The best restaurants in Kilkenny

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

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.

25/12/2025: Great place! Walking distance to lots of things--shopping, pubs, castle... Parking ramp right across the street.

20/12/2025: No complimentary parking is annoying

29/09/2025: Amazing food and fantastic service. Highly recommended 👌

26/09/2025: The atmosphere is nice, and the service was good with friendly staff. However, the food was absolutely shocking. We had the loaded potatoes, which were basically potato chips with a can of tomato sauce on top. We had the caesar salad which should not be called a salad, as we had basically no lettuce, 5000 pounds of dressing, and what looked like an entire chicken shredded on top. Very disappointing. The prawn tacos, the prawns themselves were good, the taco shell tasted stale, and the mango sauce on top tasted like hand soap. So a hand soap taco, with prawns. I was hungry when I left, and 60 euros more poor. Will never be back.

30/10/2025: The employees are chit chatting with customers and make the rest wait until they're done this happened twice.

23/10/2025: There is a female manager there that is very rude. She spoiled your time there, when you just want to have a coffe and a moment of peace, as she is constantly angry and screaming at her staff. I saw her staff, mostly young people, being over stressed and one was with tears, I assume is not a nice place to work for.

11/01/2026: Poor service, poor quality food, dirty and broken teapot - manager guy seemed absolutely lovely tho… wouldn’t go back

27/12/2025: The place was nicely decorated inside and clean looking. Service was nice. There was a guy behind the counter I think he might have been a manger or owner and he was lovely and kind of had a good vibe with other staff, which I appreciate. The food was very mediocre. I got an iced coffee which was ok. Kids got hot chocolates, which were average and a bit watery. The biggest let down was the wafer. In a place like that I would expect a freshly made wafer (esp.for €9), this was a hard store bought wafer heated in a microwave, no doubt. And even at that I don't think it was a good quality store-bought one. They sell the exact same ones in Lidl. We also got a cookie which was fine, but no fireworks. Paid €27 for a coffee, two hot chocs, cookie and wafer. Not a robbery and if the quality was good I would have thought it was an ok value. But it all tasted cheap and like if no effort was put in it. Overally, would not return.

31/12/2025: The service is excellent, especially thanks to Joel for his advice and help. The hotel is very, very nice. However, the value for money isn't great; it's expensive for the quality of the facilities.

17/11/2025: While the hotel is very beautiful, it feels like they rely on their historic charm over actually providing premium products. We booked our room through a third party (which may have led to some of the issues) but we did not get the room we booked. We paid for a King, but got a Full and a Single. A married couple sleeping on the full was less than spacious. The mattress was beyond hard, my spouse and I woke up with shoulder and hip pain all night. There were no outlets by the headboard to plug in electronics. The tv in the room was very small and dated. The bathroom tub wasn’t angled properly, resulting in you standing in water your entire shower. The bathroom toiletries appeared to be watered down, as they were very runny. The bathroom towels were very thin, but did the job. The hotel location was convenient, customer service was excellent, I appreciated the welcome cocktails, and the hotel was beautiful, but at the end of the day of your room is uncomfortable there’s no point in staying there.

09/01/2026: Great place to visit. Two very friendly ladies behind the bar, and great music on.the Saturday night,plus a very good Pint of Coors ,looking forward to calling there again, highly recommended.

17/11/2025: Food was amazing Atmosphere perfect, very accommodating

22/12/2025: best coffe shop in my opinion. whote mocha has a strong coffee taste while being creamy and a little sweet. muffins and and toasts are superb ❤️❤️

06/12/2025: The manager there needs sacking Some staff are horrible

25/09/2025: Attended as part of company lunch and Elise was very accommodating in making reservation. Upon arrival allocated dining area ready for our party. Great choice available on menu with orders taken promptly after arriving. Food delivered right on time with presentation and quality top notch. Variety of menu items ordered with good reviews of all from my colleagues. Would highly recommend and will definitely be back.

19/08/2025: Had a fabulous light lunch on the patio area. Signature steak sandwich, coffee and pear and almond scone. Can only say good things about the waitresses - jovial and patient. Food was excellent, pricing good and arrived promptly. A great little cafe above the strip so quiet and secluded with a lovely atmosphere. Coffee- flat white 8.5/10 - very good. A nice place to rest your legs after visiting the Castle or climbing St Canice’s tower.

25/12/2025: The venue looks well and some staff in festive clothing. The fish burger was just slapped together.

17/12/2025: Just ate from here an hour ago. Ordered at 19:34 , not particularly busy. Next thing i realise its 15 minutes later, my order number hasn't been called and they're onto orders twenty past mine. I go up and ask where my food is and the girl finds the bag left under the heat lamps, but still items missing. Another 5 minutes pass and I'm handed a bag of cold food. I handed it back in and asked for fresh food. Another 5 minutes pass and I'm handed my food again , fresh chips in on top. Go to eat the rest of the order. Nuggets and burger stone cold gone soggy, clearly left there from when I'd ordered , now 25 minutes ago. Tried to flag the hostess / manager in the white shirt repeatedly but was ignored. Spoke to a nice lad at the cash till who apologised but then said well these things happen. Not really good enough in my opinion spending nearly thirty quid on food for 2 people which was served up cold after a ridiculous wait. P.S. the grinch mcshaker fries, at 4.20 , are a disgusting rip off and taste lawful

11/01/2026: The food was fresh and tasty, the place was so clean and the staff were super friendly.

24/12/2025: I saw a piece of hair in my chicken twister

11/01/2026: I had the mixed berry granola & tea. Barely a full cup of tea from the tiny teapot, if the cup was a mug it would have filled up 3/4 of a mug, it's boiling water & a tea bag, the granola was below par. It lacked flavor unfortunately.

27/12/2025: The breakfast was very tasty and staff were very nice. Will definitely be back!

20/09/2025: Bossman gave me free garluc sauce big up kebabish ❤️🥹

01/09/2025: Got burgers, kebabs, and pizza for a big group. All really tasty

14/01/2026: The curry dip is worth the visit alone

03/11/2025: If you are looking for a greasy chipper for some comfort food after a feed of pints look no further. Also don't bother ordering chips, they'll throw some in with whatever you order anyways