O'Reillys Bar and Kitchen — Restaurant in Galway

Great food in the salthill promenade. We were baffled by the many options along the promenade. And omg thecsmelss coming from each place!! It was wedesday late afternoon (around 5.30pm) so it was hard to judge by amount if customers dining. Most were having drinks or coffee. So we decided to chose baeed on looks and name. The place looked very nice (green facade) 100% Irish pub look. not many people but the smells from the kitchen were good indication food was going to be good. Only a few tables with customers and we got serviced right away. My current fav cocktail is Moscow mule and I use it as reference to order cocktails and rate a bar's quality fir cocktails. This one was right all the way. Served in the proper size copper mug. The key to a great cocktail is to taste the ingredient except the liquor and this one was perfect. Ginger beer touch of lemon/lime and just enough ice to keep it cold but not atered down. We order BBQ wings as appetizer. Cooked to perfection with a smokey not too sweet sticky sauce. Just perfect. Very large serving which we shared. I ordered the cold seafood fish platter because why would you eat a burger in the coast of Ireland with the beautiful seafood options they serve, so the platter which again is big enough for 2 is a fantastic sampler. Only the oysters is only one i would put at least 2. I have to say it would be nice if the restaurant offered an entree of oysters. The one in the platter was so delicious and fresh I could have just eaten a dozen on them. This is the place to have fresh seafood. The platter comes with a nice variety for those craving fresh meats like crab meat, shrimp (prawns in a light creamy dressing), smoked mackerel fillet and generous portion of smoked salmon slices. 2 slices of soda bread. I didnt finish all. My husband had the O'Reilly stew also very generous portion of stew with really tender meat and dark thick sauce like the irish nans make...I'm not Irish but my my husband is. So I trust him when he says the stew is like home made...and mashed potato's simply presented but rich in flavor and textures. We have nothing but praise. Definitely a place to come back because by the looks of dishes ordered around us many options look awesome like the burgers (i will stick to sea plates) and chocolate browny. Service was fast and friendly. And coming from NL, I have to mention the wide straight stairs down to the toilets, (proper stairs is one of those things the Dutch don't have, maybe in remodeled palaces or museums) so I even took...

Wow. I should start by saying I chose this place for dinner based on the positive rating, reviews, and a (outdated) recommendation from my B&B. I did not see the recent reviews remarking on the new management… until it was too late.

The first red flag was as that the place looked like a hot spot online, but when we called to request a reservation they said “you don’t need a reservation!”, as if we were dumb for asking. Then we get there and it looks nothing like the pictures. Weirrrrrd vibe. Like 10 tables in the whole place (I thought there were like 3 floors and a rooftop terrace?). It was giving diner vibes, but diners usually have great food.

The menu was slightly different than the one online, and the aesthetic of the place was certainly a stark contrast, so much so that I thought we had accidentally walked into the wrong joint until I saw “O’Reilly’s” painted on the wall.

We order the seafood platter, because it looked great online and we’ve had incredible seafood on our Ireland trip so far. It comes out and it looks like cat food. I’m a good sport so I do my damnedest. I eat an oyster (my first raw one ever- are they supposed to taste just like ocean water?), as much as the crab meat as I can stand whilst muttering “not bad” to my partner, and finally try a bite of lukewarm (AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!) salmon that almost made me gag.

I praying to any god that will listen that I do not get sick from this food. I love seafood but this was the worst I’ve ever had, and easily the worst meal of my trip to Ireland so far, sadly. I suppose the new management ruined what used to be a classy place.

Despite the weirdness about the reservation, the service was nice, and my beer was good. No disrespect to the workers!

Well, O’Reilly’s was a hard learned lesson in speaking up for myself and maybe being a Karen if necessary. And trusting my gut (if it survives the night) when I have a weird feeling about a...

We went to O’Reillys today, they were having a promotion of a Sunday Roast.

When we arrived, we were greeted by a waitress with brown hair. We asked for a table for 2 and explained we wanted to get the roast dinner.

We were informed that the restaurant was full and that we could eat on the rooftop, where there was a limited menu. There were at least 4 tables that were unoccupied and dirty, so we mentioned that we didn’t mind waiting. Then the waitress said that 1 of them was going to be reserved. We said that was fine but there were other tables? And we asked if we could have one. To our surprise she laughed and said ok.

When we sat down, we waited for 5 minutes for someone to take our drinks order. We ordered. During this we were told to just give them a minute(this was in a very snappy manner) 10 minutes goes by and no sign of 2 soft drinks.

After another couple of minutes, another waitress returned and asked what did you actually order??

This was our first time in this bar and our last, service was abysmal. We ended up leaving as we waited more than 20minutes for 2...