The best restaurants in Donard Down South Eastern NI

We really enjoyed Lick Gelato. Good portion sizes at a reasonable price. There was a wide variety of flavours available, and the waffle cones were also delicious! Would highly recommend.

First time here. Unfortunately was not wowed by the food - quite expensive, city prices. I had the ‘gambas pil pil’ but unfortunately the fresh bread accompaniment was soggy. Garlic fries were nice. My friend had the paella which was full of broken shell pieces - however the restaurant did change this for us on request. Other friend had the chilli prawn pasta and found it tasty. Table across from us seemed to enjoy their meal so perhaps we did not choose their best options on the menu? Waitress was good craic and friendly, until we asked to change the paella - after that was rather stony. Restaurant was overall clean and tidy although bathroom could do with a deep clean - a little buildup around the taps and the baby changing mat was soiled. Convenient to get to as just round the corner from Donard car park, nice views out to sea from the tables at the window.

We called in on Friday 4th April, 25 at approx 10.30am. There was one lady in front of us trying to choose a scone, 3 of the staff were attending to her, we were ignored. We were looked at, no smiles, no conversation, just ignored. Other people came in behind us who also had to wait. This is not the first time we have noticed this response. We left, we will not be back. Would not recommend.

We were here for a beer. I hope it will be open soon. This bar had nice atmosphere, we enjoyed our visit here.

Fantastic food, great location lovely friendly staff. Always worth the visit!

Perfect place, delicious food. Great people and craic.

We choose Newcastle for a 50th Birthday celebration as we had visited Hugh Mc Cann's/O'Hare's many times. Throughout the process of planning, staff were helpful, friendly and nothing was ever too much trouble. When we finally arrived, again staff could not have been more helpful. Lee helped us immensely during the decorating of the venue space and found us everything we needed with a smile. He was fantastic from begining to end. The rest of the staff are a credit to the owners as they are all fantastic, friendly and so helpful. Another mention to Mark who was our barman for the evening. He smiled throughout, took everything in his stride and even found our cake box for us in the end! Thank you all so much for a memorable weekend.

Loved it great food and great value for money

Brilliant service. Girl with the tattoos (never caught her name) behind the bar told us about the history of the bar. And gave us a good laugh. Will definitely be back!

Coffee - tasty. Food - inedible. We ordered sausage rolls and they were visibly blue moulded. Staff response ‘oh..sorry’ then had to queue for a refund.. just a really awkward experience. I assumed the remaining sausage rolls on display would have been removed immediately.. they weren’t 🤢 Even though the coffee was nice, sadly the food and experience that day is enough to make me never want to go back.

Great see chippy my daughter and liked it some much we went twice in one day lol definitely worth a visit the next time you go to Newcastle.

Me and my son called in for a takeaway, and we both agree it was a good choice. We had chicken bhuna, pilau rice, and a side of onion bhaji, popadoms with some dips. Decent portions, sauce was very nice, honestly can't fault it. Would recommend

We went into the cafe and immediately I realised the place was empty. 1st warning sign. We got the menus and had to wait 15 minutes for our order to be taken. All the workers were far too busy having a chat. We ordered 2 chicken fillet burgers ( definitely processed chicken, covered in grease and bland), 1 kids meal, and a "fresh" fish and chip. The fish must have been doing a back stroke in oil. I've genuinely never eaten such bad food in a cafe. The only good thing was that our drinks were cold. My husband is what I would call a human dustbin, and even he couldn't finish his food. Avoid at all costs...