The best restaurants in Ballina
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7,0
595 Reviews |
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Twin Trees Hotel & Leisure Club
Ballina
05/04/2026: They really looked after me. The reception called week before we checked in to say I can change my package to something cheaper and more perks (midweek deal). We got the spacious family room, one dinner, breakfast every morning. We enjoyed the pool at the leisure center, evening movie with popcorn and the kids gets to go for the soft play area. We definitely enjoyed our stay at the hotel.
31/03/2026: Fantastic hotel with exceptional staff, all the staff from reception, bar, restaurant and house keeping go out of their way to help you. Food is excellent and the menu is varied. Great leisure centre, safe for children. The entire hotel is very child friendly, they even have a soft play barn on site. We are back again this weekend, it's our go to hotel when staying in Mayo.
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7,0
638 Reviews |
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Loft
Ballina
11/11/2025: Excellent place for food and the service is brilliant 👏
19/10/2025: Best peices in town. Very clean and friendly staff.
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6,9
905 Reviews |
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Ballina Manor Hotel
Ballina
10/01/2026: Oct 2025
We stayed at this hotel while holding a memorial for my beloved sister, and I truly cannot put into words how much comfort and kindness we received during such a painful time. The hotel’s central location was perfect, and the rooms were always warm, cozy, and immaculately clean—exactly what we needed.
Breakfast each morning was excellent, with many delicious options offered daily, and the dining staff were incredibly attentive and accommodating to my food allergies, which meant so much to me.
We have stayed here many times over the years and always loved it, but this visit was exceptional. The compassion shown to us will never be forgotten. The hotel manager, Edel, was professional, kind, and genuinely compassionate, going above and beyond to support us on short notice. Her leadership truly shows in her amazing staff—Chloe was wonderful,, kind and professional maureen the server had outstanding service accommodating all of us especially with food allergies
This hotel will forever hold a special place in our hearts. We are deeply grateful to everyone who made a very difficult time a little easier.
18/12/2025: Went there for lunch. Lovely meal, good portions and good service
Steak sandwich is a good recommendation
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6,9
127 Reviews |
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Franco's, menu
Ballina
08/03/2026: The food is always excellent
The owner is a great person
Also cheapest pizza in town
01/02/2026: The staff was friendly and helpful.
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6,7
349 Reviews |
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Ridgepool Restaurant
Ballina
02/03/2026: Great staff. Had gorgeous room with bath under a skylight. Perfect place to stay when attending any event at the Arts Centre just down the street.
09/02/2026: I rang today to book accommodation for two work colleagues. Rather than speaking directly with the hotel, I was routed to a call centre where the agent struggled to pronounce the town and county names. When I explained that the price (€225 per person per room for B&B) was higher than I was looking to pay and tried to politely say goodbye, the response became quite pushy, with repeated sales tactics and even a claim that no other rooms were available in Ballina within a 15-mile radius.
This was clearly inaccurate — there were plenty of rooms available, and I booked my colleagues into the Twin Trees Hotel for €99 per person per room for B&B, where a friendly local staff member handled everything quickly and professionally.
If this is the experience offered to potential customers, it’s disappointing. High-pressure “last room available” tactics are ineffective and off-putting. We were not stuck for accommodation, and even if those truly had been the final rooms in Ballina, we would have chosen to stay in another town. This experience fell well below expectations.
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6,5
418 Reviews |
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Lantern Chinese Restaurant
Ballina
02/02/2026: Yummy food, great view and staff are friendly
07/11/2025: Went in to order a takeaway, was never in here before.. I was greeted with “what did you order” not a hi hello or anything. Then when the girl with me ordered, he looked at me “will you order together quick” .
I had to tell him cancel the order as it was rude! And I’ll never step foot in there again after being spoken to like. Came across so rude as if he didn’t want custom. If it was close to closing time, then change closing time if he doesn’t want to wait there till 11.
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6,3
653 Reviews |
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Supermac's
Ballina
31/10/2025: Staff are always courteous and deliver food with no haste.The place is always clean,toilets could be better as they look a bit rundown as well as upstairs area.
Only issue is that it can be a bit rough at nighttime especially pearse street in general ,alot of loud youths hanging about and seems to be an issue at the moment.
25/09/2025: Asked for extra salt and ketchup and got nothing
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6,1
371 Reviews |
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Heffernans
Ballina
12/02/2026: Servers forgot we were there, I had to go añd ask them to take our order, the food was nearly cold also served on cold plates, the server plonked two dirty, sticky plastic bottles on the table, we were supposed to have maple syrup but were served maple syrup flavoured golden syrup, the bottles hadn't been wiped so goodness knows who had manhandled them before...YUK! The place was actually cold and it was January. All in all it was a BIG NO from us. Coffee was okay
27/01/2026: A lovely place to visit and very helpful staff in the restaurant
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6,0
118 Reviews |
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King's Chinese Takeaway
Ballina
24/01/2026: Could only put one star would but less if can put peas in me 4in1 didn’t last long before it hit the bin #dirt
04/12/2025: Update 4 years ago i left review "best Chinese in town" well that change drastically. Food is terrible now i dont know what happen dry hot and spicy is not even close what it use to be. I was their comming back customer every weekend, but im not anymore
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5,3
406 Reviews |
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Costa Coffee
Ballina
13/10/2025: Waiter was extremely rude as I was trying to pursue my career as a facebook influencer. My cookie was served to me as in the picture. When I asked she said it was labelled as a "Crumbl Cookie". Disgrace!!!! (especially when it was €6). Very unsatisfied, will not be returning
12/09/2025: Its a popular place , be prepared to wait a while.
Very limited food selection
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5,3
198 Reviews |
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Apache Pizza
Ballina
28/01/2026: Decent food. Staff do not pay attention to orders placed online. Expect a hefty wait if you order online and turn up expecting it ready.
31/12/2025: Good pizza, nice flavour ,fast delivery
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5,1
299 Reviews |
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Supermac's Fresh Express
Ballina
25/12/2025: Takeaway dinners are gone downhill
23/11/2025: It took more than 30+ minutes to prepare the fries. Definitely not recommend the place.
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Crockets Quay Bistro
Ballina
16/07/2025: Fantastic place very friendly staff and the food is fantastic 👍But it’s called key west now.my brother and I are here for a fishing trip on the river moy
19/06/2025: The food is amazingly delicious. The service is perfect. A very beautiful, authentic location! The price/quality ratio is excellent.
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Bisini
Ballina
29/07/2025: We were on our holidays in Ballina and decided to get an Indian takeaway. Going on reviews on Tripadvisor we went with Bisini. I don't know what the people who reviewed this were eating but our experience was awful. The onion bajani were burnt and the food was awful. We would never again go back!
15/06/2025: The beef korma is absolutely delicious