The Round O — Restaurant in The Municipal District of Navan

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I Transcended Through Round O’s Front Door and Came Out a Sugary, Solar-Powered Weapon of Love

I don’t even remember walking into the Round O' Karate Dojo that first time. I think I melted through the doors, like hot jam. Something about the faint hum of solar panels on the roof and the musk of ambition in the air activated my fight-or-flight—or-flirt—response.

The dojo isn’t just clean—it’s viscerally immaculate. Like, womb-clean. There’s a weird, sacred stickiness to the mats that reminds you other people have bled and wept here, probably after failing to do a roundhouse kick while simultaneously choking on a Haribo jelly cola bottle, like I did. That’s fine. That’s part of the process. You grow. You shed skin. You become.

Sensei—whose eyes glint like a polished nunchuck—walked past me during warmups and I swear to Bruce Lee I immediately questioned my orientation, my gender, and my tax bracket. Mid-kata, I caught myself moaning “oss” and thinking about him feeding me jelly rings in slow motion. I now bring a second gi because the first one ends up suspiciously damp before class even starts.

And the rivalry with Chekhov’s Karate down the road? Oh my GOD. It’s not just beef. It’s wagyu. It’s Shakespearean. Their dojo is all brooding minimalism and slow-burn vengeance—like if a sauna and a Russian novel had a dojo-baby. But Round O' fights with the ferocity of a raccoon hopped up on electrolytes and passionfruit Haribo. I attended one of their inter-dojo sparring events and witnessed a 12-year-old from Round O’ do a spinning back kick that knocked a Chekhov kid’s retainer clean into the fourth dimension. The tension? Palpable. The sweat? Artisanal.

Also, can we talk about the solar panels? They just sit there, on the roof, absorbing the righteous energy of every kiai screamed inside. They power the dojo and my awakening.

Round O' didn’t just teach me karate. It taught me how to feel. How to sweat with dignity. How to taste blood and Haribo tangfastics in the same mouthful and know I’ve lived.

Thank you. I love you. I am legally married to the dojo...

Firstly I would like to say the customer service is excellent and the waiting staff have always been so nice but today's experience was not satisfactory.

We have supported many local business especially the Round O during the lockdown. On most of our orders, we have had food either missing or incorrect. We have contacted them once we have noticed these discrepancies.

After todays experience, I cannot leave without leaving a review. In all honesty, I generally write positive reviews. Once we ordered our food, we had to wait approximately 45mins for our food. When we arrived home, one of our meals was missing and one of the dishes was incorrect. As you can imagine, we were slightly frustrated to arrive home to dishes that were missing and incorrect.

We were told to come back and the food would be ready when we arrive. We arrived within 10 minutes to be told that the food will not be ready for a further 10 minutes. When the food arrived, I explained how we felt about these reoccuring issues and I requested if there was any thing that could be offered. We were provided with a single slice of cheese cake as a gesture for a family of 6. I usually don't expect anything but having provided so much custom to the Round O over the last year, I feel it is not acceptable for me to request this instead it should have been a gesture of good will. It is dissapointing that this was all that was offered.

We do our best to support local, especially during these times. Unfortunately, I cannot say I'd return because of this reoccuring issue. There is an evident process failure that needs to be revisited to improve this...

Have come here for years and years, and have always had a good experience, however this time we booked 6 weeks in advance for a meal with all of the family and requested high chairs etc at the time of booking, so could not understand when we showed up at the time of booking that the table hadn't been set, we had to go searching for a high chair, we had to push them together ourselves, we had to request menus twice, we had to ask for drinks orders to be taken twice, had to ask for the order to be taken (each time one of us had to get up and go look for a staff member) had to ask for cutlery to be given AFTER our starters arrived - to be told "yeah we have a shortage of cutlery at the moment" (!!) had to wait another age for the plates to be cleared away and then when we were in the middle of eating the mains (really basic and disappointing but that's another story) we were asked "are you all finished??" Absolutely deplorable service, we complained when paying as not a single apology had been offered until then and we were told "yeah we're short staffed" - that's not an excuse, don't take bookings if you're short staffed, apologise before the whole thing starts or when the person calls to confirm, recommend they cancel their booking and not to waste their time. On top of this, they don't have changing tables, in 2022 in a supposed child friendly restaurant?? We won't be back and it's such a shame given how it used to be such a great place, don't waste your time and...