Ellie Mays in Antrim

Good value, good choice and good food.

As a yorkshire lad brought up on real food, Ellie Mays just fits the bill. Went today with family. We all had Roast Beef and Yorksire pudding, which hit the mark for taste and satisfaction. If you want good wholesome food and at a reasonable pricemake Ellie Mays is a go-to place.

In my top 3 places to eat in co. Antrim. Been here loads of times and it never let's me down.

Popped in to here on our way back home to Lisburn. We hadn't booked a table but got one no problem. We both got roast beef dinner and it was absolutely amazing! The chips that came with it were also a nice surprise. We had the crumble after which was ok could of been more crunchy. Would definitely like to come back and try the curry it looked and smelled amazing 😍

Called in with the family for our tea, food was nice however the portions were very small. I realise businesses have to find a way to keep thier prices competitive and this involves a balancing act between ingredients and pricing, however when you call in for your tea with a hungry family, it isn’t the best feeling when you are returning to your car thinking ‘I’m still hungry’. Others may remark maybe I should have got a starter, to be honest I don’t get a starter in any other restaurants and in most I rarely finish the main meal. To sum it up, was the food nice ‘yes’, was the price reasonable ‘yes’, how were the surroundings ‘nice’, how were the staff ‘pleasant and courteous’, how were the portions ‘small’. Will I go back ‘no’, reasoning for the ‘no’, I left feeling hungry. Sorry but I’m just being honest.

Go here on a regular basic, the food is very good and the service is great 👍 we had never had a bad meal. The price is fair, alow beers are high. Definitely worth a visit ☺️.

First time back in years. Delicious food and well priced. Lovely staff. Will definitely be back. Thanks

My friend and I called in here for dinner. She lives nearby so it was a nice 20 minute stroll. We booked a table but they took us when we arrived. It has a real pub feeling and a great atmosphere. There is so much on the menu it'll take a while to read and make a decision. My friend had the Chicken Curry which they presented as a half and half and I had the Peppered Chicken Stack which was great too. Great place. Highly recommended.

Welcome greeting . Can be quite busy ,booking preferred but not a requirement. Private parking . The food was delicious.Menu, great choice. Casual smart dress code . Compliments to the chef . Thank you

Great food , great drinks , excellent friendly service , will dine again. ***Edit/update*** I've been back , on a Sunday. Sadly Not a fan 😕 what a contrast from the last visit , I assume a new/different chef was cooking .... tiny portions but not the end of the world as raw parsnips ! They were like rock , Mash tasted like margarine, Chips not fully cooked & tasted like yesterday's potato, Items forgotten off the order had to be requested, Yorkshire pudding tasted & felt like a ready made/frozen/bought in item.

Recall this place being an actual proper restaurant in the past, now more a case of pub grub.

Great food but kitchen only open until 8

Was very tasty lunch and v friendly staff..I would give them 5 stars recommend

Great food at reasonable prices .Definitely be back .Thankyou for the great service too

Brilliant find. Reasonable prices and the home made lasagna…..EPIC

A bit of a surprise find. Absolutely blown away with food quality. Lasagna was epic.

The food was OK. Not the best I've ever had but decent. I thought it was a little expensive for what you get. For example, the £25 sirloin steak didn't seem big enough for that price. We were sat in a corner and seemed to be a bit forgotten by the staff. I had to go to the bar twice to order more drinks and request dessert menus. And one additional drink I ordered at the table was forgotten. It wasn't even that busy.

Great place I was nearly home when I realized I never paid My bill went back so funny 🤣

Lovely lunch, had the chicken wrap

Great friendly atmosphere from staff. Good value food.

Sunday Beef roast top drawer food can't beat the price & quality

Best meal I have had in Northern Ireland

We turned up on a very busy Monday evening... but were seated quickly with drinks. We were told that there was a half hour wait and it was ...but it didn't matter as the food was delicious. My first Irish stew and champ in Ireland and it didn't let me down.

Go here regular and always brilliant pub grub! Definitely would recommend. The reviews are not a true reflection of this little place. We love it

Went today for lunch my wife asked for lasagna with garlic bread and I asked for gammon, 2 minor issues 1 the lasagna was Luke warm and there were no peas with the gammon when the menu said it came with peas, no-one came to ask if everything was ok not good, 2 the more serious issue was they put the wife's garlic bread on the plate with the gammon on it now on this occasion it was not a problem but say there was someone with a allergy and they put the wrong food on the wrong plate that could have ended up very badly not sure what's happening in the kitchen but I think they need to up their game on the plus side my gammon was good.

Can’t fault this place. Food delicious, staff friendly. Good old country pub. Has so much potential but can see what the owner is happy doing. Good food, good portions and fair prices. Great selection of choices. Clean restaurant and couldn’t fault it.

Service fine but a little slow, portion size was small, and I'm mentioning this because of the cost. Fries seemed a little over cooked or recooked, pleasant decor. And finally the cost, 3 mains two kids meals , 4 desert 2 wines and a Guinness.

Dropped in for light dinner; entree’s were decent and reasonably priced … dessert was outstanding

Really lovely food and staff. We would definitely come back!! We got seated really quickly (it wasn’t busy to be fair)… Our food arrived timely and it was absolutely scrumptious, we had 3 courses and all of them exceeded expectations (I always find one of them lets you down, but to my surprise this didn’t happen on this occasion).. The portion size was decent, I think anymore and it would’ve been too much.. absolutely recommend here

Food here is pretty decent for pub grub, my issue is the fact that their pricing is very odd, most mains costing the same flat £15 and a pint of fanta orange(£5.30) being more expensive than a pint of imported cider(£5). I understand overheads and the need to turn a profit but some of the pricing seems nonsensical.

My sister and I were staying in Templepatrick for one night. We don’t know the area, as expected. We went to Ellie May’s and walked through the wrong door. We then had two GROWN MEN at the bar yelling at us. Next thing, a woman who worked there stormed over to us and said “What are youse doing?!” in the most unfriendly and rude way. I explained we hadn’t been before and didn’t know where to go. The men at the bar still shouting in the background. Horrible staff, unfriendly, rude, hostile. Would not recommend to anyone. On top of that, the food was rotten.

Excellent lunch for an impromptu meet up with friends. We all enjoyed our food. It was excellent everyone's meal was different and thoroughly enjoyed.

Visit here with a large bunch and it was a delight. The service was welcoming and friendly throughout. The food was lovely and large plates too, we all got cakes which again was lovely.

Had lunch with a friend. Food was excellent and the staff were very friendly and helpful

1st time visitors. Really enjoyed

We had a roast beef Sunday dinner and a child's meal of chicken goujons. The food was delicious, the beef was cooked to perfection and the chicken goujons were very tasty 😋 Great value for money and friendly staff. We will definitely be back!

Inattentive staff. 10 mins waiting sitting at the bar to order a pint with staff doing everything but look to take an order. I had to seek attention and ask could I place an order. After 5 mins of waiting to order pint no. 2, I just walked out. A bar that can’t even get the basics right. No sign of leadership or Management

Great food at good prices. Service friendly but not too fussy, very typical of NI I’d say! Growing up nearby been coming for years, as do many other local people…think that says it all!

Staff v, good food is good but they don't serve vegetables always side salad decor is OK could do with some tlc value for money is good

Absolutely beautiful food, quick service, and friendly staff

Kids menus were unreal quality of all food was amazing a lovely warm atmosphere service was lovely

The food is very tasty with a wide variety menu I had the chicken dinner. There's a great atmosphere and friendly helpful staff. I would have no problem recommending Ellie May's and we will definately be back again. Our children brought us here for Mothers Day and paid for us.

Delicious food and the staff were so friendly despite being extremely busy.

Didn’t expect much having read a few of the recent previews. Mother’s Day visit so very busy but service was excellent as was the food. Ok the restaurant doesn’t have all the frills and modern furnishings of some places but I have no complaints and sometimes I wonder how genuine some reviews really are .

A nice place to enjoy great food.

Called in on way to the airport, staff was friendly and helpful. Had a great meal and was surprised by the price...great value.

I've have never had a bad meal yet at elliemays Today I had the steak and Guinness casserole DELICIOUS

When we arrived we had table booked with high chair waitress not pleasant at all waited 15 mins before food order taken and another 15 mins till we had to ask for dessert menu while staff 3 of them stood at bar wouldn't go back

I arrived with my wife and was seated quickly. We waited 10 minutes for our drinks order and then had to ask for menu's. We ordered a starter to share which was lovely and ordered our mains. I ordered the chicken stack. My wife ordered the chicken dinner. We waited about 20mins. My wife's dinner was fine but my dinner was cold. I asked one of the waitresses if they could heat it up. 10 mins later I got my meal back. which was a new one. It was hot so good so far. Half way through I took a mouthful and almost choked. I then pulled a large piece of clingfilm from my mouth. That obviously put me off finishing my meal. I called the waitress and showed her. She said she would show wee Alex in the kitchen. 10 minutes passed and she came back and eventually apologised and told me my meal would be taken off the bill. I wasn't asked if we wanted anything else. I decided to pay the bill and leave. Very disappointed. Won't be back!

After reading some of the negative reviews I had to check that I was in the same place as I had an great experience. My welcome, service and food were all excellent. Highly recommended and will definitely visit again when in the area.

Amazing lunch. Glad we choose to stop here

The most thing that lets this establishment down is the poor customer service and the absolute rudeness of the waitresses, not family or child friendly, the attitude of some of the female waitress is very off putting and this is widely known, plus dining area is far too cold.

Food was lovely very old fashioned place but enjoyed it

Seated immediately then left 32 minutes for taking the food order, complained twice, was told after drinks order and 20 minutes wait the kitchen was busy, no apology, waited a further 25 mins for food to arrive, counted 11 empty tables, had we not ordered drinks, we would have walked out

Went here on Christmas Day for lunch. Standard of food was excellent. Two of our party were gluten free and they handled this brilliantly

Great food and great service had a good Christmas Dinner at Ellie Mays 😋

Traditionally styled and homely .. great staff very helpful and the chicken curry is fab ! So too are the chicken Goujons :-)

I booked Boxing Day dinner a few months back I was the first on the list, I booked for 1pm slot for 9 adults and 3 children, we arrived at 12.45pm and we were put next door in a room with no atmosphere cold and floor was filthy, it was a terrible table we waited and waited our dinner arrived at 2.10pm we were freezing so we asked to have the fire lit we were then smoked out we were covered in smoke reduculous, I asked could we be moved and was told no were we were would fill up soon no it didn't nobody came in, food was nice but the experience was terrible we will not be back at Christmas had to pay extras also, not a happy customer. Beverly Topping

This is so close to my heart,it was where I brought my mother and father on special occasions when younger it never let's me down foods fantastic service amazing and it doesn't cost a body organ,a perfect night out.

Turkey dinner was super. Well tended to. Nice warm friendly place

Delicious fry, ordered extra white and black pudding. 🎄

Went here for a catch-up with some of my family. We arrived early so sat and had a drink at the bar whilst we waited on everyone else arriving. Got to our table and orders were taken pretty quickly. The food arrived in a decent time as well, maybe around 10 mins for starters then another 5/10 mins for mains after that. I had a Christmas dinner and have to say it was lovely, the only small complaint I would have is that the mashed potatoes were not as creamy as I would have expected, although with gravy on the plate this is only a minor issue. A complimentary bowl of chips for every two dinners was nice to have as well. It took quite some time for the waitress to come and take our dessert order, I am not sure if we were forgotten about but we ended up waiting about 15 mins after getting the dessert menu and placing our order. This was not a big deal as we were all sitting having a drink and a good chat but we did start to get a little impatient. Dessert was lovely, my wife got a chocolate cake and ice cream and it looked fantastic. Would definitely come back here again, but a couple of minor issues mean I would give 4 stars for now.

Been here twice, always an amazing experience, staff amazing and friendly, booked online via there webpage, prompt response and extremely polite. Food portions very generous, sides top notch, and service and food service time was prompt and quick and piping hot

Great food lovely bar and restaurant friendly staff

Very good the meal was excellent.

I tried the vegan Thai curry which was good. But the service took almost an hour after we ordered for the food to arrive and also the place we were seated had lots of cobwebs and was unclean.

Pie was chewy. Not tender enough. 2 lumps of gristle . Not happy. Cold and no fire on.

Great friendly staff. Food was good and priced great

Arrived at Ellie may and was shown to our table beside front door and slot machine.waiter got us drinks then said he would take our order.waited on him to come back only to be told by another waitress I would have to wait till he serves two tables of about six to seven (spoken in an unmannerly way).We paid for our drinks and left and went to dunary inn had a wonderful meal.

Great food great price , Top Gunness 👍

Food was gorgeous as always, especially the nachos special. Unreal.

First time trying this place out. Felt so un-welcome by waitress, and it was not even busy. Table and my cup were quite dirty and stained, but I cleaned it myself (with baby wipes) as waitress was not to be seen for a while at the time. Food was ok, pepper chicken was too dry, pepper sauce was bland. Beef Guinness pie pastry could have been in the oven a bit longer, could not taste Guinness at all. Rib dinner is ok, but the reason why I gave the two stars review is because the customer service needs to be improved.

We had an excellent lunch here, food was excellent and service as always was friendly!

Good food, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere

Fantastic service and great food!

Great surprise today on the road, great pub grub, lovely staff and really reasonably priced. Recommend.

Top restaurant can't fault it in anyway, plus a bonus the prices are very reasonable.

I had prime rib-eye steak cooked perfectly medium rare with garlic and parmesan fries and they were delicious. Quick service and friendly staff would definitely eat here again

Was here today because we heard good reports. My personal opinion is that the food is nice but very very small portions and defo not worth the money. I had ribs for starters an only got 2 not very much meat on the 2 measly bones an a wee tiny bit of lettuce and onion then I seen a girl sitting at another table an she had the same only she got 4. On to mains tiny steel what I can only describe as dog water bowls. Ask for another drink and when it came to the table the glass was just over half way full. Sorry but won't be back.

Lovely food me and my partner got the rib eye steak absolutely beautiful and those garlic and parmesan chips awesome will be back

I was there with my family my son, daughter in law and my 2 grandchildren. I was very slow service as were were only 2 staff on the floor. We ordered starters which were eventually servedand were fine. However, the mains were served to myself ,my son and my grand children. My granddaughter had finished her meal and my daughter in law was still waiting for her meal. Very bad service as the same thing happened at the table next to us. Its very unlikley we will return.

Sirloin beef 🥩 is just OK. It is too well done cook when order is medium on top with fried onion so the beef taste is gone a bit. Service is a bit slow and close early about 9PM even summer time.

The food is good but IT IS NOT DOG FRIENDLY, in spite of what the headline says. We just got turned away. We have eaten here several times and the food is good and in the past dogs were allowed but not today🤷🏼‍♂️

Fancied a wee lunch date.. Perfect from start to finish. Guinness is delicious, bud light very good. Food, and service fabulous.. Chicken Thank you for a nice afternoon well spent.

Not in Ireland much and the 7.30 food cut off for most places was annoying. But 100% worth the wait. Proper good pub.

Have eaten there often and has not let me down yet

Food and service always good, thats why we go back. Best pub grub and lovely staff.x

So went to Ellie mays today for lunch with friends, waited over an hour for our order only to be served luke warm food on a filthy plate! Then we were actually argued with by the "so called manager" a young guy wearing a filthy uniform who was very rude. Whoever the owner is really really needs to educate his or her son about customer service and personal hygiene. The one star is here because there is no way to post this review without it.

Great food at a reasonable price with friendly staff

Fantastic food great friendly service and beautiful Guinness. Highly recommended. Thankyou and will definitely call again when I visit ireland.👍

Food was excellent, service also, would definitely recommend when travelling through Antrim/ Dunadry.

Very good food and helpful staff!

Grt food and service, and choice.. we had food there two nights out of out4 nights in the area. Would recommend

Quite large portion for the meal but very tasty. Staff friendly and efficient, would suggest that either wipes or finger bowl be supplied with spicy wings and ribs.

Called in on bank holiday Monday (29th May 2023) at around 8pm. Ordered Chinese chicken with chips, chicken goujons with garlic fries and a pint of bud lite. Where to begin, the Chinese chicken was way to over cooked and hard, the pitta bread was stale, the chips cooled and greasy. My partners goujons were that greasy she removed the batter but still couldn't eat the chicken as it was so overcooked, the garlic fries were swimming in butter with no garlic taste at all. As a chef I don't usually complain and just don't return. Now I wish I had complained and taken pictures as I have been ill for the past 2 days with the little food I did eat. If the manager or management would like to check this out my bill was £29.90 and paid by card at 8.26pm. We were served by a young male server who after seeing the amount of food left on the plate had to as twice if we were finished. Please take notice of this review and as an experienced chef I would never recommend this restaurant for foo

My partner and I called in here for a bite to eat last Monday on my way back from Belfast. If there was a spot for no stars, that is what I would give this place. I wantedd to complain but my partner told me not to as he didn't want to make a scene. Im so sorry I didn't now. I ordered chicken goujons and garlic, and he had the pitta chicken. His chicken was like charred rubber it was so overcooked. My meal was like a plate of grease. The goujonsweres just pure grease on a plate. I scraped the batter off and tried to eat the chicke, but it was like goo. The garlic fries were in a bowl of grease. The young waiter who lifted the plates just did that and no more. We were never offered desserts, notthat wee would have taken any anyway. The other staff were just cleaning around us as if to say it's leaving time. It's very rude to be brushing up floors and spraying tables in a clean u in front of customers. Would most definitely never go near this place again. called in here for a bite to eat last Monday o my way back from Belfast. If there was a spot for no stars,thatt is what I would give this place. I wanted to complain but my partner told me not to as he didn't want to make a scene. Im so sorry I didn't now. I ordered chicken goujons and garli, s and he had the pitta chicken. His chicken was like charred rubber it was so overcooked. My meal was like a plate of grease. The goujonwereas just pure grease on a plate. I scraped the batter off and tried to eat the chick, n but it was like goo. The garlic fries were in a bowl of grease. The young waiter who lifted the plates just did that and no more. We were never offered desserts, not that we would have taken any anyway. The other staff were just cleaning around us as if to say it's leaving time. It's very rude to be brushing up floors and spraying tables in a clean-up in front of customers. Would most definitely never go near this place again.

My partner and I called in here for a bite to eat last Monday on our way back from Belfast. If there was a spot for no stars, that is what I would give this place. I wanted to complain, but my partner told me not to, as he didn't want to make a scene. I'm so sorry I didn't now. I ordered chicken goujons and garlics and he had the pitta chicken. His chicken was like charred rubber it was so overcooked. My meal was like a plate of grease. The goujons were just pure grease on a plate. I scraped the batter off and tried to eat the chicken, but it was like goo. The garlic fries were in a bowl of grease. The young waiter who lifted the plates just did that and no more. We were never offered desserts, not that we would have taken any anyway. The other staff were just cleaning around us as if to say it's leaving time. It's very rude to be brushing up floors and spraying tables in a clean up, in front of customers. Would most definately never go near this place again.

Foods great but like most places now the charge for a soft drink is going through the roof.. Expect to pay around £25 a head when you include the drinks.

I love eating here, the foods great and the staff are excellent. I recommend the curry.

Absolutely beautiful staff where lovely very attentive , Food was totally delicious the gammon was to die for melted in your mouth, fresh chips, and made with real fresh potatoes amazing meal thank you