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Grace Neills

4.7 (10 reviews)
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Closed 11:30 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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Moderate noise
Live music
Outdoor seating
Good for groups

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Lynne M.

"Aww, yes, me and your Dad used to go there all the time, it's lovely...sigh" (Lynne's greatly reminscient Mum). Well, you know what they say - 'Mums always know best'. Who am I to argue? She really got it spot on this time (every other time is debatable, but hats off to you on this occasion Mum). With the grand title of "Ireland's Oldest Pub", dating back to 1611, this place must be doing something right. Donaghadee is a a kinda fuddy-duddy sort of town. It doesn't really know what to be doing with itself, but this wee pub is its saving Grace. See what I did there?! Boom, boom... Tucked away on the town's High Street, you would never even know it was there. Which I didn't. It doesn't even look like much from the outside, bless it, and the carpark leaves a lot to be desired, but once you step inside you are instantly transported to the most quaint and enchanting little pub. They offer a huge array of locally sourced fish, meat and vegetables, giving the customer plenty of choice. Even the ice-cream is made in Millisle, a mere 10 minute drive down the road...thoroughly recommended! The food is traditional pub grub of course, but done oh so well! Ah Mum, I always knew you were a wise one...

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Oldest Pub in Ireland officially, great place to eat and drink, relaxed and lively atmosphere, nice staff in a great town

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. With the grand title of "Ireland's Oldest Pub", dating back to 1611, this place must be doing something right

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Great seafood served piping hot (I had the scampi, fries & peas - heartily recommended) and good…read moredrinks (the Irish coffee made with Bushmills is excellent), service with a smile, friendly staff, and none of the unpleasantness that plagues so many establishments these days with the convid nonsense - if like me you are mask-exempt, you will find yourself very welcome here! The location is great as it's just a short walk from the harbour. If you're in Donaghadee for a day then you can't go wrong choosing this place for lunch.

Five Stars for the Food and Two Stars for the Service!…read more I'll start with why the service deserved a measly two stars. So we had a booking of nine for 8pm and we walked in at at 8pm on the dot - we were seated at a high long table - not great for socialising - the strange thing was that there were a few tables that wold have been better for us that weren't occupied. Some of our group had arrived 15 minutes earlier and had got their own drinks at the bar but we weren't offered drinks until 20 minutes after we arrived - pretty poor. Next up the food ordering - terrible! There were a few reasons it was terrible; They messed up the sides order, one of us didn't get their side until they were nearly finished the meal. Secondly the serving technique was poor, they slid our meals under the central raised bit of the table which was strange and quite annoying. Finally having walked in at 8pm we were served our mains at 9:10pm - an hour and ten minutes to me seems like a long wait! Ok, that's the negatives out of the way, now on to the positives. I ordered a Medium Rare Surf 'n' Turf and it came out absolutely perfectly cooked - it was literally mouth watering! My side of potato bravas was also excellent. The chorizo was kind of ground up and poured over the potatoes which was right up my street. We also had some flat breads for starters which were great. The ham hock flat bread was particularly good. The atmosphere of the restaurant is great - I love how you can see in to the open kitchen, particularly the meat cooking on the wood fire. So to sum up, three stars is fair - the service really lets it down - they could have made a shed load of money from our party on drinks alone if they were more on the ball!

Grace Neills - pubs - Updated May 2026

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