What a great meal. In the shadow of St. Stephen's Basilica. Goulash soup and ham, tomato and cheese…read morestuffed langos. Enjoyed it all.

This restaurant is amazing. We go there frequently as we live in the locality. The food is amazing…read more The staff are friendly and so helpful! They cater well for groups. The atmosphere is always lovely! The only bad thing about this place is that I usually cant fit any desert because the mains and starters are so delicious! :) It can be pricey but if you get in while the tennerfest promotion is on then its great! :) They also do take away which is great and doesn't skimp on the quality of the food!

Food was great. Service was great…read more Ambience was great. I was looking in Ashbourne for a nice place to eat and this is the one. The food is made when we place the order, a bit of wait but is worth the time we wait . I recommend this restaurant . Is top.

Good Italian and European food, reasonable prices. Located in the center of Ashbourneread more

Very good Italian food and the presentation is fabulous as well. The hostess is wonderful and…read morepleasant to talk to, the restaurant itself is relaxing but elegant. Call ahead to make a reservation but it's well worth it and not too costly.

From the owner: We are the perfect location for Weddings by the sea.read more

Staff were lovely I honestly did not eat here just had a latte but the place looks well inside all…read moregenuine pastas and spices and everything up on the shelf for purchase straight from Italy so even if you don't want to eat in here you could buy all there cheeses pasta and sauces if you wanted and go home and cook your very own Italian meal with ingredients from Italy Lovely little place

Excellent. Fresh. Service with smile from Fionn, the lovely waiter. Definitely coming back!read more

Excellent service and delicious food. Would highly recommend. Had the limoncello spritz and…read morespaghetti carbonara and garlic bread to start. Would've loved dessert but was too full.

Wonderful pizza! We loved the pepperoni! Truly had a wonderful flavor. The service was great. It's…read morea cute little place. We didn't need reservations on a Tuesday evening.

A family restaurant with good Italian and European food. Reasonable priced and a nice atmosphereread more

My first time trying this restaurant and I find it really welcoming and the staff are very helpful…read moreand the decor inside is really nice with a nice view onto the terrace for alfresco dinning on a summer day is very inviting, at the time me and my family went up it happened to have a early bird setup which consisted of all typical types of Italian starters & mains, the meal itself was delicious and presentation of the food was better than most places I have been to, if you are looking for a nice place to go with friends or family or solo dinning this place has it all, I will be back with soon as we all agreed it was a great place to eat

Was really pleasantly surprised by Fratelli's. Had seen vouchers for it on the various different…read moreusual sites and hadn't given it much thought tbh. Got invited along to an occasion here last weekend and used said voucher. The menu really impressed me, seemed very authentic with many options not often seen at your usual run of the mill Italian. I went for the venison sausage with berry and red onion reduction for starter and wild boar bolognese with papardelle fresh egg pasta topped with parmesan cheese. Both were top notch and I'd recommend both for sure. We finished by sharing the homemade tiramisu and a chocolate cherry cake, both didn't last long, the tiramisu in particular was bloody fantastic. Nice as I've had :)

Fratelli's fills a spot in Swords village that has long been left open - a decent Italian…read morerestaurant. At one stage there were three in the village but they all closed their doors in recent years. They serve authentic Italian food, with an emphasis on freshly made items like pasta and tiramisu (one of the best I've had). The service is fantastic and there is value to be had in the Early bird or voucher offers to be found on the usual discount sites, though the ala carte menu is definitely on the pricier side. No better (or other!) place to look for a good feed of Italian fare in Swords; you'll get a warm welcome and be looked after very well if our experience was anything to go by!

We were in the Heritage hotel on a two night deal. Our deal included food in their Italian Spago…read morerestaurant (see photos). A ciabatta with olive oil, cheese, tomato and tasty as well as a generous portion; a duck leg main and a sirloin steak main. I asked for the steak to be medium. It was. It was a good thick tasty steak. It had a good pepper sauce on the side. I asked for English mustard - best mustard in the world too - no problem. Mashed potatoes, chips and a mix veg of turnip, green beans & carrots. All perfectly tasty, all perfectly cooked. Desserts of profiteroles and a tiramisu - both liberally dosed with chocolate sauce and cream. Phew. The cocktail waiter cheerfully conjured up two cosmopolitans (€10 each). The staff were attentive and efficient.

Spago is one of the two restaurants owned by the Portlaoise Heritage Hotel. I'd visited previously…read moreon my hen weekend last year and enjoyed it so when we came back to Portlaoise (ironically enough on a voucher for a free night given to me due to a horrible experience in Kelly's Foundry, the other restaurant) we decided to go back, big mistake. Spago do, what appears to be, a good value dinner menu, 59 euro for a 3 course meal for two and a bottle of wine. When we arrived we were told the lamb shank was gone but we could have chicken instead, off to a bad start. I ordered the baked ricotta for my starter which came out cold, I'm not sure this chunk of ricotta had ever seen the inside of a microwave never mind a real oven. My main of chicken supreme was actually quite nice, the chicken was really tender and the chicken pasta himself got was apparently lovely. The white wine was fine at the start but it needed to remain ice cold to be drinkable, even the slightest hint of warmth turned it to vinegar. The service, as in all my 1 star reviews, was where our night really started to go downhill. Our table was tucked away in a corner so we were virtually ignored for most of the night, for periods of 10 to 15 minutes at a time. Our starter arrived quickly, then there was a long gap until the main arrived and then a huge wait to even get a dessert menu. After sitting with our menus in front of us for ages (well I did manically wave mine in the air a bit to try catch some attention) himself got up, walked over to the other side of the room where our server WALKED RIGHT PAST HIM and gave our order to one of the three waitresses standing around. The other staff seemed much more concerned with setting up for the next day than attending to the remaining patrons. After dessert came and went (my "variety of icecream" consisted of 3 scoops of vanilla and one chocolate, all of which tasted like they'd been melted and refrozen at some point) we got tired of waiting and got up to pay the bill at the register. This is where I got really annoyed. The supervisor (I think?) apologised a few times for the slow service across the night. If you knew the service was slow why didn't tell your staff to get their finger out? Apologising to us now is not really any use. Then she asked me several times was it ok, glancing at my darkening face with a pleading look as if asking me for forgiveness and to reassure her that everything was going to be ok. With every question I got more and more quiet and more and more angry until she eventually figured out it was time to shut up. This is the second time I've had a horrible experience in a restaurant owned by the Heritage Hotel, as the biggest hotel in the town you'd think they would realise that they play a key role in enticing tourists to visit and revisit the town? Clearly not. They asked me to give you another chance when they messed up the last time and I came back to experience the exact same thing again, nice job.

Not family friendly no high chair for 1 year old granddaughter. Manager was the rudest person I've…read morecome across. Obviously making enough money to turn away 10 people Paschal O'Connor Baldoyle Dublin

This is yet another review from my time in Ireland in August of this year…read more I have to start by saying that I absolutely love Italian food and will seek it out where ever I go...for the most part. Il Sorriso was quite fantastic and authentic - from the Italian staff to the excellent cuisine! Began with a fine glass of Chianti and superbly fresh bruschetta and basil. The main course was Pollo con Panna e Funghi . Tender chicken, perfectly cooked pasta, mushrooms and an exceedingly delicious marinara. The ambiance was excellent and had a warm, inviting glow. This is a wonderful restaurant to bring your significant other - a romantic setting. I highly recommend this restaurant if you're looking for Italian done right. And if you desire a place where you can relax and take in all that is good!!

I recently visited and had the black sole, which was absolutely delicious. The service was…read moreexceptional, with attentive and friendly staff. Overall, I had a wonderful experience and truly enjoyed every aspect of this place.

A fine dining bistro with comfortable seating and exquisite décor located in the lovely town of…read moreMaynooth. Came here during my Sunday walk of Royal Canal Way, but the lunch seating was full at around 2:00 pm so the staff told me to come back at around 5-6 pm for dinner. Came back at around 5:20 pm and was instantly offered a table. Service was friendly and attentive. Starter: foie gras. Came with two slices of intact foie gras with berry sauce, veggies, and sliced apples. Rich, gamey, savory flavor of goose liver, no foul taste at all, literally melting in the mouth, perfect to be enjoyed both stand-alone and with the crispy bread. The berry sauce and the sliced apples helped offset the fattiness of the foie gras and added succulent refreshing and fruity taste to the dish. One of the best foie gras dishes I've ever had. Entrée: 10 oz dry-aged rib eye steak, medium, with mash potato, green beans, and a bit of house green sauce. Steak came with beautiful grill marks, temperature was spot-on, packed with beefy flavor, and the beef fat part were kept intact to add more flavor and texture to the steak. The house green sauce had pleasant spiciness and rich grassy flavor, a great companion for both the rich flavor of the steak and the creamy mash. This steak dish was probably better than many of the steakhouses out there. Drink: I am more of a whiskey guy, but I asked the staff to recommend a house red wine to go with my steak. A bit less sweet than I had desired, but very complex flavor of toasted oak, leather, pepper, pear, orange peel, and a bit of subtle sweetness of ripe red grapes or grape juice. Very nice. Dessert: house tiramisu. A bit on the sweet side, but the texture was silky smooth, and the melted black chocolate on plate provided yet another layer of appetizing flavor. Overall 5 stars. Worth every cent of the money, and the high rating on Yelp is well deserved.