The best restaurants in Galway

01/10/2025: We’ve come here every day this week and probably will come daily while in Galway. The latte, porridge, and scones are what we frequent. Still need to try the rest of menu.

28/09/2025: Great honest food. Something for ever

02/10/2025: lovely friendly staff. Enjoyed my pumkin spice latte with a pumkin drawn on the top!

01/10/2025: Big thanks to Hugo for helping me sort out my loyalty card issue and Aga for always being so efficient and pleasant.

04/10/2025: Great service and great food. One of the best brunch spots in Galway.

02/10/2025: Simply superb — our best meal in Galway! A local recommended Dela to us and she was so right. The pancakes are something you’ll dream about forever — light, fluffy, and not too sweet… but they melt in your mouth like magic. The rest of the food was incredible too, the ambience whimsical and the service great.

17/10/2025: Extremely friendly staff and the brown bread and sea salt ice creams were delicious.

16/10/2025: Lovely girl working the counter, she was so friendly and did not rush us at all. We tried several flavors and they were all delicious.

23/10/2025: Very good restaurant! Excellent welcome, excellent service, and excellent food. I highly recommend it.

22/10/2025: Gorgeous birthday dinner for three. All dishes very very tasty! French server recommended and let us taste two wines before ordering our bottle. From making reservation on phone to finishing birthday dessert, it was 5*+++ Thank you

05/10/2025: Food was disappointing. Service was sporadic. Wine options were not very good.

22/09/2025: Excellent, authentic Italian cuisine. Friendly... pleasant atmosphere.Excellent cakes.

09/10/2025: Yum yum yum yum yum. Healthy, tasty, lovely crowd ✨ delighted to have finally made it here and it’s now a top favourite in Galway! Xx

13/09/2025: Fresh, local produce. The Buddha now was flavorful and very satisfying. Loved the crispy tofu. House mushroom burger had a good texture and mushroom taste.

04/10/2025: The highlight is the good price you can get, although in my opinion the quality of the pizza is average. There's little space inside, with mostly outdoor tables where you can eat.

01/10/2025: This is one of the best pizza I ever had!

12/10/2025: International staff serve up local produce in this innovative and classy restaurant. The wine pairings are of particular note. This is the closest I've come to food and wine being perfectly matched. Whoever is responsible for it, your palate and ability to pair strikingly similar flavour notes is quite remarkable. The fitout is modern. The attitude, comforting. Aniar is well worth a visit to experience for yourself.

05/10/2025: It's fortunate to have a great young Italian professional in the kitchen!!! That said, not having an updated menu, not notifying the customer, and bringing all the wrong wines with the wrong labels and vintages is unacceptable!!! Embarrassing service—absolutely not for a starred restaurant!!! And I've been to Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy and abroad, and I've never had such service and food...gourmet perhaps, but not Michelin-starred.

22/09/2025: I've never eaten such delicious Brazilian food, I'll be back again.

21/09/2025: Really enjoyed a friends brunch at this local spot, easily accessible from the seafront. Service was excellent, so friendly, food was really fresh and tasty

08/09/2025: Really tasty burger & mac ‘n’ cheese. I appreciated the friendliness of the staff as well, and they gave me a little tub of sweets to take away when I left, which I thought was a nice touch.

28/08/2025: good quality food and reasonable prices; fresh beers and super nice staff. They gifted me a wee cup of gummy candies before a I got the check :)

09/10/2025: Wow! The cottage pie here is one of the most delicious creations that I've ever eaten! It's a must!

01/10/2025: We stopped in for a quick meal before catching our train, and while our server was clearly busy, her attitude was off-putting. I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, but unfortunately, the service wasn’t the only issue. The food didn’t come out as expected either. She first told us that the burger could only be cooked well-done which would take about 20 minutes. (The only thing on the menu that could be cooked to temp was the sirloin) We agreed to wait, but when the food arrived in less than five minutes, it was clear something was off. The burger was dry and seemed pre-cooked, then just reheated. The chicken on the Caesar salad wasn’t overly dry, but it also felt like it had been pre-cooked. And the bacon? It wasn’t even remotely crispy—just thrown on without much care. Overall, it felt like they really didn’t put any effort into it.

09/09/2025: The Skeff is part of the The Skeffington Arms Hotel. Food was very good. The Seafood Chowder and a couple of (non!) Stout beers from other parts of Ireland were a welcomed change of pace. IPA's, actually. One from Letterkenny, and the other from Kill, County Kildare. Other than the service being just a tad slow, it was (overall) very good. And the live music was magical this night. Okay...Not exactly magical, but covers from bands/artists that everyone knows, sung by a group of a youngish band of 3 called The Groev. They did a great job, actually.

09/09/2025: Authentic pub with fantastic food! Service was rather mediocre.

07/10/2025: Very fun pub! Great music and lively atmosphere!

01/10/2025: Super atmosphere- amazing seafood chowder and perhaps the best Guinness in Galway! Really enjoyed our stay!

15/09/2025: The wait for a table was quick, and the vegetable soup and pasta were great

05/09/2025: This is the best breakfast experience in Galway!!!!! The French toast dishes are unbelievable and rival that of any American establishment!!!! Eggs and sausage to compliment create a spectacular flurry of flavors and textures!!! The service is exceptional and very fast!!!! Truly an amazing breakfast experience and the only way to start your day!!!!!