The best restaurants in Fingal

06/01/2026: We wanted a late Sunday lunch in Malahide and this restaurant fitted the bill . The roast beef was exceptional and the mini desserts offered were delicious. The atmosphere and service were great we will definitely return when we are in Malahide .

31/12/2025: Went here for lunch today wirh friends. What impeccable food and service. The waiting staff were very attentive. The steaks were divine! A beautiful charming restaurant that has had a lot of love done to it. Will be returning.

10/12/2025: I have visited the Santa Kindgdom in Swords. Amazing idea. Hopefully it's on next year as well. 100% recommended

09/12/2025: Swords Pavilions is a great shopping centre.🏬 It’s always clean, well laid out, and easy to get around. Parking is convenient, and there’s a lovely atmosphere no matter what time you visit. A great place for shopping, grabbing a bite to eat, or just spending a few hours browsing. Highly recommend!

30/12/2025: Best quality food service and pricing. I couldn’t recommend The Coachman’s food high enough

24/12/2025: Great Pub/Restaurant, near the airport, good food served all day,

18/06/2025: We had a very pleasant visit to the mills. Our guide was amazing, with a high knowledge of the mills and surroundings. The mills are very well preserved, and landscapes all around are breathtaking. Delicious cakes and cappuccino in the coffee shop

18/06/2025: Great insight into life in a million. We had a terrific guide, Patrick, and it was great to actually get inside the windmills and learn how they worked.

13/10/2025: Malahide is an expensive town to get lunch. Went into this pub. Very typical old style pub.

07/10/2025: A bar on a picturesque shopping street in Malahide. We wandered in by chance and were pleasantly surprised. Decent food at a reasonable price in a spacious venue with 70s-80s decor.

12/11/2025: Coffee was great and there's a great selection of food

09/11/2025: I just love this place. The people behind the counter are super friendly - even when you are a tourist and you are a little clumsy as I am :D The baking goods are outstanding and there is a changing variety of them.

28/11/2025: Beautiful course, lovely clubhouse and excellent food

29/10/2025: Excellent track. Greens, fairways, tee boxes all in great condition. Interesting ruddy design. Not overly penal - notwithstanding plenty of water around.

12/12/2025: Lovely coffee on a nice day Thank you!

21/10/2025: Great little eatery, offering wide selection of drinks, snacks, brunch etc. Very eco friendly. Staff pleasent, friendly and attentive. Had the soup and toasty, which was a very good deal. Worth seeking out if you're local or tourist alike. Also dog friendly.

19/09/2025: I would recommend Two Birds Coffee to anybody who may be in the area! The coffee was very good quality and the snacks were tasty!

10/08/2025: Had an oat cappuccino and some sort of seeded cranberry chocolate cup cake. It was bloody amazing 😍. Will definitely be back to try both again

29/12/2025: Nice bar, the staff are always friendly and really fast/friendly. Usually a good crowd and often music on.

13/12/2025: Crazy stupid expensive pub. €1 a pint more expensive than the rest of Skerries. AVOID!

28/11/2025: Best coffee both drinking and beans, they sell items you'll find hard to get elsewhere like Kerry hands made stem ginger and syrup, herbal tea, all manner of health foods, a big plus is they know what there talking about and it's so friendly the only downside is at certain times it's very busy.

14/11/2025: Very friendly and knowledgeable staff, I've been here a few times and its always top class.

03/12/2025: Just met Lauren and wow what an asset to the Rock bakery. She was the kindest, sweetest girl ever. I’d honestly come back just for the chats and the great pastries of course !❤️

27/10/2025: Lovely place, fine bakery, with some nice coffee to staff were fantastic

19/12/2025: Must visit, I have been a few times for their lunch and they alway had great staffs and amazing food.

17/12/2025: My favorite place to eat in fingal area. Never let me down when I come in. The staff are just so so lovely, helpful, friendly and never a stressed atmosphere. Food is 5* and really good portions. And the coffee is smooth and satisfying.

30/12/2025: Food was tasty. The salmon was warm, burger was warm however the plates were freezing and the side order of asparagus and sauce were cold. Quite unpleasant. The change given was wrong, not sure if a tip was automatically taken out of it without our knowledge or if the change was just incorrect.

28/12/2025: 15 euro per small plate is completely overpriced for what is all average at best reheated food. Nothing is freshly made to order, and ours arrived lukewarm. This was during the start of lunch service so it was super quiet.

13/01/2026: I love this hotel. I’ve been a lover of Malahide for a long time but never stayed here until now. I stayed in an Exec Sea View Room, and while the room is kind of dated, I don’t mean that in a negative way. It was not in any way faded or in need of an upgrade, it was clean, elegant, with old world charm. A very comfortable bed, nice Rituals products in bathroom, chocolates and water and a gorgeous corner view of the sea. The staff are wonderful, a warm welcome at reception and in all of the bars and restaurants. The lobby area has a wonderful ambience, warm colours and vibe, busy with customers enjoying afternoon teas, I was told it’s recently been refurbished and they’ve done an excellent job as you could spend all day in here happily. The Marksman bar is also very inviting, can imagine spending a couple of hours in here with cocktails with great atmosphere and lighting. And you are right on the coast for a lovely walk along the sea or a couple of minutes from the main town which has lots to offer. I always like to stay in Malahide rather than Dublin centre, you are only 20/25 mins away by taxi if you want to go and only 12 minutes from the airport. It’s perfect and I can’t wait to return again. It’s a gem.

13/01/2026: My husband and I had a very disappointing meal and experience at the Grand Hotel on a weekday afternoon. I had received a voucher while recovering from an illness, so this visit was meant to be a quiet and special celebration for us both. We arrived before 3pm and were served soup at around 3pm, which was only lukewarm, but we ate it. After that, we waited approximately 45 minutes with no sign of our main courses and no staff anywhere near our table to ask for an update. The restaurant was not busy, with many empty tables. I eventually had to get up and speak to a supervisor, who was apologetic. At 4.10pm — over an hour after the soup — two main courses arrived, both seabass, despite us having ordered one fish and one beef dish. At that point we should have left, but we stayed. The fish was cold, though my husband ate it. My beef arrived even later, after my husband had finished eating. The roast beef was also cold, poorly presented, and unappetising. I could only manage half. The supervisor apologised again and offered complimentary coffee and dessert, which we appreciated. Sadly, the experience did not end there. The following day, both my husband and I became unwell with symptoms consistent with food poisoning - vomiting and diarrhoea, which was extremely upsetting. I am giving one star solely for the supervisor’s professionalism. Everything else was deeply disappointing, and we will not be returning or recommending the restaurant. The delays, incorrect orders, cold food, and lack of staff presence strongly suggest problems with organisation, staffing, timing, and kitchen standards, which I believe management should urgently review. A four-star rating for this restaurant is difficult to justify.