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.

23/11/2025: Lovely cosy cafe with great breakfast menu. Wide choice of veggie food. Fresh, tasty, great coffee. Charming service. Open on Sundays !

18/11/2025: Great lunch spot! The food was amazing.

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 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)

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

17/11/2025: Great place to eat on a busy day. Good variety of food and dessert. Indoor and outdoor seating, great staff, affordable, and allergy friendly. Close to perfect 👌

16/11/2025: Always nice food and friendly staff

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

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

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.

26/11/2025: We had a wonderful evening at Fatted Calf. The ambiance was beautiful, and lovely background music played softly. The welcome was warm and inviting. The service was attentive, humorous, and never intrusive! The food was divine! The combination of the appetizer with the black pudding croquettes, the scallops, and the various sauces was an explosion of flavor! Thank you! For the main course, the meat was tender and juicy with a delicious chimichurri sauce. Wonderful! The desserts were simply amazing! Our restaurant visit was the highlight of our time here in Athlone!

24/08/2025: Robert is an exceptional waiter — truly a machine! His service was outstanding, and he treated us with great professionalism and kindness. Highly recommended!

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 🙌

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.