The best restaurants in Galway

21/05/2026: Our best memory of Galway! We were so glad we spent our last evening in Ireland in this pub with its really local atmosphere. People started dancing to live traditional music, it was great fun. The servers were friendly, and we were able to sample some beers before ordering them. There's an ATM inside the pub. I think a pint of Guinness was €6.

19/05/2026: Guinness could have been better

07/08/2026: The service is very poor, food is alright!

07/08/2026: Excellent place! The fish and chips were simply exceptional and the pudding was delicious. The service was pleasant and efficient. The restaurant is very popular, so it's best to book in advance to avoid a wait.

26/05/2026: We have been at this lovely cafe in Salthill quite a few times already and we always had a really good time. The food is superb and always leaves you wanting more.

20/05/2026: I came in this morning and there was a young lad serving, I was still half asleep, he greeted me with smile, helped me to order my breakfast, very pleasant manner. The food was delicious too, what a great start to my day! Thank you.

15/07/2026: Great food and wonderful people! Highly recommend.

09/07/2026: Tea is flavorful. Staff is sweet. Vibes are calm. Great place to hang out and relax.

21/07/2026: We were luck to get in without a reservation, and were we glad that we did. The food and service are superb. Ruibin is top notch.

16/07/2026: Exceptional oysters and sea bass. The service was perfect. Worth the stop in Galway.

04/08/2026: The Dough Bros and O'Connell's was a great experience

03/08/2026: A beautiful pub with an even more beautiful beer garden where dogs are allowed. The Dough Bros serve delicious garlic bread and brochetta, as well as wonderful pizzas.

30/07/2026: An alternative pub where you're sure to make friends with the locals! Live music and below-average prices despite being centrally located.

14/07/2026: Cracking boozer with good choice of beer including some local beer.

22/07/2026: A unique experience not to be missed. Impeccable service and incredible food. 5-star plus all round.

15/07/2026: Best meal of my life. The chefs' creativity shone through every dish. This is the type of restaurant where the food tells a story. The chefs' explanation of the ingredients and origins was such a welcome addition to each course. Truly an exciting experience. What a gem in such a beautiful city.

25/07/2026: Absolutely delicious. Had the scampi pizza and cheesey garlic bread 😋😋🤤🤤🤩 Highly recommend

24/07/2026: Fantastic Food and Great Team! The pizzas here are absolutely delicious! The service is brilliant, and the entire restaurant is very clean with a lovely, accurate decor. The only negative point is the waiting time, especially during the weekends. However, it is clear that the long wait is simply due to their massive success and how incredibly good the pizzas are! The team works exceptionally hard and does their absolute best, both inside the restaurant and managing the kids' area. Highly recommended, just get there early on weekends!

07/05/2026: We got the potato and red onion (soft potatoes but flavorful), spinach and goat cheese (the perfect amount of cheese to spinach), ham (exactly what you’d expect) and one of the best pepperoni (kinda spicy) I’ve ever had. Purchased them all by the slice for reasonable pricing and got them to go in a box instead of eating there. Walked over towards the Spanish arch and sat to eat over there by the water for the view.

05/05/2026: Definitely the best pizza not only in Galway but anywhere I've eaten in Ireland. Always delicious, fragrant, hot... simply perfect. If these guys had a better location, they'd be a hit. 👍👍👍

10/07/2026: Amazing food! Everything that we ordered was delicious!

09/07/2026: A wonderful little restaurant, run with lots of love and passion. And the food tastes fantastic!

28/07/2026: Fantastic full Irish breakfast. High quality products, particularly like the smoked bacon, well cooked and very quick service. The staff were excellent and couldn't do more to help. Highly recommend this place.

21/07/2026: A very busy restaurant where you can have breakfast. The service seems a bit stressed, which could be due to the large number of customers.

22/06/2026: What a great place! The staff were running around like crazy serving everyone. So polite and food was amazing. Great pizza crust.

21/06/2026: Very disappointing experience today, June 21, 2026. We had a reservation and only ordered one cocktail, one starter, and two main courses. The starter arrived quickly, but after about an hour in the restaurant, we still had not received our main courses. We had informed the staff that we were in a hurry and needed to leave by a certain time. Despite this, nothing was done to speed up the service. The waitresses seemed more focused on chatting and laughing among themselves than on helping customers. One of them even told us that our meals would arrive “in a minute,” but ten minutes later, they still hadn’t arrived. We eventually asked for our meals to be packed to go and left. The only positive point was a very kind staff member who agreed to lower the air conditioning because it was extremely cold inside. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this restaurant because of the poor service.

12/07/2026: Horrible Service experience ever! We came in with three kids 2-11 years old. She told us she's having one table left for 1,5 hours which we agreed on. I directly mentioned the wish to order already the kids dish with our soup as a starter and asked if the fish which is served is fresh wild caught quality? She didn't know? We asked if she can ask the kitchen team...while she was "trying" figuring out (which kinda ruined her mood!)...we ended up with the decision to have no starters instead getting all plates together just to speed things up, we repeated that wish and got it confirmed from her side. She couldn't figure out our question but told us they have only farmed fish, which was confusing because the online description says quite the opposite, so we told her we choosed the local because of the online description which tells people that they are offering fresh wild caught fish she was over acting (we have been very friendly and that was just a normal question not more or less...I don't expect that she or the team has the knowledge about everything because she could be new, the chef wasn't doing the fish order by himself or he was just not in the house whatever!) "she's only the waitress that's what's the kitchen told her" because of her "aggression sound" I apologized and tried to explain her "I was just wondering and that was just a question?!" Her sound switched calmer again and she started explaining that actually no one knows if the fish is wild or not! Again that was all fine with us...because with three kids seated and waiting for food you're fine with everything what comes...but sadly nothing came for the kids. We got our soup after 25 min waiting (and the soup was excellent best seafood chowder ever) but we have been still waiting for the kids dish after 10 min (we've been ignored) we decided to share it with the kids, which loved the soup and wanted to have their own on top. Finally she was showing up again we asked her: "the kids dishes are coming right?" Waitress:"Yes" We: "we would order another one of those soups" Waitress: "Fine" After 15min the soup showed (no spoon for the kids, not once a question if everything is alright...ignored again, gave already the kids a used spoon) up but still not the plate which we order to share for the youngest a two year old which was already starting to cry because she was so hungry and frustrated. Asking again the waitress where the food is? She explained that the dishes taking their time in the kitchen and we have to understand that! No apology/sorry...nothing...crazy!!!! So after a bit more than one whole hour our little one got something to eat with an apology from another waitress (and finally some cutlery as well!)...the waitress which served the rest of our food was super lovely...and the food was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! I prefer to share the good also I was working as a waitress for 20 years by myself and had a team under my fingers with a lot of newbie's ect (first rule if something wents wrong "SORRY"!). So the second waitress and the kitchen deserves full points and I hope the other waitress learns something because our restaurant experience in total was still sadly terrible... to see and hear our little one starving and crying ect, everyone from us was really upset in this restaurant situation and that's not what you want. Mistakes happen to all of us and that's all fine...at least you can say sorry, or offer a lil treat for the kid (whatever!). One last point if you're coming with kids and maybe you have to wait a bit longer...I was so glad that we packed some pencils and coloring books by ourselves because that's something we've been missing here as well. Stars only because I know we had bad luck and the food was so good also the other waitress was friendly to us!

12/07/2026: Very fresh fish and fair prices. Very friendly staff.

25/07/2026: Outstanding from beginning to end. Go for the fish, and stay for the trio of creme brulees dessert - never seen or tasted anything like it!

25/07/2026: Exceptionally prepared seafood dishes with a mix of classic & innovative flavors (apple slaw with crab; sweet & sour sauce with the oysters). Knowledgeable & friendly staff, cozy environment.