McBrides On The Square in Ards

We stopped by while we waited for food elsewhere. The rugby and football was on and the atmosphere was lovely, everyone we seen were having a great time. Very wholesome and friendly mood. Lovely pints of Guinness too. A great spot!

Had one night in with a club the food and service was fantastic

Thoroughly enjoyed the food here, service was excellent too.

Great choice on menu. Staff friendly and helpful recommend it.

We went here midweek and had a lovely meal. We both enjoyed what we had and the portions were very good. The waiting staff were pleasant.

Portions a tad small,, but great eating,, would be reccomending

We had my granddaughter's christning tea today this is the second one and food lovely the staff are very pleasent and helpful thank you all

Landlord Ivan was the reason for my repeated visits. He is a singular man. Also the 'regulars' were welcoming and friendly. The best Guinness anywhere. Sadly, I no longer have reason to travel thousands of miles from Australia to Northern Ireland, (the person I was visiting has no wish to see me again) but if I am ever that way again, I would call in for the craic.

Just called in for two drinks. Quick and efficient service although the staff member clearing our table was non verbal despite our polite thanks. Cheerful friendly atmosphere in general. Ladies toilets nice and clean.

We had a family birthday meal at McBrides. Food and service was excellent. Iris and her team couldn't do enough to make it special.

Went for lunch with my cousin today. Iris always pleasant. The food excellent. All very relaxing. Until the next time

Love this place, staff are friendly, polite and super helpful. Food is to die for too. Very reasonable prices too! A must try if you're ever in Comber. ♥

Always a great place for a pint and a plate of something tasty.

Great place for food and drinks

What a great place to share with friends...great staff..friendly and helpful...a good time was had by all.

Brilliant service from Carol, very friendly and helpful. We ordered the Thai curry and the breaded torpedo prawns (from the specials board). Both meals tasted beautiful and the kids burger was a proper steak burger. They also made a baby bowl of mash, veg and gravy for the little one. A great family restaurant. Will definitely be back.

This was an Amazing experience for the family great food drinks service thank u Iris and the team!!!

Dreadful Sunday lunch. Meal edible but mediocre, service good. Doubt if any of the food actually prepared in their own kitchen as tasted bland, factory produced roast beef, so evenly sliced, gravy bisto or similar, vegetables and creamed potatoes OK, roast potato undercooked, disappointed no Yorkshire pudding. Good reputation, resting on their laurels. £15.

Barely edible. Sunday lunch.. Factory prepped roast beef...thin identical tasteless slices. Clear thin swim of commercial gravy, no Yorkshire puds, big con for £15. Never again. General Menu frozen food led, chef surplufuous, management in control , cost led, quality out the window from former good standard.resting on laurels I'm afraid. Go to TT I'm told.

A friendly local pub with great staff I hope to be back soon

Always so friendly & can’t do enough for us. Never had a bad meal in MCBRIDES Guard a great meal 😍🥂👏🏻

Very friendly pub with great Guinness. Food was very enjoyable. And even got a lift back into Belfast. What's not to like about all that ! Will go back to McBrides even though a long distance from where we live.

Great menu selection, great food and friendly staff. Beautiful surroundings

We were there for our wedding reception and had a fantastic experience. The food was amazing and all the guests loved it and we would certainly recommend it for small weddings. Iris and her staff were very accommodating and so helpful

Lovely Meal would definitely recommend

Excellent food and great pricing.

Always first class service from Iris and staff

As usual, McBrides hits the spot! Lovely food, well presented and great staff.

Upstairs. Clean, tidy dining room. Lovely large windows. We'll priced honest grub. Recommended for casual dinner

Food was great, the restaurant is in a great location with a good view of Comber town square. The staff were very friendly and attentive. Great selection of food drink on the menu, plenty of choice, even for people who might be a bit fussier when it comes to food. Will definitely be back.

Food is always good. Helpful staff. A lovely venue.

On Sunday night we were looking forward to our first meal in N Ireland for a few years. So disappointed with our experience at McBrides on The Square. On arrival we explained we were on tight time schedule - we were assured we could have our meal 'within the hour'. Service was pathetically slow. During this time we witnessed a diner being served with cold soup and frozen bread! She asked for the soup to be heated and explained to the waitress the bread was frozen. The waitress obviously did not believe her - she placed her hand on the bread then announced 'your right, it is frozen'. The soup and bread was removed. After a few moments the waitress returned with the 're-heated' soup and a plate containing a slice of bread placing this in front of the diner. Another waitress followed with a second plate with a slice of bread - the same slice of bread that the waitress had placed her paw over! Unbelievable!! Needless to say the diner rejected the soup and both plates of bread and requested the waitress to remove the lot. This should have been the cue for us to cancel our order and depart. Eventually our meal arrived 50 mins after we placed our order - but the meal was not what we ordered. I specicfically requested a salad rather than vegetables with my meal. A dish of overcooked veg was placed in front of me. I explained to the waitress (the same one who took our order) that I specifically requested a salad instead of veg. She grudgingly removed the dish of veg then returned with a small bowl of dried up lettuce. We ate what we could, hurriedly paid the bill and left - we were now running late. Later, at our destination my husband checked the bill and was unimpressed to discover the waitress had charged and additional £3.50 for the bowl of dried up lettuce.

Had a family meal with my gran children, was a pleasant experience and would certainly go back

Lovely restaurant, food is excellent and Irene and the staff are lovely

There were seven of us for a meal tonight ranging age 12 and up, I was late in booking a table but got one no bother. The menu was quite varied and there was a special board too. I had the crispy Asian beef salad to start and it was amazing, hubby had chilli beef wedges and there were a couple of tomato and basil soups. All enjoyed, then main meals were of beef & ale pie for me, an open steak sandwich thing for hubby (was huge), couple of jumbo cod and chips, couple of burgers and sausages. All portions were more than enough!! Few had desserts of pavlova, chocolate cake and ice creams. A few rounds of drinks including 6 cocktails, 4 pints of Guiness, couple of wines, soft drinks, a coffee and whisky and the bill came to just over £200 which seriously good value. Glad we chose here and wouldn't hesitate to go back. Staff too were lovely, great food and great company.

Lovely meal, great service and reasonably priced.

Absolutely shocking, went to go for some food this evening and was told they were not open, due to a private function. Well surely this should have been advertised on the door of the premises. Will never enter again and will be spreading the word

I was at McBrides restaurant with a group of seniors, this is one of our favourite places. We had a good menu, I noticed quite a few people had salmon, chicken and roast beef. Everything was cooked to perfection really well presented and enjoyed by all. Delicious home made desserts followed by teas and coffee. What a pleasure just to sit down and enjoy a beautiful meal, plenty of chat no rush to leave. We'll be back again soon.

Food was awesome and great stuff

Fantastic bar in centre of comber. Great selection of beers and food available upstairs

Good local pub, good grub as well

We were on a birthday bash weekend to celebrate a friends 60th staying in Comber in a nearby apartment with two other friends We had the opportunity to visit this pub a couple of times on arrival from the airport while we waited to get in to the apartment and then another night for a meal. We were really welcomed in by the friendly bar staff on the first early evening clearly busy with locals we took over a corner and had a few drinks and a crack!! We were reluctant to leave but had too to meet friends later otherwise we could have stayed the night McBrides has an off license to the side which was extremely well stocked and a upstairs Restuarant. We opted to stay in the warm friendly pub and the meal we had was good quality pub food from a smaller menu ( top tip it’s a little cheaper in the pub and a lovely atmosphere) I had a steak cooked rare with great chips and a nice side salad and my wife had a steak and fried onion baguette with a peppercorn sauce both delicious We all had a good meal and just the one ( or two drinks) Fab place and highly recommended👍🙏

Enjoyed a lovely lunch at McBrides yesterday. The food is always good quality, well prepared and presented; and the service is excellent!

Great place lovely meal really enjoyed with family

Lovely meal very friendly staff

Best bar/restaurant in North Down. An absolute must visit on rugby days. Incredible food and the nicest landlady you'll ever meet.

A nice lunch and good and friendly service

Good food and great service, clean establishment and covid friendly.

Friendly staff wonderful choice of freshly cooked food, ate their 2 nights on trot!!

A great place for food and drink. Handy for bus stops too.

Staff very pleasant, Roast silverside Beef, Chips, Vegetables, and gravy, very nice. Chocolate Brownie salted caramel ice cream tasty. Also not forgetting jug of orange juice not to watery. Decor nice and bright plenty room and nice sitting by the window. Toilets lovely and clean.

We had an excellent meal served by friendly staff. Great atmosphere. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Would definitely recommend.

Goid service.pleasant atmosphere.

Great tasty food super selection on the menu excellent service

Great food great service lovely great night good to eat out again xx

Great pub and restaurant. A must stop if you're in Comber.

Small group of 20 had arranged a private lunch. Staff were very friendly while keeping their distance where possible. Asked if any members of the party wanted them to wear masks. Sandwiches and traybakes were delicious and offered extras to each table. Room was laid out with people only sitting at every other table

Guinness & Steak Pie with champ. What's not to like? Extremely friendly and welcoming bar lady. Spotlessly clean. Cracking prices.

Still doing a takeaway service, as well as set up for sit in, all well spaced. Food wise, ask and Iris will do her best to deliver

Very good food and service. Tables well spaced so felt safe.

Excellent & reasonably priced food, excellent service

Had a lovely meal last night. Service was great and the food was excellent. Will definitely be back.

Lovely food and great service

Great bar and very good Guinness. Staff are great.

Menu choice was great and food served was excellent quality. Iris Mcbride served us and couldn’t have been nicer and more helpful. We shall definitely be back!!!. Also the the bar downstairs is great and lovely staff.

Located in a beautiful square in the quaint town of Comber where you can join very friendly locals for a pint of Guinness or maybe a Pink Gin while catching a big game on the big screen. Ivan and the staff will be happy to tell you about the best sights in the area such as Scrabo Tower and for the golfers a very challenging Scrabo Golf Club. Hungry with a small or large group Iris and her great kitchen staff will serve up great Irish food in great surroundings located just above the bar. Make sure you are hungry as they give a plate fit for your Queen or your Majesty and a perfectly drawn pint. Anytime we are back in Northern Ireland Mc Brides is always on our list and a great place when hungry and yes having a Guinness attack or maybe a hot whiskey if it's a cold day. Comber is located very close to Belfast with many great sites to see such as the Titanic Center

This is the best pub in comber for drinking good Guinness .

A family lunch on a Saturday afternoon, the lady working there was friendly and helpful. The food was delicious and we all enjoyed our meals. Will definitely be back.

Have not eaten here for a few years so thought we would give it a try passing through comber we were met at door by two staff who welcomed us and let us pick our table chose by the window overlooking busy comber Square it is upstairs so quite a few steps. We were given the menu and specials board without any waiting and given plenty of time to choose we were served the drinks we ordered straight away. I had the tia curry which was creamy and delicious my wife had the honey chilli chicken also delicious the chips were standard and OK. Good food good service and reasonably priced we will not leave it so long again and we will be back soon

Great food, excellent service, pleasant environment

Excellent and well appointed bar facilities and restaurant.

We rented the top floor room for a family funeral. Food was good, staff were attentive and the cost was very reasonable. Thank you for making our day less stressful.

Great bar, good selection of beers and all drinks. Sport on tv, good food upstairs, great craic!

Beautiful food and very friendly and helpful staff

Staff are very good and food was great had a great night thanks

I am a coach. driver and was taken in as a guest.I have been in many restaurants all over Northern Ireland .All Paid for by the Group of People on my coach. But Rarely do you get a restaurant like McBrides. The food was delicious the service was Excellent.iam so impressed I will be taking my family to this restaurant and I will be paying for it myself. A big thank you to the Ladies from Carryduff who took me there.

It was my son Roy Willis birthday party it was packed and a great night everyome enjoyed themselves Roy Anne has lots of lovely friends Thankyou to all that came and gives gifts cards ..

Lovely friendly staff will update on the food

Excellent service, brilliant, friendly staff. Definitely recommend xx

Always good grub and friendly staff

Went for a Thursday night meal , lovely food and service , very nice pint of guinness and a bottle of red . I had the baked cod , it was delicious .

Great food the Staff brilliant always looked after from you walk through the door

McBride's on the square is a really friendly house which also serves meals in purpose built dining area it offers a good menu of local dishes friendly service the bar offers a good selection of beers,lagers,and spirits function room can be booked for private functions

Lovely food, excellent service & reasonably priced.

As a regular visitor to McBride's all I can say is every time I visit the service and staff just get better and better

Lovely meal and great friendly service as usual. So relaxing.

Lovely friendly place and great atmosphere

First class food and service :)

Great pub, good food and plenty of sport on the TV.

Food is great, really friendly staff - nice cosy vibe

Fantastic, Iris and her team did a fantastic job in hosting a private family function for us. Food and service were outstanding, the venue was spotlessly clean and we are very grateful. Highly reccommended.

We recently had a family party here for 27 people, staff were great and so was the service. We all enjoyed our food and had a thoroughly lovely time.

Very nice friendly atmosphere and good value for money. Food is also lovely! The Guinness is very good too.

Food terrible and staff seemed as if they couldn't be bothered, only spoke to people they knew or regular customers. Wasn't asked if the food was ok....I can only assume they knew it was terrible. I will never be back. On the plus side the drinks were fine.

1st class food excellent service reasonable prices.

Was at the quiz here and as usual it was great fun! They give you a lovely supper and they mix the quiz up with games so its a very entertaining night. Will be back to the next one!

Food was average wouldn't be phoning home about it, place only had us in it at close to 7pm then 1 more family came in close to us leaving

Great food friendly atmosphere and reasonable on the wallet 👌🏻

10/10 very welcoming restuarnt and bar, great deals on Sundays. Food is beautiful and good selection of drinks also, it is based in the square in comber and parking available around the square area, always try dessert also it's worth it

Food reasonable quality but menu too restricted and never changes. Lamb never appears on menu.