The best restaurants in Athlone

10/07/2026: Nice overnight stay with dinner package. Hotel was great with views over the shannon and the cathedral across the river. Central location. Enjoyed our stay.

17/06/2026: Lovely hotel on the river. Comfortable rooms. Friendly staff. Great buffet breakfast.

24/07/2026: Our meal at DiBella was the last one of our two-week trip to Ireland, and by far the worst experience we had. We were disappointed for several reasons: - The dining room on the ground floor is really soulless. It feels more like a school cafeteria than a restaurant, and the tables are packed so closely together. - The gentleman (owner? manager?) was very cold and unfriendly. Fortunately, the young waitress was much more pleasant and made up for it. - No complimentary tap water was available, unlike everywhere else we ate in Ireland. Instead, we had to pay €4.50 for a small plastic bottle of water. - A 10% service charge was automatically added to the bill, whereas in every other restaurant we visited, tips were left at the customer's discretion. In this case, the service clearly didn't deserve an extra 10%. On top of that, I later noticed that the gentleman had accidentally transposed two digits when entering the amount into the payment terminal (fortunately, the overcharge wasn't significant). - And the final blow came later that day. While we were on our flight home, our daughter started vomiting. She was sick four times during the 90-minute flight, then another eight or nine times that evening, along with diarrhoea. As soon as we got home, we took her to the emergency department, where the doctor confirmed that she was suffering from food poisoning. Our daughter was the only one who ate something different from the rest of us. Overall, it was a very disappointing and upsetting experience. On the positive side, the pizzas were good. We certainly cannot recommend this restaurant.

24/07/2026: Really tasty meal, had the garlic mushrooms in creamy sauce... delicious and mains was cajun chicken, penne pasta and sauce. Good value and staff very friendly

29/07/2026: Loved the left bank, visiting Athlone last weekend and booked without knowing much about the restaurant. Blown away with the food and service. Will definitely visit again.

09/07/2026: There were more flies than patrons. My boyfriend and I were sat and the waitress took our order with an awful dismissive attitude. Another table of 4 came in after we ordered and received their food first. Waited an additional 30 minutes after our plates were cleared to receive the bill, and still had to ask and wait for the bill. Only 2 tables in the whole place. Food was mediocre at best. Service was just off the charts terrible. 4 waitresses all standing around.

27/06/2026: Comfortable clean safe definitely worth a visit

03/06/2026: The room was clean and the self-check in super easy. It’s got a private parking area and is located a short walk from the castle and river. We had a great stay here.

27/07/2026: I’ve ordered from this restaurant on numerous occasions through what’s for dinner, but unfortunately one of the sandwiches that I ordered yesterday, Sunday 26th July contained a foreign object that my husband almost choked on. It appears to be the foil top that you would remove from a bottle of mayonnaise or similar. What’s for dinner customer service are unable to contact the restaurant in order to let them know what happened. I’m incredibly disappointed and won’t be ordering from the wandering elk again as there is obviously a quality control/ due diligence issue here.

24/07/2026: Really friendly staff, great coffee and food!