The best restaurants in Waterford

28/08/2026: He was very kind and made the food very good one of the workers there Noah Adam

26/08/2026: noah ali gave great service, i was very impressed with the customer service from the order up to my order being served. definitely will come back again, hoping other employees are just as polite and customer friendly as he is.

03/08/2026: My go to place for chinese cuisine. Never disappointed. Great staff there

23/06/2026: The food doesn't really taste like Asian. It arrived hot and super fast though, so I added an extra star.

09/09/2026: Disgraceful staff owners are amazing and manager is just full of himself he argued with everyone. His attitude will cost the owners a lot he thinks he’s a hard man with a scar on his face and just likes to rise lads. Never in my life have a seen a lad with such a chip on his shoulder Edit 2026 September he’s back still holding a grudge staring lads out it. I genuinely don’t understand how anyone hires to lad every single other pub

11/08/2026: Great music and drink. Had a great time in this establishment

21/04/2026: Food and service were nice. Ambience was not that great. Doesn’t feel present. But the staff were very friendly.

06/02/2026: Looking at the menu on the Sheela Palace website it indicated dosas. This is an error, they do not serve dosas. Apparently that's done at their Dublin takeaway branch. They should fix their site. Selecting the Waterford restaurant on the website and then clicking on the online ordering option, Dosas are clearly listed at the bottom. First impressions on entering were not great. The interior is drab, confused and dated. A mix of colours and decorative elements that just don't make sense. The exception is the 2 large posters on one side of the reestaurant, which are lovely. I thought, given the greatly positive reviews the food must be amazing. Unfortunately, that wasn't our experience, at least with the mains. The Paneer tikka we had as a starter was ok. Can't say the same for the rest. We ordered the Vegetarian Biryani and Shahi paneer. Had a taste of the latter and it wasn't great at all. Practically inedible tbh. The Biryani looked good though and you can see effort had been made in its preparation with lots of vegetables and nuts and other things. The taste though was again strange. I've never had a sweet Biryani. They had generously added raisins to the rice. Also, the rice was clumpy which is just a very basic thing to get wrong. On crushing the clumps, white rice was exposed. This was not a Biryani dish at all but rather a vegetarian pulau dish with raisins. Kinda like a Kashmiri pulao, but not quite. It seemed like biryani spices had been lightly mixed into the preparation to give it that distinct aroma. The flavour was lacking however. The front-of-house staff were nice. Though one lady asked every customer what specific cutlery they wanted before setting the table. Nothing wrong with that mind you, but just added to the strangeness of the experience. I suspect the non-vegetarian fare is better given the previous positive reviews from other diners but if you're a Vegetarian I would not recommend this place.

16/09/2025: Closed down no notice of the door

09/09/2025: Absolutely delicious food and brilliant service. Very well priced

29/06/2026: Loved it. Proper Irish club bar. Cheap prices friendly people. Lots of sport on TV

06/05/2026: Good pub especially if u like racing plenty of telly's Bookies next door staff friendly

19/08/2026: The best establishment within a radius of 100 km.

16/08/2026: I agree with the comments, this is the worst place in Waterford.

10/05/2026: Hands down lads best taco chip in town. Best in business.

29/03/2026: Food is always gorgeous from Walsh'. Got a gorgeous fish and chips tonight. Well done guys.

24/05/2026: Worst food I've ever tasted, owners and staff are rude

22/05/2026: Decent chipper. Shop could do with a bit of a upgrade tho. Very grubby inside.

16/10/2026: The coffees and matchas are always delicious in this costa, especially coming up to September when they come out with their autumn menu 😍 The staff are amazing, Liam and Alanna in particular x

15/10/2026: I use this Costa Coffee cafe on a daily bases and the coffee and nibbles are always great, looking forward to the Christmas menu 2026. The service from the friendly service is one of the reasons for my daily visits, I would like to particularly point out Liam and Alanna,

03/08/2026: Spotless clean restaurant. We were impressed as its not always the case with others Eddie Rockets. Food was also delicious.

30/06/2026: Found a bird's beak in the chicken wings. Went in for a nice meal with my partner. When he bit into one of the chicken wings, he got a mouthful of half a birds beak. We brought it to the managers attention and was very disappointed with the response. He was quite condescending, told us we were wrong and made out like it wasn't his problem. We have picture evidence of this beak. He took away the dish and charged us full price. It was disgusting and disturbing. Will stay clear of here in future.

31/07/2026: Regular customer and spend, refused to buy a curry portion because it's under 10 euro for a card. Be the last time I buy from here. Now you have lost more money

01/07/2026: Ordered a black Americano and they automatically added milk without asking. Wasted €4.

02/06/2026: I come here often. Very handy location. Easy drive through. I would state the drive through could do with fresh tarmac or gravel tho. I always order iced carmel latte, biscoff overnight oats and a white chocolate protein bounty bar. I would recommend these!. I see the cafe is up for best coffee spots waterford..they definitely have my vote ! I have always had lovely interactions with staff. They are polite, and appear to work well together. I've never really had a bad order or delayed order. The staff this morning Tito was a super lovely and freindly sunny person, a gem to interact with this morning. ❤️ I'd love of they did a loyalty card.

02/02/2026: Pros- The pastries and desserts are exceptional! Cons - The eggs benedict is a disappointment. The brunch/lunch is disappointing compared to the pastries and desserts and coffees/drinks.

12/06/2026: Mixed kebab was superb. love it.

20/05/2026: Very nice food such as the pizzas never disappoint staff are always welcoming whenever I go definitely one of the nicest pizza places in waterford if not the nicest price wise reasonable cheaper than likes of dominos and 4star definitely recommend 10/10 👍