The best restaurants in Kells

19/06/2025: Always provide a nice coffee with a charming service!

05/06/2025: Great Coffee and Friendly Staff 5🌟

17/05/2025: Great milkshakes great coffee new stuff every 2 weeks I love it

03/04/2025: Great and spacious, friendly staff nice to just chill in watch the world go by and the manager is brilliant a credit to the company

19/06/2025: We had a fabulous lunch here with our family of six. Everyone's meals were spot on and we were very glad to have found the lovely spot. Wish we lived closer so we could become locals here!

17/06/2025: Any time i am in kells i all way's pop in food all way's good but sad to say the last time i pop in the lady that served me was a little rude any body can have a off day this would not put me off going back ......

22/06/2025: Delicious food, fast service and friendly staff. Best place in town, IMO!

15/06/2025: Some fantastic place to spend a lovely evening. Some amazing food and staff. Food came very quickly and staff was friendly and kind.

15/04/2025: Lovely atmosphere. Quality of the ingredients was high and the food was tasty. Unfortunately though, 3 of us felt that our meals were quite small. Mentioned it to staff (who are very nice to be fair) and was simply told "sorry about that. Unfortunately though, it's not a nice experience to leave a restaurant hungry after paying around the €30 mark for a plate of food, hence the 3 star review. Had the pork tomahawk, salmon and duck.

23/03/2025: Took a chance on a free table on a very busy St Patrick's day at the Vanilla Pod. We received a friendly welcome, were seated immediately and orders taken promptly. I enjoyed the goats cheese and peach tartlet and my friend had the steamed asion inspired pancakes. While the pancakes did arrive in a steamer they were not warm and the separate dish for the filling was a surprise. Main course was salmon and slow cooked beef, both of which were very flavourful and filling. Another surprise was the shared 'deconstructed' hazelnut meringue desert. We expected a roulade type meringue! Overall a very tasty and enjoyable meal. The only thing which we found strange was that the hanging area for coats (which were kindly taken as we were seated) was in a public area outside the toilets, so maybe not a secure place 🤔 .

31/05/2025: We went into this restaurant and asked for Thai food we were given a menu and sat down and ordered a drink and a meal . When we were given the bill for the food at was almost twice the price as the menu. When we challenged it they said they thought we were having a takeaway Did they really expect me to take my pint of beer away to drink that. It was very obvious that we were eating in and the food was served on a ceramic plate with cutlery so why did they expect us to also take it all away.

12/01/2025: Good service, great food, friendly family atmosphere

14/06/2025: I’m not lying when I say this I get an Indian every Friday here and whenever I can I try to bring people here this is my favourite restaurant in possibly the whole of Ireland I hope it never moves away or I’ll be so sad ❤️❤️

06/06/2025: Excellent service 100 % recommended

08/03/2025: Lovely place to watch the rugby. Roaring fire and dog friendly too

08/12/2024: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ i can’t recommend The Blackwater in Kells enough! Not only is the food and atmosphere top-notch, but the staff go above and beyond. Trish, in particular, was incredible—so kind, caring, and thoughtful. She even went out of her way to drop us home, which was beyond generous. It’s rare to find such amazing hospitality these days. We’ll definitely be back—thank you, Trish, for making our experience unforgettable!

22/05/2025: It's a really good place to get a break

19/03/2025: I feel the food has gone down hill in quality and up in price

24/06/2025: My families go to for takeaway. Everything we have tried is good quality food and tastes. Great

08/06/2025: Had to change my review , complained because I thought they gave me the wrong sauce or ded Szechuan sauce and it was not Szechuan sauce whatsoever , no Szechuan pepper or even chilli it was bland . Just tasted like overpowering garlic gravy . I rang and the reponse is ,”your probably used to other chefs “. Disgusting sauce don’t order the so called Szechuan on anything

04/06/2025: Super tasty and fresh burger with chips and garlic sauce.

20/02/2025: Top notch food all the time no matter what you get, lovely friendly staff and great prices. What's not to love

25/03/2025: We had our engagement party here a few weekends ago, and the staff at O’Connors went out of their way for us! A perfect spot for a party. Thank you all so much, we all had a great night!