The best restaurants in Athlone

10/12/2025: Another excellent meal at one of our favourite restaurants. Excellent food and service. Highly recommend.

10/12/2025: This is the best restaurant in Athlone. Expensive, but this is a different level of fine dining. Highly recommend for special occasion. Reservation required

23/12/2025: First class dinner experience. Best quality food cooked to perfection with great expertise

21/12/2025: The Denver steak is simply phenomenal. Cooked with absolute precision, it arrived exactly as ordered, boasting a flawless sear, tender center, and deep, rich flavor that speaks to the quality of the meat and the skill of the kitchen. Each bite was juicy, buttery, and unforgettable. This is steak done right. If you’re looking for a steakhouse that delivers on quality, atmosphere, and hospitality at the highest level, this is it. An absolute must-visit for steak lovers—and a place you’ll be thinking about long after the last bite. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

31/10/2025: Lovely place, lovely people, lovely pizza.

27/10/2025: Really good freshly foid, great atmisphere...genuine Italuan.

12/12/2025: Stopped off for a wee, heading to met my aunt and having a drink...

10/12/2025: Oldest pub in the world in continual operation. Great place to visit.

04/12/2025: Fab restaurant, tasty food. Intimate seating. With good service

08/11/2025: This is considered top-tier here.

13/12/2025: We dine here reasonably regularly. Good food, generous portions and nice presentation. Friendly professional staff, many of whom have in place for several years which gives a very pleasing familiarity. This restaurant has been serving Athlone for almost 20 years and it’s about time I paid tribute to its consistent excellence

13/12/2025: We arrived (6persons) completely unprepared and without a booking. The floor manager greeted us so warmly and was able to accommodate us, despite being in under pressure in a full house of Christmas groups. Couldn't believe our luck, as it was our brothers birthday. Food was perfect and came out so fast. Great price and no fuss what so ever. They even surprised my brother with ice cream, a candle and sang him happy birthday, completely unexpected and so appreciated. Absolutely recommend to anyone looking for a wholesome and relaxed meal with lovely service. Will be going out of my way to go backsoon.... (I'll be sure to book ahead from now on)

28/10/2025: Nice place, nice food, nice staff

21/10/2025: Great food, pricey drinks though.

30/12/2025: Nice place to visit. Large portions and delicious food.

30/12/2025: I visited this place on 29th December at around 3:15 pm intending to order the day’s special sandwich, but my experience was very disappointing. Instead of preparing it fresh, I saw the staff member take the sandwich straight from the refrigerator. I don’t understand how a “day’s special” can be sold from a fridge rather than being freshly made. On top of that, the girl behind the counter was using the same gloves to touch her phone, handle other items, and then serve food without changing them. This is extremely unhygienic and unacceptable in a food service environment. Due to the poor hygiene practices maintained by the food handler, I will not be returning and cannot recommend this place to others. After seeing this I couldn’t even eat the wraps that I order and had to dump. Unfortunately 17 euros that I spent there went straight to trash

15/12/2025: Wonderful little cafe with warm service and delicious food. I had the French toast with bacon and thoroughly enjoyed it! I didn’t try them but the desserts at the counter also looked divine. Our server was very kind and attentive - would gladly recommend and go back!

08/12/2025: Waitress was very very rude , slammed down the menus and was very aggressive when handing out food

26/11/2025: Amazing food, amazing prices, service and atmosphere. It's our new stop for future road trips to Galway breakfast stop. Delicious.

22/11/2025: Great service and lovely food, would recommend the club sandwich!

10/11/2025: Bacchus has a nice atmosphere and good food overall. The pizza was excellent — full of flavour and perfectly cooked. The pasta carbonara wasn’t my favourite, so I wouldn’t recommend that dish, but everything else was enjoyable. Worth a visit, especially for the pizza!

01/11/2025: Bacchus is a wonderful restaurant in Athlone. The food is exceptional, the atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and the service is excellent. The view of the River Shannon adds a special charm to the place. Highly recommended. I’ll definitely be back.

29/09/2025: Great morning spot. French Toast with fresh fruit, bacon, snd maple syrup was yummy. Hubby had omelette and potatoes. The vanilla latte and mochas were also tasty and even seconds to go:)

29/09/2025: Delicious, fresh options. Friendly service.

21/12/2025: Poor customer service, quality of food is bad.. No proper wash area.

20/12/2025: I had a disappointing experience with customer service at Spice India Athlone while placing a takeaway order. Once the customer in front of me was served, my presence at the counter was completely ignored. When I was about to place my order, the lady at the takeaway counter abruptly said “one minute” and immediately started taking a phone order, without any eye contact, acknowledgement, or polite request to wait. I would like to clearly state that I was not expecting her to attend to me before the phone order. I was absolutely ready to wait. However, there is a proper and respectful way staff should communicate this to a customer who is standing in the queue. A simple gesture, smile, or polite request would have been enough. The restaurant was not busy at the time (around 6 pm), so there was no justification for this dismissive behaviour. Instead, I was made to feel ignored and unwelcome. Only when another staff member stepped in was my order finally taken. I would like to specifically mention that the male staff member who assisted me was friendly, polite, and professional. His behaviour clearly showed that good customer service is possible at this establishment. While the food itself was acceptable, the customer service experience was not.

03/12/2025: Lovely little coffee shop off the river with friendly service and very nice espresso.

11/11/2025: Tasty brownies and smooth coffee :) Caw caw 🙌

12/11/2025: Really good food and service. Government guidelines well adhered to. Would highly recommend.

11/08/2025: Went here on the recommendation of a friend, I ordered Chicken supreme with champ, my wife got chicken curry, I got the smallest chicken breast I have ever seen and the bed of champ wasn't that large either and was just Luke warm. I said to the water, but nothing was done about it. My wife asked for Garlic bread instead of the pitta bread,And when we got the bill we were charged €2 extra. We will not be returning 😒