The best restaurants in Waterford

24/06/2025: The owner was remarkably rude and openly disdainful towards American tourists specifically. Scoffed at my request to use my own cup in front of a room of 5 other men implying he didn’t want to touch the lid or have it under his machines— fair enough I suppose. From there he gave a distinct air of self-importance that was honestly laughable. He’s not a waiter in Paris ffs, he’s slinging coffees and cakes in Waterford. La-di-dah, sure mammy is very proud. Note to the man himself: if you’re as unpleasant with other patrons as you were with me, that’s why you’re not getting tips. Don’t assume you’re any better than anyone else either, self exceptionalism is what makes Americans so annoying and frankly, you reek of it. Hypocrite. The coffee was fine though. Thanks.

17/06/2025: Great place, just right amount food for lunch and reasonably priced. Sandwiches, coffee and dessert was excellent.

20/08/2025: Best chipper about. I travel 25 miles to get a takeaway every now and then. Highly recommend

13/08/2025: One best chippers in Waterford there food is so good highly recommend to anyone top notch service aswel

02/08/2025: Top marks for every meal, service and staff.

28/07/2025: The staff was really friendly, the food was absolutely over the moon and the place is nice and clean.

14/08/2025: Me and my daughter just came back from there today We were there for 3 days we were very happy could not ask for any better Al the staff behind the bar where lovely and friendly and the young lady tidying out room very nice and friendly we even got two bottles of water every day in our room very helpful so we'll done to all. So we will see you again hopefully soon From Noel pitman and daughter from Wexford

04/07/2025: Here for Day 2 of a wedding, the room upstairs was very small for a function, big shout out to the lady that came in and sang and did the jazz music on the Friday night not sure the name, she got the crowd going

21/12/2024: Really disappointing experience. Table in the corner was breezy. Group beside us were loud and just drinking, vaping in the snug and shouting about where they would buy a bag that night. Male staff were very friendly. One female server gave a glass of Prosecco to the table overflowing and spilling down the side. Then slammed two of the main courses onto the table. Never asked did we need sauce salt vinegar for chips and fish. Food itself was nice but desserts were way overpriced €9.50 for a tiny cheesecake, not worth it. Service doesn’t match the food and price doesn’t match service. Won’t be back

28/11/2024: Excellent food and service..but very few people there..beautiful decor..very clean but needs to b a bit busier for atmosphere

25/06/2025: Lovely Chinese restaurant, great staff and wonderful food highly recommended 🥗🍲🍛🍜

20/04/2025: Excellent price to performance ratio.

05/07/2025: Had a good time, the landlord Richard was very friendly and welcoming and so were the locals, definitely will recommend to my friends

11/08/2025: Amazing thai food reasonably priced. We ordered mixed starter, soup and pad thai along with the duck curry. Beautiful food and a beautiful setting.

28/07/2025: Hidden away in a beautiful old house you’ll find a genuine Thai/Vietnam food using local ingredients 😋

07/09/2025: Excellent food and service. A great range of veggie, vegan and meaty dishes. The staff are always excellent. I go here regularly with work and being the kids at weekends.

22/08/2025: Excellent value breakfast, all locally sourced quality produce, all served with a cup of tea or coffee ☕️. Well worth a visit .

11/08/2025: Today I went to cafe Lucia with a family member. She ordered a burger and chips and I ordered homemade chicken goujons and chips. We waited 20 mins and when our food came, it looked quite appetising. Upon first glance my chicken looked alright. But as I started to eat it I noticed it looked a bit pink. I ate some chips and some salad which was really tasty. I tore open a few other goujons to inspect and 2 other goujons were raw. They were hot but pink. My family member said she would alert a member of staff but I didn't want to make a big deal. The waitress told the kitchen and came back to us saying because the chicken is free range, and how its cut, it can be pink. This confused me. She offered me a brownie or cake but I was turned off all food. When paying, I expected a refund but I was not given even the option for a recipt and my total was 37 euros. Not pleased. But my drink, chips and salad was nice.

05/08/2025: Worth the price your paying, fresh ingredients and friendly staff

18/08/2025: Very helpful, accommodating and genuinely friendly staff

17/08/2025: The greeting we got from the girl on front desk wasn’t exactly welcoming and a little bit rude - I didn’t catch her name. Then the cocktails at lunch were soooo bad I sent them both back. Really disappointing! What I will say though was it was good location, nice view of the city and our room was a great size and reasonably priced.

19/08/2025: Came in for lunch today. I ordered the tomato soup. It was inedible. It was like a half a container of herbs hard been poured into a tin of tomato’s. The chips that were served with the other meals were old chips refried and the battered fish was dripping in oil. I paid for the meal. We weren’t even asked if everything was ok. Poor service too

19/06/2025: The best chowder I’ve ever had! Not salty. I could taste all the different fish. 5 stars!

14/08/2025: Didn't eat there but great atmosphere staff very friendly and engaging guinness excellent well worth a visit

11/07/2025: Best espresso martini in the town 😍

11/07/2025: I was here due to holidays and that place was perfect. A young worker whose name is Conor was really polite with me and very fast as well. I will hoy back.

11/07/2025: I was here, and I was served by a worker named Conor, he is very friendly and attentive, the smoothie was delicious!

14/08/2025: You can always rely on a good pint there and can have a laugh and a sing along if you want.

21/05/2025: Classic Irish pub, friendly staff, comfortable seating inside and large outdoor area!