The best restaurants in Kilkenny

02/04/2026: Amazing hotel in the heart of Kilkenny 💚

29/03/2026: A really great pub. Very nicely decorated and a very friendly owner. Would definitely come again 👍

15/11/2025: A very unusual place, but delicious.

31/08/2025: Excellent food, great selection

29/11/2025: lovely store with plenty of fashion

24/11/2025: You find everything you’re looking for and the prices are quite reasonable

26/11/2025: It's beautiful coffee is the best 👌 homemade cake looks amazing.

25/11/2025: Nice tasty coffee. Friendly staff. Family atmosphere here. Really recommend visiting this unique place.

10/04/2026: lovely ambience, great fresh food and friendly staff

01/04/2026: We ate there for lunch, without a reservation. The dishes are classic: fish and chips, soup, burgers, sharing platters with drinks... One small negative point: the numerous pieces of chewing gum stuck under the counter, which are clearly visible when you're sitting at the table next to it.

11/01/2026: Wesley was excellent. He repaired my VCR and promptly returned my copy of Forest Gump on VHS within the rental period.

08/01/2026: By far the best chipper in Kilkenny, its so good I travel from Hugginstown in south Kilkenny to get my food here (approx 25km). My favorites are Quarter Pounder with everything on it and Cheese Curry Chip. My mouth is watering just think of it lol. If you haven't tried a cheese curry chip I would highly recommend it.

15/01/2026: The food was good and well presented. While none of the dishes particularly impressed me, everything tasted good overall.

22/11/2025: Well what can we say? Each and every dish was so good! Especially the fish course. Not much of a fish person but Lady Helen converted me! We were full by the veal course but it was so good that we finished it. We did not go for wine pairing but ordered a bottle between the two of us. I meam the wine was lovely. Every time we come to Kilkenny, we come to the Lady Helen. Thank you again and can't wait to be back!

08/05/2026: Beautiful hotel, near shops and restaurants

07/05/2026: I'm sharing this for the food only, and it's delicious with great service and an amazing atmosphere.

06/05/2026: A very good pub/restaurant; we had burgers. The portions were generous and the prices were reasonable. I recommend it if you're in the area.

03/05/2026: AVOID AT ALL COSTS I had a bad experience here the last time but while I was in Kilkenny I said I would give it the benefit of the doubt and come back and try again. We sat in the “newly renovated” beer garden and it was far from it. The benches were absolutely crawling. There was a dead bird beside our table with ants crawling around beside it. The women’s bathrooms were absolutely crawling with dirt.There was no chart to show cleaners coming in and out. No toilet roll available. Barely any running water and toilets covered in feces. The staff are so rude when you are trying to order a drink, and there was no need because it wasn’t busy, there was not many people in the place at this time. The disable toilet was also outside in a storage container which I found very uninclusive. Absolutely will not be back. Far nicer places in Kilkenny to go to.

27/03/2026: Always a great place to stop good home cooked dinner .there good selection on menu dinners ,tea ,coffee, soup,sandwiches, panni & yummy desserts

03/12/2025: Wonderful welcome excellent service 👏 Wonderful experience thank you 😊

19/11/2025: This place is an amazing hidden gem. We booked online and really had no idea what we were walking into . We flew in on A Tuesday from the states and we're very pleased with everything. Tish, Trish, and Mags were all very accommodating and extremely helpful with anything at all we needed. The owner was very nice as well. We had a great time at the session down stairs and met new friends there. Loved this place!!!! We stayed a week!!!

26/06/2025: The perfect place to watch a match !

22/03/2026: Lovely, friendly service and good size portions. Stayed warm on 20 minute drive home

28/12/2025: The food here is just amazing.... Everytime I go to kilkenny this is always my first stop for breakfast. Last time I went I arrived on Tuesday morning the only day that it's closed.... I was very tired and hungry after a late night ferry trip and to find it closed was so disappointing I almost cried. That is how good this cafe is...... Needless to say I went there the very next day and as always I was not disappointed with either the food or the service which as always were first class. If your going to kilkenny you should definitely go to this cafe at least once if not multiple times during your visit. Multiple trips help to decide what to have off the menu because it's all so delicious it's can be extremely hard to decide what to have..... I will make sure my next trip to kilkenny doesn't have me arriving on a Tuesday morning because I don't want to relive the disappointment of seeing the doors of this cafe closed.......

19/12/2025: A great spot for food. Staff are excellent and the food is very tasty. Highly recommend.

18/11/2025: The best hardware shop I've been to in a while

19/09/2025: Phenomenal service. Spent weeks looking for the right paint colour. One visit and we had the perfect one. Also got an amazing sit down breakfast. Go here for anything you need. If they don't have it, they will point you in the correct direction.