The best restaurants in Athlone

12/05/2025: An excellent find Great food and brilliant service

08/05/2025: Very nice, professional and friendly staff. Excellent food.

05/05/2025: Me and my boyfriend were here for dinner on Bank Holiday Sunday night. From start to finish, it was top class. The staff were very attentive, polite, and gave us great advice on the menu. The food was out of this world! We started with the special prawn salad and a spicy & sour beef broth soup – my boyfriend said the soup was absolutely beautiful and full of flavour. For mains, he had the chicken chili basil, and I went with the cod special – absolutely gorgeous, perfectly cooked, and bursting with taste. Generous portions too – loads of rice, and we ordered an extra portion of chips. I also had two glasses of the house Chardonnay, which was lovely. Everything was perfect – food, service, atmosphere. I would highly recommend Kin Cow to anyone visiting Athlone. This is a real, authentic Thai restaurant that should not be missed – if you can get a booking! - Mariana Vasylyk

25/04/2025: Great food. Dishes are fresh and well cooked, but not too spicy. Highly recommend.

13/05/2025: Excellent food & portions. Very enjoyable dine inn & take out is good.

12/05/2025: Very noisy and left to twiddle our thumbs after asking for the bill.

19/05/2025: A Truly Memorable Evening Thank you for a wonderful evening and for serving the best Chateaubriand we've ever had. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, and every detail, from the service to the presentation, made the experience truly enjoyable. We thoroughly appreciated the care and quality that went into the meal. A night to remember.

04/05/2025: Simply a fabulous restaurant. Best steakhouse I have been to in years in all my travels . This is how a steak should taste and you have not had a proper steak until you have been to the 1810 steakhouse. From start to finish an amazing meal , great wine , great beer and great service. Cannot rate this restaurant highly enough. You gotta try it , a true hidden gem

17/05/2025: Sean's bar is an experience. Different from the usual puns as it is kind of a museum, not only a bar. Very nice open area in the back also with another bar. Own whiskey as the usual beers. Live music in the front. We had a great time there. Staff was quick and super friendly :-)

16/05/2025: Oldest pub in Ireland. Great Irish coffee and Guinness. Nice folks but busy place even at 3 in the afternoon

02/05/2025: Beautiful little place in Athlone. The town isn't much but a coffee in this place is worth it

22/04/2025: Style Over Substance — A Disappointing Experience Visited recently and left thoroughly underwhelmed. This cafe seems far more interested in curating an Instagram-friendly image than delivering anything of actual culinary merit or customer service. I ordered the pulled pork wrap, which came with a sharp mature white cheddar — a bizarre and jarring choice that completely overpowered the pork. My wife's chicken pesto sandwich suffered the same fate: again, sharp cheddar. Why not use something that actually complements pesto, like mozzarella? It’s as if the ingredients were chosen by someone who’s never tasted them together. The accompanying salad was a sad afterthought — either undressed or so lightly dressed that it tasted of absolutely nothing. The coleslaw, meanwhile, was a vivid pink thanks to beetroot juice (I assume), but offered no flavour to justify the visual gimmick. Just another case of style over substance. Service didn’t save the experience either. We walked in to find several dirty tables, and while they were eventually wiped, it was more of a smear job than a clean — food debris was casually pushed onto the floor rather than properly cleared. Staff training, clearly, is minimal at best. To top it off, the menu was virtually unreadable. A dark brown background with black text? Who thought that was a good idea? Anyone with even mild visual impairment would struggle. Accessibility clearly isn’t a concern here. In short, this place is all flash and no flavour — quite literally. Avoid if you actually care about food, service, or being able to read what you’re ordering.

10/04/2025: Nice restaurant-pub that we stopped at when driving from Dublin to Galway. Parking just outside and close to the road so it's easy to stop here. Nice staff, Irish feeling and good value, the food tasted good and it was good value.

21/03/2025: This establishment has excellent service and interior. You can find good food, drinks, and comfort here at any time of the year. This place is especially wonderful during the New Year holidays. That is why it is in the TOP 3 of my favorite pubs in Athlone. In my opinion, it's not a cheap PAB.

12/05/2025: The cod dish was so good and just a really balanced dish

02/05/2025: Fantastic food. We forgot to take pictures but we had the scallop special and the buratta to start. For mains we had the beef salad and the cod. They were delicious. My favourite was the beef salad.

22/04/2025: Best location and food in town, ambience is amazing. Serving is at the top. Need to be in town for days to try all menu.

18/04/2025: Absolutely fantastic food, service, and atmosphere. Had the lamb in filo and the sea bream which were absolutely sensational. Highly recommended A+++

29/05/2025: We were in at a very busy time and were part of a large group. Even so, the team delivered great food, at a fair price, as quickly as possible. We'll done

28/05/2025: What an amazing 👏 bistro. The most wholesome generous salad l have EVER had. Gorgeous service, efficient and Affordable. Can't rate highly enough!

30/04/2025: Very enjoyable, beautiful food,highly recommend

25/04/2025: Irish stew really tasty 😋 nice service

13/05/2025: Food is always lovely and there's a great selection of sweet treats. However we were charged €9 for a regular pot of tea which is absolutely scandalous! EDIT: came back a month later for lunch and got a smash burger. It was overcooked, very dry and the bacon was incinerated. Had to leave half of it behind as it was tasteless.

06/05/2025: After a long walk by the canal, we were looking for somewhere to get coffee and cake. Freshly made. Not full of preservatives. We walked past so many that just didn’t fit the bill, then came across this place. What a gem! The deep-filled apple & berries pie was superb: moist and not too sweet. The blueberry & almond slice was also delicious: again, nice and moist and not too sweet. We went for flat white coffee. Perfect temperature and a tasty roast, if a little strong. Thoroughly recommend this place.

03/05/2025: I was in Athlone on a shopping trip and stopped here for Elevenses, a coffee and scone. I was glad I did, the staff were so friendly.An American tourist popped in for a coffee and to ask about parking in the area.one of the staff was super helpful, even going so far as to cross the street to help him with the ticket machine. The scone was lovely and fresh, I will definitely return and stay longer next time. Congrats on great service.

02/05/2025: Both the best coffee and the best hot chocolate we had during our trip. Very cozy coffee, many plant-based milk alternatives, a cozy atmosphere, and the snacks and sweets were also delicious. A definite recommendation!

31/05/2025: Gottta love a pub quiz on a Monday

25/04/2025: This is a proper old school pub. Definitely call in for a pint if you're visiting Athlone. Very nice staff and patrons.

26/05/2025: Ample room upstairs for our party of 6. Fast friendly service. Excellent food.

19/05/2025: We had a fantastic lunch here. Food was great and Olivia provided excellent service. Highly recommended.