The best restaurants in Portlaoise

19/07/2025: Excellent place for a quick bite. I will come back every time I visit the town.

13/07/2025: Burgers, fries, and churros are amazing!

30/06/2025: Frequently stop here for food on our club cycling spin. Amazing food and the nicest staff you'll ever meet.

17/06/2025: Staff are so lovely, such a welcoming cafe . We had the full Irish breakfast 😋 we'll definitely be back again soon.

05/06/2025: I got two lovely hampers for my PhD supervisors for my graduation. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Lots of the stuff I bought was Irish which I really enjoyed since I like to shop local. Brilliant place

28/05/2025: I have been using Grape and Bean for corporate gifting for the last 3 years. And I have no intenetion of moving our business elsewhere!! The service has been first class and I would not hesitate in recommending them.

28/07/2025: Super nice place with a cozy garden. Fantastically good lemonade and very nice and helpful staff. A real gem!

25/07/2025: A group of 11, looked after well and really enjoyed the garden.

17/07/2025: What a lovely spot in portlaoise that I seemed to never notice before. The pizza here is incredible. The price is actually reasonable for the quality of pizza. You can get the pizza to takeaway which I have done a few times now and it's quite speedy. My only little problem is that the pasta dishes are quite small for the price.

15/07/2025: I like my pizzas and was looking forward to trying one here. The toppings were plentiful, and the pizza was cooked perfectly.

13/06/2025: Eddies used to be such a treat, but it seems like standards are slipping slightly. I wanted a fried egg on my burger. Was told it could not be done. The chicken burger when it arrived was thin and it turns out that they put two mini fillets in there instead of a regular fillet. The fries were good but not spectacular. The atmosphere was classic Eddies, and service was very good, apart from fried-egg-gate.

09/06/2025: Amazing place, lovely staff and the most delicious Buffalo Wings I’ve ever eaten 🥰

22/04/2025: Great little bar. Pool table and juke box . Live music at weekends.

10/07/2025: What a lovely find. Came for breakfast. Food was delicious and portions were huge!!

07/06/2025: Lovely place to go , it can get very busy though so be prepared to wait. I can't fault their service or their food. The only thing that let it down was the cakes. We ordered a slice of carrot cake to go and it was 7.50 for a fairly small piece. Very pricey. Prices in general are fairly high compared to other places.

03/07/2025: I ordered the chicken shawerma meal with fries and an extra portion of fries today from Malik Unfortunately, in both packages, the fries were undercooked – soft on the outside and completely raw on the inside. I specifically asked for them to be crispy, but once again, I was disappointed. This isn't the first time I've received undercooked fries from this place. Honestly, I don't understand how it's so hard to make decent fries. At this point – I do not recommend this place.

01/07/2025: Delicious dishes and friendly, attentive staff.

07/06/2025: Great spot for a few quiet drinks or for a gig! Used to have a lot better gigs but still pretty decent!

29/05/2025: I like this pub, good atmosphere, warm and friendly culture. Friendly and helpful staff, always up for a chat. Live on regularly, fantastic outdoor area. Good vibe, great Guinness. Well done Kavanaghs team, luv your work 👍🫶

04/06/2025: The coffee was amazing. I had a decaf latte with coconut milk and caramel. Truly enjoyed it.The staff were also very polite and friendly. Wish there were bigger sizes of cups though :)

27/05/2025: The coffee is the best you’ll get in portlaoise by a mile. Staff is nice and the atmosphere is good

21/07/2025: We were midway driving back to Dublin airport and pitstop at The Wandering Elk. The sour dough bread was amazing and toasted at the right texture that it doesn’t cut your mouth. The smashed avocado is super fresh. This restaurant is highly recommended by me, even the Karen of Karens wouldn’t even think of complaining to the manager. Minimalistic decorations on the wall, good placements. Go now.

16/07/2025: Food and coffee are good. Fine for me to get a takeaway of either. Seating looks uncomfortable. However, I wouldn’t bring my young children in here. Extremely inappropriate/offensive music being played for a cafe.

10/07/2025: Lost my hat after 5 beers, found it on a table top. Irish people are the best as this pub is. 🇮🇪🇮🇪❤️

13/06/2025: Must visit and such a friendly staff here.

10/05/2025: Staff and drinks are always amazing, highly recommend!!

30/06/2025: It is baffling to me how this place has such high ratings. I ordered a Thai RED curry recently. What arrived was not what I asked for. For a start, it was green and did not look appetising or taste good for that matter. I certainly tried more than once!! It was the colour of when you have a bad cold. I called them and advised that I ordered a Thai red curry amd must has received the incorrect dish. They agreed to amend my order and deliver a Thai red curry to my address. I insisted on giving them back the one that they gave me. Imagine my horror to open and once again see the sad, mucous looking mess that I had just handed back?!! It went straight into the bin, lesson learned. They seem to get good reviews for their sushi, perhaps stick to what you know and do not try to improvise outside of your comfort zone. Edit: How you could justify what you redelivered as up to standard when it was the exact same, incorrect dish that you gave me in the first place?! To be honest, had you advised me on the phone that the kitchen was closing, I would have gladly accepted a refund and gave you back the inedible, incorrect, disappointing dish that was presented to me. However, you never gave me that option. How you could be happy sending out a dish like that is beyond me, not once but twice?! However, your comment about being happy that you have regular customers puts things into perspective. You do not seem to want new customers. I find this strange for a business. Have a nice evening.

30/06/2025: My go to place for some good and quick food in Portlaoise. I keep getting the same thing by mistake because I always forget what I got last time, but hey if it works it works.