The best restaurants in Waterford

10/01/2026: Lovely food... great atmosphere l, really reasonable prices... great staff... highly recommend 👌

02/01/2026: Delicious soup and lovely homemade brown soda bread. Highly recommend

30/11/2025: Very friendly staff. Nice breakfast. Very comfortable room. No water in the rooms

23/11/2025: Well I don’t get other people’s post about how outstanding The Fitzwilton Hotel, Waterford has done. So I guess they ( by they I mean staff) were all in a shitty mood when we booked in. Because the first thing that makes your Holiday is the place you book in at that’s supposed to welcome you, and the rest is up to yourselves. First of all, there was no eye contact they continued to have their head down and either typing playing game or looking at something on a computer. The next day I asked for an extra bath towel which the receptionist had put in the computer and said to me no worries I’ll have one put in your room. I then asked about tissues and the answer was: Oh no we don’t do tissues. So all you guess booking in your going to have to blow your nose on toilet paper 🧻. I then asked for some extra coffee and milk which then she replies, OK I will add that to the towel that’s to be put in your room. Then my last request was about water. You don’t have bottle water in your room? No I haven’t. Ok I’ll make sure there is some bottles put in your room. Ok Thank You 🙂. We never received one thing. No bottle water, no extra bath towel & no more coffee & milk. Talk about skimpy & yet we ( The Customers) pay for this, don’t we? Because after spending time in Dublin & Arklow Bay & Kilkenny they all supplied bottled water in room along with tissues along with when requested more coffee & milk in your room. Fitzwilton Hotel staff were rude, anyone that walked into the lobby weren’t welcome or any guests that came in was not spoke to and a friendly smile. Not even when a guest was leaving to explore Waterford, Ireland 🇮🇪 was spoken to with a friendly; Have a nice day. So I could go on, but this guest has covered what needs to be addressed to all staff here & not just to reception or staff in the breakfast room but to bosses over these people. Because obviously, the bosses aren’t doing their job properly. If you booked through a travel agency and it’s a package and the Fitzwilton Hotel Waterford, is in the package try and swap area or Hotel. Because out of five stars I give Fitzwilton Hotel Waterford two stars. And if the lady on reception was doing her job well, she would of made sure everything that she said yes to was fulfilled by asking us. She couldn’t be bothered. So with that you spoiled it dear for everyone else. What this Hotel needs is a inspector to go through without any of staff members knowing 😉•

21/01/2026: Where do I begin?! From the very instant we drove onto the ferry, we knew we had found our wedding venue. What we didn't know, was how incredibly helpful, professional and outstandingly organised Gillian and the team are at Waterford Castle. Nothing online does the place justice. We had our wedding here on Jan 2nd of this year and Gillian couldn't have done enough for us as wedding coordinator leading up to the day. The day itself, including the rehearsal dinner the night before, couldn't have gone better and it's all down to what a fantastic venue Waterford Castle is, and how outrageously hospitable the staff are there. The whole day felt like a fairytale and it's 100% down to how smoothly everything ran. If there were any issues, we didn't know about them as I'm certain Gillian ensured that she dealt with everything without causing us any stress. I don't have enough words for how highly I recommend Waterford Castle - every guest was raving about how incredible the food was and just how beautiful the venue itself is. We will hold a special place in our hearts for Waterford Castle and its staff forevermore. Photographs by the amazing Wilma Towell Photography - had to include some to show the venue off!

10/01/2026: Very friendly staff, great location

07/11/2025: Fantastic place friendly irish pple im Polish but yet they speak to me and even buy me a pint they like to talk and enjoy life highly recommend

25/06/2025: Bought a brownie and Focaccia here last weekend. It was super tasty and well recommended. The portions are generous and it really was homely food.

30/05/2025: When you see a queue like this you know it’s gotta be good and my god I was not wrong. Pastries, sourdough bread and coffee were all fantastic.

14/12/2025: Nice little pint staff always friendly and helpful

24/11/2025: Folks the food is top notch simple as. Highly recommend the katsu curry with chips and rice - wouldn't hesitate to recommend

28/01/2026: This place is fantastic! Right on the Waterford Quay (pronounced 'key'). The Tower has lovely, large rooms. The restaurant and bar are fantastic. Everyone is so friendly. It is in a great location with lots of walkable shops, pubs, antique shops, and other places.

08/01/2026: We had a Divine Service All Ireland 🇮🇪 gathering today with our Apostle from UK and a District Rector also from UK two Sisters were ordained Deacon s One for Cork and One for Waterford Congregation and a new Rector (ie equivalent of a Parish Priest) for Waterford and a big choir practice afterwards, a very blessed occasion for Ireland and the New Apostolic Church members here and guests that attended too.

14/08/2025: ⸻ I had poached eggs with bacon, toast, tomatoes, fries, and an Americano coffee. Everything was delicious! The plates were big, and the chef was so friendly and polite. The place has a nice atmosphere, fresh food, and fast service. I loved it and I totally recommend it!

08/08/2025: Amazing atmosphere , kind staff , fantastic food and all round great place

05/12/2025: 5 stars all the way. Festive sourdough toasties delicious today .

27/10/2025: just been to the café and I have to say it was outstanding. From the moment u go in the staff are so welcoming and friendly. We had the full breakfast and the yogurt fruit flat white and a Americano. Everything was so delicious. I highly recommend it.

09/07/2025: Vegan and vegetarian options only, it's ok but I have had better elsewhere. ***Update as requested by the owner- reviewing experience from three months ago. Had "the garden gate" and a matcha latte.

22/05/2025: Super surprise in finding this place for vegetarian and vegan food. We had three full plates normally costing € 10.50 were priced down to €5.50 as it was after 1 pm. Food was very tasty and I am not easily impressed.

10/02/2026: Great place for anyone who likes Chinese food. Service was very good. Staff were super friendly. Music wasn't pertinent but nice classical pieces for the most part. Went there with a group of 30 and service was organised and timely.

26/01/2026: We got a take out here for the first time last weekend and will definitely be back, everything we got was gorgeous and fresh and the staff were so friendly too.

30/07/2025: This place is amazing, great food, special Custom dishes daily, great prices. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

12/07/2025: Love to come here for breakfast. Staff is nice and the food is good 😀.

03/01/2026: Main for great, dessert really crap. Wont be visiting again.

30/08/2025: Food is amazing have tryed nearly everything always here with the kids and husband.. Staff are so nice and friendly.

28/01/2026: Lovely food. Lovely staff lovely atmosphere

25/01/2026: This is a mega, absolutely fantastic, incredibly important recommendation!!! The best spot in all of Ireland. My personal recommendation: the grilled goat cheese bagel. Thanks a million, Tom!

31/12/2025: Eur800.00 was deducted by Mara restaurant 4 days before the date of the reservation. No prior advice or agreement was given. I rang the restaurant owner thinking this was a mistake and the conversation began with an argument, no apology. I cancelled the reservation as a result and - in fairness - the money was returned immediately. I never received any apology for this transaction from Mara which leads me to believe they think this practice is ok. Avoid giving your card for reservation. Maybe the food is good but I'll never find out.

31/12/2025: 3 days before my reservation, Mara restaurant detained 800 euro from my card. The short version of this story is it took 2 weeks before I received the money back...And numerous phone calls and messages to the restaurant, my bank. Mara did not seem to know why I was charged in advance of the booking. I was so angry at the unauthorised deduction I cancelled the booking so I cannot review the food, service or atmosphere as I didn't go. I will never go to this restaurant. I am pretty outraged by this treatment and deeply mistrustful of ever giving my credit card again for reservation anywhere.