Elliot's Bistro in Coleraine

Honestly I have no idea why this restaurant had such a high review. The food was actively terrible, and I am not a picky eater. It also was so expensive. The service was not friendly and very slow. The restaurants was dirty and smelled strange. We stayed at the hotel, which was lovely, but I would NOT recommend eating at the restaurant.

Just had a lovely meal at this restaurant. Went for the duck. Delicious. Staff very friendly. Restaurant is clean. Good choices on the menu. Restaurant is quite busy for a Monday night in September

Lovely meal pleasant staff nicely spaced out plenty of parking.

Staff were really nice. The food was middle of the road.

Fantastic meal and service, couldn’t fault it at all. Had a baby and a fussy 9 year old and they were so accommodating nothing was any trouble. Also the food was lovely

Really good food and reasonably priced.

Wonderful staff and atmosphere, really good food, but the Angus pizza is not quite what I was expecting in a pizza.

Food was excellent. Service was fantastic especially Niall and Jennifer who were so friendly and nothing was too much trouble.

Excellent again, has become our go to because always know it's going to be a good meal and friendly staff. Kids pizza is very good and so are the adults too. For dessert I recommend the chili sticky toffee pudding. I dare say won't be long before back again.

After a previous review where a couple of our dinners were a bit disappointing, we got a voucher and returned to elliotts. It was lovely. I had chilli beef pitta with garlic fries, hubby had steak. Good portions. Great menu. Lovely staff. Nice atmosphere. As its local to us we will definitely be back soon.

Food was really good. Full of flavour and good sized portions. Lots of great options on the menu and the prices are very reasonable. The staff are lovely and friendly, in particular Jennifer gave great service. Definitely be returning very soon

The waiting staff here are brilliant. Really attentive and friendly and on the ball. The food was also tasty (I ordered from their vegetarian menu each time and was pleased with all of the meals I had).

Took my wife out for her birthday lunch and had very good food and service at a reasonable price. Would recommend.

Just back from staying at the Lodge Hotel for the weekend and could not fault anything as always Great food +great staff+great service NO matter when I have to leave i cannot wait to go back

Stood at the bar, 2 servers coming and going never even acknowledged me so after around 2 minutes I just left it. After my lunch I asked for a coffee, never came so just left. It wasn't busy at all as it was coming near the end of lunch service. The staff seemed to be more interested in chatting to each other. Disappointed.

Very nice good food great service

We booked our table easily online. Good food options on the various menus - we chose the buffet. Carrot and lentil soup was lovely and the buffet spread was fantastic and very tasty. The Chef was very pleasant and gave a good serving. There was a good variety of soft drinks that were reasonably priced. Best Carvery I have had this year. We will be back!

Beautiful food and great service

Beautiful place staff polite and meal was lovely

Staff are great, service is great, and the restaurant itself is warm cosy and well laid out. My husband and I used to eat here once or twice a month for many years, however we've only been twice over the past couple of years, as the food is just not the top notch it used to be, I'm certainly not suggesting it's terrible, just bland and not worth the cost any longer. Perhaps they changed chief

We called into Elliot’s Bistro, which is beside The Lodge Hotel in Coleraine for dinner. Staff were very friendly & helpful. They let us see the menu & asked us if we wanted a drink. We then gave them our order & they asked us if everything was okay for us. Elliot’s Bistro is located beside The Lodge Hotel on The Lodge Road area of Coleraine & has free parking for your car. Stephen Acton.

Great food and selection on the menu, service was friendly and efficient, nice bright welcoming decor, all in all excellent.

Love this place to stay in and have food

Un lugar muy agradable para compartir una buena comida. Lo recomiendo

A fantastic carvery but it can be quite busy with the coaches. Not a large selection of meat's but the roast beef was lovely.

Nice staff and great service and good food.

Fantastic place. Had lunch here with a friend. Food was so tasty. Staff are so friendly and helpful. Nothing to complain about. Place is so clean and welcoming.

Good mid-week carvery, food was a little cold service was OK

My grandson gives this place 5*s says it should b more than 3*s . Waiters was amazing with him as he has autism. An he truely enjoyed his first sit in meal as lobg time .

Friendly, spacious, decent food, good menu

Great food in relaxing surroundings no to expensive

Had lunch today. 3 adults and 2 kids. Wife (who's veggie) ordered veggie chilli with a side of rice. All orders arrived at the same time but wife's order was wrong. It came served on a naan bread with no rice. Explained this to the waitress who looked puzzled and proceeded to take the whole dish away when all we really needed was a side serving of rice adding. 20 minutes later when most of us were nearly finished our meal we started to wonder why it was taking so long just to add some rice, when a different waitress came back with...a chicken dish for my wife. Wrong again. This time when we explained that this food was also wrong and what it should have been we were given no apology. That dish was taken away - and my wife got a rather obvious disgruntled look from the waitress (as if it was our fault that the food was wrong again). This was noticed by her and another member of our party. 15 minutes later when everyone else had finished eating their food, the correct dish was served so my wife ended up eating alone. Manager was made aware of the problems as when we paid at the end he apologized which was appreciated. We were offered no gesture of goodwill for the party having to wait twice for the correct meal to be served and for having to eat separately. Food was very good 8/10 - zero complaints there. Service was very poor 2/10 - sadly we won't be returning because of that. Hence what I believe is a fair review considering the above.

I had the carvery and it was absolutely delicious. Well done to all the staff.

My experiences here are always good. Awsome cavery selection of expertly cooked food. Plenty of it and served to you efficiently and friendly. Well laid out and run place i call to at dinnertime and very good value for the quality.

Had steaks for dinner and they were excellent.

Lunch carvery two courses excellent and staff so friendly and reduced cost for senior citizens

Had a nice light lunch reasonably priced , they do a roast lunch which seemed to be very popular. I will go for it next time I visit.

Elliots Bistro never disappoints, food is always good & reasonably priced, lovely surroundings and staff are very helpful and friendly without being intrusive, well worth a visit.

Pleasant atmosphere, good service, and the food was well prepared and delicious. Will be going there again.

Very nice lunch today with the team . Started our Christmas break nicely.

Beautiful carvery. Professionally served. Very tasty and fresh ingredients.

Excellent food, the service is fantastic, and the staff are fantastic,

Took myself and my 3 teenage sons here for the Christmas carvery it was delicious and extremely well priced.

Very nice with a very good menu early two course deal a real bargain

Really nice place to go. Only had a light lunch but staff very attentive and food very nice. Would certainly go again.

Queue early for lunch at this favoured watering hole for the silver set.

Just not great food in the bistro unlike there sunday carvery which is first class

We went into elliots bistro for lunch the food was top class staff absolutely brilliant will be back

Busy. Good hotel food & atmosphere.

Excellent food, well priced. Staff friendly and attentive. The menu has good variety

We had Sunday lunch in carvery. Marvelous for 13.50 a head. Would do it again M

If your hungry and in coleraine why not call in to the lodge Hotel the food is excellent and the staff are brilliant

Beautiful food. Friendly staff.

We live in South East England for a big part of the year and cannot find a pub or resturant to compare with the texture and flavour of the steaks that are so consistent each time we visit. Not only the meals but the friendliness and proffessional of the staff. Thank you for so nice a welcome and such a lovely meal. Our compliments to the Chefs, Management and staff. Will be back soon. Laurence Kelly

We had a lovely Sunday lunch for the family here. The service was excellent, attentive and courteous. I had chowder for starter which was nice, perhaps a little heavy on the sweetcorn and potatoes, and light on fish. However it was tasty and I enjoyed it The carvery was a triumph. There was a diverse choice. I had roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and a lovely beef and Guinness pie. There was an array of vegetables and lots of other meat dishes including a ham and turkey pie with cranberry sauce and topped with cubed potatoes which I am assured was delicious.I'm not a great fan of carverys but I really couldn't fault this, it was clean, well presented and the food tasted great. It was also good value.Highly recommended.

The time it took to take are order and then get the food was long and had to ask twice for the sweet menu. The restaurant wasn't full and was midweek so don't know why things are so slow but the food when it did arrive was delicious

We ate in the newly modernized Elliott's Bistro.We all had starters which we all really enjoyed but the main course's where a bit of a let down considering the starter's where so good.My wife had a Romaneo Chicken dish which came with a sauce which was more like a pesto spread on top of it.The chicken Penne Pasta was not very creamy and looked a bit greasy.There was seven of us and none of the main courses where very good apart from My daughters chicken coujoun'sProbably just teething problems after just getting opened up again after lockdown.Could do with probably puting a good old pepper chicken and a few of there old dishes on the menu again.o

We really enjoyed our meal at the Lodge hotel. The food was superb and the new decor was beautiful. The service was excellent.

Always a pleasure to visit here. Never disappointed in all the years we have been doing here. Whether in the Bistro Breakfast or Restaurant .

Staff are all very friendly and keen to help. The food didn't disappoint - we thoroughly enjoyed our meal

An excellent bistro with a wide range of locally sourced dishes and a staff who are most helpful. We had the “early birdl selection which was both really good value and very tasty!

We ate of the 2 course menu which is excellent value and can highly recommend the stack of ribs delicious and falling of the bones with a delicious bbq sauce.

We always eat here in the evening when we visit. It’s always busy and there is a good atmosphere here. They do a great carvery too!

We had a meal here, unexpectedly, after attending a (boring!) meeting; this changed the overall impression of the evening for the better! We were greeted in a warm and friendly manner, comfortably seated and given a wide-ranging menu. We chose well and enjoyed out meals and the evening, despite the earlier disappointment.

Excellent meal in the bistro when we stayed at the hotel it was quite busy but the service was very quick and efficient served by friendly staff

We dined here one evening during our stay and all mine people enjoyed their food. Portions were enormous so there was no chance of anyone leaving hungry. The staff were very friendly and helpful even after being on duty at a Gala Ball the previous night.

Came here the other night for dinner and its been a while since we ate here and as usual it didn't disappoint. The staff were very friendly and welcoming and the atmosphere was great. The menu was good and the food was absolutely delicious. Worth a visit!

Princess and I are staying at The Lodge Hotel in Coleraine for a couple of days for Princess' birthday. The Lodge is our favourite hotel but this review is for Elliots Bistro. A wonderful restaurant for a carvery lunch or a lovely dinner in the evening. There is a great choice of food and the quality and size of portions is excellent. We had dinner in our usual wee table for two in the quiet section of Elliots. The service is first class, friendly and attentive staff without being too fussy. Princess'birthday and the restaurant played happy birthday while lighting a candle on a scrumptious Bailies and strawberries cheesecake. Just a wee touch to make the night special. Thank you all at Elliotts. No surprise then that I can wholeheartedly recommend Elliots Bistro if you are looking for somewhere special over Christmas for a meal and a night out at there is great entertainment on in The Lodge Hotel, so why not stay over for a night or two as well, you won't be disappointed.️

There is so much choice on the menu. The staff are very helpful and friendly, Very attractive surroundings

Ate here every night ,great menu, something for everyone,staff were polite & very afficient and food was delicious

Very good service from heplful staff and delicous food. Good choice of menu and very attractive surroundings

We are regular visitors to this restaurant and to date, the quality has been excellent. We visited on 19 August and chose a variety of main courses. I had a "super salad" with chicken which was really good. However my daughter chose the strip in dip chicken goujons with sweet potato fries. Unfortunately the side dish was luke warm and quite unappetizing and the chicken goujons were overdone. My wife had chosen the same main dish with chilli cheesy mash. Like my daughter, she also found that the chicken was overdone and lacking in flavour. The mash which has always been a favourite, was bland and lacking in chilli and cheese! We also had to wait for approx. 40 minutes to be served. We were sitting in a crowded area and didn't want to raise the issues, in order to respect the other diners. Overall, very disappointing and definately not up to your usual standards. Could do better!

Once again everything was superb, food, service and nice atmosphere. We were there midweek so can’t comment on music.

Beautiful meal, we had off the early bird menu, soup, steak and then dessert, paying the supplement for the steak.

We stopped at Elliots after a hard day at the British Open. We were cold, tired and looking for some comfort food. We were not disappointed. I had an adequate pasta dish but my husband ordered the ribs. The portion was so huge that he ate his fill, I helped and we still took home a huge container. The meat fell off the bones and the sauce was delicious. Service was a bit slow because it was very busy but the young staff was very accommodating and the prices were unbelievably low compared to other restaurants we visited in the area. Great value for money.

Great place to eat, meals are lovely no matter what you order. The Panna cotta dessert with shortbread is gorgeous. Would dine here every night if we could!

had the early bird menu on the first night of a two night stay was of high standard our only regret was we chose to try somewhere different on the second night

Lunch in the bistro on a Bank Holiday Monday. Busy, but we were quickly seated. We chose the carvery for one and the super salad for the other. The salad was just a small bowl of what looked like rice salad, which was not at all what we expected, so we sent it back.

Have been here many times but today the service was very slow. Food was ok but the garlic fries were swimmng in tasteless butter (not garlicky). The chilli cheesy mash was delicious and the desserts weren’t bad either. Gets very buys which is why I think the service was sooo slow today.

This is attached to The Lodge Hotel. The staff were friendly. The food was fantastic. The soup of the day was lovely but the main star was the beef and yoirskire pudding in a Guinness gravey. The lunch food was also lovely

Went here with friends on the Wednesday for the "carvery". We queued and were "greeted" with 2 female servers, not too pleasant. Although it was supposed to be a carvery you are restricted to one main dish. There was veg and granola at the end of the line. Left overs from breakfast! Looked like a pile of slop on the plate and the food was salty and did not taste great. We had sampled the same experience the previous month but on a Saturday. Then there was 2 male servers who were more pleasant and the food selection then was better. Wouldn't go back for their carvery, far better places to eat in Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart. The Lodge can't be doing that great when they have to advertise on Q radio!!!!!"! The Bushtown Hotel know how to do a great mid week and weekend carvery.

My pizza's pineapple was straight from a can, the tomato sauce tasted like barbeque, and the ham was pulled ham. Not bad, not great, a good average pizza.

Love, love, love coming here for dinner when I am up on the North Coast. The food is fabulous and the staff are so helpful and friendly. Something on the menu for everyone. The two courses with tea/coffee for £13.50 is a great option. Never had a bad meal here...looking forward to my next visit! Thanks to Victor Boyd and Adam Ramsey for looking after us this week.

Friendly staff are off the special tea time offer menu. Good food in quality and quantity. Would definitely go again.

Good selection on menu also daily specials. Open all day with a bar type menu staff attentive and food came promptly after ordering

Our deal was for a main course each evening from a select menu. There was enough choice on it for us and everything we ate was very nicely presented and tasty. I am sure if we wanted to have anything off the main menu it wouldn’t have been a problem and we would have paid the difference.

Been going here for years.... Great place, friendly staff, very comfortable but food nowhere near as good as it used to be. Went for the lunchtime Carvery and left disappointed; the roast potatoes in particular where so bad I'm surprised they were even served here. I hope the hotel can sort this issue out as we would not be in a rush back for this reason only.

Starters were tasty and well presented. For our main we both ordered the Gammon which we have had before and enjoyed but this time we were disappointed as it was a little tough and dry.

Si vous avez envie de manger des plats typiques irlandais, vous êtes au bon endroit!

My landlord recommended this place to me and I was not disappointed. It is a popular place with families- both young and old. So may not be the best place for a quiet romantic evening!

Great menu. Lovely food. Large choice with something to suit everyone. The bacon & leek sauce is superb Highly recommended.

Ate here during our stay both nights and food, service and staff were all 5*. Great choice of menu, and desserts were excellent especially the ice cream sundaes. Worth a visit if your in the area.

Went to Elliot's for dinner and a cocktail as part of our deal when staying in the Lodge Hotel. The offer included two courses and one cocktail.

After our day of traveling Northern Ireland, we decided to stop in the town center of Coleraine for dinner at a pub. All the places we went into were not serving dinner on this Tuesday evening, but one place recommended the Lodge Hotel. So we came here for dinner. I thought some of the prices were a little high. But we found acceptable options and had dinner. I had a burger and my wife had a chicken sandwich.

my wife and I had a beautiful meal and the service of the staff made the meal even more enjoyable we will be back again for sure.

Freundlicher und aufmerksamer Service, gute Stimmung und eine kreative Menukarte. Das Essen war schmackhaft und schnell da. Die Cocktails sind zu empfehlen.

Dined on early bird menu good value delicious food and super service,Lesley had the sirloin steak I had the chicken both excellent,puddings also delicious.

Have never failed to enjoy meals served in this bistro and the courteous service provided by all staff.The bistro is just one bit of a very homely atmosphere provided throughout this 3 star hotel which merits a higher rating even without pool, gym or spa.It more than makes up for lack of leisure facilities by service, cuisine, room comfort and smart management evident throughout the hotel, thank you to all staff for another enjoyable short stay.

We visited Elliot’s Bistro for lunch and it’s hard to find fault with it. The carvery is excellent with a good range of choices and your portion sizes certainly aren’t small.The lady serving at the carvery was pleasant as indeed were all the staff.There is also a lunchtime menu with again a good choice of dishes.We have visited this restaurant several times now and I really cannot think of anything negative to say about it,we always leave there pleased with our visit.

Always offers great range of choice, prompt service and great food. Bistro restaurant within the Hotel. Never disappointed regardless of food selection.