The best restaurants in Kildare

17/12/2025: Great place to stay! Friendly staff, good food, comfortable stylish rooms. Look forward to another visit soon!

15/12/2025: The best place for food and service hands down! Had our sons Christening here at the weekend and it was a large group of 25. Everyone loved their food. It was served promptly and was delicious as always. Service was excellent as always too. Highly recommend. Such a lovely atmosphere too

21/11/2025: Outstanding food ,excellent service, relaxed friendly atmosphere. I highly recommend this place if you're visiting kildare

19/11/2025: Delicious food and drink! Staff were excellent. Very friendly and we got a great welcome on arrival. Interior is also gorgeous! Can’t wait to come back.

26/12/2025: Great menu, reasonabl6 priced, curtious and attentive staff

30/11/2025: Place is quite old, the smell is not very good. Food not bad but still poor had a scrambled egg with salmon, very dry and not the best.

10/11/2025: Great to see a restaurant of this standard in Kildare. With the Hangman’s closed, we’ve been short of somewhere special locally, and O’Dooles has definitely stepped up. It’s a proper night-out spot – not just a pub meal. We had a group of 15 last night and everything was excellent. Service was friendly and attentive without being over the top, the atmosphere was relaxed, and the place is spotless. The wine list is well chosen and fairly priced, drinks looked great, and the food was full of flavour across all courses. We also had a coeliac with us and the kitchen handled it perfectly – clear communication, careful preparation, and a gluten-free starter made fresh, which was very much appreciated. It’s great to have somewhere like this on our doorstep in Kildare. Highly recommended and we’ll definitely be back.

07/11/2025: We had a really lovely experience in O'Dooles restaurant for my brother’s birthday. The staff were fantastic and the food was amazing from start to finish. Great cocktail menu and lovely bar area for a pre dinner drink. Margarita was fab. The prawn starter was delish and the chickpea fritter to start was exceptional. Everyone enjoyed the main courses the Seabass for me was perfect and so flavorsome and my brother was very happy with the Veal chop. Desserts were great and the Cheeseboard - we are all still thinking about it! Great atmosphere in the restaurant. We can’t wait to go back. Thanks again to all the team at O’Dooles!

25/08/2025: Best cappuccino I have ever had

23/08/2025: Great coffee and lovely interior

16/07/2025: What a true fantastic pub! Loved it and loved the atmosphere. Will definitely be back!

26/06/2025: Popped into JB Mahoney recently and honestly, what a find. It’s got that rare mix of proper character and a genuinely warm atmosphere that makes you feel like a regular, even if it’s your first visit. The Guinness? Spot on, creamy, smooth, poured with care. You can tell they take pride in it, which is more than you can say for a lot of places. And if you haven’t tried the Algerian, you’re missing out – bold, rich, and absolutely delicious. A proper pint to remember. The bar staff are brilliant, friendly, funny, and somehow manage to keep everything running smoothly even when it's packed. Even, the teachers chap I was speaking to inside. JB Mahoney’s strikes that perfect balance: welcoming, down-to-earth, but with real quality behind the bar. Whether you're in for a quiet one or a few rounds with mates, this place just gets it right.

06/12/2025: Was here to celebrate a great and strong man that was retiring. Bless his soul and family. Service was great. Easy to get drinks and food. Opened a tab without any hesitation. The place was packed! Standing room only for quite a while until the crowd thinned out. Great ambiance with some live music to boot.

04/12/2025: After sharing my disappointing experience on the establishment's Instagram page following my 2024 visit to this restaurant, the company's only response was to delete my comment and block me. So, I'm posting a review here where they can't delete it. Basically, I recently left a comment on the bar's Instagram page regarding what I consider a lack of consideration for Quebec/Francophone customers. All they could do was block me and delete my comment. Clearly, they didn't appreciate me calling them out on it 🤣🤣🤣 Honestly, I've never seen anything like it. A company blocking a customer after they complain is probably the worst thing a business can do when receiving a complaint. Deliberately ignoring a complaint instead of listening and potentially taking action to improve their business. For more context, after stumbling upon an Instagram reel from the company, I shared what I consider a lack of respect and consideration for a portion of their clientele. I wrote that in 2024, when I visited, I wasn't served in French, even though the establishment is located in Quebec and caters to a Montreal/Quebec clientele. The server spoke to me only in English the entire time, even though I spoke to her in French. I also pointed out that all of the company's online advertising is exclusively in English, despite targeting a Quebec clientele. I wanted to highlight what is undoubtedly a violation of the linguistic rights of Quebec customers. Because in Quebec, we all have the right to receive service in the province's official language. It's a fundamental right, and I never received service in my language during my visit. When I commented on it, the business chose to ignore and block me, deleting my comment. It would be nice to respect the fundamental right of Quebecers to be served and to have access to all business information in their language. But clearly, this establishment thinks otherwise. I understand it's an Irish pub, so there's an English-speaking aspect, but that's no reason not to serve customers in French when the establishment is located in Quebec. It's a shame to see that even in 2025, too many businesses in Montreal don't respect their Francophone clientele and aren't always able to serve the Quebec population in the province's only official language. On top of that, they impose English on their customers. There's no way I'm going back.

07/11/2025: Always a nice atmosphere food tasty and reasonable priced

06/11/2025: Literally amazing stuff, coffee and atmosphere Perfect for working from laptop and just hanging out with friends!!

30/10/2025: Best restaurant in Kildare Best burger in Ireland

12/10/2025: Lovely little coffee shop in the heart of Kildare town. Really welcoming and friendly staff, and very child-friendly. Also serving very nice coffee!

10/10/2025: Excellent Staff (Translated by Google) Excelente personal

30/07/2025: Fantastic service Fantastic food love this place so dont pass it

24/12/2025: Only had drinks. Enjoyed the music.

18/10/2025: We stopped here for a nice Guinness in a unique pub atmosphere. The pub was lovingly decorated, with lovely little seating areas and an atmosphere reminiscent of the good old days. The parlor door was also a highlight, and the fireplace in the far corner made the pint taste twice as good.

17/11/2025: Best take out from hons so far. Undon noodle, spicey, got the veggies, got the flavour.... winner!!, dumpling soup!! Winner!, chicken sweet corn soup class.. Satay sauce tonight was extra tasty, chicken balls crispy.. thankyou for making my day. 5 star

10/08/2025: Highly recommend Hons for catering. Food and service absolutely fab.