The best restaurants in Donegal

03/09/2024: Went for a family reunion with my cousins from Donegal. Had a great night with good food and great company. The staff were very helpful and couldn't have done more for us. The choice on the menu was great and there were some very good Sri Lankan Curries. The dessert menu had good choices too. We had a few drinks after the dinner and weren't rushed. Great night all round.

12/01/2026: We asked for a bacon pizza and were not aware that whatever the heck they use isn't actual bacon. It's a disgusting rancid taste fake that completely ruined our dinner. I rang the shop and the man wouldn't answer me what product was that and what it was made of. Upon asking if that was some sort of halal replacement why not let the customer know and decide. I told them I'm allergic to a lot of things so I would like to know what I had just taken a bite of as I can easily get sick and still was refused an answer other than look on the website to which I had to explain to the man it says bacon as in pork it doesn't say what kind of nasty thing was it that they added to our pizza. So he said he was going to ask headquarters for an answer and call me tomorrow the 13th of January. I will for sure be following up with this as I feel deceived and they could not provide an answer to what the ingredient was and where it came from and as far as I'm concerned this is a HACCP breach. If I do feel ill I'll be seeking legal advice. If anyone has had the same experience do email the apache service for complaints and make sure you have a paper trail of this.

02/12/2025: Food was absolutely disgusting and disgracful nobody order from them rotten food

26/11/2025: Food is garbage, service is garbage, atmosphere is garbage, stay away not worth paying a euro

10/07/2025: We stopped at this lovely spot on our little road trip around the Atlantic way, it was a brilliant find. It looked so interesting from outside. The purple building with the craft stall, and sign with frieda kahla. We had two dogs with us and we were allowed to sit outside with them. We were welcomed by the lovely owner, who promptly told us there were fresh scones out of the oven and she had made apple and plum cake fresh that day. We were surprised the menu was vegetarian, but it was not a problem. The food was absolutely delicious!! I got the cheese and onion panini and it had mustard and relish and was so delicious. The cake was phenomenal! I also had a mocha. And it was the best I’d had this whole week! The stall out the front sells the owners crafts, there is lovely adult and children’s clothes. I got a dress for my niece and an apron for myself. I can’t wait to go back on our yearly visit to Downings!

05/07/2025: Lovely place for a break, all home cooked, fresh food, great selection of food and a very helpful and friendly service.

12/08/2025: Pathetic indian food. Indians and Pakistani/Asians don't fall into the trap of Indian food. I ordered masala chicken(thinking that it's spicy) and pulao rice. I brought it home and tasted it with spoon so that I don't contaminate it. It was sweet like sugar and a lot of coconuts were in. Rice were not pilao but were white boiled rice. I called restaurant immediately and told them that I wanted something spicy and they should replace it with something spicy and there should be pilao instead of boiled rice They refused to cooperate and instead of accepting they argued. Then I ordered again the SPICY CHILLI CHICKEN. Went there again as I was so hungry and there was no other choice. Paid again. Guess what? It was sweet again.

12/08/2025: Balcony with a great view, once you get used to the roof in front of you 😉 For an extra star, balcony furniture or at least a small table there, and maybe a hairdryer, would have been necessary. Some breakfast ingredients are available on site, and you can make coffee and tea not only in your room—also a plus. The restaurant is open Saturday and Sunday, the food is really good, and the student waitresses do their best.

03/08/2025: Had a meal there this afternoon. Waited nearly an hour for our meal then main course arrived but no vegetables. Had to ask for them when we had eaten nearly half of our meal. Service was extremely poor and I know it is a Bank Holiday weekend but they should be prepared when they know they are going to be busy.

07/10/2025: went in with my family and poor sinead was absoloutely thundercunted right in the gob the second she stepped foot in that place, absoloutley terrible lol. cheers for the hospital bill thanks!

24/04/2025: Perhaps we should have sticked to the cakes which looked delicious, but it was lunch so we had soup which was a joke. It was meant to be vegetable. It was very watery and tasted like stock cubes. The wrap and sandwich were ok but too expensive.

02/07/2025: We came here by chance. It’s absolutely lovely and delicious food. They made us a veg curry with rice, th kids chicken wings and burger was delicious, the soup of the day was tomato with red pepper it had a beautiful kick and was filling, the buttermilk chicken burger was crispy and seasoned to perfection. Love the people love the food love the service and price was soo soo good. Must visit.

13/08/2025: Fantastic place very welcoming place would 100% go again

05/08/2025: Lovely friendly welcoming atmosphere clientele will visit again my next visit to ballybofey

05/01/2025: Food is lovely we always call in here when going thru donegal, have to say theres is one lad that works here that is brilliant he'll being your food to to you when it's ready and always very friendly.