Five Good Things Cafe — Restaurant in The Borough District of Drogheda

Similar to, or maybe slightly better than Relish, which it replaces (3.5/5 green stars) The Highlanes Gallery and café (originally Relish and now Five Good Things) are fave places to visit when in Drogheda. The kind of food served at Five Good Things is not a million miles away from the old Relish menu, so if you liked Relish, I suggest checking out FGT! I went with my brother and nephew and we all enjoyed our meals. I was a bit disappointed in some aspects of my vegetarian breakfast, it has to be said. The veggie sausage and black pudding weren’t very good – the other items on the plate were much better. Easily fixed – pick different options for the sausage and black pudding (if store-bought) or perhaps use substitutes like beans or lentils.

I’m also giving Five Good Things 3.5/5 Green Stars for social and environmental impact. • They have a good number of vegetarian options on the menu and I guess some could be made vegan by leaving out the cheese or eggs. • For dishes containing meat, it’s mostly chicken, which has a much lower environmental impact than beef. • Coffee is from Our Boy Bailey (Coffee Perfection roasters) in Dunboyne. 1 kg bags of beans are for sale. It’s hard to find good info on this coffee but it seems that they aim for direct trade relationships with coffee farmers. • Would be nice to know about ingredient sourcing and that kind of thing – the website is very sparse on info. • Coffee travel mugs (keep cups) are for sale, encouraging costumers to do away with pesky disposable cups. Interested in writing green star reviews? If...

As a travel and food journalist, I have to say, I don’t find it easy to slate a coffee shop, but for this place, I’ve made an exception.You just never ever know who’s going to be walking through your door at any given time. I was looking for somewhere decent in Drogheda to sit down, have a coffee and do some emailing. After driving around town, I came across Five Good Things. I saw two girls sat having a coffee chatting and decided to go in and order a coffee, only then after her starting to make the coffee, I was told by the COVID police, despite dozens of empty tables, I wasn’t able to sit inside. I’m not too sure wether or not it was my English accent that did the trick, but I found the staff here to be not only rude to me, but down right ignorant. I would if I were you, give this place a wide berth, if your From the UK, Northern Ireland, or no matter where your from! I’m sure there are other decent coffee shops in Drogheda, more deserving of your hard earned cash! I just...

Love the food in this place. Delighted to find out it was opened on our new year days drive around town. I had the avo on toast, my partner had himself usual breakfast for brunch.food was tasty and came out fast once ordered. Was busy today and was delay in taking food order but staff were upfront and apologetic. Only thing off putting was a customer seated at table next to us with her wee dog. No lead on dog coming into eating area. She had the dog seated on chair next to her at one stage ( off putting considering dogs paws could have anything on it). Water dish was placed on ground by staff for dog but owner then proceeded to place water dish on table for easy access. we didn’t stay around to see if dog was hand fed from her lap. I love dogs but there is a time and a place. Hard to police and not isolated to here tbh. Overall love the food, staff are lovely but perhaps some basic hygienic rules should be communicated to dog owners when bringing dogs...