I'd read some glowing reviews of this fish & chip shop so I kept it in mind. I don't eat this food…read morevery often now but I did eat a lot of it in my early teens, but that's a whole other story. So pulled up into the car park, two degrees outside and 'are we human or are we dancer' coming out of the radio as I turned off the engine. First duty was into a nearby supermarket for a soft white bread pan. When it's fish n chips it has to be tea, bread and lots of butter. A good sprinkling of salt on the fish n chips too. Carbs, animal fats and hardly a healthy calorie in sight. So into the chip shop to a friendly welcome from a man, certainly didn't look like Paula but it's a funny old world so I thought better than to ask. Two fish and chips please (or as we used to say: two fish suppers) £11.60 was required. I checked it was cod and he almost seemed taken aback at my question - he said, 'of course'. I waited a bit pleased that the food was being cooked to order. The portions of cod were huge, with fresh, white chunky and skinless meat. If you aren't sure how fresh cod tastes try it here as it's very fresh. I thought each chip portion was a tad mean but once home and in the plate it was generous enough. The food is cooked in beef dripping. There is no substitute good enough, groundnut, peanut, rapeseed, olive, corn oils none come close. The batter was towards thin and I like that, and to be fair the food sat in a take out bag until I got home and put out the plates and do on. Despite this the food was excellent, perfectly good food and still quite warm. A chip buttie was a must. Now I've eaten some of the finest foods on earth but I gotta tell ya the taste of a white soft pan bread chip buttie with a bit of salt and a generous slap of butter is wonderful made all the better with hot tea. The glowing reviews are right, it's a great place. The next time I want very good fish & chips I know where to go. Maybe next time I'll sit in and have it at its very best. Who knows now that oil prices have fallen the prices here should drop too.

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!

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.

We just recently heard about this place from friends when we were out to dinner with them. They…read morejust happened to drive by it and gave it a try on the spur of the moment. We just happened to be passing by too about a week later and also decided to give it a go. So we got a fish & chips - cod of course - and the food was top notch. The batter was light and crisp and not greasy. The cod was Persil white, moist and chunky. It was a good portion too. The chips were perfectly cooked too exactly as they should be. The meal was £5. Now there was a downside as I was not offered salt or vinegar. Imagine fish & chips without salt and vinegar. I didn't see either about so while I would ordinarily knock a star off for such howlers I'm not going to because the quality of food and portion size for a fiver is a fair deal and it's only right to be fair right back but I would recommend they invest in salt and vinegar. Finally, as I waited for my meal the guy behind the counter was making what looked like pizza bases and firing them into an oven. They came out like a dinner plate sized cross between a nan bread and a pitta bread and more toward pitta. These were the base for chicken and lamb kebabs and this type of food is just so appealing when it's fresh and good.

bloody lovely food. mighty pizza. scrum-diddly-umptious hogies. fabulous chicken nuggets…read more spectacular chicken tenders and goujons. if u want a heavenly dinner tasty bites is the place to go yeooo. employees are also fab

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

Went down to the point for their Ladies lunch and prosecco 1-3pm Saturday afternoons. We went with…read morethe 3 tapas plates for £13. Fries, sweet potato fries, potato and chorizo gratin, chicken wings, chicken strips x2, BBQ ribs, fish cakes and beef in peppered sauce. It was delicious. Service was good - and friendly, food was relatively quick and hot and absolutely delicious. Great shareable portions. Plus the prosecco was flowing which is always good! Great wee afternoon for you and the girlfriends!

If you like fresh seafood this is the place for you. The salmon, mussels, scallops, shrimp, John…read moreDory fish are all harvested fresh every day out of the Irish Sea. I had the mixed seafood grill. Excellent. The crabcakes were the best I have ever eaten. And I am from the pacific NW! The prices were also very reasonable. They have a nice pub downstairs. The owner was very friendly. The wine list was pretty good as well. This is a ten minute taxi ride out of Newry in the quaint seaside town of Warrenpoint where the Newry canal empties out into the Irish Sea.

First time visit. Very happy we went there. Great quaint restaurant in Carlingford. Excellent…read moreambience and food. Staff were very friendly. Go there if you are in the area.

The atmosphere is relaxed...don't come here if you're in a rush. So many desserts to choose from…read more It was a difficult decision as they all looked mouth watering, however we chose the lemon pie and cake. Perfection!!!! I also loved the egg and onion sandwich. The chicken sandwich was just ok. What a wonderful little spot!

What a sad reflection of what once was a fantastic cafe…read more Once it was a well laid out cafe/restaurant with outstanding views of the park and a fantastic menu and caring staff. I visited it today after an absence of a few years and found wall setting around the windows, hence your back is to the park views and the food was substandard. Tired looking display of coleslaw and salads which looked liked it had been there for days and wraps and hard bread rolls. I ordered chips and sausages as it seemed to be the only thing eatable from the menu. It arrived cold, looked like Tesco's preheated sausages and a bowl of skinny chips. Poor quality overpriced food and the general layout of the cafe terrible. Gone are the high-quality food, beautiful views and friendly staff/ I will never be back.

Enjoy the view of Kilbroney Park and Rostrevor while you have a lovely fully Irish breakfast. The…read morecafe also offers a great selection pastries and coffee.

Let's clear it up first off. If my wife was writing this review it would be 5 stars. She had the…read moresalt & chilli chicken starter and the pad Thai chicken main. I knew I ordered the wrong main when I tasted hers. Her starter and main were ace. We did both agree that we wouldn't go for this dessert choice again (one between two) but that's our taste. I knocked one star off for the chowder and the seafood rigatoni as the depth of flavour in each should have been better. Concentrate stocks more, especially fish, and add celery to the fish stock preparation and don't be afraid to season food well. I'm being picky here really, picky but when it's this good then I think they should go the extra mile and nail it completely. The coffees are darn good too. It's a cosy place and hasn't much changed from our memory since it was owned by, I think Mark, but that's long ago. All the serving staff were really attentive to the diners including us. It's really worth supporting and as it's tough times use it or lose it.

A group of 6 ate here last night We all have different…read moretastes in food and the menu was amazing! They can't do enough for you ! This is a must if you ever visit Warrenpoint and looking somewhere to eat Thanks for a fantastic evening from the moment we arrived till the moment we left

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.