Landings at Dobbins Inn in Carrickfergus

It was one of the best roast dinners I have ever had, and the Inn is full of history.

STAFF WERE BRILLIANT GREAT STAY

Was there for a meal food was poor

Had an evening meal. Friendly staff.

This place is amazing! Great staff, friendly service and amazing food . Hope to stay next time we come over to this beautiful country ❤️

Positive sides: - Very varied breakfast - Central location Downsides: - Narrow room with no supports - Clothes rack that was being removed from the wall - Velux closed badly - Sloped floor and consequently also the bed - Very bad soundproofing between the various rooms All this for 120 euros: too much!

Well located structure, close to the castle where there is a convenient and large free car park. The hotel is well maintained and the staff are friendly, I consider it a picturesque place as it is located in an old building. The room was not very large but adequate for 2 people and very clean.

Beautiful location. Rooms themselves are typically English furnished. Very large and comfortable beds. The only negative point is carpet, but I don't remember whether that was included when booking or not, so there's no star deduction for that either.

Great food, and great service in a lovely old building

I had food here earlier today - my son & I both ordered steak, well done. My steak was almost rare and when I said about it I was offered free dessert for the both of us. The waitress took our order at 3:15pm & by 3:45pm there was still no sign. Wouldn't recommend to anybody & I certainly won't use next time I'm in Carrickfergus.

We had spent the day in Glenariff in the Glen's of Antrim and my partner offered to buy dinner. The Manageress let us bring our dog in to the reception where there was a little table and comfy chairs in a quiet corner. We had a lovely meal and some drinks.

Just returned from a stay at this hotel and have to say had a great time from arrival to leaving staff so friendly and food perfect

Fantastic history and great service

Loved the thick walls/old fashioned feel of the inn. Lots of different breakfast choices with tea, coffee, brown and white bread.soda bread and potato bread included. So very happy with that. Staff very friendly and helpful. The old rooms gave you a feeling of being slanted which we found quaint. Bathroom very up to date. Loved the mirror where you pushed a button on the mirror and it lit up .

Staff very friendly and helpful.

Lovely Sunday late lunch in great surroundings

Good pub grub, a historic building that has lost its historic appeal.

Popped in for a bite to eat recently. The place is lovely. The food is really good and the service is friendly. 100 💯 recommend

Korean chicken burger is a winner! I need a nap after that meal. Fantastic, super friendly service.

I can't speak highly enough of this venue. Me and my sister have stayed here numerous times and it's a testament to their quality and customer service that we keep coming back here. We brought our 84 year old mother to Carrickfergus and we stayed in the Premier Inn but the only reason we chose the Premier Inn on this occasion was because Dobbins don't have lifts and mum can't manage stairs. But that aside .. we made sure to bring mum into Dobbins for the unique experience and the excellent customer service and they went over and above to meet the needs of my mother to accommodate her needs with suitable seating in their restaurant and afterwards in their bar/lounge. The food was absolutely amazing too and top class presentation and customer service!! Anyone passing through Carrickfergus or wanting an overnight stay Dobbins is an excellent choice!!!

Had the pleasure of staying here on Sunday with some friends . The steak and stay offer. Fantastic value for money. Steak served with choice of sides. Very tasty. Bed and breakfast. This hotel is steeped in history very interesting. Staff were great very friendly and welcoming. Rooms were spotless as was the rest of the hotel. Can’t recommend highly enough. Looking forward to our next visit.🥰

This is the only place we will stay while visiting Carrickfergus. The staff are so friendly and nothing is to much trouble for them. Plus the food is amazing.

Great food & atmosphere. Love the selection on the menu. Staff were so welcoming and friendly. Food was so good, great servings for the price .

Staff really friendly nice to talk to meal was lovely

This hotel was nice but they need to replace their showers was only a trickle of water coming out

Lovely spot, food is great. Decor is a little dated but given it's centuries old you can look past it. Staff are lovely and I like the open fires

Came here for Sunday lunch, smash burger was actually just an ordinary burger and was ok, Guinness wasn’t great. On the flip side the service was very good and they bent over backwards to give us a good table. Loved the decor and good atmosphere.

Went for lunch on a quiet Thursday. The food was ok when it finely arrived . The main problem Dobbins has is the poorly trained staff. The young girl who served us really would need to be trained before being put on the floor.

Wir haben in Carrickfergus für MIKE O`Donoghue ein Musikvideo gedreht und bedanken uns herzlichst für die Unterstützung beim Team des Dobbins Inn!

loved dobbins inn good place to go right beside carrickfergus castle staff lovely food great rooms are nice

Whilst partner and I were staying in Carrickfergus for a few days we visited Dobbins Inn. We actually ate just in a part of the bar. Service very good food delicious and plentiful and lots of it and very reasonable.. Thoroughly recommend

Enjoyed the breakfast at Dobbins last Saturday 11th March. Wife, daughter and I decided to pop in and grab a couple of fry-ups and an omelette. Everything was really nice and the atmosphere was friendly. Had an olde pub feel. Conveniently located in the central town. Top job. Would recommend.

It’s been a very long time since we’ve eaten in Dobbins. We called in around 6:30 on Saturday night and went into the bar, the bar was quite full so the waitress said she would open the restaurant for us. We were the only ones there but not for very long, it soon filled up. Our waitress was really nice and was able to advise us on the menu. We both went for monk fist tail scampi and it was delicious, great portion, chef did an excellent job. Just Sorry to say we couldn’t manage a dessert. But We will definitely be back and it will be in the very near future. Thank you Dobbins inn

We called in today following a walk around the town. Food had been pre-ordered and was delivered as required. All hot and indeed all appeared to like their choice. Service was good and not in your face. Well worth a visit. Thanks

Our booking was in the evening of Father's day. We arrived to be told the Father's day menu wasn't available as they had run out of some of the food and desserts. We were given a typed out menu with limited choice, but still enough to choose from. I had seen photos of the food on their Facebook page and the meals looked good, so I decided to book us in and was looking forward to it. We ordered bbq chicken wings for a starter to share. My other half ordered fish and chips with mushy peas and I ordered the roast lamb dinner with all the trimmings. The chicken wings were nice, but were in sweet chilli, not bbq sauce, which was fine and the cheesy garlic bread was lovely. What a disappointment when our main meals arrived! The chips were undercooked and hard, there was a bit of lettuce dressing the plate on its own, no tartar sauce, nothing like as shown in the photos. My mash was so lumpy I couldn't eat it, there were tasteless cubes of swede and carrot all over the whole plate, the lamb was sliced over the top, plenty of it, but fatty and not tender like lamb usually is. The roast potatoes were frozen, like cheap ones you would buy in Iceland, not even Aunt Bessie's lol, one was so hard I couldn't get my fork into it. I poured my gravy onto the top of my lamb and a big congealed lump of skin fell onto my dinner. After picking at my food I decided I couldn't eat it. Eating the lumpy potatoes was just the icing on the cake. My other half sent his chips back. They came back and he said I think they've put them in the microwave. He couldn't eat them. He asked for the tartar sauce, which it shows in their photo in a ramekin, he was given 2 plastic sachets. Needless to say we were so disappointed. This is the first review I have ever given on the Internet and we eat out 3 times a week. But I felt we were so badly done by. They gave us the starter free however when it came to paying for the bill, but it's just not good enough when paying for a meal meant to be cooked by chefs! My other half said he wished I'd made our own roast dinner which would've been 10 times nicer. My dog has had my lamb dinner since, he seemed to enjoy it, so at least it wasn't wasted haha!

We had an overnight stay here and whilst it’s very old the rooms were spotless. The staff were fantastic and couldn’t be more helpful. Central for all amenities on the High Street.

The big transformation is the look of the building. The owners, the council and people from the Historic Environment Division (HED) got together to pull away the modern rendering on the façade, and in places inside, to investigate whether parts of the building date back to the 1400s. The work is done, and the new façade, complete with faux battlements on top, looks very distinctive. The reception area inside looks marvellously medieval. The windowsill now shows off the deep rock walls. It’s great to see the place reclaiming more of its historical character, inside and out. Congratulations, by the way, to Derek & Maureen Fallis for winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at Carrickfergus Business Awards 2019. Well deserved! Dobbins has always been good for music, as well. I was here for food. I ate from their snack menu, which is served from 11am to 6pm. You can choose all sorts of things to pack into a £5.95 panini. It was great – see photos. I like the wood panelling on the walls of the dining area.

Heard great things about this, but ..... Staff: understaffed. Although very friendly. Food: less said the better. In fact even thinking about it brings on bad memories. We had the Christmas Dinner by the way. As for the price of drinks: £2.70 for a soda and lime..... Self explanatory innit?

visit here often for a coffee. They do a lovely breakfast and lunch at very reasonable prices. They do have rooms to stay

The Landings is not far from the Castle. The service was good and the food was good. If in the area just park at the castle and walk over to it.

Our family of 5 thoroughly enjoyed the amazing meal last night at Landings in Dobbins! The Beat the Clock offer is on Mon to Wed between 5 to 7pm. The price you pay is the time you order. Order at 5 pay £5. Order at 6.30 pay £6.50. Sides and sauces are included too so its a fabulous deal. How this place isn't packed to the rafters with such a fantastic offer is baffling. The surroundings are tasteful and service excellent, quick and super friendly. The menu though maybe could do with a little tweaking. Maybe adding goujons or lasagne would make it a bit more appealing to the general public. We were extremely impressed with the quality of food, for the price is was astounding. Perfectly presented and a pleasurable experience all round. The beef brisket, Steak ciabatta and the Chicken Caesar Salad are stand outs. They also offer a large variety of vegetarian dishes. I urge everyone to give it a try, I can promise, you wont be disappointed. Well done Dobbins, keep up the good work!!!

I stayed at the hotel and was very comfortable. However I did find the smell of cooking oil a bit sickening when walking down the corridor.

I had a full vegetarian Irish breakfast here every morning of my recent 4 day stay and it was really lovely food. I also had two evening meals my friend had a wonderful vegetarian curry with all the trimming and I had a pasta dish the chef cooked especially for me as i didn't like the other choices all the food was delicious very large helping and piping hot what more could you ask for.

This place is beautiful and full of history, just speak to the owner, she is very informative, friendly and full of interesting facts. Having some renovation when we were there, but felt like a proper homely place and welcoming. Would go in here again for the history alone and the lovely warm welcome.

We have are breakfast, lunch and dinner at dobbins........not on the same day I might add!! Each time we have eaten here it has been lovely. The food is always well cooked and the service is excellent. The staff are friendly and the prices are...

The lads are on tour again and needless to say this venue has, if anything, improved since last month. Bitterly cold day, roaring log fire, excellent £4 breakfast with proper coffee and toast. Don't pass by.

Fabulous three course lunch. Plenty of variety, set menu and bar menu, to suit all tastes (there were five in our party). Service was friendly and professional. A thoroughly enjoyable experience.

Called in for a drink after having a meal at nearby Indian restaurant. The outside of the building is undergoing major refurb but that shouldn’t affect the inside. The bar smelt overwhelmingly of old cooking fat and the whole place was grimy and dirty. Really...

Spent the weekend in the area and went here one evening, service was great. So impressed that we came back the next day, a Saturday morning, to try their famous Ulster fry. Probably the best cooked breakfast I have ever had, no grease, well cooked,...

we have our wedding venue in the landings restaurant its was beautiful stayed 2 nights,the bedroom was fantastic the staff where really friendly and very helpful the food was out off this world i couldn't dobbins in enough for everything we owe everything to gregg...

An annual must on our trip to the north is at least one and preferably more meals at Dobbins. If you fell empty,try the gammon steak the size of a baby pig with chips mushrooms and whatever else you choose . Its a gut buster...

Old hotel currently under refurbishment. Warm welcome, easy service and wholesome dinner. A pleasant change from ‘modern diners’.

One of the oldest hotels in Northern Ireland. Very traditional atmosphere and friendly staff, would highly recommend going for a drink. The food on the other hand is a bit disappointing. I ordered lasagne which came with Garlic bread, chips and salad, the quality was...

I love how Dobbins has re-invented itself and is now a real feature with Carrickfergus High Street. Inside though the old charm is still there... ;-)

Full of character, staff are friendly, food is lovely, prices are reasonable, all in all a good place to go. Well worth a visit

Three retired gents visited this establishment on Monday 4th December 2017 for a monthly breakfast meet. Got to say service excellent, food first class, all accompanied by toast and excellent coffee / tea. Real coffee, with a crema! Total bill £12.00 that's right £4 each....

Excellent service by the staff, good atmosphere and food delicious. Came here as we were travelling to Belfast for a ghost tour and was told about the haunted rooms upstairs in the Dobbins Inn. The nautical themed bar downstairs is laid out very well and...

Ambience not good, get rid of those black walls it was like eating in a cave, but it was one of the best if not the best food we eat whilst on holiday in Carrickfergus.

Came here with family and friends. The menu is the same as the bar lounge but Landings is better suited for a relaxed atmosphere. Gluten free options were excellent and the staff very helpful. We all had starters and main courses. The food presentation was...

this resturant is also a pub. The food is good and a wide variety. We stayed at the hotel for three weeks.

Friends recommended this place as they had stayed at the B&B part of the Inn. I enjoyed a tasty bowl of leek/potato soup with a glass of Harp on tap. Lovely conversation about the Inn and activities in the area.

Excellent food, if your super hungry and want good home cooked food like most of us business travellers often do just eat here.