The best restaurants in Donegal

25/01/2025: We have a family lunch here on New Year 2025. Great portions of food and very delicious. The staff are friendly and helpful. We will come back again for sure. 👍

05/10/2024: Absolutely delicious and fresh. Super friendly staff. Another restaurant I'd love to take home with me. So, if you're looking for a restaurant in Donegal, I highly recommend this one.

10/09/2025: Been dying to get here, and I wasn't disappointed. Sheila and the whole team we're so welcoming. From tea, scones and pancakes on arrival in front of the fire to a glorious room with a 4 poster bed. The food was exceptional, can't wait to go back. I'll be back 😉

25/08/2025: Great food, great service and great atmosphere.

06/11/2025: Absolutely outstanding! Paradise Indian Restaurant in Ballybofey truly lives up to its name. The food is bursting with authentic flavours — every dish tastes freshly prepared and perfectly spiced. 🍛 The staff are warm, attentive, and always make you feel welcome. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting, perfect for both a casual meal or a special night out.

10/10/2025: Food is absolutely fantastic. Fresh. Very tasty. Really nice place to have a traditional Indian meal.

14/12/2025: Ordered 3 dinners off the menu named the “beef and pepper plate with creamy peppered sauce” , We all received this dinner but it came completely different from what the menu said we got chips (which we didn’t ask for)got a few pieces of fatty beef and gravy instead of the peppered sauce that was ment to come on it ,it was disappointing wasn’t food worth paying for won’t be coming back

05/12/2025: Great place the food and service was very good.

11/01/2026: Superb food and the staff are just so amazing, made us feel so welcome. Highly recommend a visit here 😊

02/01/2026: This place is a hidden gem, Cafe is spotless staff so friendly they couldn’t do enough for you, portion size are massive such great value. I had the fish and chip it’s was probably the best fish and chips I've ever had. Well done mr Chippy it’s great to see places like this still exist

27/07/2025: Great friendly bar. Efficient service and good atmosphere. Didn’t eat here - not sure if they serve food.

17/07/2025: Best guinness in Donegal . Great pub

29/12/2025: Really Delicious food, a lovely host and a very Authentic Chinese decorated restaurant 😋

08/09/2025: Friendly staff, attentive service, and tasty food! Happy to stop in and dine

16/11/2025: 10/10, nicest roast in cork, shocked there isn’t a quee out the door, picture doesn’t do it justice.

18/10/2025: I could not fault the rendezvous. We have been there for food as a family and we recently just celebrated my daughters 2nd birthday. We had a fantastic spread of finger food for 10 adults, fabulous variety and gorgeous quality. We were looked after by Josh from the booking to paying the bill and I could not find fault in the whole day. The service was impeccable the food was exceptional and nothing we asked for was too much. The extra attention to detail given to the kids with colouring and ice cream which was really appreciated. Compliments to the chef on a beautiful spread of food. We've also eaten from the main menu previously and the options were fantastic, an option for all. Definitely somewhere to go for a party, a few drinks or a Sunday/Saturday afternoon.

21/11/2025: Confortable place and kind staff.

25/09/2025: I ate a really good curry, thick, creamy, with just the right spiciness, without attacking the palate.

05/08/2025: Very welcoming great atmosphere lovely bar staff will return again my next visit to ballybofey

03/08/2025: We had a wonderful evening at ginley’s , good selction of drinks and beers, we also had the chance to enjoy some amazing traditional music. The guys were very good. As always we love Ireland and Irish people. 🇮🇪

06/05/2025: Great wee spot in Letterkenny for a few drinks, very friendly staff. Easy to get a drink

09/02/2026: I have edited this review due to the initial review being written after some drinks. I felt it was a bit more of a rant than a constructive review. We didn’t have food so can’t review that aspect. Our first night was a good experience. We stayed for around an hour and had a couple of drinks which were nice, then went around a few other bars. A good experience. Second night we arrived to a very pleasant manager at the door, however once we sat at the bar we were ignored. Sat for about 15 minutes beside the bar and no-one made eye contact or asked for an order, so we eventually just left. There were at least 3-4 staff walking around. There was a male bar staff member who also made us feel uncomfortable. He wouldn’t stop hovering around his female colleague who was busy preparing drinks. He literally came to the sink directly beside our table as we were sat at the bar, within 4 feet, never looked at us, and cleaned utensils for her to use and brought them to her. He was obviously more concerned with making an impression on her than serving me and my partner. His had a weird energy toward her and we weren’t sure the female staff member was even interested in talking to him. It was shortly after this we decided to just leave. I want to note that I was contacted by a manager who wanted to speak with me about this experience to deal with the concerns raised in this review which was appreciated. It was a shame to have a poor experience but I do believe it has been taken seriously and management do want to provide a good service.

04/02/2026: Good place to go with friends, ask for the Ribeye

30/10/2025: We heard good things about this café, so we decided to try it. Unfortunately, the pastries didn’t seem fresh, the almond croissant was raw inside. The coffee was mediocre. The bread was left out in the open, and I saw people leaning over it with their clothing touching it. There was also a dirty cloth on one table that looked like it had once been white but was now brown. I won’t be returning.

01/10/2025: This is a hidden treasure! We enjoyed the Ham and cheese baguette, along with a pear pastry. Both delicious

06/12/2025: It's kind of filmed around like boats but it is nice food and a expensive though

07/10/2025: Very nice restaurant. Enough space. Nice decoration and friendly waitresses. Food was very good. I can clearly recommend this place.