Dining Out
DINING OUT (AND IN)
Galway is home to many fine mouth-watering restaurants, cafés and eateries. Below is just a handful of the variety of dining Galway has to offer. Those with an ** are those who support Baboró – so put them on your list of places to visit.
CAFÉS
**McCambridges of Galway
Shop Street
€: Deli & Sandwiches, Food & Wine. New coffee bar
St Augustine Street
€: Sandwiches, salads, yummy scones!
Cross Street Lower
€: Freshly ground coffee. Organic food & desserts
Arabica
Merchants Road
€: Freshly ground coffee, wraps, bagels, and yummy smoothies
Goya
2 Kirwans Lane
€€: Bakery, beautiful homemade pastries
Delight Gourmet Food Bar
Upper Abbeygate Street
€: Café, Deli, Salads & Sandwiches
The Gourmet Tart Company
Abbeygate Street & Galway Shopping Centre
€: Bakery, Stunning Desserts, Salads & Sandwiches
Above Smyth’s Toys Headford Road
€: Nearest Café to the Black Box Theatre
Spanish Arch
Across from the Galway City Museum
€: Fresh ground coffee & Organic foods
Quay St Wine Bar
9 Quay Street
€: Lunch & Coffees. Open 7days
Butlers Chocolate Café
William Street
€: Handmade chocolates and the best espresso in town. Perfect spot for an indulgent treat!
RESTAURANTS
**Tamarind
Fish Market, Spanish Parade
€€: Asian Cuisine, specialising in Thai dishes with a wonderful vegetarian selection. Coeliac menu available, no MSG! Good vegetarian range
**Artisan
Quay Street (above Neachtain’s famous corner pub)
€€€: Offers a menu that boasts the art of fine cuisine, serving International & Irish food. Great Sunday Brunch
**Mustard (no website, phone no. +353 (0) 91 566 400)
Bridgemills @ O’Brien’s Bridge
€€: Gourmet burgers and pizzas
Bridge Street
€€: Gourmet pizzas, salads, breakfast – eat-in or take away
**Kelly’s (formerly the Living Room)
Bridge Street
€€: Traditional Irish Menu. Bar food – in a beautiful “retro” renovated bar. Go back in time – but with all the modern conveniences!
Quay Street
€: Fresh Seafood, sit in or take away. Galway’s must have Fish & Chips which can be washed down with a pint of the “black stuff” from the Quays bar across the road.
Spanish Parade
€€: Traditional Irish Menu Open 7 Days, with a beautifully decorated and chilled out friendly foyer. Serves food daily
Harbour Hotel, The Docks
€€: The K bar serves food daily from 12pm to 10pm, extensive bar food menu, main courses start from €10. Krusoes Restaurant is open daily for lunch from 12pm to 2.30pm and dinner from 6pm to 10pm, main courses start from €16. Both are very reasonably priced and great value. There is something to suit all tastes.
Prospect Hill (Eyre Square)
€€: Eat in / take out / deliveries – fine pizzas, and home of the 18 inch pizza!
Quay St Winebar & Restaurant
Quay Street
€€: Extensive menu and comprehensive wine list
Spanish Arch, across from Museum
€€€ Wonderful selection of fresh Seafood and a varied Vegetarian menu
Eddie Rockets
Eglington Street
€€: American Fast Food Open (Sun – Wed 12pm – 3am Thur – Sat 12pm – 4am)
KC Blakes
Quay Street
€€€: Mexican, Fresh Seafood and a variety of Meat Dishes
Milano
Middle Street
€€: Authentic Italian Food with interesting pizzas
Cava
Dominick Street Lower
€€: Great Tapas, good wines
Monroe’s Tavern
Upper Dominick Street
€: Relax and enjoy a pizza & a pint. (Beside Monroe’s Pub). Serves food daily
Da Tang
Middle Street
€€: Chinese Noodle House with varied vegetarian menu
Pullman Restaurant
Glenlo Abbey, Bushy Park
€€€: The Pullman train carriage converted into a wonderful restaurant car is situated in the grounds of the Glenlo Abbey
Trattoria Restaurant
Quay Street
€€: Authentic Italian Cooking/Fresh Pasta
Cooke’s Wine Bar & Restaurant
28 Upper Abbeygate Street
€€: Irish & International
Tulsi
Buttermilk Walk, Middle St
€€: Serves mouth watering Indian cuisine with plenty of options for the vegetarian diner
BARS IN CITY CENTRE
Galway Docks
Great wine list and tasty cheese plates. The perfect chill out location! Closed Sunday
Dominick Street
Live Music Nightly + Comedy night on Wednesdays, Late Bar every night
**Kelly’s
Bridge Street
Large, lively bar, Late Bar until 2am Thursday – Sunday, newly renovated with a great gig space upstairs
The Front Door
Cross Street
Large, lively bar, Late Bar until 2am Thursday - Sunday
Tigh Coili
Mainguard Street
Place to go to experience true Irish traditional Music. Live music nightly
The Cellar Bar
Eglinton Street
Live music nightly, serves food daily.
The Blue Note
William Street West
Funky bar with beer garden and house DJ’s
Massimo
William Street West
Stylish & modern bar. Pizza menu available
Bunch of Grapes
High Street
Perfect for nice quiet pint, good Rugby bar
Tigh Neachtain
Quay Street
Historical pub with snugs and trad music sessions,a nd what has to be the biggest collection of whiskies in Ireland
Murphys Bar
High Street
Traditional local bar in the heart of Galway
The King’s Head
High Street
Live music nightly & Food served daily
Hughes’ Bar
Wood Quay
Traditional Galway local bar. Nearest bar to Town Hall Theatre
CAFÉS / BARS / RESTAURANTS IN SALTHILL
Mocha Beans
Upper Salthill & Salthill Promenade (Next to Waterfront Hotel)
€: Fresh ground coffee & Organic foods
The Cottage Bar
76 Lower Salthill,
€: Real chilled out little pub with the yummiest tapas!
L’Osteria Da Roberta and Da Roberta
Upper Salthill
€€: Good Italian food with a Great wine list. Popular with the locals! Da Roberta is the original pizzeria, while L’Osteria is a bit more formal, all the staff are Italian, and they love their customers
** The Lobster Pot @ The Galway Bay Hotel
The Promenade, Salthill
€€: European style menu with awesome views out to sea!
Canton Kitchen
Salthill Upper
€: The best Chinese food in town. And no MSG!
Salt 'N Pepper
Salthill Upper
€: Yummy fish & chips
Lohans Bar
Salthill Upper
€: Tasty bar food with brilliant wine list. Open 7days
O’Connors Real Irish Bar
Salthill
OTT Irish décor, kitsch pub with Music some nights
Lonergans
The Promenade, Salthill
Great local with excellent Guinness
Krcma-Slavic House
Upper Salthill
Lively & friendly bar
GOOD FOR VEGETARIANS
Tamarind
Tulsi
Da Tang
McCambridges
The Cottage Bar