The Dufferin Arms — Restaurant in Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

I had heard so much positive about this place I was really looking forward to my visit. Perhaps I just cought them on a bad night. Though we were seated at a table that hadn't been cleaned in a while judging from the general stickiness. In fact I would say that the whole establishment could do with a general clean and tidy. 4 menus were plopped down on the table without any words of welcome or general explanation. Drinks were duly ordered and delivered, one of the party spilled their wine and even though this was witnessed by a member of staff it was ignored and I had to go to the waiter station and ask for "blue roll" to clean up the spillage. I was handed the roll and I duly cleared the spillage. The waiting staff didn't even offer. Spill cleared the waiting staff were good enough to point me toward the bin.

Then the food arrived. My meal could only be described as generally disappointing. The salad accompaniment to the "crispy chicken" was stale, I could easily tell that it was a few days past fresh. The chicken strips themselves were well overcooked they could be snapped broken between my fingers. I had scampi as a main course with garlic "chunky" chips. When cutting the scampi the cooking oil oozed out to the plate and the garlic chips were dried out and brittle. As a suggestion the oil may need changed, the wee black bits in the residue gave this away.

In our party of 4 we unanimously decided we would deffo not be back.

I may have said something. Or made some general comments had I been asked but we managed to pay the (not unsubstantial) bill without being asked if our meal had been...

Out for Sunday dinner starter was lovely garlic mushrooms & leaves partner had prawn cocktail which he said d sauce was lovely we took d 2 courses for £13.95 I ordered roast beef with veg mash roast potatoes Yorkshire pudding partner order chicken ham stuffing bed mash roast potatoes after are starter we waited 35 mins for are main my roast beef was full off fat tough rolled it up for d dog my partner said d gravy was far to salty stuffing to salty by d time we got are dinner we were pissed off waiting + people next to us had a wee boy age 1 or 2 who keeped screaming bloody annoying would I recommend this place no + they were only two girls serving they need more staff my partner went on out to d car I was waiting to pay bill a lady at a table at d window sent her steak back don't thing think it's was off her liking very...

First time here. I had heard great reviews about it, so we decided to ring and book. We were led downstairs to what I believe to be an old kitchen. The order was taken, and the starters arrived. Very pleased with them. Mains arrived, and for me, that was Turkey and Ham. Ham was lovely, but the Turkey was a bit tough. My husband ordered the roast beef, and when it came, I thought it looked like something out of a shop packet. As my husband started to eat the beef it was pure fat. The top pice was okay, but all the meat underneath was fatty, and the slices were paper thin. When we finished I told the waitress but anyone could see that he hadn't eaten it. Nothing was said, so we paid for the meal and left. Sad really as I was going to book my 60th birthday meal there this month. Maybe they will learn something from...