The best restaurants in Kildare

08/06/2024: Beautiful spot, very good coffee. Would be great if someone (Waterways Ireland/Kildare CoCo I presume) allowed access further down the canal from the other bank as it's a great amenity

30/05/2024: Place is great and the coffee is amazing. Always a good time when grabbing a coffe and having a chat with Nicky

25/01/2025: Family group of six visited this evening. We had booked in so it was not a last minute thing. We arrived at 7.15 starters arrived about 7.45 at 9.00 we left as the mains still hadn't arrived it seemed like they were more occupied with takeaways than people paying premium prices to sit in.

19/04/2025: Had a great lunch here today ...food was top class as was service; overall a great dining experience 👌 looking forward to returning 👍

21/03/2025: Stopped here with my sister and mother before heading to a concert in Dublin. The sandwiches we ordered were massive and oh so delicious. The staff were so hospitable and the food came out hot and fast. It was the perfect feed to keep us going for the evening. Would highly recommend it and will be looking forward to returning when I am in the area again

19/06/2025: Have ordered scones from here a few times now and previously was delighted with everything. Most recent order (and the first one made in awhile) was not great, the scones are now packed in plastic which meant they were a little “squidgy” and damp maybe they were packed while still slightly warm. They had also been shaken a lot in transport so 2 of six were completely broken. They tasted nice but I think I’ll stick to visiting the store where possible

04/05/2025: Heard about this through colleagues and got a selection for my parents ,amazing selection ,great tasting and superb delivery service ,would highly recommend and will order again.

18/06/2025: Do not come or live in this horrible hotel. So much noise!! Constant inspection and the manger threatened me to take away all my food just for my bread not in a container. SO SO LOUDD

30/05/2025: Not operating as a hotel anymore. It's a residential centre for refugees I think. I had no idea until I popped over one day looking for a coffee and they told me they hadn't been operating as a hotel for many years. Perhaps it would be a good idea to change status on google maps?

27/08/2026: Went to get a ice cream today with my husband and kids ordered 2 milkshakes and 2 ice-creams When she was doing my sons milkshake she put one tablespoon of crushed oreos in i asked could she put another is as it wasnt much and she said it will be extra thats fine i said il pay the difference. I then got my husbands milkshake which was fine and my other sons ice-cream it came to mine they asked what toppings I asked for kinder I thought it came with 3 toppings I didn't realise the kinder was part of a deluxe range so I said oh ok il pay the difference again which is fine it was a extra 75cent she then done my ice-cream I said I didn't want it mixed she went and mixed it I said it sorry I dont want it mixed so she done a big sigh pour the icecream out of the cup and done a fresh one and handed it to me I was left looking at this "delux" ice-cream not one piece of kinder down through it there was abot of chocolate with broken up wafter in it This is very disappointing as we would regularly go here we won't be anymore it was ment to be a nice treat for our family I have pictures of it i just dont know how to post

15/11/2024: I wanted to pickup too good to go but without further notice the store is closed at 2pm. Thanks for wasting my time

09/11/2024: Undeniably excellent coffee with unfortunately terrible management. I’ve been buying excellent coffee from VDA Naas for years as well as beans for my home machines but I’m having to reconsider supporting them due to their totally unpredictable opening hours. I drove down to the shop today to find them unexpectedly closed. This is 4th time over the last few months this has happened to me. Usually there’s a sign on the door which is annoying but at least it’s an explanation. Opening hours for today (Saturday November 9th) state on Google and their social media they are open until 4pm. I arrived to the shop to find them closed, lights off and no explanation. There was nothing on their social media to explain why. This is no way to run a business. How can I trust that I can enjoy a coffee from VDA Naas if I can never be sure they’re going to be open when I get there? It’s a fundamental expectation for a business to keep regular hours. I’ll reconsider returning in future if there is some sort of effort to improve this but until then, I’ll be taking my custom elsewhere. It’s extremely unfortunate as the coffee is great, the service is always friendly and it’s a lovely space to be in that’s dog friendly to boot. They just need to pull up their socks if they expect to compete with the vibrant coffee scene in Naas.

26/06/2026: Great pub music fun beer garden pool table what more would you want

09/07/2026: Kip in kildare, dont go there. Place is really sad.