The best restaurants in Louth

26/09/2025: Great food and drink Staff are very helpful and friendly 👏👏

26/09/2025: Went here for Sunday lunch with family and it was fantastic. The staff are extremely friendly and efficient. The food was delicious and portions are huge. Can't fault the place

15/09/2025: A truly unique place where time seems to have stood still. The typical Irish dishes are delicious and beautifully presented. The staff are friendly.

10/09/2025: Excellent coffee and cake!! On the pricey side but great experience.

04/10/2025: Authentic Italian, true Mediterranean food. The food was delicious and very good value. The owners are lovely. We ordered a real Italian carbonara (off the menu) and a pizza. Everything was delicious, it made our trip. I felt right at home. I will definitely return.

23/08/2025: Beautiful Restaurant, the most delicious food, Excellent service. I’ll definitely be back again.

29/09/2025: Brilliant food and great service from Luke

28/09/2025: The food itself was tasty and service was quick, but my experience was spoiled by undercooked fish and chips. The cod came out cold inside with raw batter still clinging to it not just unappetizing, but unsafe. It completely ruined my meal. I wasn’t after a refund, just hoping the kitchen pays more attention, because no restaurant should serve fish in that condition.

03/10/2025: This is a fabulous pub and restaurant. We were a party of 30 or more people who were part of a pre-wedding party. We had booked the Smugglers Rest in Dunany but found out at the last minute that they had closed permanently. We literally phoned the Valley Inn an hour before we were all due to meet and they accommodated the entire group. It has a great menu, the food is lovely and the service excellent. The staff were friendly and helpful. We had a great night. Thank you to the Valley Inn for rescuing our night out.

08/09/2025: Lovely fish n chips takeaway. Have sit down restaurant too-which is lovely on a cool day especially. As you can have tea & white Brennans pan too. Yum! 👍🏽 Staff super friendly & efficient.

02/09/2025: Lovely evening meal Chicken wings starter tasty hot sauce Mains pork and solely delicious Desert baked alaska home made delicious

23/08/2025: The food at the Kingfisher is always incredible! The nicest we've had around Carlingford!

13/10/2025: Very ignorant and rude they'd just kept me standing at the bar and me try to get a drink two too busy squeezing back to back with each other they were more interested in going back to back with each other than serving me

10/10/2025: We live in Ardee and live to eat out but found the absolute gem of Watter’s only last Sunday when we had a lunch with our children. Had duck, green curry, shredded chicken and soup and all our plates were completely empty when finished. It was all so flavoursome and good! Nice and clean food at very keep price Came in today for lunch just the two of us and chicken burger and plaice very good and tasty again Small coffee shop at the front also serves decent coffee and home made tasting lemon slice is just the perfect treat Ladies looking after us are very pleasant and efficient. Keep up the good work Thank you very much we will be definitely back

11/10/2025: What a hidden in plain sight, gem. No wonder President Joe Biden stopped off here. So friendly, a step back in time, reasonable prices and don't forget to checkout that staircase! Wow!

20/09/2025: Great place, very friendly service and tasty food, highly recommended

13/10/2025: Staff very friendly. Couldn't do enough for you .Will be going back .

04/09/2025: What a great bar and restaurant!

06/10/2025: we loved staying in Scholar's; from the minute we stepped inside the door we were blown away by the welcome, the decor and the comfort. the night porter was extremely pleasant & helpful. even getting a gorgeous hot cup of tea brought to the room was such a simple but fabulous treat! we loved it! and we'll definitely be back.

28/09/2025: We come in every March and October to see family in Donegal and Scholars is our first stop. We've been coming for nearly 10 years and it feels like family. The service, the food, and everything about the hotel is wonderful.

01/07/2025: Love this restaurant and the food is delicious.

24/06/2025: Ideal food temperature – not too cold, not too hot.

22/09/2025: It’s no Hilton, but the staff were great and you couldn’t get closer to the town centre

04/09/2025: We had a meal in the hotel on Wednesday We had the special Hake with tomato and potato cubes It was tasty but a very small and inadequate amount The 5 potato cubes were clearly leftover potato a few baby tomatoes No sauce No fresh vegetables I did mention it to the waitress I was disappointed l had a glass of wine (small one) It was 37euros which I consider to be quite expensive especially for the very small portion A little extra vegetables and potato would have made all the difference This portion for a male would be simply inadequate

03/08/2025: Dundalk has been fortunate with some really good Restaurants this past few years but Square restaurant has be number one. The quality of food is next to none with the atmosphere and the staff both excellent. Worth a visit.

02/08/2025: Best restaurant in the country. In a league of their own.

03/10/2025: Very good service and spotlessly clean. I was just in for a coffee ☕️ and short visit. I would like to come back for a meal.

29/09/2025: Excellent food , with helpful, friendly service

06/10/2025: PERFECT!!! Food PERFECT! Location, environment, ambience, PERFECT! Have dined as a pair and as a larger group. I would come everyday if I could. Staff are attentive and fun. There was a young girl who was vegan that gave fantastic recommendations and was so friendly, so a special shout out goes to her!!! The tofu steak - out of this world. Fantastic value for money. Miso soup is the best I have ever had. The avocado sushi is so creamy and decadent. The food is something to be proud of. Amazing that it is in Dundalk!!! A large group of us were there for work last week, and still got a few days, and I’m doing everything in my power to try convince everyone to go because everyone must experience Atami. Thank you very much. Wine served perfectly and crisp.

03/10/2025: Very popular restaurant with young people . Open during dinner time with lots of office staff attending.