It's been a long time since we called in here. I'm sure we've had fish & chips in at least a dozen…read moreplaces in several different countries. Among the most memorable was one on the Isle of Wight where the offering was darn good served with Japanese Kirin lager beer but truth be told this place is still the best. Drakes in York was our most recent and almost equally great. Kilkeel Pit Stop is king. Now it took me a long time but I've made the journey to Dolphin in Dungannon advertised as the big winner in NI to check it out but I disagree. Pit Stop for me. The fresh fresh cod fish served up was just superb and I really do prefer glorious cod. The batter was bubbly light and melting. The chips just perfection. All that was needed was salt. The food had a trace of greasy which is unavoidable. This was a take away visit but it does have dine in seating and it's cosy. The thing with all fish and chips is eat 'em when they are hot which in the case of this place is a very easy pleasure. The service is ok they aren't great conversationalists. Go Pit Stop.

Got the ciabatta piri piri and it was okay just not the one that i would sat its very good to get a…read more4 star from me. Service was good and place was clean so its a pretty good place to eat from me. Recommended to come!

Excellent food, drinks and atmosphere. The pulled pork tacos are top notch. The ribeye steak was…read morevery good. The wine selection is limited but excellent, and very fair prices. The "dark and stormy" was delicious and the local pilsner was also good. All in all, one of my favorite places in Newcastle.

Our family of six was looking for a place to go while visiting in Rostrevor. We were craving…read moreItalian and this place looked great. For some reason the phone number wasn't working well for me, but we decided to risk showing up without a booking. When we arrived, a gentleman (I think he's the owner) let us know they were booked up and it would be an hour until we could get a table. He gave us some suggestions of other local spots to try. While we were outside considering our options, he came out and told us he'd risk it and that we could have a table. We were so grateful and excited about our meal. We had the appetizer special to start - toasted Brie with fig and apricot jam, pistachios and crusty bread. It was amazing! Our host was beyond attentive and we felt like the guests of honor. Our entire family agreed this was our favorite meal of our entire trip. Not only was the food phenomenal, but the service was outstanding, and the atmosphere of the restaurant made it feel like we were invited into someone's home. Our meal included the braised lamb shank with cannellini beans, the spaghetti carbonara, the seafood linguini, the chicken and bacon al forno, the pappardelle bistecca, and the Villa Vinci dirty pizza. Everyone took bites of everyone else's food because it was all delicious and amazing. For dessert, we shared the tiramisu, the panna cotta, the creme brûlée, and the lemon cake. It was one of our favorite evenings on our trip and definitely a meal we would love to have again.

Food was delicious, prices weren't super expensive, and excellent service!!! The chef accommodated…read moreall allergies and checked in with all 9 of us many times and kept us laughing! Highly recommend

We needed a place to eat breakfast and we found diamonds and glad we did there traditional Irish…read morebreakfast hit the spot. Food and service was great.

ooooh Yummy! Scrummy yummy in my tummy!…read moreFantastic! From the outside it looks like the sort of place you would take granny and Grandad for their Sunday dinner, and indeed you will find a whole pile of the over 60s brigade in the Diamonds and for very good reasons, the grub is fresh, tasty and very reasonably priced. A great selection from Breakfasts, sandwiches, full dinners, fish, chicken, burgers etc and plenty of side dishes to tempt you. This is a really busy popular spot with the locals and it deserves its great reputation. On Sundays and holidays there will be a queue to get in. This place know their market and do the job exceptionally well. Brilliant

I looked forward to trying this cafe/bistro, but I was really disappointed. I left regretting that…read moreI went there. We were absolutely ripped off and misled here. I'm not sure which is worse but neither is acceptable and we certainly won't return. First the food. I ordered the scampi from the lunch menu. This came with salad & chips. It is priced high end at £14. I thought for 14 quid I'd be served quality scampi in a light or even tempura batter, after all it's a bistro. Scampi includes various culinary preparations of certain cold water crustaceans, commonly the Norway lobster, also known as langoustine or Dublin Bay prawns. I mean we were within a 5 minute walk of the sea here, we are surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and just half an hour from the harbours of Kilkeel & Annalong. Proper scampi by the ton is right on our doorstep with very few food miles involved. No. This dish contained 7 pre frozen warm water Pacific king prawns in a heavy, greasy batter. These prawns aren't scampi by any stretch of the imagination. Any chef worth his salt will know this. I could go to a local supermarket and buy a bag of frozen Whitby scampi for £2. I'd certainly get a dozen or so and 39% of the Whitby product is scampi. These warm water prawns do not come close to the sweet taste of scampi either. They are usually intensively farmed in Thailand. The sort of warm water prawn you usually get 10 or more of from a Chinese takeaway, with rice or chips, for around £6 and the Chinese price includes curry, salt & chilli or sweet and sour sauce. I tore off most of the excessive greasy batter. No thanks folks this is grim greasy-spoon fare. The chips were alright but I couldn't rate them as very good either. I ate most of the chips because I was hungry. The fact is that £8 would be a realistic price for this meal. The fact is that had I known I would be served warm water prawns I'd have taken soup. Had I eaten the quantity of greasy batter I'd certainly have been bloated. The tartare sauce isn't home made either unless you define out of a jar as such. I don't. Any chef worth his salt likely wouldn't either. My wife had a chicken club type sandwich with salad & chips at £9. Again easily overpriced by £2. She said there was a good portion of chicken; and she left half of her chips. It's this that raises this review to 2 star albeit reluctantly. Second the service. Terrible. We were there over an hour and 10 minutes. It was a full 30 minutes from we placed our order to the time the food was put before us. Let's put this into context here it was fish & chips and a sandwich with chips folks. We ordered two coffees. We said that the coffees could be held until we were well through our meal. The waitress forgot my coffee order. She asked twice more and when we did tell her we were ready for our coffees she went off and didn't return with coffee rather we sat and watched her as she instead began taking credit card payments from customers who wanted to leave. We wanted to leave at this point too. Anyway she eventually returned from the bar area which was littered with dirty dishes (we sat with our dirty dishes for over 10 minutes) to take our coffee order for at least the third time. We had enough and just wanted to leave. We regretted going there. I wanted to tell the waitress exactly how awful the food and service was but the place was full of customers so I decided to be kind and stay silent, cancel the coffee order, hand over £23 and get out the door soonest. We got our coffees and ice cream in Maud's at the other end of town. I noticed they serve the tiny bottles of Coca Cola. About 200ml so the customer is being ripped off here too. Their free wifi kept crashing too. A SABENA visit - such a bloody experience, never again.

We we're in a group of 8 and were quickly seated. I had the Sirloin Pot Roast, it was worth 5 stars…read morealone. All 8 of our guests really liked their dishes. Friendly service. We'll be back!

DELICOUS AND FRESH and the owner is very friendly as well as the staff. You have to give it a visit…read moreand go hungry.

We had a group of 8 that they were able to seat fairly quickly. Although, they do recommend…read morereservations. At our table we had fish and chips, sirloin and lamb. The dishes were completed with care and detail, and simply amazing. The 5 stars goes 100% to the staff for their great service - even from this young crew to make a great evening. The food quality, taste and delivery, 5 stars.

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!

Fast and friendly service, and they serve REAL chips, not those frozen chips u get in most places…read more Best chippy in town by far.