The Whitecliff Inn — Restaurant in Ireland

Love the place, it serves Opengate ipa. Would give it more stars bar the fact the barman refused to serve me last summer as I had my very well behaved 3 yo grandson with me. Allegedly customers don't like kids!! Last saturday there were many kids in and even behind the bar. Not complaining about them, they were well behaved and having fun. The licensee should make a judgement on this. Many people day trip to Whitehead with family and would enjoy a drink and a soft one for the youngsters. As a one pub town the Whitecliff should do very well rather than pander to a very terse seemingly unhappy ignorant employee with zero customer relationship skills. These observations are made from early to late afternoon visits . As it stands I hope the under repair club at the seafront will serve Opengate...

In eight years of touring Wales, England, Ireland, France and now Northern Ireland, we have never before been denied entry to a pub simply because one of us is a child. That is denied entry altogether, even to the beer garden, on a sunny afternoon. The owner didn't even have the nerve to tell us himself, and sent the young woman behind the bar to tell us. She was very nice, but there was nothing she could do. Pity, because it's a nice little town and we would have stayed longer if we could have had a drink. Shame on you, being mean to an eight...

Good local pub wine beers prosecco cocktails coffee,, very friendly staff clean WC outdoor beer garden good seating, no food served crisp an nuts no fuss if you bring in food from near by chippy. Dogs and children welcome, music events and quiz nights a really community pub close to railway...