The best restaurants in Kilkenny

11/08/2025: Traditional Irish music session on the first Friday of the month. All musicians welcome. Well worth a visit. Roaring open fire on the colder nights. Pool table. Large smoking area. A hop, skip and a jump from where the library was on John's Quay.

08/08/2025: Lovely spacious spot to socialise

26/08/2025: Consistently good chips and very polite service. Wonderful aroma of curry in the shop - haven’t had the pleasure yet but will definitely give it a go soon. Totally recommend their salad burger and quarter pounder. Pizzas are very good too. Very reasonably priced which is a plus! Shop is walk-in rather than sit-in type. Be prepared to wait 10 minutes for food as everything is cooked fresh to order.

23/08/2025: Great food, chicken tikka biryani was so flavorful

26/09/2025: I live about 5 miles away out of the dozen in the same radius this is by far the best takeaway. Good food and great service. They Answer the phone even when busy, get the order right, in at most 15-20 min & the food is good. An excellent chipper all round. Keep up the good work.

31/05/2025: Wonderful local ‘chipper’ spotlessly clean with friendly hard working staff. The food was excellent with generous portions. I had Southern fried chicken , chips and chilli sauce, excellent. But the highlight was the smiling friendly staff. It is worth going in just to see the pizza ladies smile, Rosalia I think was her name. I will be ordering Pizza next time 😁

22/07/2025: Great place. Food is tasty and portions are large. Really liked capri special and onion rings.

30/06/2025: Probably the best burger I’ve had in a long time. There is no place better than a local chipper

03/10/2025: I paid €16 for a toasted ham and cheese sandwich with some veggies and a cappuccino. Definitely not worth it. I should’ve checked the menu prices before ordering. I wouldn’t get such an expensive sandwich again. The staff are really nice though.

03/10/2025: Fantastic place to have something to eat. Really friendly staff. Would highly recommend

22/06/2025: Cake was a little stale and my mug handle was all cracked so had to get it changed, but there was plenty of people in this kilkenny branch. Sorry but not as good as the Thurles branch.

20/06/2025: Awesome cafe popular with locals. Great coffee.

15/06/2025: Stopped in for lunch. Friendly staff, beautifully built around old church ruins, very interesting place. Lunch was good, no complaints

04/03/2025: Lovely bar. Very friendly staff.

22/10/2025: Spent an hour or so there last June. Wonderful atmosphere. Friendly service, good food. One of my favorite stops in Ireland. Just a very comfortable place to be. A great place for quiet conversation of an afternoon.

29/07/2025: Cute bar and gift shop all in one worth the look

16/10/2025: My second experience with a Michelin star restaurant and it was a pretty fantastic one , the dishes were varied, unique and delicious , the experience was great, the staff were very attentive, polite, informative and the kitchen were diligent when it came to some dietary restrictions both myself and my partner had . A worthwhile experience in a stunning location.

02/10/2025: It’s what you expect: intricate plating prepared with fairly classic techniques (foams, gels etc). Everything cooked perfectly and glimpses of a few exciting flavours. The room is very quiet - this is a hushed tones kind of place with almost no decor - it feels like a rented space, not a long standing restaurant with any discernible personality. Service was kind, but not at the highest level (examples: dishes were introduced but not explained in any detail. They took my napkin when I left for the restroom and forgot to replace it for ages. They didn’t notice chips in the wine glass rim. The pacing was extremely uneven - long gaps between courses meant we were there over 4 hours). And the wine pairing unfortunately didn’t add anything to the food. I think it’s a good place for the golf club crowd who like classic, approachable fine dining.

31/08/2025: Nice service with even better food! The Hawaiian pizza was delicious.

22/06/2025: Good takeaway, staff are nice, food is lovely,

25/10/2025: Great hotel in the centre of Kilkenny with safe car parking opposite. Staff very friendly and professional. Delighted when we arrived this our 2nd time this year to have been given an upgrade.

25/09/2025: I flew into the Ormonde this morning on my way to work to purchase a cup of coffee and had the absolute pleasure of meeting Jack who went out of his way to make the experience as pleasant as possible. He brought me out to the lounge and made a coffee which could only be described as a 10/10. His customer service goes above and beyond the expectation of 7 am 🥰

18/09/2025: Air pressure machine just made our tire flat! They came out - tried the same thing and left us to it. We have no spare with this type of car so very stuck and extremely unhappy😠.

10/08/2025: The Applegreen on the M9 has some great food options and is a convenient stop for a break. The only drawback is the location of the EV chargers. They are right at the entrance, which can cause queues of cars and block traffic. It would be far better to have them at the back of the premises with more chargers to handle demand.

07/06/2025: Great atmosphere in this pub with pleasant staff. I visited recently and had an extremely enjoyable evening. Everyone was so welcoming, staff so helpful and a very clean pub over all !!! Will be going back for sure !

29/03/2025: Creepy leery old men and unhelpful rude staff. Avoid

18/07/2025: A lovely country pub will definitely return they facilitated delivery of food for us for which we were grateful no other food options available

17/07/2025: What a wonderful place. One of last bastions of proper music pubs for proper music fans. Wonderful spot

05/11/2025: Amazing service, my friends card declined and the man working offered for it to be on the house for her but we then we got it. Every single time i’ve been to the pantry the food has been amazing and service even better. Would highly recommend!

01/11/2025: Went here yesterday and ordered two chicken tender wraps — and I was so disappointed. My wrap only had a tender and a half inside, and it was very poorly presented. The portion of chips I got filled maybe a quarter of the basket, while my girlfriend’s plate (same meal!) had a full basket of chips. The difference between both plates was shocking. For €13.95, I expected a proper portion and some consistency between meals. Instead, it felt like a waste of money. Really disappointment. Would not recommend.