The best restaurants in Kilkenny

03/01/2026: Excellent Irish poet breakfast. Delicious!

02/01/2026: I had a chicken burger, chips, salad & coleslaw and a couple of pints of Guinness. My wife had Shepard's pie, which was a very generous helping. Absolutely fabulous and we found we couldn't finish the amount served up. The food took a while, but well worth the wait. Everything was fresh & piping hot. We will return again shortly, this time I'll post photos

29/01/2026: Great place to have a cocktail in the evening 😆

20/01/2026: We ordered the battered catch of the day and cottage pie. Everything was delicious!

14/04/2025: The perfect place for a lunchtime snack. The dishes are limited, but they're really good and well-prepared. They don't have many tables, and there may be lines outside.

12/04/2025: The butternut squash curry was delicious and the service was really good, great atmosphere, good price. Will definitely return.

19/12/2025: Best coffee in Kilkenny, best food too! I love their seasonal ginger bread people, so cute and fun to call them a gingerbread person and they're delicious! The staff are so nice as well!

18/12/2025: Can someone explain to me what a gingerbread person is on the menu?? Is the lady that runs it called a personager? Fantastic food but come on now there is no need for that sillyness.

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.

09/01/2026: A brilliant pub serving great pints and cocktails.

06/01/2026: I visited Syd Harkins Pub with friends over the Christmas period. It’s well located, reasonably priced. The service was slow. We were able to get seating without too much hassle even though it was busy.

30/12/2025: Lovely Pub, Great Pint of Stout

17/08/2025: Historic, informal and easy-going place...watch your watch, you're not drunk.

08/01/2026: The room was old in a good way! It seemed to have been an old studio apartment from 100+ years ago. The furniture was a bit gaudi, but fine. The bed was great and we slept the best we had in the whole trip. Little things were a miss, but nothing that made us bring down the rating. Service was spot on. The biggest pluss was that the hotel is close to evey attraction.

02/01/2026: Had a work night out here. Food was beautiful and service was excellent.

17/11/2025: This bar doesn't need my review. Visit it yourself. Beautiful mix of locals and some foreigners, as the night goes on. There's nothing better than this in Kilkenny, and no better barmen. Thank you guys! 🙏

16/09/2025: If you like it loud, this is the place for you! It was a Friday afternoon. There were only about six men in the bar, but the volume of their conversation was unbelievable. The ambiance was a typical pub.

22/12/2025: They have the Best kebab in Ireland.

14/12/2025: Genuinely one of the cleanest and most hygienic cafés, with the perfect balance of quality and quantity something that’s truly hard to find. Made even warmer by the kindness of the owners.

08/11/2025: The singer was great he got through 6 songs while I waited at the half empty bar . Shocking service

06/09/2025: Let Bianca be your whiskey tour guide! She will not start steer you wrong!!! She's has incredible Whiskey knowledge!!

09/01/2026: Lovely bar, friendly staff and a great outdoor area.

17/11/2025: A great place for a pint near the train station. The staff was very kind and open, so that's a plus, and the price was totally fine.

06/09/2025: Well presented gift shop that’s not overflowing with generic tat. Nice change for Kilkenny. Eoghan was extremely helpful and pleasant and I can’t recommend the gift shop highly enough.

13/08/2025: Great gift shop with wonderful things. The owner is a fantastic guy and I enjoyed chatting with him as well.

25/04/2025: A great place to watch sports. The owner was really nice, friendly and helpful, which can be a rare quality nowadays. Definitely worth a visit.

09/09/2025: Sandra cooked us up a full Irish breakfast (minus black pudding for us). It was very tasty. We went back again the next morning for breakfast sandwiches.

05/09/2025: Sandra cooked us up a fantastic full Irish breakfast. We were so pleased, we went back the next day for another round!!!