The best restaurants in Ballina

10/05/2026: Back again several years later! Still consistently great! Excellent food and service. Tiramisu is perfection .

08/04/2026: Chicken wings are unbelievable 10/10 Meat fell of the bone

06/06/2026: Ordered cappuccino and caramel roulette!! Coffee arrived first & 10 minutes minutes later still no dessert!!! Spoke to staff & explained!! another 10 minutes went and it eventually came then I told her our coffee was cold & asked for hot water!!I Got no apology at all none of the staff were friendly so for that reason we will not be returning a simple apology is all that was needed

02/06/2026: We had chicken wings, bruschetta, and a Caesar salad. Unfortunately, it was anything but tasty. The chicken wings were lukewarm with so much sauce on them that we had to scrape it off, and the Caesar salad had sloppy lettuce and practically no dressing. Overall, the food was presented very carelessly. You can tell the chef isn't passionate about it. What a shame. This was the worst meal we've had so far on our 14-day trip to Ireland. The service couldn't redeem it either. Even though the restaurant wasn't busy, we had to wait a long time for service.

31/05/2026: Lovely staff and beautiful location

28/05/2026: We had an excellent stay here at the Lakeside Hotel. Unfortunately due to a storm and subsequent power cut, the hotel were having an IT issue and couldn’t check us in immediately. Staff on the desk were very apologetic, and we were offered free drinks while we waited. Due to the delay, we were offered a free upgrade of room. I mostly say this to outline how the staff went above and beyond to ensure our stay was not affected by an IT issue that was no fault of their own. On top of that, the hotel has gorgeous facilities, lovely rooms, and breakfast was perfect, with everything you could want. I wouldn’t think twice to stay here again. 5/5 stars!

09/04/2026: Excellent pub! Smoking room available.

07/04/2026: Thanks for Hosty Colie’s 80th party - best place ever

29/04/2026: waited a good 10 minutes to be seated , it was busy but not over busy , staff walked past ourselves and another couple and dissappeared into the bar . when we were seated and given a menu the choices offered were not to our taste or palatte , a lot of the dishes were served in spicey piri piri or other ' asian theamed' sauces ,all very nice if you are in india or sri lanka but this is IRELAND and there was a lack of TRADITIONAL IRISH FOOD on offer ! a lot of the offerings here are exactly the same or very very similar to a lot of OTHER establishments in ireland these days which in my experiance points toward dishes being ' bought in pre prepared' rather than made on the premisis . in the end after veiwing the menu and waiting to be served we decided to go elsewhere and left .

24/04/2026: Good food , lovely location right on the river bank.