The best restaurants in Southern NI

25/12/2020: Probably the best burger I've ever tasted.....first time in and the staff were amazin. Will definitely be back....

11/05/2021: I’ve been in a few times in recent weeks, once for sandwiches and once for coffee, sandwiches and soup. I found the cappuccino excellent. At £4.5 the sandwiches are well filled and very tasty and it was very busy each time I visited - subway it ain’t, thankfully. I was disappointed on my last visit when I ordered a vegetable soup & sandwich deal as part of a larger order; now it’s been a long time since I had this deal and I was expecting a large soup portion, but instead I got this half (or less) portion tub that was insubstantial especially as my sandwich was meatless. I certainly won’t do that again and it’s ungenerous. No doubt the owners see it differently but as the customer who makes pay days a deal should be a good deal for the customer. It’s this pinching approach that will make me think twice and look to go elsewhere. The staff are always friendly and food service is very good. They’ve a good one way in/out system to cope around the hopefully diminishing Wu flu but only a small queue can form inside and I’m judging this from dry days.

04/02/2021: Love the cajun chicken panini with extra cajun mayo can't have enough of it. Plus strawberry and banana smoothie

25/05/2021: Lovely food , nice friendly staff

17/02/2021: Same old menu for as long as I can remember. Nice food but getting bored of it now.

16/02/2021: Food leaves alot to be desired...Staff need some training on how to pour a pint/make a cocktail!

28/04/2021: Ballyronan sa snazi toto miesto urobit atraktivnym. Ci uz preliezkami pre deti, novym vacsim parkoviskom, alebo inymi sluzbami. Dal by som mozno aj vsetkych 5 hviezd, keby sa starali a postrekovali cele to uzemie proti komarom. Mozete zaparkovat auto, ale v tom momente mate na aute cely roj komarov. Ak chcete len tak sediet a vychutnavat si pohlad na vodu a popritom si dat zmrzlinu z nedalekeho obchodu, tak vam toto miesto vrelo odporucam, inac sa mu vyhybajte. Nerad pisem negativne recenzie, ale na toto miesto nemam vdaka tymto komarom nic pozitivne.

21/04/2021: Normally very good but getting a revamp, so limited spaces

03/06/2021: Really lovely family lunch , worth waiting for . Everything was really well organised and the staff welcoming and friendly . Varied menu and the food was delicious , thank you.

18/04/2021: This review is for the pizza shack at the side of the main restaurant. It also sells other stuff like chicken wings, dirty fries, pork sausage rolls, including a black pudding variety, coffees and sweet pies and tarts. We didn’t know this place was open for takeaway - we were out for a walk and passed by. So we got an outside table tucked away from the main road and got a sausage roll and an iced lemon pie to share over cappuccinos and we also ordered a 12 inch chicken tikka pizza to go. The bill was just under £21. The coffee was alright, and the sausage roll was ok tasting - but the meat was seriously under-seasoned and not hot enough. The pastry too should have been much more buttery/flaky so just about 3 star here. The iced lemon pie was superb, and really tasty. The chicken tikka pizza was also really top class even though we took it home and re warmed it. I was disappointed that the pizza options did not include any fish choices but that’s not the fault of the restaurant; they can only follow customer demands. The service was friendly but one thing bugged me - we were offered brown sauce for the sausage roll. It was in a plastic pouch and was the cheaper, rubbish stuff. The ingredients of the ‘sauce’ showed it was water/sugar based, containing sulphites, as well as nasty chemicals ammonia caramel and potassium sorbate that tomato/vinegar based HP sauce does not. These chemicals are there to cheapen and deceive. They simulate the appearance of the natural colouring you’d see if you were using natural ingredients - using natural ingredients costs a bit more - and these chemicals also stabilise the foodstuff. I’m at a loss to understand how serious foodies can countenance serving this muck. If you pitch your restaurant at top range prices and as serving first-class good food, as is the case here, and they do, promoting artisan pizzas with dough fermented for 24 hours, and so on, then you should avoid serving up the stuff that greasy spoon places cheerfully offer. Saving a few quid on cheap rubbish containing chemicals when there clearly are far better alternatives is not the message a foodie place should be sending. So borderline 4 stars.

01/06/2021: I have visited this cafe on a number of occasions as various restrictions have been eased and had the pleasure to dine inside and outside. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the menu selection is ideal for a lunch time snack (or something more substantial), or a quick coffee and scone etc. The food and service was all good and the settings are clean and comfortable, even sitting outside on a sunny day was good as we could admire the many motorcycles parked around the premises. As a bike rider I will visit when I can and recommend that any none bikers also give the cafe a try out.

12/01/2021: My wife and I love this place, really good food, really friendly and really well priced! Best breakfast I’ve had in years, looking forward to getting back!! Hope they start opening in the evenings some day! Best cafe / bistro in the area.

19/04/2021: Best non KFC fried chicken in Northern Ireland. If KFC had hired staff of similar caliber maybe their Cookstown branch wouldn't have closed due to being horribly run.

08/01/2021: Very quick service with great food.

06/01/2021: Although due to current circumstances we’re unable to sit in for a meal, however, you offer Carry out option which is completely fabulous and the food and service is always wonderful. It really is just as super as usual. I have always had a beautiful meal here, taking it back home is no different. The food is still top class. Will definitely be back again soon.Ryan McCartney.