Drogheda Restaurant Reviews

Freddies Burritos on West St, right beside Penneys (haven't tried it yet myself)

Also, I think that Mexican wagon is still open in Malahide on weekends. They also sell Jarritos orange - the Fanta of Christ.

Went to the Trinity Quarter last night. My first time being there since it was the Star & Crescent. WOW! What an awesome job they did on it! The place looks great and the beer garden is fantastic.

Got a table for two in the restaurant on the mezzanine. The service was faultless. She had a Halloumi Salad and I had the Prawn Pil Pil for starters. Both portions were quite big for starters. Both were delicious.

She had the venison(€25) for main which came with a topping of onions and gravy and a side of potato mash done like a croquette. I had a 12oz Ribeye(€30) which I asked for rare and was cooked to perfection. It came with just a few onions on top and a choice of sauce. I had mash and sautéed mushroom and onion on the side which were €4.50 each. We didn't have desert.

We then sat down at the bar where a George Michael cover act came on and he was actually really good. Great atmosphere in the place.

All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The total for our food, two Guinness and three pornstar martini's was €118 which I thought was very very good value. Will definitely be returning very soon.

EDIT: I tell a lie, just came across the receipt. The sides were €4.00 and the mash was included with the Ribeye.

I don't know who 'MC' is but I see a company called Lynngate Ltd own it now and they're actually in liquidation! 😮 Perhaps Lynngate have it leased to whoever is currently running it?

Didn't Colin Farrell have a stake in it at one time?

Is the Black Bull closed? I know it was recently sold.

Bryanstown Social

We've only been there once before for lunch (shortly after it opened) and thought it was nothing special so never went back.

It has just re-opened after a refurb with a new "re-imagined" menu so we thought we'd give it a try.

Firstly the new decor is a vast improvement on the previous incarnation.

Lots of plants, soft furnishings and floor rugs have been added so the noisy, echoey bare concrete space of old has been replaced with a warm, convivial, enjoyable place to eat.

The four of us were warmly greeted and shown to our reserved table and the place was already nearly full @ 6.30pm.

After 5 mins or so a waitress appeared and asked us if we were ready to order, we said we haven't seen a menu yet!

She was all apologies and returned promptly with the menus and the wine list.

We ordered some whiskey sour cocktails to sip as we perused the menu (11e each)

Mrs ox ordered bruschetta (7.5) satay chicken thighs (9.5) and a portion of chips (5)

I went with garlic king prawns (12) the beef shortrib with mash (22) and a portion of garlic roasties to share (5)

Les enfants ordered chicken wings (5) salt and pepper squid (11.5) pasta carbonara (17) and a portion of chips (5)

We also ordered a bottle of verdejo to accompany the meal (30)

The starters arrived quickly and were all very nice, my king prawns were large and juicy in a pool of tasty garlic sauce.

I tried a bit of the squid which was tasty and flavoursome.

Everyone was happy with their food and the setting so far.

The mains also arrived very quickly after the starter plates were removed, again all very nice.

My beef was lovely, rich and tender served with a creamy mash and a red wine jus.

The chips were nicely seasoned and crispy, the garlic roasties were just ok, a bit soft with not much of a garlic flavour off them.

Again, everyone was happy with their food, all well presented and tasty.

We finished off with a baileys cheesecake (7.95) a small ice cream (4) and an espresso (2.75)

We were all very impressed with the new decor, the food was very good, as was the service.

Everyone gave the meal a solid 8/10

The total came to 187.20 (of which 63 euro was drinks)

The only niggles were the roasties weren't great and the food was served just a bit too quickly, not giving us much time for conversation.

(I'd rather the food be served too quickly rather than waiting ages between courses though)

Having almost never frequented the place before, we will definitely go back regularly and soon.

The new surroundings and menu are a vast improvement on what was there previously.

The best restaurant in town right now?

Very possibly.

€187 for a family of four, including a good amount of drinks? I've seen FAR FAR worse value in Louth.

The €150pp dinner menu (exc drinks) in Chapter One doesn't really make sense even referring to.

€150 per head for dinner and there's ONE option for main and it's CHICKEN. I'm sure it's lovely chicken but... €150 lovely?

That restaurant at the bull ring appears to be opening/re-opening.

I think it's just a pizza place now though.

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Was also in Gringo's myself last night and same as above, really really enjoyed it. We had tacos to start, pork and beef and for mains chicken enchiladas and the beef barboca. Couple of drinks too. Great food, great atmosphere. Delighted that it's in Drogheda - it's needed.

They're about to open a sit-in area at the back of the pub, food served from the BBQ grill truck. The truck was at the side of The Well (Grennans), it's been moved round the back into the beer garden.

still no sign of Rocco's at the bull ring opening up?

Had the large breakfast in the Moreland this morning e11 including coffee. Everything tasty in it and good portions, highly recommended. Spent as much again on buns on the way out tho!

Them n hurleys should be getting grants for trying to keep that area from turning into a complete dump. I know high street retail isn't what it used to be in a lot of towns but jaysus drogheda corpo take the biscuit!

And is as nice as it was! (Takeaway pizza anyway!)

It looks like Royal indian cuisine at Bryanstown centre has closed up . It has had a sign on the door saying closed for renovations for over a month .

No sign of any building work or alterations going on .

A cafe I used go to pulled the plug after a few years when revenue arrived one day enquiring about why no tax was being paid!

Wonder if some of these places operate til they get nabbed, close up n low and behold a couple of months later back open with a cousin or something taking over the reins. Rinse n repeat.

Always thought their food was very very nice, a little on the expensive side but ordered semi-regularly.

Always thought the premises was absolutely massive though! Can imagine the overheads to be crippling