The best restaurants in Athboy

27/04/2025: My favorite season for a rambling Sunday Afternoon drive is spring when nature is showing you all things are possible and the country roads are blooming with lush growth which was how we ended up in Athboy. I have wanted to embrace the physical presence of Athboy since as a teenager my pals mother traveled regularly from the Donabate peninsula to McElhinny's in Athboy for the finest fashion. It was a serendipity experience to find this wonderful restaurant on the site of the iconic fashion store. We were in the mood for a good food experience and we found all we wanted here excellent food lovely staff in a modern comfortable dining space. I like to find the good around me in life and showcase it because I believe in being grateful and appreciative and this restaurant clearly works hard to make customers believe in them. We had a wonderful afternoon in Athboy and the Cafe Sabrosa helped to fill our mind body and hearts with a flowering of delicious experiences.

18/04/2025: Unfortunately we didn't even get to sit down to experience anything else because we were greeted with a bad attitude when we arrived. We rang up to check that the cafe was open due it being good Friday, the lady who I presume is the manager said she would need to book a table for the 2 of us and our baby as it was busy, we said we'd be about 30 mins roughly. We arrived 40 mins later and I was told our table had been let go because, in her words, "he said you would be half an hour and it's been an hour now". There was clearly empty tables and nobody else waiting. I didn't appreciate being reprimanded as though we were late for work when we only went out for a treat. What a shame.

28/04/2025: Stopped hear for dinner. Ordered cod in batter and was terrible. It was like frozen. Friend ordered the beef burger and said same. Very expensive for what you get chips were very small and no side salad with burger. Gone down hill.

25/04/2025: Attended a wedding at the Darnley Lodge a few weeks ago, the whole event from start to finish was a resounding success, from the brilliant, helpful and friendly staff, to the excellent food and service, I literally could not find a fault in the whole day. I would highly recommend the Darnley Logde to anyone who might be thinking of holding an event or wedding reception there in the Future @David keeping doing what you are doing you have a winning formula!!