The best restaurants in Portlaoise

02/01/2026: Great food and nice place to come with friends or family. Don't think they pay much attention to what plays on the TV though. A movie that's definitely rated R movie was played while I was there with my 4 year old cousin. Had to distract her somehow.

22/11/2025: Order food at 12:11 and came at 13:30 just 2 medium pizza came cold and I really want a refund or compassion as this is the second time

03/05/2026: Portlaoise was amazing but this pub was local clique and NOT open to visitors. Hosts put up food but locals preferred sandwiches to curl up and get stale rather than share with visitors having a few pints.

03/12/2025: Where to go for a pint and a chin wag

09/10/2025: Great place in midland for foreign language movies. Not at all crowded. Decent movie experience

15/09/2025: I just visited Odeon Portlaoise today and when we arrived the lift happened to be out of order. The staff went absolutely above and beyond to help us get to where we needed to go and they were most apologetic. We really appreciated it. I haven't experienced service this good in years it was wonderful to experience.

03/09/2025: Great atmosphere and amazing staff

13/08/2025: Sally's is a great place at the weekend thanks to the staff great beer and great music

10/04/2026: Beautiful food, great friendly staff and excellent portions. We Really enjoyed this meal we got chicken jalfrazi and chicken tikka masala. Pilau rice, lemon rice, garlic nan and chips. 10/10 would return.

22/03/2026: We had the meat platter, vegetable platter, mushroom pilau rice, lamb balti, chicken tikka massala, chilli cheese naan and garlic naan. Everything was 5 stars. The waiter explained the dishes and made recommendations. I highly recommend this place.

06/10/2025: €11 for a slice of dry carrot cake and a coconut latte that tasted nothing like coconut at all. A cup of warm water is what it tastes like. definitely gone down hill with coffees

05/10/2025: Used to be good spot but it is getting worse every week. On Sunday having coffee in single use cup for dining in is very bad. Also Autumn time and no flagship drink, I'd say it won't last long. One of the most expensive spot btw. Very disappointing.

14/04/2026: Got a southern fried chicken thigh, chips and 2 jumbo sausages. I drove up the town before eating and first thing I noticed when driving in the car was the smell of rancid oil. I was really starving, so I ate it anyway. My mistake. The chicken was so dry like it had been there for ages or something. No juice. The 2 jumbo sausages were very strange completely tasteless. I started to eat the chips, but couldn't continue because of the taste of Rancid oil. I had to throw them in the bin. All that night and the next day, the oil kept repeating on me in my throat and I had indigestion. I was so dissapointed. I was expecting much better. I've often got takeaways here before and enjoyed it, but this was just a terrible experience. I could not reccomend.

09/04/2026: Best pizza in Portlaoise fresh hot quick delivery fresh kebabs

03/05/2026: Don’t judge this place by its cover—while the entrance and décor might feel a little dated at first glance, what’s coming out of the kitchen tells a completely different story. We had a genuinely lovely family meal here. I went for the Szechaun beef, which was full of flavour. My wife’s sweet and sour chicken was equally impressive. The kids’ meals were a big hit too—always a good sign for a family outing. But the real standout for them was the milkshakes. In their words, “the best milkshakes ever,” which is about as high a compliment as you’ll get. All in all, this is one of those places where the food far exceeds expectations set by appearances. We’ll definitely be back.

15/03/2026: We booked a table today for 5 o clock it was our first time here and they certainly didn't disappoint, upon arrival the lovely friendly staff gave us a warm welcome, very attentive and polite. The food arrived quickly and it was delicious, we all enjoyed it. No complaints whatsoever. I would highly recommend it and we will definitely be back. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Thanks for taken good care of us.

01/02/2026: The food was full of natural flavor.

25/12/2025: A little gem. Lovely food and lovey staff.

16/04/2026: Our meal and service was fabulous, Nicole was very attentive and offered lovely suggestions. We had a wonderful evening.

12/04/2026: Natasha was an amazing mixologist who gave us a great cocktail making session. Thanks a million Natasha.

11/04/2026: Probably best chinese around, food always taste good and fresh!

11/04/2026: Spice box was full and seasoned well

24/04/2026: Very good place, good food good mood belly happy😁

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.

12/10/2025: I like the place,went for swimming but the water was cold

04/10/2025: I have been using Leisure centre for about 3 years, it is notoriously the worst gym in Portlaoise on account of the small space lacking some serious equipment and horrible changing room facilities. I still enjoyed it as the price correlated to the quality/size and was usually quite and had a lovely crowd. When renewing my membership after the remodel the price had sky rocketed only being a few euros cheaper then Midlands which has much better classes, changing rooms, spa discounts, etc. There is an obvious issue with maintaining staff especially in the last few months. Most of the staff inside the gym are lovely but the front desk staff always seem to have a horrible attitude and seem frustrated with the most basic questions. What has driven me to the point of a negative review is there has been a huge influx of children/very young teenagers using the gym. Younger people being there would not be an issue if they werent so disruptive, they are wrestling each other, half of them wearing school uniforms (jeans) leaving phones and other belongings over all the equipment that they’re not using so it cannot be used by other members. If say your using a bench in the dumbbell section theres 5 kids crowding around one on another and they are accidentally sitting on top of you and bumping into you with weights in hand making it impossible to work out. Not to mention the fact they’re constantly hitting, pushing, and pulling at each other around other people who are paying a high price to just clear their head after a long work day. The gym is much too expensive for what it is and to pay that much to not be able to workout because they have no regard for anyone else and staff instead of asking them to mellow down a little are fistbumping them, taking selfies with them and actively encouraging the behaviour. My partner asked the other day who was in charge and the woman who identified herself as so, I asked her this Thursday what time does the gym close at on Saturdays and she said half 5 yet this Saturday was kicked out at 5 because “they’re closed.” They keep repainting the place but no effort to maintain the changing rooms or maintain any sort of gym environment. If I had paid for the month I would simply change gyms but I paid for the year in May and have noticed such a drastic steady decline since then. Extremely disappointing.

01/05/2026: Ordered mixed doner and chicken kebab + naan bread. Food was great. Hoping more veggies next time. Fast delivery, it came 35 minutes early.

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😅

11/04/2026: Love Royal garden amazing food great service and lovely staff . My go to Chinese and the best Spice Bags in the land !!! Highly recommend the food here ! 10/10

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.