Treacy’s Reviews

A beautiful old Irish pub full of charm and history. The food was amazing and the table service spot on. Always a great experience. Our young server was hilarious and genuinely made our day. Well worth a visit. Sláinte.

This is such a wonderful place, close to the Rock of Dunamase (which is why i found it) but it was such a great find the food is amazing and the service was quick too! The whole staff was very friendly, warm and helpful. our furst 1 hour in Dublin oroved to be very promising! And definitely try the black pudding!!! it was very good!

Popped in here on the way home, and we where very pleasantly surprised. Large portions and great service busy for a early evening Monday. Definitely recommend and Definitely will be back.
We had the roast of the day the chicken Kiev, chicken caesar salad and soup. I had the apple crumble to finish They where all perfect 👌 great menu too a bit of everything

We arrived genuinely excited. Beautiful thatched roof, gorgeous from the outside and given the overwhelmingly positive reviews, we were really looking forward to lunch.

We walked in to a “Please wait to be seated” sign, behind which were about five members of staff chatting (including two in white shirts, who I can only assume were supervisors or managers). Not one hello, welcome or acknowledgement. Eventually a woman with her back to us grabbed two menus and said she’d seat us. Strange start, but grand.

It was Bank Holiday Monday and having worked in hospitality for 10+ years, I completely understand everyone was probably exhausted after a busy weekend. Except… it wasn’t particularly busy. Plenty of empty tables, plenty of staff and nobody appeared under any pressure. The atmosphere wasn't stressed or overwhelmed. It was just strangely indifferent.

At one point another customer came in and didn’t walk directly to the “Please wait to be seated” sign. One of the staff in a white shirt joked to the others “I’ll be getting my steps in. Hope they don’t think I’m walking over to them.”

That probably sums up how uncomfortable the whole experience felt better than anything else.

Then the bruschetta arrived.

I genuinely couldn't believe how miserable it looked. I asked my partner whether I should send it back (ordinarily, I absolutely would have). But we'd already been made to feel so uncomfortable and so much like we were inconveniencing the staff simply by being there that neither of us wanted to create another interaction with them. So, in the very Irish tradition of avoiding a scene at all costs, we paid for it instead.

And that's probably the most disappointing part. Clearly decent food can leave this kitchen and, with thousands of predominantly positive reviews, obviously plenty of people have had a completely different experience. Ours just wasn't one of them.

When a restaurant takes pride in its food and its customers, you feel it. Staff check in, they ask how everything is. And if something poor does leave the kitchen (because bad days happen and mistakes happen) the floor staff are usually the ones who catch it or at least give you the opportunity to say something.

Nobody checked how our food was. Nobody asked if we needed anything.

The problem wasn't just a bad plate of food, the photo can speak for itself on that one. It was the complete lack of care around it. There seemed to be no standard of hospitality being set on the floor at all and th

Wow! Amazing experience and recommend 100%!
Very friendly service and good food. We had the chicken satay which was like an amazing chicken curry dish. Also the chicken melt, too.
Also love the history of this place!