The best restaurants in Ballina

05/05/2026: IPAS CENTRE AVOID. 🇮🇪 Free cancellation is all its got!

27/04/2026: Very comfortable beds lovely staff nice grounds great for kids swimming pool and kids playroom also really enjoyed our 1 night stay will definitely be back soon 😀

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

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.

11/11/2025: Excellent place for food and the service is brilliant 👏

19/10/2025: Best peices in town. Very clean and friendly staff.

08/04/2026: Old tired bathroom with grout missing from tiles in major need of a refurbishment. Never a 4 star hotel. Bedroom also old fashioned. Whole place needs modernisation. Update, the hotel apologised and said I should not have been in room 212 as it should have been closed for renovations. The hotel kindly offered a full refund. I will update score after I stay in another room. Update Room 209, bathroom brand new

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.

30/03/2026: Being a few yrs since I was at a lantern chinese and we were delighted that the food, service and atmosphere was as good if not better than ever in The Lantern Ballina, Food was amazing Decor was excellent Restaurant was lovely, warm and spotless. Staff were all efficient and gave excellent service throughout Highly recommend and it won't be as long again until we visit the Lantern Ballina

29/03/2026: Bad Chinese rotten the chicken dry, hot spice was raw and the chips pls don’t talk about it I do not Recommend For the price that u pay

11/04/2026: Busy mostly young people. Some families. Service can be slow when Busy.

21/03/2026: DO NOT buy the fish .it is ultra processed fish strips .complete rip off...paid 30euro for gift vouchers..they came in 2euros per ticket..then only to be told 1 voucher can be spent per meal ..absolutely scandalous!!!

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

14/04/2026: I planned to have lunch with my toddler there today. I wanted to order at the till as I usually do but lady behind the counter asked me to take a seat and wait for waiter to take my order. It was 13:30 pm and place was surprisingly empty: couple of girls almost finished their food and two couples having tea. And couple of men who just ordered at the counter before me. I waited for 10 minutes and decided to order at the till anyway. So I got there with pram and lady just moved to the coffee machine and started to make coffee as soon as she saw me. despite the fact that there was already a guy standing there making coffee. I decided to leave and have a lunch in different place. I didn’t see that girl before there and I’m pretty sure I’d see her again I’ll just pass.

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

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

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.