

01/07/2025: Stumbled upon this restaurant yesterday in a dull, dreary wet Longford. Got a spaghetti bolognaise. Wow! Straight out of Italy. Absolutely delicious. With food as tasty as this who really cares about the bad weather outside. Nice touch, the little bowl of parmesan cheese before hand. May you always continue to cook and serve this genuine authentic taste of Italy. Longford is definitely lucky to have such an eatery. Will be back! Catherine

10/07/2025: Was looking forward to trying this place for lunch so invited a colleague, we were left standing at the counter for 15 minutes before the girl even took our order. I asked for the roasted vegetable toastie and was told that they didn't have any. It was on the menu so I asked "can't you make one?" And was met with a shrug of sher shoulders. I then asked what was in the sourdough rolls on display at the counter, she answered "ham and cheese" I asked, "what type of of cheese?" since the menu had varying sandwiches with pecorino or scammorza etc. And I wondered if the ham she referred to was cooked ham or prosciutto crudo. She replied, "Oh, I wouldn't know that" I gave up and asked for one of those, i then asked if I could get some tomato on it, she said, "they are all pre-made". I asked, "well, do you not have any ingredients here? No tomatoes? Couldn't you chop one up and add some?" Which, to me, did not seem an unreasonable request, In an "Italian" place, tomatoes being the cornerstone of Italian cuisine. She shrugged again. So I paid for my coffee and sandwich and asked for a glass of water. She said, "sit down and I'll drop everything down to you. Another 10 minutes passed and she brought our food to our table. Cooked ham and still not sure about the cheese. No glass of water! I went back to the counter and asked for two glasses of water, (one for my colleague) she handed me one, I said "sorry, I asked for two glasses" and was met with a sigh. Then she proceeded to argue with another customer because they didn't take their table number to their table, before getting the second glass. Anyone can have a bad day but she clearly wasn't very good at her job and didn't want to be there. Maybe I should lower my expectations, but was quite disappointing. The most Italian things about this place were the imported Italian pasta products displayed on the shelves. You'll find more variety and staff knowledge of the offerings (and get a warmer welcome) at a deli counter in any convenience store chain.

10/05/2025: Coffee served in paper cups instead of mugs.even though we ordered on the site.

21/11/2023: Overpriced with zero atmosphere

15/08/2023: Visited for a quick drink whilst in the Temple Bar area. Good vibe.

22/10/2024: The worst Italian meal I’ve ever had in my life! We received our meals 5 minutes apart from one another. The aubergine parmigiana was likely microwaved as it was still cold with just a melted cheese top. The pasta sauce was like a watered down chicken stock and the pizza was worse than a freezer version. With so many nice options in the area such as olivetto, belli dentro and dolce italia, I can’t understand how they’re still open!

05/10/2024: We happened to be in the area a Friday night to our surprised we managed to get a table for 4, the place was empty. Kids ordered carbonara and it tasted like no other carbonara we ever tasted before, no flavored whatsoever and was so dull kids wouldn't even touch it. My husband ordered a sausage ragu pasta and was chewie I was the only that kinda enjoyed my meal, I had the Tiger prawn risotto. The starters were so overpriced for what we got it was ridiculous to see the size of the brushetta. After all the disaster waiter came and took plates without even asking how was the food, maybe she is used to collecting full plates .... as no one will enjoy their food. If you are looking to over spend on crappy food this is your place but if you are like me ...enjoy good Italian food don't go there.

28/07/2025: Lady reminds us of our granny, best munch we could ask for

05/07/2025: Stopped here on the way back from a swim/sauna at Ballinskelligs, it was raining and quite late out. We were here in holiday and we stupidly ordered without checking we had cash with us! The owners were so good and said we could just drop the money down the next day, but as we were leaving in the morning they said we could leave with the local shop for them. So of course that's what we did! Regarding the food itself (eaten piping hot in our campervan), portions were generous and the fish was so fresh, with a lovely light batter. Chips were good and the curry sauce was delicious! All in all, a great meal, thoroughly recommend!! Thank you again for your kindness to these two eejits!

02/07/2025: Amazing location in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. Located at The GAP. Excellent food. I will be back. Highly recommended 🙏

16/09/2025: Awful greasy good served by a surly man who clearly didn't want to be there. One to avoid unfortunately

15/04/2025: Great food, halal, friendly staff.

17/08/2025: Saturday 16th. Of August, arrived at the Coast Cafe there is a sign just inside the door “PLEASE WAIT TO BE SEATED” I’d be still waiting if I had not found a table myself which wasn’t even wiped clean, two waitresses sitting down at one of the tables having food, a beef burger was ordered, when it arrived we discovered it was half raw some of it was red, totally disgusting, very bad since it was taken over, won’t be going there again.🤬

23/07/2025: Coming here every year and this experience was very disappointing. 5 of us arrived for breakfast before 12. The waitress came to take our order at 12.04 and said breakfast was over. Not good enough as we were there before 12. We watched the table beside us receive their breakfast, who arrived at the same time as us. Very disappointing as we said to the waitress when we arrived we were there for breakfast. My daughter asked for soup and was told it was not ready yet. We then waited 20 mins for toasted sandwich's. 😞