The best restaurants in Waterford

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 😀.

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.

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.

14/08/2025: Absolutely love this cafe! The coffee is top-notch – Prices are very reasonable, especially considering the quality of both the drinks and the food. The interior is really nicely done too – clean, cozy, and a great place to relax or catch up with friends. Service is always quick and friendly, which makes a big difference. Definitely one of my go-to spots now. Highly recommend!

07/08/2025: Superb latte & tasty cakes with friendly service. I really enjoyed resting here & relaxing after hectic tour of surrounding attractions. Just off beaten track but so close to centre of town.

16/06/2025: Fantastic atmosphere with live music, even on a Sunday. Jam on Thursdays is supposed to be an experience.

30/12/2025: Love the food here. Always fresh and light. Thai green curry is very good.

20/12/2025: Lana food is always lovely. Today I accidently placed an order in the Waterford restaurant instead of the Mayo restaurant and the lady in Waterford was exceptional in dealing with my mistake and was able to redirect my meal to the correct restaurant. Thank you for the excellent customer service in both restaurants

30/11/2025: What a find!. Best test of a restaurant is to order vegetarian options,which I did. (Im a carnivore) They were beautifully prepared, full of flavour and very satisfying. Lovely wine list. Place was very busy but service was flawless. Enjoy

17/11/2025: We had planned this dinner for weeks and arrived dressed formally, hoping for a nice evening. One member of our group had more to drink than the rest, but the most dramatic moment from our side was him repeating a question during ordering. There were no raised voices, no comments directed at staff, and no disruption of any kind. It was simply a mildly tipsy lad trying to decide between mash or chips. Despite this, the staff seemed convinced we were about to stage a full-scale riot. Service became unusually tense very quickly, and the passive-aggressive highlight of the night was receiving a takeaway dessert box with an angry face drawn on it. Nothing says “fine dining” quite like a doodle that looks as though it was done by a bored child in a maths class. When we politely asked what the issue was, we received no explanation at all. We were given only vague references to “inappropriate behaviour,” although nobody seemed able to describe what that behaviour actually was. We left confused but ready to move on. I was not even going to leave a review. My friend had already shared his experience, and that was going to be the end of it. However, after reading the owner’s public response, which was full of sweeping accusations without specifics and included the particularly theatrical claim that our table “should have been asked to leave at the first instance of the behaviour,” I felt the need to clarify what actually happened. If that is truly what they believed, I genuinely wish they had said something at the time. We would have happily gone somewhere else and spared everyone whatever imaginary crisis they thought was unfolding. To clarify our experience: • No inappropriate comments were made. • No one spoke to staff disrespectfully. • No disturbance occurred at any point. • Staff raised absolutely no concern with us during the meal. • When we asked directly, no explanation was provided. • All accusations afterward were vague and unverifiable. If the restaurant genuinely believes something inappropriate occurred, they are welcome, at last, to specify exactly what it was. They did not do so on the night, and they have not done so since. The only inappropriate behaviour we witnessed came from the staff, not the guests. We will not be returning, and I sincerely hope the next group’s greatest offence is not asking the same question twice.

20/12/2025: Super friendly and delicious food and coffee. Was feeling welcomed and interested from lot of stories about food. Great place. Strongly recommended

04/09/2025: The best croque monsieur I've ever had!

14/12/2025: amazing experience first time there, food was amazing,the service was amazing and the waiter's where really nice I 1000 percent recommend

30/08/2025: Food ok, long wait times, room too loud and had a bad smell. Large group beside us yelling and not told to quite down

06/01/2026: Went for a work night out at Christmas. We go every year as the food has always been good. 4 of our party ordered steak. 3 medium. Steaks were tiny and all were well done and quite tough. In fairness it would be hard to do them any other way they were so thin. Other than that there no complaints.

02/01/2026: Popped in here for a quick drink on New Year's day. Lovely pint. Barman was very friendly