The best restaurants in Portlaoise

16/07/2026: Another AMAZING night in the Square Bar, came into watch The World Cup and ended up playing the The Quiz. Great night with amazing staff highly recommend to all and a special shout out to the staff; Aoife, Alishia, & Niamh!! I'll be back for the final & quiz again

27/05/2026: As always, very relaxed. And as good as ever. Staff are great and make you feel at home! Plus Wednesday night table quiz is great fun.

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

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

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.

01/07/2026: Top place gret music great service well ran 5 stars

02/08/2026: Staff are very slow and awkward , arrived before the movie even started and still ended up missing 25 minutes of the movie waiting to get my drink. Cinema wasn’t even that busy . Cinema is ridiculously expensive 45 euro for two tickets and one drink absolutely chronic . IMC cinemas are way better value

20/06/2026: Very nice staff and very clean cinema. A+++

26/08/2026: Terrible service, the person asked what I wanted, then had a conversation with another staff and just walked away with the other person. The next staff just left me waiting in a scone. The tables were filthy as was the seating. The windows, I couldn't see through them. An awful place.

13/08/2026: Nice Coffee shop in portlaoise shopping centre

13/03/2026: We had a blast🎊🎊🎊 we had a friend from Kansas visit and we chose the Sally's for the night, it was the best choice. It was karaoke night, we meet a wonderful group of people, the service was excellent, and the music, just what we needed. My friend was so exited with the atmosphere and all. Highly recommend the Sally's

20/06/2026: Our main course dishes were nice and tasty, very generous in portion. Side rice, we're ok. My spring rolls were ok, little cool on the inside! Service was quick and polite. Basic interior, but functional.

13/06/2026: We recently dined at Emperor's House in Portlaoise and overall had a pleasant experience. The food was very good, arriving nice and hot, and the staff were friendly, attentive, and welcoming throughout our visit. That said, we found the pricing quite high, particularly when you consider that all sides are charged separately. For example, BBQ ribs were €10.50, soup was €7, and a spring roll starter was €7.50. Two children's goujons and chips meals came to €24 in total. It's important to note that rice (€4.50), chips (€4.50), and noodles (€6.50) are all additional charges. Sauces were also extra, with curry sauce and honey sauce both costing €5 each. One of our daughters wanted something similar to a spice bag and was served salt and chilli chips (€7) plus salt and chilli chicken (€10.50), bringing the cost of that meal to €17.50 before any extras. Drinks were also on the expensive side, with Heineken Zero and Smirnoff Ice both priced at €5.95, a bottle of rosé at €27, and coffee at €3.90. Overall, I would rate the food 8/10 for quality and presentation. The food and service were very good, but the pricing structure, particularly the additional charges for sides and sauces, made the overall bill much higher than expected.

10/09/2026: It's a good gym. There is wide range of machines to fulfill ones fitness goal. A wide range of fitness classes as well. The only gripe is the smell that hits you when you enter the facility. The toilets could do with regular cleaning and fresheners. The instructors are lovely too deal with.

27/08/2026: Staff are very friendly, facilities need a bit of improvement, pool always seems cold and the changing rooms need more regular cleaning.

14/08/2026: Great quality food and service. Staff were friendly and very accommodating about bill splitting. Good portions of food.

03/08/2026: We were disappointed with the overall service. It was extremely slow. Our drinks did not arrive until we had finished our meals. Also we were missing part of the food order. Waiters/ waitresses did not seem to know what was going on. Unacceptable for a hotel restaurant.

29/08/2026: Best kebab in portlaoise. And staff are super friendly

21/08/2026: This place has gone way down hill recently. I had food from there a few weeks ago and it wasn't great. It used to be good and they always delivered quickly so I tried it again yesterday. It was absolutely dreadful. We threw out most of it. Complete waste of money.

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.

28/07/2026: Cannot recommend this place enough. One of the last good Chinese in Portlaoise. Their prices and portions are unbelievable. Been going here for the guts of 8/9 year I believe and just can’t stop coming back week after week. The food is unbelievably tasty and always filling, and out of the 100s of times I’ve ordered food from here I can say maybe 2/3 times left me slightly dissatisfied, which for human error is perfectly acceptable. Regardless I still ate the food and was content. The staff are quick and formal, always ready and have a nice presence to them. I’ve only ordered takeaway so can’t say much for dining in, but I’ve gone in and seen plenty of people eating. Highly recommend their Satay sauce, I’ve still to find anything in the world that comes remotely close to how nice it is. Their 4 in 1s are unbeatable value, and their duck is so crispy and juicy. If you really wanna pig out I can’t speak enough for their 10 inch happy box, dry or wet it doesn’t matter. Lovely establishment and hope it stays for many years to come :)

31/05/2026: Got food tonight Delivered and have to say it was lovely Rice cooked perfect tasty curry and the chicken cheese rolls were Amazing even gave us a free can of coke and extra tub of sauce would definitely order again

24/06/2026: Got 2 of the worst battered sausage ever! Rock hard batter rubber sausages Wouldn't go a miss in Ann summers

31/05/2026: Horrible, service awful and there burgers not worth it nicer places to go

28/08/2026: Always do a good breakfast and they have the best filtered coffee

27/07/2026: I got breakfast here the sausages were nice the toast was lovely And the rest of the food was alright to be fair the seats were very dirty And the tables were greasy I might come back for just sausages and toast!