Passed through the town for a quick bite. Ended up eating one of the best filets I have ever had…read more Staff; friendly, warm, accommodating. Owner; Steven, much the same. This restaurant may be the best part of my trip to Northern Ireland. Cannot speak highly enough.

It's been far too long since we were here last, and we got a taste of what we've been missing…read more We only recognised one staff member, so it's all change, but he remembered us and he treated us extra special which was a class and decent touch. All the staff were charming. It's a fall-out of Wu flu that brought us here on a Christmas Eve - we met a niece and her young children in a way deemed socially distant to exchange Christmas presents. The kids menus (£6.5) are excellent, a kids drink, main and dessert with the food made on the premises. One little one opted for fish & chips and got a proper piece of freshly battered fish (in huge contrast to the rubbish I was served locally at Craft). The other little one had chicken nuggets and again it's clear these were also made on the premises, as they should be. All the adults opted for the all day brunch, which wasn't my first choice, but I went with the flow. It's essentially a breakfast fry up with chips added and a choice of tea/filter coffee £10. Everything was properly cooked and tasty. I wanted English mustard and to my horror they had none. I was offered - and declined - the oil based Dijon and its awful stuff. I had noted that they made their own sriracha hot so I opted for it and it was superb. In fact next time I go I'd choose it. The only other bummer was that the coffees were cold by the time the food was served. This place is a class act. I won't deduct points for mostly my foibles but Colman's English mustard is a necessity. Sure won't wait as long to go back.

A comprehensive menu but forget that and just order the Smokey Joe burger and if eyes are much…read morelarger than belly just double up for a burger topping over six inches in height complete with double patties, brisket, bacon and tobacco onions. Once finished you may need to remain seated fit at least 20 minutes! The kids enjoyed it too with a great choice of mains and deserts for little ones. Very reasonably priced for the quality of food.

Once you find Castle Street in Dromore, Boyles Restaurant and Bar is clearly visible the striking…read morepink and green paint ensures that it stands out from its neighbours. Inside, it's definitely one of the most welcoming places you're likely to come across. The rustic scent of logs as they burn strongly in the open fireplace mingles with the enticing smell of hot whiskey. And on a very cold February day, could anyone ask for more? Well, perhaps, some excellent food. And in a kitchen presided over by the great Raymond Murray (formerly Head Chef of H2O in Belfast and Deanes), there's no doubting the food is of the highest possible quality. While Raymond manages the kitchen side of things, Martin Darwin is 'mine host'. His is the welcoming face that greets you as you enter from the cold street. Within seconds, you find yourself sitting beside the roaring fire, toasting your hands. Though of course, you may choose to wrap your hands around one of those afore-mentioned hot whiskeys to take the chill from the bones. If whiskey isn't to your taste, hot tea or coffee does just as well. As you sip, take a look at the menu or indeed, order some nibbles while you do this. There are mixed Italian olives, a selection of home baked breads with tapenade or the ever-popular nachos. I choose a starter of salmon, smoked by the famous Walter Ewing of the Shankill Road. Thick and juicy, it's easy to understand just why his products are raved about. Other starters include a terrine of chicken with onion marmalade, Silverhill Duck in a spring roll or Kilkeel prawns. Mains include poultry, fish, lamb and steaks. And Raymond knows just how to give an excellent choice crisp duckling, roast goose breast with potato and apple stuffing or Lebanese chicken. There's lamb shank or lamb fillet; steaks offer a 20-oz T-bone (for an unbelievable £20.95), sirloin or dry aged Angus fillet. The home cut chips are real potatoes when was the last time you got the real McCoy? Spuds are peeled and thickly cut and taste like chips used to taste. I stayed with fish for my main course. I just couldn't resist the pale smoked Portavogie haddock, served with spinach and mash and topped with a delicate poached free-range egg. A combination of flavours that definitely tickles the taste buds. Martin recommended the house Chablis to accompany the fish, an excellent choice from the exciting and varied wine list. For pudding I choose Raymond's signature dessert, his award-winning iced cappuccino parfait, a delicious confection that really resembles a cup of cappuccino. I can see why it won an award! I then finish off with a Boyles Blend Americano coffee with a smooth Bushmills whiskey just the thing to round off a truly great meal. I felt truly welcome, the restaurant was clean and tidy, the food exquisite, the service efficient and for the quality the price tag was very reasonable. Jeanne Quigley Secretary to the Irish Food Writers Guild 26th Feb 2009 Boyles of Dromore is Open for Dinner from 5pm Tuesday to Sunday and for Lunches from noon Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Loads of on-street and public car parks nearby. http://www.boylesofdromore.com 028 92699 141

Great wee local bar! Nice draft beer and the food is very good! Regularly go here for a great…read moreSunday dinner and a few blonde to wash it down! Also nice crowd goes to it as well!

Lovely little pub with friendly staff! The beer garden is…read moredelightful in the summer and the cheese boards available are delicious.

First time at Moira Still House. Would not go back!! Not sure people in NI know what good food is?…read moreThe place was packed but based on what I ordered I'm surprised the food doesn't get more bad reviews! I ordered the 14 ounce ribeye steak, first off the steak was not grilled, it was too rare( ordered medium rare), it was definitely pan fried. And it was more like a steak you would find on a hospital food tray!! It was more the size of a minute steak (def. to 14 ounces). I grew up in the restaurant business and have worked in many fine restaurants over the years, if I were the chef of Moira Still house I would be embarrassed. The only good thing about the meal was the vegetable side that came with the pathetic so called steak!! £22 on a steak dinner that wasn't worth £5. A total bust, don't bother!!!

I eat here regularly and Ive yet to be disappointed. The bar food and resturant food are both…read moreexcellent. Any seafood enthusiasts MUST try the Mussels in Pesto Sauce with Wheaten Bread. Its absolutley THE best starter Ive had anywhere. Friendly staff ensure that service is fluid and the atmosphere relaxed. I'd recommend booking a table if visiting on weekend evenings.

love the ashburns food. cajan chicken dishes are delicious!…read more i would sometimes go at the weekend, then head into the BURN nightclub as well.

We were invited here by good friends, so we had to bite our tongues at some of the rubbish served…read moreup, but it spoiled what should have been a great night. We will never return here again. There's not much refinement here and certainly no finesse. Most of the starter choices don't involve much hard work by a cook. The menus sit on their website. I ordered prawn cocktail (£6.75) but the prawns were an unpleasant eat. The problem with the prawns was defrosting. This marred what should have been great flavour and made for an unpleasant fish texture, but I'm not sure if it was improper freezing at factory source, defrosting under cold water, which will certainly have this effect or defrosting, refreezing and defrosting again. In each case this destroys the delicate texture and subtle flavour of prawns. The owners should buy a bag of M&S Greenland prawns, defrost in a fridge and taste them to find out how these subtle, delicate morsels should taste and be served. They'd get 10 portions out of a bag. A proper chef would know that a little bit of French brandy in the cocktail sauce would also significantly help taste too and at £6.75 a portion an accountant might know it wouldn't break the bank. The prawns served here were well destroyed and not worth the £6.75 charged, in fact they were only fit for the cat or if there's no cat then the bin. At this point we would have left, if not for the fact we were guests. My wife had the same starter. I knew from her face that she disliked the prawns too as she was sipping alcohol to wash away the taste. That's not her. I ordered a fillet steak main, cooked medium, with French fried onions. The steak was fairly good but not 28 day dry aged. At near £29 it should be at least 28 day dry aged. My steak was cooked/served nearer to well done but I'm not precious about this. But the so-called semi solid, gloopy pepper sauce was revolting. It's included in the £29 price of the steak. If it's not out of a box with a heavy flour base it should be, it was rank. Likewise the French fried onion batter (£3.5) was thick, oil saturated, not crisp and just terrible. It amazes me that folks can live on a reputation and get away with awful throwback food that should have stayed in the 1970's. I'm astonished too that the owners are satisfied in themselves to serve this grim food to customers, I couldn't do it. I have a tip for the cooks here; go to the Linenhill restaurant nearby at Banbridge and sample a chef's pepper sauce and French fried onions - both are wonderful. My wife also had steak and she barely touched her pepper sauce, so it sat visibly congealing and it formed a shiny dark top cracked skin from the heavy use of flour. It went back to the kitchen where it should never have been allowed to leave. I offered our hosts my French fried onions and they ate them, otherwise they too would have gone back to the kitchen. One of our hosts ordered mushrooms with his steak. He didn't get them rather they ended up on my wife's plate. She hadn't ordered mushrooms. They looked unappetising, small, over cooked and like they came out of a tin. They too went back to the kitchen uneaten. The lemon meringue pie was quite good but while the lemon filling was beautifully tart and the meringue too was darn good the pie base should be made using salted butter particularly at £5.75 for what was a mean portion. They didn't have bitter lemon to go with gin. We were offered a sparkling water based lemon san pellegrino to put in the gin. No thanks. Likewise their English mustard isn't Colman's so evidence of penny pinching. We had rubbish Irish coffees too. Poorly made and so diluted they were quite unpleasant. The gents toilet was cold, it has a stainless steel urinal, a rusty hand dryer and no toilet tissue. I was going to tell the young serving staff but I thought if they couldn't be arsed (pun intended) to check why should I. So I didn't. I hope this review improves things for future guests but we will not benefit as we won't return and thankfully we were guests, I'd have hated to hand over my hard earned here but then we would have left at the starters. Just barely 2 stars as I don't think I can justify one star but it really, really, really is a close run thing.

Arrived for a Groupon with a party of 4, so two on the Groupon and two not. Very welcoming although…read morechilly but I think as fire hadn't kicked in. Was a lovely ambiance and nice to go into the lounge and relax before being brought to the table when food was ready. Food was lovely. My mum and dad got the Groupon of a sharing platter, rack of ribs, chicken breast and two steaks -great portions as well (I sampled a bit of all) The steak was cooked to a lovely medium rare and the ribs were very tender and yummy. Chicken was a big breast. The sides were good portions and also homemade chips, you can definitely taste the difference. My husband had the steak ciabatta which again was tasty as he finished the plate load, although he had asked for medium and it was more well done than medium. The food was really tasty and plentiful, the only gripes I would have was that the steaks came and it was a good 3-4 minutes before other food, sauces and sides came. Great value and was busy for a Tuesday which is a good sign of the quality of food. It was my second time there and would definitely recommend. Although says Banbridge it is about 5/10 minutes out the Newry side of it. (be warned you can easily get lost on the country roads)

This is our first time traveling in Ireland and were staying in the next town over in Waringstown…read more This place was really great. The food was excellent, the price was great and Paddy made us feel at home. There were three of us and we had salmon, turkey and ham and roast beef. All three meals were great. For dessert you have to try the sticky toffee pudding. It's a bit different from what you get in England but it was very good.

We were a large group. Gotta say it was a heck of a disappointment with the only five star parts…read morethe welcome from the staff and the pleasant ambiance. The food was poor to awful. The overall consensus was it wasn't worth it quality v cost. I had a watery vegetable curry and boiled rice. It was a Chinese style insipid curry sauce, supermarket bought, and to add insult to injury this was overpriced at £12. The predominant vegetable was broccoli and not much else. It was the worst meal I've had in a few years. Those who had pizzas in our group disliked them as both said what they each got was doughy, soggy and again they felt factory -made, bought - in pizza bases with each costing a rip off £15. I could go on to include the hair in the food and the chipped pint beer glass (chipped glass can happen anywhere) and our relief was that our guest didn't get a cut, and mention a bit of discount for the unwanted hair and broken glass and that they were happy with us bringing a brought - in 'cut it yourself' birthday cake, but all in all the food was poor to near average and all of it way overpriced for what was on our plates. The coffees were good mind. It's off our list. If you are thinking of a meal out I recommend Sinton's (it was our first choice and closed on this night) or Fitzpatricks while each is a bit more expensive (Sinton's is near same price and their red curry is the best I've tasted outside a Thai restaurant) the food quality is far and away superior. A real shame about Rice's as it was so good from memory.

If you are wanting to wait 1 hour to have good food go ahead, but if you can't be bothered to wait…read morethat long go to somewhere like McDonalds. The music and vibes are ok but I can not trust the bathroom

Pretty Marys gets 5 stars for atmosphere. You can get wine or beer anywhere. However, this…read moreauthentic Irish pub has atmosphere and regulars. Like Cheers, everyone knows your name. This is "the" pub in Moira. Anytime I have been here visiting, i have been here. The dark woods are decadent, and the crowd is ecclectic, since its audience, I am guessing, includes everyone that lives here. I mean everyone. I actually heard the screetch of a toddler. It was 430, and they serve food, so no jusgment from me. Beside is, was a table of three men in their late 20s, with an 80 year old regular. Im in my early 40's (ssssshhhh) and my parents are early 60s. All of us fit in perfectly. The other thing I valued, was that it was busy, but not jam packed. I enjoyed the bustle in there, but I liked that everyone had a seat, and you had to speak up, but everyone can hear each other talk. Volume was perfect for hanging and gabbing. This bar has been a staple here for many years. Check it out if you are in the neighborhood!

I've always put off leaving a review for Pretty Mary's, maybe because I'm enamoured with the style…read moreof the place itself, or perhaps because, prior to lockdown the service and attitude of staff was generally good. A bad plate of food in Pretty's back then was generally rare and staff were diligent and attentive. But my post lockdown experiencing of this establishment has been abysmal enough to force me to put pen to paper. In particular my birthday meal last night. I shall forgo a lengthy tirade over the twentyish year old 'Armand' (Birdcage movie reference) mincing around in shorts and boldly giving me the stink eye for no apparent reason and get straight to the fact that the restaurant knew it was my birthday and made no extra effort whatsoever. Quite the opposite in fact. I ordered the most expensive dish on the menu - ribeye steak, with extra peppercorn sauce and house vegetables. The accompanying side was thick chips. I'm going to suggest that the kitchen staff are relying on all their customers having covid and therefore possessing no taste buds. Because that is the only way people would fail to notice that the whole thing had been cooked in old fat. It is not often I leave a steak, no matter how badly cooked. But that entire meal was inedible and a massive disappointment. If this experience had been a one off, I might not have left such a scathing review, but a few weeks prior I had visited and also ordered the chicken stack and was unable to finish my meal due to the foul taste of old oil covering the whole dish. 'Armand' as we shall call him, also behaved rudely on that occasion as well. So basically, if you like your dinner cooked in almost rancid fat, limp chips and some petty ignorant whelp giving you attitude whilst you sit there paying his wages, go right ahead. Visit Pretty's. The only saving grace I will say the place has, is a very mannerly and friendly waitress. Every time I've been she tries her very best, bless her. (She wore pigtails last night, so if you're reading this pigtail girl, you know who you are). So 'Armand', take some lessons from her. If it was my restaurant, you'd be out on your backside treating paying customers like that!

I thought I would note today as one of the most surreal days in my lifetime - we live through…read morehistory. Mc Donald's is not open anywhere here. Those with drive thru facilities, including this one, will open for drive thru only early next week with a spend limit of £25 to avoid customers having to queue for hours and they will be prepared to do so. I won't queue, in fact I'll wait until I can walk in and I'm so ambivalent about this chain if it stayed shut I wouldn't be overly bothered. Speaking of ambivalence I think I heard a sitting POTUS threatening today to set vicious dogs, ominous weapons and to shoot American citizens, this is as surreal as it gets. If any European leader said such a thing they'd be out of office quicker that it takes Mc Donald's to fill a small portion of skinny chips. And if things couldn't get more surreal and grim today news came through that Brendan Bowyer died today at home in Las Vegas. He was one of the greats of the Irish show-band scene. Show bands were unique to Ireland. I'm sure some will say who but he had 8 No 1's in Ireland and the Beatles opened his show in the early 1960's.

Finally got my Phone working again. Sorry if you've missed me, haha. First of all, staff service…read moremediocre at best. Preparation of my breakfast wrap poor. Being a young man who clearly has a good relationship with food, I wasn't over the moon. The reason I rated a 3, and not a 2, is it's usually kept clean, which bumps it up.