It was snowing heavily outside. It was drifting too and just 1 centigrade with a south westerly…read moregale blowing. So we settled in, warm, and thought we weren't going outside but it took only one photograph - chocolate covered strawberries. Our son had seen them on the Velveteen Facebook and had ordered them up for his Valentine with an afternoon tea box. Ooh it was a Homer S moment. Must have....must have. I thought I was back in the carribean with Norwegian Cruises and cruise director Nelson was looking after us again. Oh well we are such stuff as dreams are made. Anyway that did it. On went the layers and headgear and gloves. Out into the wild snowscape, feet scrunching and sinking down into the soft snow. By the time I got to the delightful V Rabbit they'd sold out of the choccy strawberries, damn and blast nevertheless we got a £10 treat box with all sorts of sweet treats, cakes, tarts and scones and we got cappuccino £2.5. Everything in here is home-made and proper made. Not at all like the cakes from the industrial bakeries we have along Hill Street but how you would make it at home. The photos show the goodie box and separately a small lemon drizzle cake and a piece of Victoria sponge. The lemon drizzle was perfect. The Victoria sponge picture is half the portion as we split it between two. These are really scrummy cakes and I remember that taste from years ago. Victoria sponge made properly, in particular, has a distinctive unique taste and texture. I'm glad I went. I sure wasn't disappointed. I would have liked the chocolate covered strawberries but hey ho some other time.

We stopped here during our day trip to Newgrange. In this small town, this was really the only…read moregame in town for lunch. Really good fresh made bread for our sandwiches and nice fellow working the counter. The coffee smelled great although we passed on it and went for a soda. I'd like to try for breakfast next time.

Absolutely delightful. The bread is thick cut and perfectly fresh, and the red pepper pesto is to…read moredie for. Thanks for such a yummy lunch.

The food was amazing, the ambience was great and the service was one of the fastest I've ever seen,…read moreI have been going here since it opened and it just keeps getting better.

I and my family enjoyed the food here it was delicious, the service is amazing and the employees…read moreare so kind! The ambience is amazing, such a beautiful restaurant and it's great for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

The Hard Boiled Egg offers consistently excellent food and service. Easy to recommend to others.read more

Excellent breakfast, I would say it's my favourite breakfast place in the country…read more The Monster Irish Breakfast is fantastic, for 12.99 it's massive and great value. Smoothies are really big and also delicious. Monster Irish includes 2 sausages, 2 bacon, 2 eggs, mushrooms, chips, beans, a white pudding, a hash brown, 3 slices of toast and a cup of tea or coffee.

Everything about this independent place is perfect. Y'know the way there's whiskey and then there's…read morewhiskey sorta think Jameson's and then ya have the 22 year old small batch about 12 times the price then ya have the 2007 rarest vintage at a mere £1300 a bottle. Similarly there's coffee and then there's coffee. Here ain't a Starbucks or Costa place as this coffee is ace quality, complex, deep, small batch, shade grown, carefully made and exquisite. The staff are friendly, care for community and the environment, don't have greedy shareholders who only care for loadsa money and it has a delightful ambiance. So not just five stars but five green stars to boot. Really worth supporting.

The food at this place was very good! The quantity of food is quite a bit if you get the Bread + 5…read more The quality is very high. The coffee and teas were excellent. The service was very good. The staff were friendly and were very accommodating. The facility was very well kept and clean with a coffee shop vibes. The only reason why I chose to not give 5 stars because they use their establishment to promote political stances. If any customer goes to your facility I'm pretty sure we want to get breakfast, coffee, or a snack that's it nothing more.

Eight of us rolled up for coffee and cakes including two kids. We had just come from Easter egg…read morerolling and a mountain walk, so we already had eaten enough sugar to last us a week but the cafe's coffee waft was irresistible. Remarkably we were able to sit outside the cafe as the mid afternoon temperature had hit a balmy 17c, phew. We settled into the outside bench style seating. The coffees were really ace quality and the service quick and friendly. It's a very small cafe in a very small seaside town close to the Irish border and it's just a two minute walk down the street to the seafront and the mostly pebble beach with great views of the Cooley and Mourne mountains. The cafe was busy although I'd imagine it's the holiday periods and Sunday tourist trade that allows it to survive. I did look at the small harbour to see if the ferry boat was crossing from Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland but I couldn't see it. I think it's called the red star line run by a private family for most of my lifetime - a unique experience if you ever get the chance but it's possible that the relatively new Carlingford ferry has stolen much of its trade.

My wife and I stopped for breakfast on our way though Ireland. Only open for four months and this…read moreplace is the latest gem on our journey through the country. Very clean and well run establishment. Food was extremely affordable with outstanding service. Vegetarian options as well. I would have included pics of my food but it was so good I dove right in and forgot all about it.

It was a cool, dry 5c this morning in this Irish border town. It was St Patrick's day eve…read more We were in the town's 'legal quarter' near their courts where people receive the law rather than 'justice'. The two are rarely seen together and when they are often it's unintended. Unlike my Yelp friend Grey, who seems rarely to slow or stop, I arose early reluctantly on this morning, as I normally only do so to go on holiday, but I had agreed to assist someone negotiate a complex matter that once done with the dotted line signed (it was a dotted line) a human life saw a familiar world change utterly completely in a few seconds and I believe very likely for the better. We'll see. As we left the official task which took a whole 25 minutes we enquired about good coffee from our host, who pointed us to 23 Seats just a short walk away from our Roden place venue. We were assured it was wonderful. It was. The wall sign above the door reads 23 eats until you get close enough to see the S wedged into the front wall. They've done well if they have 23 seats. I doubt they could host 23 folks simultaneously. I didn't count them but it sure is a compact and bijou coffee place. It's within Dundalk town centre, with character and a soul; quirky music tastes, environmentally focussed, and vegans cheerfully catered for oh and I smile to confirm its pet friendly too. We only needed good coffee and that's what we got: we opted for one cappuccino and one flat white - €6 for both. We paid up front by card so we could just go when we were done. We had a table near the rear entrance and, as they were receiving a delivery, it wasn't pleasant as a chilly damp breeze came through the door left open. This is one of those places that are now rare to me as I really want to go back to explore their food selections as it's not a typical coffee stop - they think about the environment and they focus on meeting diverse customer needs. So five green stars. I'm not a vegan but if the ingredients are to my taste I couldn't care less about the label. Who wants chemical filled food of food coloured by derivatives from the crude oil and petroleum industry; I'd rather not. The staff too were charming despite the huge pressures small independent businesses and poorer families must faces for at least the next five years. We in the West are in a war economy between Wu flu and a lunatic white supremacist admired maybe emboldened by a (now thankfully) former US president; an autocrat with unfettered power, who has accumulated personal wealth and with his mongrel side-kick seems to think they can control 45 million people against their will with in humane force. I do not wish him well.

I have discovered the chai latte and an amazing pizza : CHEESE LOVER…read more I remember one waiter soooooo cool. An institution in dundalk !!!

Always have got food here, especially the breakfasts for me. It's located in a garden centre on…read morethe Ashbourne to Ratoath Road with loads of parking.

Wildflower is a beautiful establishment !! Very relaxing in its surroundings and friendly staff…read more I've been there more than a few times now and strongly recommend this little gem. The food is excellent and if you have a sweet tooth.. I'll say no more :-)

During the couple of days I spent in Carlingford I noticed Liberty Cafe directly opposite our…read moreaccommodation and loved how it looked. It's a quirky cafe with flower painted walls and wooden tables outside, so you can sit with a coffee and watch the happenings on Thosel Street. I visited early on Sunday morning, 13/08/2017, and it was wonderful as the cafe and street were nearly empty - most of bustling Carlingford seemed to still be in bed. Within an hour everywhere was bustling again, so it was lovely to enjoy the initial peace and quiet. Two friends and I took a table outside in the cool morning sun and ordered three veggie breakfasts and coffees. My veggie omelette, filled with tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms and cheese, and served with toast, was pretty good. The others ordered brown and soda breads with poached eggs. Everyone enjoyed their food. Service was a little slow and there was a slight mix up in our orders - I was initially served brown bread not the white toast I'd asked for and my friend the opposite - but we swapped our bread so all was fine. All in all, an enjoyable experience and next time I'm in Carlingford I will return to try some of the delicious looking cakes they sell.

Located down a gorgeous pedestrian street strung with fairy lights along lanterned street posts,…read morethe ambiance of Liberty Cafe fits in beautifully with this street. I informed the staff about my dietary requirements straight away and they told me the options available to me. I got the carrot and coconut soup for lunch and it was absolutely gorgeous, vegan and gluten free. One of my dining partners had the quiche with smoked salmon, courgette and cream cheese, and the other had a cappuccino and a scone, both of which said their food was absolutely delicious. The staff are really sweet and overall extremely accommodating and I would absolutely recommend coming here, and will certainly be returning next time I'm in Carlingford.