The best restaurants in Portlaoise

25/03/2026: A beautiful place with the asian vibes including the ambiance, let alone the tasty oriental food. Have a visit for yourself and family! ❤️

27/10/2025: I hate leaving negative reviews but feel like tonight I have too. Yes staff were lovely and food too. But service lenght was crazy. When arrived was one couple having their mains, we told to pick table (2 adults 1 kid) then another couple came in just after us. Placed order within 15 mins but took 45 mins to hr for kids meal and 2 starters to come out 2 us. Then a further 40 mins for our mains once finished starters. Yes was few people placing phone orders and coming in to collect but to have one person doing phone orders, plus front of house serving is crazy. Could see people left waiting ages on takeaways, one person been told all ur order ready apart from one item that they forgot to put on. Poor person waiting over 20 mins Food was so yummy but wait time was ridiculous

17/02/2026: I have a usual order that I have been ordering for the last 12 years. Everyone in Mezza Portlaoise knows my order. I went in one night and ordered my usual. I got home and discovered what I got was not my usual. I went back a couple of days later and the guy who appears to be in charge said he was surprised when my food was being handed out to me wasn't my usual order despite acknowledging that I had clearly ordered my usual order. I hadn't planned on asking for my next order to be free but when this guy acknowledged that what I got was not what I ordered I expected that 12 years as a customer might mean something and I asked if the order i had just submitted would be free gratis. Nope, wasn't going to happen and I made it very clear I will not set foot in this establishment again. Good customer service is not hard folks but apparently it is.

11/02/2026: Tried Mezza in Bray and I was amazed at quality , 5/5

02/03/2026: Pros: Food was lovely Facilities were good. Staff were polite Cons: Waiting time was unacceptable for everything 1) we had to personally find a manager to get seated for our reservation 2) menus toon more then half an hour to arrive 3) food took about an hour after that 4) staff made no attempt to keep an eye on drinks or ask if we wanted more. Meaning we had to go to the bar. Which was extrememly busy

20/02/2026: Hi so just checked in and headed to the bar for some food and drink 10 in our group. Have to say I never felt so welcome by the bar man. Litrilly watched him serving 3-4 people at a time effortlessly. Think he said his name was Austin. Also want to mention Natasha who was so lovely. They should be treasured. A great asset to the hotel. Amanda Minihan

10/01/2026: Omg u should try there chicken burgers sooo nice and the staff are the best every time I go there I try something different and it's always good so I would give them 120 out of 100 xxx😅

21/02/2026: Very disappointing experience — the worst takeaway in Portlaoise. We were told delivery would take 1 hour, but after waiting an hour and calling, we were told it would actually be 1.5 hours because it was Saturday. After 2 hours we called again, and the woman on the phone was extremely rude and dismissive, saying they were busy and then hanging up. Absolutely unacceptable service — a total joke.

15/03/2026: Amost 20 mins waiting on a chicken wrap. Had to leave as I had no more time. If I didn't leave I'd have to wait an hour for the next train home. Wasted 8 euro and will now have to spend more money on dinner. I gave you 3 stars for the previous 3 visits that were fast and efficient. But today wasn't good enough. Wasted time and money. I can't afford to be wasting money, everything is expensive enough as it is these days. The guy told me 1 more minutes it's ready. 1 more minute and I miss my train. I'm not waiting an hour for another train because it took so long to make a wrap. Just not good enough lads. *Added after reply* Try offering my money back rather than a generic crappy reply with an email address. I paid money and received terrible service. I also received nothing for my money. Try better.

06/01/2026: Place is hard to park there to collect order and if dine in is available in future will be great

04/03/2026: Don't let rhem rip. You Off if you just Have the food you , c an just get your vegetables Anyeay.

27/02/2026: It's disgusting, horrible, my anger knows no bounds, the staff is rude.

27/12/2025: It was my first and last time with Domino's Portlaoise. Very unpleasant experience as I received overcooked and burned pizza. Couldn't expect that from this brand atleast !!

10/12/2025: Went into shop and had to wait 5 mins for someone to show at the counter. A ginger haired girl served me with not even a greeting. I asked for a 9 inch pepperoni pizza and payed 12 euro. Got my pizza and realized I was given a 11 inch. I was unhappy as I wasn’t hungry enough for a 11 inch and left overs were throw into bin. I then went back up to the counter to get a drink and was waiting another 5 mins with nobody to serve me. The staff here are always 10/10 but this is not the first time this one particular staff has been rude and looked like she doesn’t want to be there. I hope management brings this up Immediately.

14/03/2026: One of the most delicious pizzas I've ever tried

06/03/2026: Very poor service and food here..I regularly order pizza from Apache and to be honest the service and delivery is just getting worse. Lin who owns the place seems to get involved and is very ignorant when speaking in the phone. It's my second time ordering where items are missing and food is cold when it arrives. I have ordered here for the last few years but it is get worse the longer it goes on..someone who does the franchise for Apache should review Just to add to whom ever replies from Apache Ireland..ringing the restaurant to complain does nothing. They promise things to be fixed or free pizza next time but never do either