The best restaurants in Castle Demesne Ballymena North Eastern NI

Good to meet and relax, no pressure to rush

The place has a nice vibe, and the service was good, we were a party of 10 with no booking, and it was fine. I ordered the "Spanish chicken." It mentioned chorizo on the menu, which drew me in. A chicken supreme on a bed of mash potato, with cheese sauce and fried crispy onion bits arrived. Portion size was good, but I could not see or taste any chorizo. Someone who ordered a different chicken dish ended up with something very similar. I was disappointed that there was not a vegetable or bit of salad to be found.

Took my family to rococo yesterday for dinner the food was amazing and the staff were very good, also served our meal fast and plenty of it

Just ate the worst meal ever. Special fried rice, without the fried rice basically. Stodgy boiled rice and you could've literally counted the grains,there was so little of it. Full of vegetables,in a single carton, barely any thing else. The Peking ribs tasted nothing like it, very sharp taste of vinegar, practically no meat just fat.Basic spring rolls,no flavour, literally bland. Nothing nice about any of this food.The only positive was the lady that served is was very nice.

Comfy seats, good service, tasty soup and desserts on a snowy Thursday

Pros: the food is fresh, crisp and delicious, probably the best cod I have ever tasted. The staff were polite and the whole place has an old timey charm. It was also very clean. Cons: The prices are high, A cod filet on its own will set you back a tenner, more if you want chips. the waiting times are longer than average. my order was small but i was still sat there for about 20 minutes at peak time. Conclusion: Expensive, but well worth the money if you have it to spare and are not in a rush. This is a very proud Chip shop and they have the awards and health ratings to back it up.

So the portrush store doesn’t seem to be available on trip adviser having had a great experience in the ballymena store as locals we were delighted to find there is a portrush store unfortunately having visited today as a family of 4 whilst staff were very friendly the bill of £19 was a little extortionate for one mocha frappe one americano two soft drinks and two tray bakes ( one of which was rock hard) would hesitate to visit again ☹️

Grotty. Tables and floor dirty when we went in at 930 in the morning. Staff standing bored behind the counter.

So 8:10pm on a Tuesday evening isn’t a great time to find sit down food in Ballymena. Rang through to this restaurant and thankfully they kept the kitchen open for us and awaited our arrival (thanks to the barman/manager). I had the traditional Northern Ireland dish, chicken on mash with tobacco onions and pepper sauce 😆, my mother had chile chicken with a side. Both meals were excellently presented, hot and delicious (compliments to the chef); and reasonably priced. So I would highly recommend this restaurant, I will definitely be back.

Having initially offered a lunchtime meal for £10 including a drink, that soon changed to £10 not including a drink. Then £11. Then £12 and now £13. Not content with that my chicken curry yesterday arrived looking like a pea curry with some chicken in it. We have already cut down our once weekly visit to once a month. At their current rate of price rises and cutting corners that gap will only increase. The service is always good though. UPDATE: Porridge and coffee this morning. They didn't hold back on the portion of porridge. Good strong coffee as well.

It's best days are gone but this place has huge potential for the right owners.

I had been in here X few times and I must say that food is amazing staff very friendly and the owner mark is a lovely fella

Bacon cheeseburger was good. Criss cross chips were overcooked I think. And the paper straw was not long enough for the bottle soft drink. Great choice of donuts though.

Certainly a nice place for an ice cream on a sunny day if you're around Ballymena.