The best restaurants in Laois

31/12/2024: Had our food delivered home A unique taste for a change We were all happy and satisfied

11/03/2025: 3 snack boxes and chicken probably reheated from previous day.

09/03/2025: They do not listen to orders correctly they could do with listening better.

26/02/2025: Food was good very tasty, friendly fast service

03/01/2025: Go to @tandavlogs on tik tok to see videos I ordered 2 spice bags, Thai green curry and rice. The spice bags tasted really good kind of a sweet chilli flavour not your usual salt and pepper. The chicken was soft and easy to bite into like sweet chilli chicken balls and there was more chicken than chips which basically never happens. The Thai green curry was also made quite well not overpowering and flavoursome with vegetables and prawn. 8/10 would highly recommend.

29/03/2025: The dressing rooms are the filthiest I have ever been in. I dont leave reviews but this was bad. The pool was fine. Staff were kids, management need to sort this place out. The smell of urine in the dressing rooms alone, a closure order waiting to happen

27/03/2025: Used to love this place when I was younger, was always clean and met with friendly welcomes. Been there today for the first time in years, the viewing gallery was absolutely scruffy, chipping paint, rust, moulded chewing gum. There was also rust on all of the pool ladders and dividers for all 3 pools. The changing area was equally as dirty with plasters left on the floor and cleaning staff mop buckets in changing stalls, not to mention the bathroom area stinks of sewage and fish… You’re not notified beforehand (as a tourist) that you need a swimming cap, I was told €3 and they attempted to charge me €8, another money grab! Regardless, out of 5 people, only 1 needed a cap because she had “long hair” which is completely contradictory to the rules, seen as staff were so keen on them. Safety signs also tell spectators to wear shoe caps / covers, yet none were made available in the changing room. I’m assuming it’s a manager for reception of some sort, stocky lady with a bob was beyond rude and dismissive. Questioned me twice infront of customers and other staff leaving me to feel belittled, she needs to be spoken to asap nobody likes a try hard!

19/12/2024: The little food they give you is actually very nice but we got a takeaway over the weekend just gone and spent well over €30 on it. We were reasonably expecting more than 4 small pieces of chicken in the tika masala and the korma yet that was exactly 100% what we got. Genuinely, there is more chicken in a poultry crematorium. Absolute daylight robbery. Never again. If you insist on gambling your hard earned cash here, let them know you don't want to pay fortunes for what was essentially a plastic punnet of sauce.

11/07/2024: Great food and friendly staff highly recommened.

16/02/2025: Great selection of food, lovely staff. I would highly recommend Mulhall’s for excellent food, I had shepherds pie it was beautiful. Plenty of desserts to choose from. We will be back.

14/12/2024: Visited this cafe with my daughter yesterday while I was in the cue I noticed staff were under pressure with orders been taken but at the end of the service counter there was a guy counting money from a till this before 2pm the cue was getting longer, there was elderly gentleman waiting for someone to take his money his food was getting cold so he asked this guy to take his money and they guy said no to get one of the counter staff to take it as he was cashing out on this till he was standing at for nealy half hour the old man voices his dissatisfaction which he had a right tos poor management and poor business practices and customer service from a person in position of responsibility who failed basics of customers service which is customer always comes first and when it's busy as this establishment was yesterday then this guy should have rolled up his sleeves and got stuck in to help behind the counter to at least relieve pressure on other counter staff good management is when a leader leads and not just bark orders or leave work for everyone else to do he could have left tills till later in evening as doing them at later time would not have been difficult thing to do, i would have scored this 5 stars but after what i witnessed from behaviour of manager left me with no choice but to score it 3 stars let's hope by my next visit practices and customers service attitudes by management will have changed today one individual has let all his team down on a review score point it's a pity as other staff were absolutely fantastic and were apologetic for their managers lack of consideration to restaurant customers service attitudes

25/02/2025: Warm, cozy atmosphere, clean facilities, professional hospitality for digital nomads and families alike. I recommend everyone, shopping is just at hand, leisure facilities as well, ample parking space. Lara was even so kind to help me out with her own pencil.

04/01/2025: Went in Saturday evening after looking in shops staff were very welcoming food and coffee was lovely

06/02/2025: Amazing food very fresh and delicious. Delivery driver is very polite he is also very mannerly

03/02/2025: Food is pretty good, however the service was appalling. Order was made and delivered quickly, which was good, but the delivery driver expected me to go outside in my socks after parking on the opposite side of the road, in traffic, and had me get my food through a rolled down window. Absolutely appalling. She was very curt over the phone as well, since another review has mentioned it.

29/08/2024: I enjoyed my time in the Barrow Lodge pub it was a nice quiet pub played pool. A great atmosphere and great service from Noel had a laugh with him. I would recommend this pub to anyone. 😊❤

01/04/2025: Fantastic variety of activities for all ages

30/03/2025: They need to get better jugs because 2 people spilt their drinks from the lid, which became unsealed once people started poring drenching nearly 7 bystanders. Also, staff tried moping to help but just spread it around the floor leaving it so wet and slippy then the exact same thing happened again to the lady beside us.

14/02/2025: Fantastic place for a meal and great value for your euro

02/02/2025: Food mediocre, servers lovely though service quite slow as it wasn't busy whatsoever, quite pricy for what you get

12/12/2024: Not a bad spot great music good craic

10/11/2024: Great night Great music but I can't understand why two male bouncers thought it was okay to come into the women's bathroom at the end of the night, bit of a scary experience and if I didn't have my wits about me god knows how much more scary it would have been. Just want to know why there was no female available and why not 1 but 2 men thought it was okay to walk in. Explain Coopers?