The best restaurantsof irish in Dublin

02/09/2024: Met a friend here the last Saturday in August for lunch, arriving at 13:30. As there are parking machines in the carpark and as I didn't know exactly how long I would be parked for, I tried to ask at the bar whether they could let me know if the parking attendants visit the carpark frequently or if I could pay for a couple of hours and then feed the meter as necessary. The first person I tried to ask was the barman who pointed at me and then turned and walked away without saying a single word ! I then asked a waitress who seemed to be annoyed to be asked a question. She told me I would have to pay. I hadn't suggested that I wouldn't ! Having walked out and put what would hopefully be enough money in the meter, I passed the waitress and her other waitress colleague on my way back in. They broke off momentarily from their chat to give me a little sneering smile and a roll of their eyes at each other. Really ? They then proceeded to not notice we wanted to order for a fair amount of time. Rudeness personified ! The food doesn't warrant any particular comment, generic battered chicken in a bun and my friend had a beef burger. Both burgers came with a small bowl of chips. As my friend and I were both driving we washed down our "meal" with a bottle of still water and one sparkling. We would have added a dessert but decided against spending any more money in unpleasant surroundings. €40 for two indifferent burgers and two small bottles of water served up by rude incompetent staff. Sad that the Dublin landmark and institution that is Hedigans has come to this. My advice if you are thinking of visiting is, save yourself the annoyance and go somewhere else. There are many places that are happy to see customers arriving. Hedigans isn't on that list.

31/08/2024: Asked on Friday to put on a match Saturday morning. The staff 10 minutes into the match I wanted to watch told me they couldn't show the match. Complete waste of my time. Incompetent and rude staff.

21/09/2024: The seafood here was excellent - we had calamari, lobster and crab claws and all were very well cooked and extremely tasty. Also found a nice white wine that was reasonably priced. Service was also prompt and friendly. Would have scored 5 stars but they charge for tap water - why do this?!

21/09/2024: Amazing service and great food. Every one of the servers were so helpful. They gave great suggestions and were always checking on us. We had both types of oysters. They were so good. The lobster was so fresh. The garlic butter topped it off. We had crab mornay that was delicious. Of course the Guinness was great too.

14/09/2024: Stopped in here for a casual early dinner as it looked nice and promising from the outside. Food took AGES to come out, and when it did, it turned out that 3 orders were wrong - we were given an adult version of a kids meal, and a kids version of an adults meal, I had also ordered chicken to be added to my squash dish and they had missed this too. Overall the food was bland and mediocre. One of the burgers was still red in the middle and when I pointed this out to the waitress, she apologised but didn’t offer to replace it or refund. We were ready to go at this stage anyway. Very overpriced, poor experience, won’t be back or recommending.

31/08/2024: Extremely long waiting times. We ordered our food and was told there was a 30 minute wait for food. In total we waited 55 minutes before our food arrived and it wasn’t even hot. Would also point out that we had missed the rush and had no justification for the wait times. When food arrived, staff did not apologise for the long wait and didn’t check if we needed anything else. We will not be back.

25/08/2024: Nice spot to catch up and chat. Food was excellent, staff were very attentive and efficient, price was fair. Overall a nice experience and we would visit again

19/08/2024: We called here to get a quiet table away from the food court. We got an eerily quiet table as there nobody else there. I soon found out why! I had a toasted ham and cheese. It was so greasy.

24/03/2024: Worse carvery we've ever had. Meat was as tough . All veg and stuffing had way to much pepper in them. Couldn't eat it . Tried desert and it was still frozen solid so couldn't eat that either. Won't be back

25/10/2024: Stopped in here for lunch yesterday. We got a lovely warm welcome on a cold miserable day . We had delicious home made mushroom soup and sandwiches that were filled to the brim , . Followed by the scrumptious cheese cake and sticky pudding . The cappuccino is as the best I’ve had in ages . The Staff were very friendly especially the slightly more mature lady who was very willing to answer my questions about Roscrea a town I hadn’t visited in many many years . I highly recommend this restaurant. Ye are doing a fantastic job guys .

14/06/2024: Nice food, reasonably priced, good service, local spot on the main drag. Serves breakfast (didn’t have) and lunch (did have). Will return!