The best restaurants in Arklow

23/08/2025: I recently visited Taste of Italy in Arklow — and it turned out to be a real gem! 🇮🇹 The atmosphere is warm and cozy, and the owners welcome you as if you were an old friend. 🍝 Food — authentic homemade Italian cuisine. Pasta, ravioli, and soups are full of flavor and clearly made with care and passion. 🍰 Desserts — absolutely outstanding. The Sicilian tiramisu and cannoli are light, delicate, and full of taste. You can immediately tell they are handmade with love. ☕ Coffee — probably the best in town! Strong, aromatic, and perfect when paired with a dessert, especially if you sit by the window overlooking the river. 🌟 Overall: A little corner of Italy in Arklow. I will definitely come back and highly recommend it! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

09/08/2025: €8 glass of wine and I it looked like half a glass. €8 bottle of wine in aldi. I wont be going there again. Service was good, people where nice, but when your making that much profit would expect a smile 😃

01/07/2025: “Coffee 4 you” is the best coffeehouse in Arklow 🙌

10/06/2025: Super and delicious food, lovely atmosphere and super friendly staff. Favourite place 🙈🤗

25/07/2025: Insanely good food, I had ducks and they were the best I have ever had. The owner is really kind as well and the interior has a nice natural design.

23/07/2025: Genuinely one of the best places I have ever eaten at. I ordered kimchi beef fried rice and it was served so beautifully and the taste reflected this, it was incredibly high quality. I feel like my picture fails to show the portion size; it was large and easily filled me for the rest of the day. The banana fritters were also delightful, the staff going as far as ordering extra bananas when they were out just for us, which is the most amazing service I have ever seen. The restaurant was welcoming and the staff so kind, I recommend going. I know for sure I will be going again! 10/10!

30/07/2025: Great food and service in a local setting.

08/07/2025: I’ve been to hundreds of pubs across Ireland and this one has to be the best Irish pub in the world. The owner is the loveliest person to ever exist, gave me one Irish coffee for free. If you are in Arklow you must come here

12/07/2025: Just popped in as i was passing through. Really nice staff. Food was good except for pepper sauce. Nice atmosphere

03/07/2025: Renovated place, new owner, nice place where you can eat well and cheaply, the food is tasty and fresh

07/08/2025: Lovely place for a nice peaceful round of golf and food was brilliant and staff were even better...

04/08/2025: The best kept secret Links golf in Ireland What a course It has to be up there with the best

22/08/2025: Fantastic vegan fare!! Was disappointed when I arrived too late the evening before to the Happy Pear. Ran into Fergus the next day who guided me to his daughters restraunt in Arklow, which exceeded my expectations for high quality, whole food, plant based food! Delish!! And Thanx for shouting me lunch Fergus! Definitely one of the highlights of my 2300 km bike tour around Ireland!

10/07/2025: We dined beneath sun umbrellas in Loco Grocer's garden this week and what a treat! I chose the Melt and my daughter had a Coronation Chicken sandwich. Both were inventive and the mix of flavours was delicious. Each person who dealt with us was engaging, friendly and very efficient. We'll definitely be back!

11/08/2025: Great food and service - Nuno is the boss always asking how things were. Beef was outstanding, really well cooked. All fresh ingredients.

11/08/2025: Food: Excellent dinner, fresh, quick beautifully presented & every bite delicious. Pork belly starter, Lamb Confit main & Rhubarb Cheescake highly recommended! Breakfast buffet was simple, but fresh & plentiful. Staff: After 15 years in the hospitality industry, the staff were a high point for me!! Attentive but not intrusive. Friendly but not sycophantic, & knowledgeable of the menu. The entire venue's staff are the same, not just in the Pottery restaurant.

09/08/2025: Amazing place great food and loved every minute. Costumes very good and brilliant photos. Definitely recommend

02/08/2025: An absolute recommendation for fans of Victorian England and Ireland! A wonderful atmosphere, similar to the series Bridgerton! We received such a wonderfully warm welcome and were so well dressed! The tea and the delicacies arranged on a tiered stand were excellent, and they asked how we were. Thank you so much for the wonderful and warm experience!

19/07/2025: Great spot to b in i will come again no problem

19/07/2025: Small room, but okay. One bed of 1.40 and one bed of 0.80

02/08/2025: Hidden gem in the town, fantastic breakfast and service 😊

30/06/2025: Fantastic experience, amazing customer service, hidden gem with divine food and well worth the drive 👏✨️🤩

23/07/2025: Best kept secret in Arklow , lovely meal. Long wait which I find reassuring as you know it’s being freshly cooked.

29/06/2025: Had a lovely meal here with four people. We had different dishes and everyone loved it. Friendly service. Recommended.

18/08/2025: Great Asian food choice with excellent vegan options.

16/08/2025: We went here for the second night in a week, the waitress was rude the first night but food was ok and it was the only place with no que. We found out why on our second visit. The waitress was just horrible the whole night and we were left waiting about an hour for our main course. (However a male waiter who was helping was quite nice and helpful). But anyways the food came out burnt and very slowly. The waitress complained to us when we said we would not eat it like that. Some of the main course was lovely and some was poor ( tough) but we were so hungry at that point we eat it. And then came the bill, all the kids dinners which were smaller and different to ours were charged at full portion price. When we queried it , she told us that kids portions are the same price as adults. Plus the few sides we got cost more than the main dishes. we asked to see the menu again to see where it said this and suddenly she could not understand us. In the end we just paid and left. If your looking for some ok food, slow service, an incorrect bill and a very angry waitress then this is your place... the Italian next door is so much better

28/07/2025: We always go to this restaurant nearly every week. And normally have a great experience here. But Saturday the 26th of July we went here as a group of 7. We had booked in and everything. And we waited 1hr and 30mins for starters to come out of the kitchen and an additional 1 hour for mains to come out. very disappointed with the service. And above all anything else we went here for a birthday , brought a cake , which was in perfect condition before bringing it here but no one put it in the fridge and after it sitting out for 3hrs it was completely spilt and inedible. We did try to eat it but was no point, we would be sick if we did. And following on from that we were overcharged by €55 which we only realised after, pen to paper writing things down doesn’t work for big tables, should be a till system that prints a receipt with correct prices. Highly disappointed as we always come here.

16/07/2025: Lovely food great prices on deals

08/08/2025: The food was good here but the service was a bit hit and miss. We only ordered soup and coffee. The coffee came quick but there was a mix up with soup order which took ages to arrive. The cafe is in a modern building at back of craft shops. The car park is fairly small but plenty of parking on access road through the estate.

25/07/2025: Worth going out of your way. Excellent lunch and later in the afternoon cakes.