The Pier Head Bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in County Galway

Nice ambiance, good service, superb wine and great seafood! The restaurant has a good ambiance and although it's fairly big, the service is quick and correct. Shortly after you get seated, you get free bread and water. Unfortunately (it seems to be a trend in Ireland) they missed the opportunity to serve the butter in a nice way, since it was still in its package. A missed chance. The mussels as a starter is almost a main. So much mussels...uuuf. Quality and taste were good, not exceptional. In my opinion the mains were served too quick after the starters, but the fish was very nicely prepared. Taste was exceptionally good and the sauces are also great. The vegetables and jacket potatoes were a bit bland and boring. A bit more attention to these parts and it would have been a perfect meal. If you're up for red wine, I absolutely recommend the 2009 Chianti classico riserva. It's is a great wine. Overall dining experience...

A little dissapointed with our visit yesterday. The food that we received was superb but unfortunately we didn't receive any sides with put sea bass and lamb cutlets. We were told they would be right out but after waiting we eventually ate the fish and when we asked I'd they were still coming the reply was they thought we didn't want them anymore because we started eating the fish and lamb. €25 for a piece of fish and 2 cherry tomatoes was a bit steep without the sides. They did apologise and take our 3 bulmers and coke off the bill. We were there for quite sometime and wasn't offered another drink or dessert at any point. They didn't even ask how our food was. There were plenty of staff. The food was really good but disappointing about the service and the side dishes. Hopefully that can be worked on as it's a great location and food that we did get was great. Not great leaving...

I don’t normally leave google reviews in fact I don’t think I ever have , however I feel compelled to do so on this occasion . First the good bit - Lovely location, nice food.... BUT service terrible .... Main was bought out but due to waiter being distracted by a some well dressed women that were part of a wedding gathering outside the pub he failed to inform me the plate was steaming hot (melt your fingers hot) which is exactly what it did when I moved the plate to be in front of me and not at the side as again due to his distraction the plate was more or less dumped at the side of the table. Took 10 mins for him to then get a bowl of water for me to cool them down ...... A quick sorry followed by the FULL bill and that was that. (Not even a discount) So food and location I would give 4 stars but service I would give negative if I...