Cian's is excellent. We both had cod, even the veggies were exquisite, to quote husband '"this is the best meal I have had in years". Need I say more? We also shared the Panna Cotta, it was delicious. Disregard the snarky two star review from the "elite yelper" who was first to review, otherwise you will miss out. That review goes on and on about mishaps with having the wrong cutlery but buried at the bottom of the review she proclaims "best mussels I've had in ages". Back then Cian's had been open a short time, they clearly have worked out the kinks. Practice makes perfect and they are now pretty damn close to perfect. read more

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A treat if you find yourself In Westport, Co. Mayo. We dropped in last second after driving over from Dublin. We shared the scallops and pork belly starter and the Irish beef striploin. Both were superb, the service was friendly and food came out promptly and hot. We're here for four days and plan to return! read more

Cians on Bridge Street - Irish striploin in peppercorn sauce, with grilled mushroom cap and onion - Irish Near Me - Westport, Missouri

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Was in Westport earlier this month on holiday and stumbled into Cians our first night...and am SO happy we did! The place was amazing! The interior doesn't do much, but the food is delicious! The bread basket is so good, but don't fill up on that! The Scallops appetizer was out of this world - i'd go back to Ireland just for those! I had the steak which was good ,but not nearly as good as their lamb dish - it was unbelievable. Dad and i both agreed this was the best place we ate in all of Westport! Definitely give it a try! read more

This is not the fancy restaurant pictured here. Its a burger joint. Well, for 17 or 18 Euro EACH burger it has to be some kind of big, gourmet burger extravaganza, right? Wrong! Tastes ok, but it is small and comes wrapped in paper like a cheap burger joint. The lettuce tasted weird. When I told them that we expected more for the excessive price, I got a "ohh, okay". Ugh. Waste of an Irish dinner with our limited time here. read more

Nightmare for food and quality control! First time at Cians and unfortunately it was mistake after mistake after we ordered. We've spent over a month in Ireland traveling around many cities all around the coast. Almost all restaurants we visited have been superior or great. This is one restaurant that seems to have little to no understanding of how to cook, how to fix mistakes and how to own up to their mistakes. To set the scene there were maybe 5-7 tables at different stages of their meals. We waited for our appetizers a little longer than usual (about 30 min). No big deal, several of us have worked in the restaurant industry as servers, so we can understand. We are in Ireland enjoying our time. Then we waited over an hour, that's right over 60 minutes for all of our main dishes to come out after the appetizers or about 90 minutes after we ordered. I believe this was the longest I've ever waited for a main course or any food. We had ti ask the manager if our food was coming out. They panicked. Then when our food came out it was a mess. Dishes cold (raw "cooked" vegetables, cold lamb shank, cold chips/fries), steaks not cooked right, gluten free dishes had bread crumbs all over them. We had two members with severe celiac. We sent those dishes back and they came back to our table within 5 minutes with the same plate with 95% of the bread crumbs removed. That's right there were still bread crumbs on there. For a celiac allergy this is poison. Unfortunately, this meal spoiled our entire evening, created headaches for us, could have made our celiac members very sick if they would have eaten their food and the dining experience was a complete waste of time. read more

Eating here was a comedy of errors - it was as though the staff had all been hired about 10 minutes before we sat down! Ordering drinks seemed simple enough, but it was all downhill from there. We asked for cutlery about three times before successfully receiving a full set - at one point the staff decided to bring each of us extra bread knives for no apparent reason. None of the staff seemed to care much how we were enjoying our meal or whether we wanted more to drink - we even had to flag them down just to get the bill after asking if we could see a dessert menu. I have to wonder if the staff were deliberately sabotaging the business - that's how bad the service was. A bonus star for some of the best mussels I've had in ages, but that's not enough to make me want to return. read more

We really enjoyed this experience. A glass of wine, a few questions answered, and we opted to start with mussels. They were great. Then seafood chowder for me and goat cheese (with goat cheese ice cream; try it!) for my wife accompanied by a bread board, preceded by a mango sorbet as a palate freshener, and we were completely sated. Knowledgeable and timely service throughout. read more

This restaurant is probably the best in the west. Opened only this summer and is already booked out every night. I have dined there twice, and each visit has been just great. First of all.. the decor is really cool. Minimalist, clean and fresh with contemporary paintings which (I was told) were painted especially to suit the ethos of the dining room. The owner is a young, talented and ambitious chef with a great crew working along with him.. he was front of house when we were there, which must means they are a good team of chefs working together, with the same goal in mind, to present beautiful food and make sure the customers have a lovely evening. The food is top class. It is really well cooked local produce. Adventurous menu with something to suit every palette. We had the mussels for starters which were so fresh.. accompanied with an amazing hot sauce ()crazy bastard sauce) from Berlin. We enquired about the sauce, it's made by Cian's cousin, we loved it so we were lucky enough to be able to buy a bottle from them!) Delicious bread to mop up the mussels. A sorbet arrived at our table while we were between courses.. i think it was blackberry .. so refreshing. Main course was sublime! I had a steak that I wouldn't even need teeth for! Selection of veg, and delicious sauce. My friend had the turbot special and she couldn't stop saying 'mmmm' (quite annoying) Dessert time.. we needed a break from food so we focused on the craft beer.. After a while we talked each other into trying dessert.. when the lovely waiter, Chris, came back he suggested that we have a platter of tasters.. an art on a plate arrived! Tiny bits of deliciousness that were too nice to eat but too nice not to eat.. bliss dessert.. Chocolate tart, pistachio tart and Cian's ice cream!!! Anyway, we couldn't move after this meal.. so there was nothing else to do except continue to drink craft beer and stay the rest of the evening!.. such a great meal.. such a great night!! read more

This is one of the nicest meals I've ever had! We were greeted by the friendly restaurant manager (we think). It was a Tuesday night and absolutely packed. To drink we started with a glass of the Sicilian red which was delicious. We were given a selection of breads including the nicest brown soda bread I have ever eaten with this gorgeous whipped butter. We had the scallops with pork belly, Apple and cauliflower to start. The scallops were perfection the pork belly was too good - I could have eaten 10 times as much. The puréed cauliflower was really different and all the flavors came together beautifully. For the main I had the lamb which was melt in the mouth. The gravy and side veg was beautiful. My boyfriend had the mussels in garlic sauce which was a huge portion and delicious. For dessert we had the deconstructed chocolate cake. The cake itself was tasty but a bit dry but the salted caramel, ice cream, mousse and peanut chocolate bark more than made up for it. Lovely host, lovely experience can't wait to go back next time I'm in Westport! read more

Amazing food and service. Highly recommend. Best fish in town. Best oysters we had in all of Ireland. Chocolate tart is amazing. The vegetables were cooked to perfection. read more