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08/10/2025: Average coffee and below average croissants

11/09/2025: Lovely coffee. Pleasant staff. Good central location

18/12/2025: Fabulous hotel, great staff, pet friendly, the food was amazing!

25/11/2025: Ill start with the positives, the food was amazing. I must say props to the chef. I had a fabulous and generously portioned meal for 9 the star is for the food as everything else went terribly. Following my graduation my family of 9 persons went to this hotel to enjoy a family meal. The first issue is in regards to building maintence. The dad cut through his trousers and his leg on a sharp protruding piece of metal acting as a box cover. You can see from the images attached that the cover is missing 2 rivents and is only secured in the middle. My dad brought this to the managers attention who came over to our table halfway through our meal dispiting it with him. He did offer to reduce the price of the meal by 15% however the suit was bought only that morning and that wouldnt cover the cost of a replacement pair of trousers. My dad explained that he didnt want ot have the argiment at the table while trying to enjoy the meal but the manager continued then offering 50€ off (which was less then 15% of our bill...) He said the general manager will be in touch and took our details so we are awaiting a call. We were initally sat at a high stoll table, we asked to swap to a lower table which was done for us no problem as my grandmother was unable to sit at the higher stool due to them not having back rests. We asked a girl who explained it was her fist day if we could mood and she went to ask another person. After about 5 minutes of talking and looking at us another memeber of the wait staff came over and said we could move. There was a bit of a wait for the starters and mains but nothing too extreme we were happy enough to wait. The same lady who moved us was quite rude when we were enquiring about the startes. The menu here has a "Lighter Dishes" section, we asked if that was there starter section and she clarified this to us in a way as if to say we were stupid. "Yeah... thats the starters, is there another quesiotn?". Desserts took quite some time to be brought our. We ordered 3 desserts as the generous portion sizes had us full up. They took 35 minutes to be brought out. I wonder if they were milking the cows in the back to make the cream. At the end of the meal the bill came out and didnt match the prices on the menu at all. Ive attached images of both their menu and the prices on our bill. We were too tired and warm at this point to bother arguing as the lady taking our bill was the same lady who had been rude earlier. The final kick in the teath was the phrasing of their tips. Menu states groups over 8 have gratuity of 10% included however on the bill it is down as suggested even though it is mandatory. Its only a small thing but it added insult to ingury. Previous vists to this place have been nice. Once i was sushed while entering their upstiars returaunt however I was apologised too after bringing it the the managers attention. I love the locaiton and food here but it has really given me a bad tatse now. I dont think me or my family will return which is a shame because we love their pizzas and come rather often. UPDATE No contact from a manager as promised. Cowboy Buisness people operating in Barna. Anyone looking for a place to stay or eat - do not. Plenty of better options in Galway. Avoid this dump like the plague Update again No hope in getting any help. Management have not contacted and when calling say they have no idea what I’m on about. Avoid at all costs. Update again, years later: I still email from time to time and yet no one there cares. I have not been back since (despite being a regular before) and always suggest for people to avoid it like the plague.

06/12/2025: We cannot express how much we love and appreciate this restaurant and the lady in charge. We come from Athenry to delight ourselves with excellent food and service as often as we can. 10/10 every time we visit and always looking 👀 forward to the next experience! Thank you 🙏 so much. Yvonne and Tommy.

02/11/2025: Unfortunately, the roast duck was quite chewy and the spice bag very dry, making it hard to enjoy. Sorry, but I wouldn’t return.

05/11/2025: 10/10 recommended lovely staff always entertaining and fabulous coffee☕️

06/02/2026: Great hotel with an amazing irish atmosphere, friendly and welcoming staff! Will be back!

23/10/2025: Was nice . Rooms were freezing heating never came on

28/08/2025: Delightful place, clean and fresh

19/08/2025: We just had lunch there this afternoon. The food was fantastic and the staff were nice and helpful. Great little cafe!

18/01/2026: One of the best places in Ireland! The staff made sure they were offering the best experience ever. The food from the restaurant was outstanding, the pasta was super Italian! The view was divine. The spa was everything I was looking for to recharge, the massage was just on point. The whole weekend was brilliant!

16/12/2025: Beautiful hotel. Room was good. We got one that was away from the main corridor. Bath had seen better days. And no big mirror at side board in room, which was a little inconvenient for makeup and hair. Staff are great. The breakfast was unreal. Been a long time since I was in a hotel that cooked breakfast fresh. Much better than the typical smelly buffet where people put spoons in back in the wrong containers! Would recommend a visit to the terminal suit, if you like jacuzzis that are actually hot. Overall great stay. Would definitely visit again.

05/01/2026: Update to my review below. Visited again and everything went well. I loved the lamb special. I have added a few stars here now. It's nice to see that the owners are caring. I previously left a 5 star review, but after the change of ownership last year, the food quality unfortunately declined. On my first few visits after the change, all dishes (even salads) had an unpleasant smell, which I assumed may have been to old oil. I gave it a few more chances, as it's the only restaurant in the area, but eventually stopped going after a very disappointing experience with gone off salmon. After a long break, I visited again recently, and was glad to notice that the issue with the oil smell seems to have been resolved. However, there were still some inconsistencies. We were asked how we'd like our steaks cooked - my partner ordered well done, and I ordered medium - but both steaks arrived very well done. The black mushrooms did not look appetizing at all, which was disappointing, as I am a mushroom lover. The chips were quite bland, and the salad did not really appeal eather. I did not raise a complaint at the time as the meal was edible, but I am sharing this feedback in the hope that the new owner might see it, along with other similar comments, and take it on board. The place has real potential, all staff are absolutely amazing! I would love to see its food to return to the standards it once had. I promise, I will be a regular customer then!

05/01/2026: Went to malt house for dinner but looked at the menu so decided to have a take away instead ordered chicken cougouns and 2 chicken curry’s it was the worst meal I have ever had received the chicken curry was watery and the rice was just as bad it was all thrown in to a plastic bag Couldn’t eat it so it was thrown in the bin the food was always perfect before and we used to always use there but lately the food is not good and I will not be going back

06/11/2025: I recommend Friendly staff and great restaurant. 👌👍

03/10/2025: The Coach House Hotel is in a good area close to Galway and has pubs, cafe and gas station within a few steps. We had an issue with our room as the drains were completely clogged for the sink and shower which made it very hard to use and our heat wasn’t working. We mentioned this to the staff in the evening and again to a staff on the overnight shift. No one offered help and asked us to ask someone else on the next shift. We only stayed one night however I would say the service is very poor here due to our room issues. The breakfast is also an additional 15 euros per person which we opted not to get.

10/11/2025: Delicious coffee and pastry. Suoer cute concept, friendly owners and lots of options for a grab and go breakfast. Super Recommended

31/07/2025: Fun first stop on a road trip from Galway through Connemara. Great coffee, great pastry, super friendly people. Pin it on Google Maps and it will lead you right to it! Loved it 😍

30/12/2025: Horrible, disgusting, bad!!! Ordered takeaway for the whole fanily to save time and get a chillout evening free of cooking. the delivery took forever!! had to ring to see what was happening. got a dry "your food is on the way"... anothe 40 minuts later it arrived... ah well, we are busy... BUSY??? how's that my problem?? hire more staff, give a warning that you gonna be over an hour (!!!) food arrived only to go into the bin!!! after paying nearly 50 euro, binned the whole lot!!! the food was disgusting!! cold, greasy, tasted unfresh, awful looking and and even worse tasting. chips soggy, greasy, half of them burnt. kebabs soggy, veg looked unfresh, frozen in parts, bread soggy. looked like leftovers were thrown back together. garlic bread (how can you mess up garlic bread?? apparently, you can if you are Apache Pizza Gort!) wasn't soft, greasy and cold. after leaving a review, got a general copy-paste response from main branch asking to contact actual local branch (Gort) to see what was the problem and why food was so bad and delivery was so long... so like, after, i wasted time, money, had bad experience they want me to go back and see what is their problem that they cant provide a decent service?? seriously?.. never again!! horrible experience!

21/09/2025: Everything in Apache Gort is just amazing You get free parking. Sitting area near and Clean Staff is very friendly. Food is Tasty. Love Apache Gort

17/12/2025: I had a bad experience with ordering online. I never got a confirmation so I rang to order on the phone and to my surprise I had been charged twice. I rang the restaurant and they couldn't care less that their online system is faulty. The food is just all right anyway so I will no bother again. There are plenty of tasty restaurants in Oranmore.

15/12/2025: Lovely food and such lovely staff. We always get the red and green curry and it’s delicious

01/11/2025: I’m a regular customer & the team here are absolutely lovely!! Always warm & welcoming!! Keep up the great work guys!! ❤️

08/10/2025: Best coffee around Oranmore. Shop is usually busy but always served quickly