The best restaurants in Kildare

21/02/2026: Tonight I ordered a ginger boy, half of the box was onions, there was no garlic, 2 micro sticks of ginger and 2 slices of shitake mushrooms. Prawns were over cooked. I'm very disappointed because last time it was excellent. If there is no consistency in the food quality I won't order again.

12/08/2025: Small but also roomy if makes sense, we had a wheelchair. The staff were friendly, very helpful and informative . The food was generous portions and very tasty and felt good and fresh. We ate every crumb , pity bi room for delicious looking desserts especially the Lemon meringue, another day 😀 will visit again.

07/08/2025: Once my favourite restaurant in Athy, now after several inedible meals I have given up. The waiting staff are as lovely as ever, special shout out to Chloe and Katie, but the new chef is ruining the business. What he plates up is an insult. I have tried to speak to the owners, but they are never around. Please Tony and Michael, take charge of your kitchen, as I would hate to see this once delightful establishment close.

09/05/2026: Ordered from the wrong royal palace. No idea how. But when I rang they cancelled my order they were very nice about it and refunded me. Really appreciated it so much 🙏 especially since they probably had the food ready

21/04/2026: Best salt & chilli chicken strips. Food is great, staff are very friendly.

15/04/2026: Doesn't serve food, only crisps, peanuts etc.

24/12/2025: I’ve been visiting this pub regularly since arriving in Ireland on the 29th of September. It’s a local pub where I’ve met many locals, and until now I’ve always felt welcome. Most of the staff are friendly and professional, including other waiters and bar staff who do a great job. Unfortunately, my experience today was completely ruined by one waiter, Eoin, who presented himself as the manager. My friend and I stepped out briefly to get food, and when we returned there was a young apprentice waiter at the door along with a few young women who said they were waiting outside for their parents who were inside. The apprentice asked Eoin if we could re-enter, and he refused entry to both us and the girls. However, the girls were later allowed in by someone they knew, so we followed them back inside. At that point, people were being served normally, including those same girls. When Eoin noticed me inside, he became immediately aggressive. Without attempting to speak calmly or explain the situation, he started pushing me repeatedly and physically forcing me toward the door, acting more like security than bar staff. This happened in front of a full pub, with many locals watching. I tried multiple times to explain and to de-escalate the situation, but he refused to listen and continued to put his hands on me. He kept insisting that I “had to listen to him because he was the manager,” though his behavior was completely unprofessional and unnecessary. I was singled out despite others being allowed to stay, and no reasonable explanation was given. Even after I tried to apologize to calm things down, I was told to “shove it.” I believe this kind of aggressive, confrontational behavior is bad for customers and bad for the business. It’s disappointing, especially in a pub I’ve supported regularly and where most of the staff do a much better job

17/01/2026: I am not a person to complain, I spent over 5 years working in the hospitality industry and understand that mistakes happen. I have also never left a negative review before however the experience last night warrants it. Dined here on the 14/01/25 as a group of 4. We booked in before going to see Christy Moore after seeing they were offering a special set menu pre concert. We were booked in for 18:30, with the concert due to start at 20:00. The meal was a disaster from start to finish. We were sat and given menus and water, that was fine. Over 20 minutes then went by with no sign of any staff member coming to our table to take our order. We then made several attempts to get someone’s attention to take our order, it appeared staff members were avoiding eye contact. We eventually had our order taken for our food and drinks. We had a visible view of the bar and could see our 3 drinks sitting on a tray waiting to be delivered for over 10 minutes while multiple members of staff walked by the bar repeatedly. Our starters arrived; two members of the party ordered soup which arrived in a tiny bowl and did not receive the brown bread it was due to be served with. They also did not receive soup spoons. We finished our starters and sat with our empty plates on the table again for a very long time. At this stage we were very conscious of the time as we had the concert at 8pm. One of the party had to walk to the complete other end of the restaurant and ask a staff member to clear our plates so that we could get our mains. Our mains arrived just after 19:30. Two of the party ordered the beef and asked for it with the sauce on the side. The beef arrived with the sauce on it. This was mentioned to the staff who delivered the food but due to the time pressure we were now under there was no time to send it back. To add insult to this mistake, both of the beefs were stone cold. It was not eaten. The other two mains ordered were the sea bass, which tasted fine but nothing special or amazing. There was also no vegetables served with the mains which for the price is just not acceptable. We went up to pay and at no stage were we asked by staff how our meal was. I brought up about the problem with the starters and mains and the staff member took 30% off the bill. Prior to the discount the bill was €195, not a small amount of money. Even paying the €150 for what we received was too much. He did not make eye contact or apologise during the entire interaction. This entire experience put such a dampener on our evening. I understand that the hotel was very busy with the concert that was on but the event had been announced months ago. It is not acceptable to be so underprepared. For a venue that holds so many events and weddings I simply do not understand how last night was allowed to happen. We are local to Naas and have visited the Killashee so many times for meals and special occasions. My fiancé and I were even considering having our wedding here. However, after last nights disaster we will not be and will think twice before coming here for a meal again.

02/01/2026: We went to the Pippin Tree restaurant and spent a lovely time celebrating my wife's birthday. The server Ilias was very kind and helpful. Service was very fast and the food was delicious. I would highly recommend The Pippin Tree for anyone looking for a nice, relaxed and welcoming atmosphere with great food to match.

01/05/2026: Excellent Pad Thai and Spice Bag. I always collect my food and it's always ready. The price is great too. I recommend it.

04/03/2026: Honestly you'd have to pay me to eat here again. We recently tried it for the third time in the 4 years we've been living just down the road, in the hopes it'd changed. In fairness, the spring rolls and honey ribs were really good so that's second star. But the main courses.... I don't know where they get their chicken but it's like rubber foam, really revolting. The sweet and sour pork... couldn't work out if there was any pork in there at all and what was there was like the chicken. Paid extra for fillet beef rather than normal beef and it tasted like something unidentifiable that had spent hours in tenderiser. Gloopy sauces. Real shame, it'd be great to have a good takeaway down the road, but that was the last time for me.

26/07/2025: Would not eat food from here again. The staff was rude and not helpful. Half of them stood outside on the street talking and the ones who stayed inside were very impatient and rude.

15/04/2025: Ordered from here based on other reviews but for the price the food is not great and portion size is small. The lamb bhuna the texture was muddy and no taste. Both curries bought was mostly sauce no meat. Naan was almost paper thin. DO NOT RECOMMEND, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.

25/12/2025: I took medium Hawaiian pizza and liked, especially the dough, I definitely would like to visit them again, but I give 4 stars because they didn't put any tissues in, unfortunately.

11/12/2025: It's a pitty that we can't give 0 or -1 stars. Worst pizza ever, but like the worst by far! The dough looks plastic, and it's soggy as hell. For the price you pay you better off with a frozen pizza from lidl and you definitely get a better meal. Never again.

26/06/2026: Delicious pizza! Would definitely recommend

06/03/2026: Why can the Salad look so good and pleasing but the pizza from the same place look so bland and unappetising looking like it was made without care , cmon guys it costs a fortune to buy i think im just being fair 😁😋 hope to try agin soon keep up the good work guys

09/04/2026: Extremely disappointed. I asked the person running the place to confirm I was getting chicken meat kebab; he said yes, then served me chicken fillet and red meat. The portion was mostly salad and "weird" sauces that tasted nothing like kebab sauce. It wasn't even busy, so there’s no excuse for getting the order wrong or being dishonest about the ingredients. I won’t be returning.

14/02/2026: Forgot money i night I'm not a regular I had ordered explain to gentleman behind counter he told me to take the food and drop in money when passing which I did the food was fabulous paid 2 days later what a gentleman

02/04/2026: Used to like sunnys but I got a 4 in 1 from there yesterday evening and I was very sick last night.

29/03/2026: It was great there spice bag is so good

29/12/2025: i got Chips and pizza the chips were not cooked and some are over cooked and burnt the pizza was not cooked properly and there was no Garlic dip

27/06/2026: The new Mexican at the deli avoid at all costs rolled a wrap like a hexagon and baked it and told me that's how tacos are made laughable 😅

16/06/2026: I asked and paid for a large meal but I got a extremely small chip. Was very disappointed with this place. All the bins were overflown with rubbish, and nobody there to clean up . I'll never in my life be back . However the shop its self was nice.

19/04/2026: 32 euro for a meat pizza and a kebab tray bit excessive.. food was nice but still 😬

01/03/2026: I was passing this chipper stopped for a kebab pizza wasn't on the menu so I requested 1 well it was absolutely gorgeous I travel from dublin once a week for this pizza it kebab pizza with taco&garlic sauce base kebab meat & taco n garlic on top 😍😍😍

18/11/2025: Decent place to grab a bite along the motorway. Staff were quick to serve and respond.

18/11/2025: Decent place to grab a bite along the motorway. Staff were quick to serve and respond.