The best restaurants in Carlow

15/01/2026: The food is gorgeous 😍 I'd highly recommend here

21/10/2025: It was the best food i had in a long time

16/12/2025: The best bar not only in carlow but country. Lovely family run pub. Old world decor but with pool tables in a separate area of bar

16/09/2025: Savage pub. Excellent drink. Really nice beer garden with great atmosphere. Staff very friendly and welcoming.

18/02/2026: We went for a dinner with my boyfriend. The service was excellent. Even though we were a bit late they provided us with the table! The booking is essential. The food was amazing. This is my second experience in the 1808 Brasserie & Cellar Restaurant and it was just the same, bravo! We ordered roast breasts of chicken and slow cooked feather blade beef. And the dessert left me speechless... it was just a dream: classic Creme Brulee with Raspberry sorbet ❤️ Thank you very much! It turned out to be the great day... with the proposal in the end! (on the Viaduct 🥰)

22/11/2025: The most wonderful and magical place to hold our wedding- comfort, delicious food and such excellent staff. Every single one of our guests adored our venue

28/12/2025: The beef chilli fries & terrace fries were great, large portions as well!

27/12/2025: Beef chilli fries 10/10! Daisy 11/10!

10/10/2025: Lovely coffee shop, great service and attention to detail. Waitress was excellent with recommendations, advice and very friendly. Will be back when up that way next. 👏👏🙏😇😍😋😋😋Food excellent, prices very reasonable, €88 for 4 people + 2 🍨 🥧 🍦 Well done to all involved. 💪👍👏

01/10/2025: Dog friendly, attentive service, good coffee and outstanding cake. What else is there to ask for?

01/12/2025: Always had great food in there, will be missed😞

22/11/2025: Incredible service I was shocked by the fact they were closing down I really hope this doesn't come to fruition the customer service was elite. Big Respect 💪😀

04/11/2025: Great store friendly staff whay more cpuld you want

11/10/2025: Staff are very friendly and helpful

22/10/2025: Fantastic products and really helpful staff. Great to see a company like Crottys surviving (and thriving) in Carlow, for generations! Good on you. Try their chicken salad sandwich - devine.

10/10/2025: Great little caff for tea and a sambo on the nicest bread

04/01/2026: Great hotel, rooms are amazing 👏, staff very polite and helpful, food ok,service very good, price range was good the offer we sign up to was well worth it, over all felt like 8 out of 10,

03/01/2026: This is wonderful hotel to stay in. Very clean, lovely bar/ restaurant area, gym & swimming pool but the stand out things are: a) the things for the kids to do, there is a huge list in the Dome next door, it keeps the kids & adults occupied for hours. the kids said they loved the kids club, was really great fun & the guys running it were superb, they couldn't say enough good things about them. And b) the staff. Everyone is so friendly & accommodating here, all day, in every part of the hotel, as well as over in the Dome. Carlow must be a very happy friendly place because the staff here are 2nd to none. We will be back.

02/01/2026: Gonna visit them 1 a week from now on.

16/12/2025: This use to be 5 stars . I went here this evening , I’m usually not one to complain but I just thought how they actually dealt with the complaint was terrible , when our food came it was luke warm . I was sitting facing towards the pass, we ordered 2 wings , 2 garlic fries and a portion of onion rings . The chicken wings were sitting on the pass for atleast 5 minutes before the fries were ready , then when the fries were ready they were placed up onto the pass and sitting there for a following 2 minutes before the onion rings . So the wings are sitting under the lights for well over 5 minutes at this stage , when the chef rang the bell for our order the waiter went up and took the other order for the other table which came in after us , so our food was sitting there for even longer ( another 2 minutes ) . To be honest at this price this is just not acceptable , we paid 61 euro for luke warm wings & onion rings ( chips were fine) . When we told the man at the desk he apologised and said he will let the chef know , which is fair enough but they could of atleast took something off the bill we eat none of the wings , and left half the onion rings as they went cold . I love coming here , but unfortunately it was very disappointing , hopefully you can improve on this. I’m sure other peoples food was luke warm too as I seen another order up on the pass sitting there waiting for ages . The chefs are obviously not good at timing and putting all food out at one time as half the order is sitting under lights going luke warm while they are preparing the rest of the order . Sorry to say but was disappointing .

20/09/2025: The best cafe food in Carlow! Best breakfast bap known to man 👌🏼coffee is fabulous. Great selection of both gluten free meals as well as cakes. The Christmas sambo is just stunning. Very reasonably priced too.

06/10/2025: A nice place with friendly staff.

04/07/2025: Friendly service and good pints You won’t be disappointed

04/11/2025: A quaint little coffee shop that brings a bit of Brazilian culture to Carlow. The hours are insanely handy for students travelling to school and the owners are amazing! I recommend you try the coxinhas!

02/10/2025: Found that place occasionally! Great coffee, service and snacks!

28/11/2025: Girl on till was very slow coffee was cold again I got to pay was only 2 couples a head of me

03/11/2025: A fabulous place to spend a couple of hours! Lovely and clean

26/10/2025: Had my son's 21st birthday in the barracks we would highly recommend the staff were absolutely brilliant couldn't ask for better had a great nite.

18/08/2025: We recently celebrated my twin daughters’ 18th at The Barracks, and I couldn’t be more grateful for the incredible effort of Joanne Aaron and their team. As I wasn’t able to be there, they went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect, to arranging balloons, bringing out the cake and candles, and making the girls feel so special and welcomed. A big thank you also to the DJ for the birthday announcements through out the night which added such a lovely touch to the night. Joanne and her team truly went the extra mile, and thanks to them, my daughters had an unforgettable celebration. Thank you so much to everyone at The Barracks, you made it a truly special night that we’ll always remember!