The best restaurants in Ballina

05/02/2025: Fabulous coffee and the baked goods are absolutely gorgeous👌🏻😋Highly recommended

19/01/2025: ciara made us two fabulous mochas such a great service and so convenient 💓

14/04/2025: This place is well ran....Food one hundred percent delicious 😋 and the service excellent ,quality staff 😀 Always a smile on their faces and ready to help you in anyway they can.... we be back and with more people..well done ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

29/03/2025: Top class. Simple as that. Great food and top quality food.

12/03/2025: Real and honest review as a returning customer. I have been here multiple times for sit in and takway. The staff is very friendly and welcoming, but the drinks are a hit or a miss. Their staples are definitely hot chocolate and latte. They are smooth and consistently great. Matcha is a very popular drink, when it comes to popular/new items, I feel like they’re overpriced. I tried their matcha (around €5 ish), and it was a letdown. I ordered the strawberry-flavored one I think they used a syrup, and it stuck to the cup. Once I managed to mix it in, the syrup completely overpowered the matcha flavor that was alredy weak. I also got an iced coffee, but it wasn’t cold enough. There was barely any ice, which made the drink lukewarm instead of refreshing. For better quality Matcha and a reasonable price, I’d recommend trying other places around Ballina. I understand rising costs, and with that in mind, I do still think some items shouldn't be sooooo expensive. I will not be a returning customer. 🙏

07/11/2024: Without a doubt the best coffee house in Ballina. The staff is both cafes are always very pleasant, and recommend something new to try if there’s a new menu. We are loyal customers to here for years and will continue to be. Can’t wait for the Christmas menu already

15/12/2024: Great food, consistently high quality. Attentive and friendly service. Highly recommended.

15/12/2024: Wandered into this pub for lunch. Looked nice from the outside and really nice inside. Comfortable place to go in for food and drinks. Nice staff. Really nice and comforting food inside. Will visit again when I'm in ballina

01/04/2025: Food was raw in the middle and just very undercooked overall. Not a very high standard for a restaurant of such highly spoken reviews. Will not be going back there now I can tell ya that!

22/03/2025: It's been a while since we ate at The Poacher. It's still brilliant. Lovely, thoughtful food, great flavours and textures all beautifully presented on the plate. The front of house team were welcoming and super efficient. A true gem in this part Ireland. It was very busy.... which says it all. Highly recommended.

02/03/2025: We visited here at the end of January for a family meal and though it was a regular place to visit for a meal we will NEVER return It was busy enough so we were sat at a table in a part slightly off the main part We ordered roast beef, fish, wings and carbonara The beef was literally the worst I have ever had , there was 2 thick slices that were so hard to cut through and impossible to eat, the mash was barely warm The fish smelled disgusting and absolutely not fresh, far from it The wings werent hot and the carbonara was not good Nobody che ked in with us to see how our meal was, I didn’t get a chance to say how bad the food was as when I went to pay the waitress was busy chatting I messaged them on Facebook that evening as I felt the almost €90 we paid for the meal was a complete waste of money What I assume was the manager replied to say she would look into it but never got back to me, I sent another 2 messages which were both ignored so that tells me just how little disregard is given for customers

22/02/2025: (Traducido por Google) Buen lugar para cenar. (Original) Nice place for dinner.

26/03/2025: Being there for breakfast lunch and also have used the takeaway away a few times. Great spot

19/03/2025: Decent lunch menu , fairly priced

11/03/2025: Lovely old school local bar. Lots of screens for sport. Open fire.

25/02/2025: Get atmosphere great and service live music

16/03/2025: Flying visit but soup & sambo hit the mark - be back!

30/01/2025: Fantastic range of freshly cooked dishes. Friendly & efficient service. Lovely atmosphere, brightly decorated with retro posters & plenty of space at each table. What's not to like...???!!!

25/03/2025: Such a fab place. Was apart of a hen group , couldn't have done enough for us. Service was wonderful and we had to stop again on the way home the next day just because of how we treated . 11/10 ..

01/03/2025: One of the best Pubs in Balkina 👍☺️

13/03/2025: I could not recommend this hotel enough. We went for a meal and stayed here after our small wedding ceremony. The staff were generous, attentive and kind. In particular, Sergio, in the restaurant went above and beyond to make it a memorable experience. Our room was fabulous, very clean and lovely amenities. The breakfast was delicious and the serving staff were friendly and efficient. We are already looking forward to our next stay.

18/12/2024: Very professional ran ,great food, super entertainment

05/02/2025: Christine and her niece Leah were very welcoming, great craic with the two ladies. Would definitely recommend calling in for a cuppa, a breakfast sandwich and a chat, and to meet their dog Mr H. Thanks cailíní 💖💪

12/09/2024: Sweet place, good Coffee and lovely people :)

08/10/2024: A great pint and a friendly place 👌

24/07/2024: Super place for the pint of Guinness 😁

19/03/2025: I have messaged this business privately but they chose to not get back to me and I want to warn people incase the same thing happens to them. I was appalled by how my partner was treated at an event here last weekend. Despite purchasing tickets in advance and being loyal customers who dine here regularly, my partner was refused entry with no valid reason. He left feeling embarrassed and humiliated in front of his friends. If there was supposedly an issue, why weren’t we informed on any occasion we've dined and had drinks here in the past? Instead, they chose to spring this on him at the door, which was completely unfair and unprofessional. This in turn making our friends have no choice but to leave, 6 tickets gone to waste with no reimbursement is ridiculous. I’m incredibly disappointed at how a local business we really enjoyed could treat my partner like this with no valid reason. I won't be so quick to recommend to anyone in future.

14/03/2025: Food was good with wonderful friendly service.