The best restaurants

03/09/2025: Really nice and spacious cafe with great service. But the coffee...really a miss. Latte didn't taste like much.

02/02/2025: Terrible sandwich. Small bit of filling and cost 11.50. The lads have terrible customer service too

08/03/2025: I ordered a custom birthday cake. It was last minute and they accomodated me. So grateful they did, as the cake Thunders made was amazing! It was not only fun and awesome to look at, it tasted delicious! Thank you so much Thunders, you really helped make this 18th Birthday special! Try the Red Velvet cake, it's delicious!

03/09/2024: Terrible cake, terrible customer service. Aoife should be ashamed of her lack of customer service. Worst think Mardi ever did was link in with this crowd.

27/06/2025: pub is basically closed for renovations. Local shop keeper told me pub hatch opens very occassionally for take aways. So don't be surprised if you come here and its closed.

24/10/2024: Always really good hit coffee, reasonably priced and very friendly service.

20/07/2024: Steaming Cups is a small coffee shop nestled into the entrance of the train station, perfectly positioned for grabbing a coffee and a pastry on the way to work or university (DCU St Pat’s is only a 15 min walk!). The coffee is simply delicious. The barista serves up a cappuccino with a well-proportioned dusting of chocolate, complimenting the flavour of the coffee, which isn’t entirely drowned out by milk as some places do. The lady running the shop is incredibly nice, always greeting me with a smile. It’s an awful shame they haven’t the space for customers to sit down because the atmosphere in their little corner is lovely and welcoming.

18/12/2025: Very nice place to look at, very posh interior and definitely not a place to visit if you’re not dressed up. It’s quite small so not suited to larger groups. They don’t have Kilkenny so I had Smithwicks instead which was nice

15/11/2025: High Quality coffee for a great price.

04/08/2025: The best coffee in Ballybay by far. Friendly, welcoming staff, good prices. Some snacks.

02/12/2025: Popped in there last month. Had an absolute quality sandwich, staff were sound and got the food quick. Prob the best chicken sambo in Dublin

22/08/2025: Awful value for money and staff were rude

01/07/2025: nice hot chocolate, good coffee, AND they sell duck food. and all the ducks know and wait and it's so cute :) benches by the water right beside the trailer