The best restaurants in Galgorm Ballymena North Eastern NI

Fantastic food and friendly, attentive helpful staff. All day fry is amazing and is all excellently and freshly cooked just like you want it. (Unlike other cafes in Ballymena town) Poached eggs are cooked perfectly every time. 😋 The breakfast wrap with added potato bread and brown sauce is another excellent choice. 👌 🫶🤛

Lovely location, beautiful food and excellent service, staff very friendly and attentive. Beautiful grounds, very well maintained and relaxing atmosphere 😊

The food in here is incredible - and the service was amazing. They accidentally got someone's order wrong and really went out of their way to correct it. Definitely going back.

Very cold plates and food for the Price.

got cuttlery thrown at me by the staff!

Absolutely stunning location for a really special break and first-class friendly staff. We enjoyed the spa. It was a little crowded on the weekend days, but not unpleasantly, so - there was still space in the hot tubs and saunas. We booked a private riverside hot tub for an hour, and I would absolutely recommend that. Sitting watching a heron fishing in the river while drinking a cocktail is really very cool. I would really recommend visiting on a weekday, though, to get the most. The spa cafe (Elements) is lovely, and the cake was delicious. There are enough different saunas and sitting areas, and hot tuns and pools that it is easy to spend a few hours a day in there and not get bored. We also had a golf lesson with Barry, and he was absolutely fantastic - really helpful and insightful and definitely improved both of our games. The TopTracer driving range is brilliant fun - if you have never used one before, it transforms your time at the range - definitely worth some time. The restaurants are very good, not quite gourmet, but good food, clearly carefully prepared and well presented. It's mostly simple but quite delicious. The highlight for us was the steak at the Castle (restaurant at the golf course). One criticism would be the wine selections - unless you want to drink an entire bottle, the selection is a bit uninspiring. The room was comfortable and clean, we had a river view, which i would definitely recommend the upgrade for. Unfortunately our shower drain wasn't very effective and there was a very slight damp smell in the bathroom. The final recommendation would have to be the afternoon tea - especially if you have a sweet tooth. The savoury items were much more creatively thought out than your standard finger sandwiches and the cakes were a delight. My only criticism was the balance, I could have done with one or two less cakes and one or two more savouries- but then I suppose an afternoon tea isn't supposed to be about the savouries. Overall- if you are looking for somewhere to take someone special I can't recommend it enough.

Very nice food but ridiculously expensive which spoiled the experience. £21 for a burger and £5.50 for a side. £40 - £50 for a steak is just madness, therefore as long as those prices remain we will not be back.

We were at fratelli's during our getaway to the Galgorm for birthday celebrations. We had a warm welcome and quickly shown to our seats. The food arrived promptly and staff were checking in to make sure the good was okay. We do however feel the food has got very expensive for what it is. We paid £94 for 2 starters, 2 pizzas and 2 mocktails. If it weren't a celebratory dinner we wouldn't justify the cost. Thank you however for a lovely evening!

A superb lunch/dining experience. Good choice of food good food and great friendly staff. Been a few times and will definitely go back. Good parking outside. Great scenery too.

Really good Chinese restaurant, all the usual dishes youd expect. Recommend the shredded crispy honey chilli beef or the smoked chicken 👌

Was gifted a voucher for a three course meal for two phoned last Friday to see if there was any availability and we had a table booked for 7.30 and I told the girl that I would be using a voucher for a 3 course meal for two. When we arrived the hotel and restaurant is now beautifully done up and is very impressive. We were seated and I let the server know that we were using the voucher and he left with it and came back and told us that on a Friday the voucher becomes monetary and covers up to £65 at this point we were seated and there were people seated around us so we didn’t want to cause a seen about it. So we just hoped the food would live up to the price…… unfortunately the food didn’t live up to the price the chilli chicken starter is just coated frozen chicken on some lettuce with some chilli sauce thrown cover it for £10.50 nothing outstanding or even cooked in house at all very disappointing. The braised rib of beef was lovely though I think it should’ve fell off the bone easier, my partner said he’s never had a burger and chips that was tasteless before ! I got the lemon tart with meringue for dessert which was not lemony at all all I could taste was meringue thankfully he liked the baked Alaska. So we went for a meal that should’ve been free other than drinks and had to pay more on top of the voucher. I have now checked and at no point when the person that bought us the voucher not us were made aware that we would only get a full 3 courses covered by the voucher on certain days and that I rang and the girl knew I was using the voucher had I been told at that point I wouldn’t have dined that evening. This is false advertising as the person buying the voucher thinks they purchasing a 3 course meal for 2 for the person to use when they please and this is not the case ! Haven’t eaten here in years and won’t be back sadly at least the hotel looks lovely but the food is not up to standard for the price point.

Nice food but took 35 minutes for 2 burgers and a chip which is a bit mental.

Great delivery, tasty food - just amazing! Thanks!

Great lay out with plenty of plants and gifts, staff helpful and friendly. Cafe on site but not tried , flat surfaces so good for wheelchairs.

Often visit but on regular occasions phone to place an order and the staff in the shop are so helpful and very friendly. The bread is so lovely and as for the cream buns they are scrumptious. We travel 13 miles to get their bread as nowhere in Newtownabbey could match their bread.