The best restaurantsof irish in Kilkenny

18/02/2026: Great place to eat in Kilkenny, their Irish stew is so nice and excellent service

16/02/2026: Great, typical atmosphere and as a result, frequented by many nationalities who come to appreciate it!

02/03/2026: We were so pleased to find this lovely gem of a cafe on our visit to Kilkenny. It was so peaceful, with great service, and tasty food. I was able to get a couple of different gluten free options, including a scone and a sandwich - they also mentioned vegetarian options on the menu!

24/02/2026: Great selection for gluten free

13/10/2025: The best pub in Kilkenny. Spent a few hours with some locals there. The best group and lots of fun. Best Guiness to be had there. Didn't eat there. Don't know if they have food.

17/09/2025: Fantastic bar with very friendly service. Extensive whiskey collection and very helpful staff! Highly recommended

28/12/2025: Amazing flavours from fairly simple food. We found here by chance one day after leaving the Newpark in Kilkenny, there was nothing suitable for my vegetarian wife on the newpark lunch menu. We have been back now 4 times despite living a couple of hours away. It's a real find. I love their vegetarian bruschetta (despite being a meat eater) the amount of flavour they get out of just goats cheese and pesto is amazing. I had their fish and chips on another visit, similarly top notch. My wife has had their vegan bruschetta (falafel and hummus) and mushrooms in cream sauce at another visit. They cater for our kids too. Myself and my wife both adore the lemon curd Eton mess.

06/12/2025: Full irish breakfast, was with wife and daughter we all enjoyed the food, large table in corner, staff very friendly and polite!

15/12/2025: Kyteler’s oozes with character and history!

15/12/2025: This place is awful. The food is terrible, service is worse and it's expensive. We ordered the burger and vol au vent and they were horrible. The salads are bland and disgusting. The server was rude, clueles and didn't even know what lager beer was, so we drank water. Please avoid this place. It was just horrible. I made sure to tell our tour guide never to recommend this place again. In fact, don't bother going to Kilkenny at all. It's not worth it.

23/01/2026: Room is nice, very Comfortable bed. Food was extremely good plus staff servicing the food were excellent and so friendly. Recommend the Orchard House.

31/12/2025: Staff were incredibly friendly and helpful during my stay here. My room was absolutely spotless clean and overall lovely. It is a great location, 20 minute walk from the city, and close to everything else. Overall great experience, would definitely recommend to anyone and would stay again :)

12/11/2025: One of the best places in Kilkenny for food. Service is excellent. Been ba k a few times now

05/11/2025: Have been here a few times,always an enjoyable experience, nice selection of food on menu,plenty of gluten free options,the staff are brilliant ,nothing was too much trouble, one of kilkennys best restaurants .

03/03/2026: Delicious food, a very nice place, and friendly people

02/03/2026: Self serve at the bar. Environment was good. Very clean and great scenery.

24/01/2026: Lovely place the staff and poeple in this place are the salt of the earth. Great place for a bit of lunch or a few drinks the atmosphere was nice it was cosy and warm. Staff and customers were very welcoming.

11/01/2026: Dinner was lovely & staff were really nice.

15/02/2026: Absolutely fantastic place the Mark and all the bar staff you would ever meet couldn't do more to make our weekend more memorable. Cocktail making such fun

18/12/2025: Great big pub with plenty of TV’s for watching live sport and a good stage for live music

09/01/2026: Lovely bar, friendly staff and a great outdoor area.

17/11/2025: A great place for a pint near the train station. The staff was very kind and open, so that's a plus, and the price was totally fine.

18/12/2025: Very nice old world pub, lots of sports memorabilia on the walls and good pints

19/10/2025: If you want a fun pub with live music, this is the place to go!

24/10/2025: I was only in the restaurant for a coffee. The atmosphere is very pleasant, beautifully decorated, and cozy. Good service.

07/10/2025: A lovely cafe on the banks of the Barrow. We sat out and had coffee and scones, watching the world go by on the river. Nicest scones we’ve had for a long time. Friendly staff too.

27/01/2026: Great seafood chowder. Good prices and a cracking pint of Kilkenny!!

26/01/2026: Appalling experience with Bollards, specifically their management. I booked the venue for an engagement party, received confirmation, and then one week before the event was phoned and told it was cancelled due to a double booking — a failure that is entirely down to poor management and organisation. By this stage, I had already paid for DJs and decorations, all arranged in good faith based on their confirmed booking. Cancelling a major life event at such short notice shows a complete lack of professionalism, accountability, and respect for customers. This caused unnecessary stress and financial loss during what should have been a special occasion. If this is how management at Bollards handles private events, I would strongly advise others to avoid booking functions here. Completely unreliable.

11/11/2025: Only there for evening meals and drinks. Some nice cozy corners. Very friendly and engaging staff - very welcoming. Kind of slow mid-week so it felt spacious and quiet.

08/11/2025: Spacious, clean and comfortable room