Came here after hearing great great things from family in the area. We had the shakshuka and…read morecoffee. It was just amazing. And then we had desserts which was just out of this world. Stranfield we will be back

Vegetarian café with great food and ambiance (4.5/5 Green Stars)…read more We stopped here en route to Carlingford on a friend's recommendation and all three of us were very happy we did. The place is lovely - the café is filled with light and plants and the surroundings are beautiful. Mum is a picky eater but she relished the mushroom quiche and finished the entire piece even though it was huge! (Seriously - about three times the size of portions elsewhere.) My brother loved his herbed rice bowl and I liked the organic porridge with fruit and the pistachio plum cake. The only kink was that several items arrived much later than the food - the coffees, bread, and honey for my porridge (I had already finished my porridge by then). The store is filled with great stuff - fresh fruit and veg, and a good selection of some of the most ethical products. Weirdly, the Strandfield website contains no info other than an address, so you have to rely on reviews to get info in advance. The lunch menu is mostly comprised of sourdough pizza, salads (including a quinoa bowl and herbed rice bowl), and sandwiches - see menu photo. There are also lots of bakery items, including freshly baked scones, cakes and wheaten bread (which was really good - I bought one to take home). I'm giving Strandfield café 4.5 out of 5 Green Stars for social and environmental impact, for these reasons: · I didn't actually notice at the time but the menu is 100% vegetarian! · Strandfield uses free range eggs from their own farm. · My porridge was made with organic oats · Flowers and plants in the café come from Stranfield's own nursery · The grocer sources local and organic fruits and vegetables along free range eggs, and organic health foods · The store stocks a really good selection of ethical goods - I could do most of my shopping here if I lived here. · Strandfield would benefit from providing more info (on the website or menu) on ingredient sourcing.

The perfect place for a light meal or cofee and cake. I…read moredrpped the mids at tennis practice and was driven to this place by a friend. Nice atmosphere for all ages, good cofee and a vey nice cheese cake.

There's no two ways about it, for me, a review must reflect the price paid. Here we had a 4 course…read moreSunday lunch for €15 each so it's five star. It's not a haute cuisine place, not close nor French bistro style, rather it's more cafe style and big portions, but to call it a greasy spoon would do it a disservice and unfair. There are foodie refinements that should be easy to add at little extra cost. To begin, I had a tasty vegetable soup with brown bread and Irish butter. For mains, it was haddock with a lemon & dill sauce, mashed and garlic potatoes, a roast potato, cabbage, carrots and swede. The haddock was the two things it had to be to be very good; fresh and not overcooked. It had a lemon & dill sauce. For my dessert it was a light bread and butter pudding, with really plump raisins, whipped cream and custard. We each finished off with a darn good chocolate topped cappuccino. My wife had mini vegetable spring rolls with a tasty mini Caesar salad on the side, a turkey & ham main course (with pretty good pepper sauce on the side - gravy was also available) and the same mashed etc potatoes and vegetables, and dessert was lemon meringue pie with fresh cream. The service was ace with every plate and bowl piping hot, so not chance of the food being cold. All of the floor staff were genuinely uber friendly and attentive. The seating was cafe style, and all tables are now screened off from each other. Staff wore face masks and each table was disinfected between guests. There's well-placed disinfection dispensers at the front door and before going to the upstairs toilets. Now let me be picky with no slight intended here, bearing in mind the price and what we had was quite good. The vegetable soup could be better seasoned; we could not determine if the mini spring rolls were bought in and deep fried or made in-house but we felt the former. A sweet chilli dipping sauce would be good. The lemon & dill sauce on the haddock was good but should be reduced to concentrate flavour. The fish skin should have been crisped. Fresh dill and the addition of fresh lemon juice with brave seasoning would make the sauce great and a little lemon and dill will fo a long way. The lemon meringue lemon filling should be a tart lighter mousse, again zinged with fresh lemon juice and grated lemon flesh for concentrated but less sweet flavour. The custard here is that vivid yellow and starchy factory product, either tinned or made from starch based powder, food colour and milk. Either way it's a mainstay and throwback to the desserts of the 1950's and 1960's. The fact it's still going is all you need to know. There's not much can be done to really improve custard without spending money say creme anglaise with vanilla pod - which would really increase the price - but I imagine the locals are more than happy with it, judging by the numbers dining, and we are very occasional, albeit pretentious upstart passers by. Would I go back? Certainly even without the refinements.

We've been here twice now and I think the value for money plus the service and quality of food are…read moreall top notch. It's what we'd call "a greasy spoon" in the USA, which is a good thing, just a certain type of comfort food cooking! The desserts are lovely as well. I'd definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a quick, hearty, reasonably priced meal in busy downtown Dundalk.

By far my favourite place in Carlingford is McAteers The Food House. A gourmet deli and grocery…read moreshop up front with a beautiful cafe/ restaurant further inside. Given that we were a large party of sixteen people the service we received was exceptional on Saturday 12/08/2017. We pre-booked for an evening meal and opted for a set menu of two courses with a glass of either Prosecco, red or white wine. I had a refreshing glass of Pinot Grigio, a scrumptious bruschetta starter and a delicious spicy veggie burger with chunky chips. Superb quality, tasty food, an excellent menu with something for everyone and great value at €25 per head. The restaurant itself is relaxed, bright and spacious and I can't fault a single element of our evening there - a fantastic experience.

This is for their steakhouse. We had made a reservation for six and we sure had a great night's…read morecraic here. We joked a bit about the steep stair climb up to dine; the welcome was warm and the menus awaited us. It was two courses on their early-bird menu (£19.95) and early dining suits us. We also dine around and chose here as a new place to try out. The first challenge we faced was could we make it main and dessert rather than starter/main - we could - so the next challenge was choosing dessert as most of us wanted every dessert on the slate. We got to try some of their wheaten bread and it tasted superb. I think they sell the loaves. Two of us opted for vegetarian pasta which had great taste, but the spinach marred my dish; I found it chewed down into a ball and became an unpleasant eat. Might be worth swapping to basil. If I had the dish again I'd leave it off. Most of the others opted for their club sandwich main topped with fried egg and one had fish & chips: all declared their food very good. Why is it a club sandwich well it's Chicken and Lettuce Under Bacon. Desserts were delicious; the Eton Mess was the favourite choice. I had the creme brulee instead and I enjoyed it immensely, but the shortbread on the side wasn't my taste. I like it buttery, melting. My guess is it's not made with butter. The truth of it is that almost everything here is so very good that you become critical of the parts that aren't just as top notch. We finished with cappuccino and lattes and one tea but again I had a great cappuccino on arrival that carried me through to departure. We had arrived early and were delighted to see that the restaurant picked up and the atmosphere was great; despite becoming real busy with happy diners the wait staff remained completely attentive to our needs. I do hope we return soon, especially as there's another main I want to try.

Very nice place if you want to have a traditional irish meal where ever other restaurant has…read moreturned into a fast food etc this place has become the best to place to eat real food. Only bad thing i could say is the workers are a bit suttee.

The Olive Bizarre is a great place to get anything from a nicely prepared coffee and a top notch…read moretray bake to afternoon tea served on one of those little stands with the dainty sandwiches and buns all lined up to be turned into a feeling of satisfaction and a small pile of crumbs. The food is up there with the best of them for the most part, just falling (very slightly) short of the standards of the likes of Picnic in Killyleagh. On the other hand though the place is more spacious and comfortable that the aforementioned eatery and has a nice view out over the bay. The staff are friendly and helpful and the quirky décor is a pleasure. Even the toilets have Astroturf walls! Although it may be a little less convenient that some of the places closer to the centre of Newcastle it's worth going the 2 minute up the road (in the car) to give this place a whirl.

Great location here in Newcastle over looking the sea. Especially if u are lucky enough to get a…read moreseat outside. Quirky decor and variety of homemade food options. The afternoon tea looked amazing and very popular as it is Jam packed. I went for a quiche which was delish!

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

It's been a while since we've been to here yet it never fails to impress us every time in terms of…read moregreat quality fresh fare, friendly service and fair pricing. This time, once again, our visit was for breakfast before going off to experience the European festival at Slieve Gullion forest park dominated by Polish & Hungarian folk who have made our area their home, their places of work and their and their kids futures and they are very welcome (I wonder if we'll have European festivals up to 2021?!). We both opted for cappuccino with quality sausage, fluffy scrambled egg breakfasts and plump fresh soda bread. Everything about this place is quality but there's one irritation albeit minor but high in the frustration scale; the knives won't easily cut through the soda bread so next time I will ask for steak knives, which does sound a tad silly but it will make life easier. Talk about first world problems. Oh and when we got to the European event we found we could have enjoyed Polish and Hungarian fare, still more first world problems.

Delicious!!!!!!! I love the halloumi and tomato baguette,…read moremmmmmmm tasty! I have also tried the salmon salad and various soups depending on what's on offer. I find this place a refreshing change from the usual greasy spoon eateries in Newry. A real different eating experience for the town, I love it! The coffee is good here too, give it a try you won't regret it. Their speciality is French onion soup with a cheese crouton, I haven't tried it but it smells fantastic