The best restaurants in Galgorm Ballymena North Eastern NI

Has not turned into my favourite place in ballymena to eat. I highly recommend the chicken . Everything is so fresh as its straight from the butchers downstairs. Might have to wait a few minutes on a tables but the staff are flat out clearing them and it really is worth the wait.

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

This was our first visit to Millside in Gracehill. We were very impressed. It was Monday night and we availed of the Early Bird Menu. One course plus tea/coffee was £14.95. Two and three course options were available. Early Bird finishes at 6PM. The restaurant was very comfortable. Bathrooms extremely clean. Staff friendly and efficient. Food well presented and really tasty. We will certainly return! Well done Millside!

Was up doing a piano hire job ,this is beautiful hotel and surrounding very nice staff friendly and obliging

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.

During a recent stay at Galgorm with my partner, we did feel a little disappointed by our experience at Fratelli’s. The quality of food didn’t quite meet our expectations, and it felt somewhat underwhelming compared to the high standards set by the rest of the resort. Sadly, we’re unlikely to return to this restaurant as it didn’t live up to the excellence we anticipated.

Booked as part of weekend stay at Galgorm, would not have dined here if the details of its location and venue were clear on the hotel website, very cleverly marketed, and transparency would win them more praise. To start with the restaurant is not at the Galgorm resort, there is bus provided by the hotel to courier you to and from the Galgorm resort to Galgorm Castle, put your seatbelt on for the journey, its a spirited drive. Very underwhelming when you arrive its more of a golf club venue than weekend away celebratory meal out. We arrived and were half hosted by the manager and then another person cut across the arrival to tell the manager to swap roles and deal with something else that had gone wrong, this could have been transitioned far more professionally. But would suggest it reflects the standard of experience to expect. We were barely escorted into the door and put in the corner of the room, right under a cctv camera so they could keep a watchful eye on us... in a room still with many vacant tables and this was the best they could offer? Offered menus, then taken back as they said we are on a dining package, we were not. We ordered a couple of margaritas which were good to be fair, and followed on by ordering dinner, then we ordered wine and yet another different member of the floor staff brought the wrong bottle of wine, right grape but wrong wine, a very poor entry level Malbec which we left most of, as the opportunity did not arise to have this rectified. The starter of goats cheese & fig was good, also the sirloin steak was fair but nothing to write home about, we both had a steak which came to over £100for just steak and 3 sides, which for the venue and low level of consistency in multiple servers service was over priced. I believe it works on a whoever is free or whoever you can catch the eye of reflects, the lack of focused service, rather the service team looking after dedicated tables/section. We didn't stay for dessert and to be honest we just wanted to get back to the resort we had booked. Its ok, very casual, not for an occasion or treat, the prices don't represent value for the meal experience. On a positive not some of the service team were pleasant, but lacked management and organization as F&B goes for what's supposed to be a 5 star resort at this outlet.

Brilliant, been using for years, fantastic food and service.

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

Ordered a cookie this evening at 11:20 on just eat was told it would be delivered around 12:05-12:25. To then look online to see they shut at 12!!!

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.