The best restaurants in Laois

17/05/2025: Such a great place for a meal ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Supper

14/05/2025: Staff were excellent and friendly

05/04/2025: Hands down best sausage roll , possibly ever! 😋

04/04/2025: I love their sour bread! 5 starts every Time 🤩

19/05/2025: I absolutely love ordering from Rio’s in Portarlington. The food is consistently fresh, hot, and packed with flavour. Their wood-fired pizzas are incredible – crispy base, gooey cheese, and just the right amount of toppings. The chips are always golden and never greasy, and everything arrives quickly and well-packaged. Staff are friendly and polite whether you're collecting or getting delivery. Easily a 5-star experience every time! Highly recommended

19/05/2025: Great food and very friendly staff

07/05/2025: Best burger I've had in a long time, meat was incredibly tender 🍔

24/04/2025: The best burgers in the midlands !! We’ve been here a few times now and we are never disappointed. The burgers are expensive- €11.50 is the cheapest burger with no fries. However I think it is absolutely worth it. The chicken tenders are also delicious. We will be back again!

15/04/2025: O deas bar is the best bar in town for the craic and banter great pints snd the food is amazing top quality over all

04/04/2025: Family lunch day out. Food was absolutely delicious , very friendly atmosphere catering for everyone. Lovely and cosy very good portion of Turkey ham and Ribs beautiful. Highly recommend this place

24/02/2025: Hare Corner best place to visit when your feeling like a good home cooked dinner, the sandwich menu worth a look and that pot of tea. Just a a lovely homely restaurant & relaxing atmosphere Lovely staff & plenty of parking space.

19/02/2025: Stunning food and very friendly staff 👌

05/05/2025: I popped in for a coffee today and Deborah was so helpful and knowledgeable. I came away with a beautiful bottle of Oro del Sani. A mix of blends, I'm dying to try it! And a balsamic glaze to go on salads this week 🥰 delighted! Thanks so much!

20/04/2025: The best place to buy your wine. You won't find the wines they sell in any supermarket. No more red wine migraines. Lovely wine.

26/04/2025: Excellent set up. Busy lunch time bar but good service. Excellent rooms and great Spa.

22/04/2025: We had a great stay in the Heritage Golf Resort. We went with four couples and had paid for the penthouse rooms and they were unbelievable. We used the pool, gym, spa and a round of golf, all in their own rights really good facilities, especially the golf course. We didn’t have dinner in the hotel but, we did go down to The Thatch Pub which is only two mins from the hotel. Really good food and drinks, small bit of live music also. The breakfast was average, nothing bad and nothing really great about it. Overall we had a great night at The Heritage Golf Resort.

25/05/2025: Was in a rush and ended up only having about 20 minutes to get a quick bite with a friend for breakfast. Decided to try the pantry for the first time on a whim. Saturday morning and we were seated instantly, we ordered and had our food within less than 10 mins! Service was fantastic. You can pay at your table using contactless which just made it easier for us. Nice fresh food also and this smoothie bowl was delicious.

23/05/2025: Beautiful café with lots of love for the decor inside and out. Delicious coffee and amazing cakes! The waitress was very kind and asked the chef which cake had the least sugar, as we had a diabetic friend with us. We were on vacation driving from Dublin to Cork and stopped here. When paying, we asked for tips on places worth seeing. We received some very nice and excellent tips (Killarney, Rock of Cashel). Thank you very much! Greetings from Germany ;-)

28/04/2025: Tasty good. Great service. Lovely atmosphere

18/04/2025: Fantastic place for solo or accompanied lunch:) The food is really healthy and nutritious and there's a generous portion of it. If you are protein lover you'll love the salmon and egg options and avocado implemented in sandwiches. This place is very popular and the only drawback are limited space and waiting queue. The latter, on the other hand shows you how popular the place is. Staff are very efficient and lovely.

09/04/2025: Fantastic place, I couldn't recommend it highly enough. Robert👌🙌👍😎

04/03/2025: I have frequented the anvil on many occasions over the last few years Always for it's lunch menu The menu changes from day to day and is not operational on Sundays In all that time I have found them reasonable excellent food Would I return I would and the answer is yes yes

30/04/2025: Food was not great and too overpriced.

27/04/2025: My favorite place to order from. I always order the Avocado burger with the garlic and cheese sauce fries. I was so looking forward to it after work this day but new menu means the Avocado burger is gone 😞 The only chicken burgers they have on menu now is 3 options and there a normal lettuce cheese mayo etc and rest are beef. The 3 chicken burgers on menu are basic so they could of got rid of either one of the chicken burgers or one of the beef burgers even. They took one of the nicest chicken burgers off the menu . I miss the Avocado burger please bring it back and keep it 🙏🏽 Either way i love eddies and i await to hear its back on menu 😊

14/04/2025: Malik’s Kebab offers great taste with reasonable portions and prices. The staff are friendly, making it a pleasant place to grab a bite. Definitely worth a visit. And everything is halal there (if someone is looking for that).

07/04/2025: One of the best Halal food chippers! Pizza and fries are amazing!

20/05/2025: We went to Croft Alley for my hen and it was nothing short of exceptional. Gale the owner was incredibly accommodating providing us with a sharing menu for our large group and every single one of us were raving about the food after. We had gorgeous sharing starters that had something for everyone. We had to make ourselves stop eating more and wait for our main courses but we really didn't want to stop!! The main courses arrived and we didn't think it could get any better! The pizza and pasta were absolutely delicious. The different spritz's were also gorgeous! Everything was 10/10 and I cannot wait to get back to Croft Alley again. To top off a lovely experience, we went into the pub next door for a drink and one of the staff members from Croft Alley dropped in our leftover pizza in pizza boxes for us to bring home! Amazing service all round!

10/05/2025: Food was class.recommend the pepperoni pizza and tiramisu

18/04/2025: While some of the staff is very friendly and courteous (especially the purple haired guy, you know yourself), the food we were served was disgraceful. We ordered two sushi platters and not only was the selection as lacklustre as it can be, but everything tasted like it came out of a box. Quite shockingly, the sushi was drizzled with some translucent mayonnaise, the rice was overcooked (which is appalling, considering this is sushi rice we are talking about), and the tuna and prawn on the nigiri had absolutely no flavour. I had to use soy sauce to appeal to whatever semblance of a palate I had left untarnished after trying the sushi. I have genuinely eaten much better sushi purchased from Dunnes Stores, which should tell you what to expect if you’ve had the pleasure of trying authentic East Asian food before. As of now, Akayu has a 4.7 star average review score on Google. It seems as though the establishment is counting on the fact that there are no alternatives available in County Laois. Also, something I found funny was that there was a trail of ants on the mini counter housing plants behind the front window. Make of that what you will. Needless to say, we will not be returning to Akayu anytime soon.

04/04/2025: Had sushi box 1 and it was very fresh very nice tasted banging and looked savage too. Can't recommend enough definitely give them a try