Diners' Choice: Best Ambiance restaurants in Leinster

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Updated November 05, 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best ambiance in Leinster? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Mimosa Bar de Tapas

4.9

4.9 (2031)

€30 and under

Tapas / Small Plates

Carlow Town

About the restaurant

Nestled in the cultural quarter in Carlow town - right across the road from our stunning Cathedral -
Mimosa Bar de Tapas provides an escape to a place of Latin Tapas served in a beautiful setting .
We pride ourselves on good food served in a beautiful ambience by friendly & helpful people .
We look forward to welcoming you soon !

ALL BOOKINGS FOR 6-8 please visit www.mimosawinebar.com and click on "Bookings for 6 or more "

Seating will be allocated to you on what's available at that particular time .
Unfortunately we cannot hold particular tables for guests ,to optimise your experience & not to be disappointed please do not request another table on arrival as refusal often upsets leads to frustration at our amazing team.

Top review

Dymphna

Dined 2 days ago

Another fabulous night out in mimosas with 4 friends. The food was as always beautiful and so tasty. Great variety. Desserts and cocktails were delicious!

Afternoon Tea at the Sugar Loaf Lounge

4.5

4.5 (378)

€51 and over

Afternoon Tea

Enniskerry

About the restaurant

Located on the lobby level of Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa, the Sugar Loaf Lounge is perfect for meeting, greeting and watching the world go by. Serving traditional Afternoon Tea daily and cocktails each evening, the Lounge is a haven of hospitality. Furnished and appointed in a style of gracious Georgian living, there's a traditional warmth to the Sugar Loaf Lounge our guests often comment on. Of course, the spectacular scenery outside, framed by the vast curved windows offers a breath-taking counterpoint to the intimate welcome within. Here there's always something to talk about.

Sugar Loaf Lounge Bar

Also ideally located on the lobby level, The Sugar Loaf Lounge Bar is the perfect setting for a pre-dinner cocktail with friends and colleagues.

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janice

Dined on Nov 23, 2024

Brought my mother for afternoon tea here and we all really enjoyed it. The food was delicious and plentiful, we couldn't even finish it all so they boxed it up for us. Staff were very pleasant, attentive and friendly. View of sugar loaf was fab. The piano player was brilliant and made the ambience perfect. I'd highly recommend here. It's so relaxing and the place is done up lovely for Christmas.

Petronella Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (37)

€31 to €50

Irish

Kilkenny City

About the restaurant

It’s Personal at Petronella. We are a relaxed, informal restaurant situated on romantic Butterslip Lane. Petronella is charming, situated over two floors, in one of Kilkenny's oldest and historic buildings - we focus on wonderful Irish food and service - seasonal, delicious, yet joyously casual dining. The restaurant pays homage to Petronella de Meath, the first woman to be burned at the stake, just meters away from our restaurant 700 years ago. We hope you love Petronella as much as we do.

The O'Neill Family

We hope you love Petronella, as much as we do.

Petronella is renowned as one of Kilkenny’s premier dining experiences, but its origins are steeped in a remarkable story. The restaurant pays homage to Petronella, the first woman accused of witchcraft in Ireland and the first woman in Europe to be executed by burning at the stake. When you leave our restaurant, take a few steps around the corner to the site of Kilkenny town hall, where Petronella met her tragic fate.

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Top review

OpenTable Diner

Dined on Nov 23, 2024

Delighted with the gluten-free options and the ambience.

The Grounds @ Snow Cottage

4.8

4.8 (18)

€31 to €50

International

Rosslare

About the restaurant

Welcome to The Grounds, we look forward to serving you at our beautiful restaurant.

We are a family run business that is passionate about our guests experience; the food, the drinks, the service and of course the atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming you in soon!

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Claire

Dined on Nov 23, 2024

Food was very good. We had two starters mussels & smoked salmon & crab wanton. Gorgeous. Fillet steak & smashed pork belly. All very tasty. We shared desert of affragato. Ice cream & espresso coffeepoured over it. Delicious. Service was very attentive & friendly. Really felt that our business was appreciated. We will comeback.

Old Warehouse Tullamore

4.5

4.5 (613)

€30 and under

European

Tullamore

About the restaurant

The Oldwarehouse is a bar and restaurant located in Tullamore, Co.Offaly.
Please note OpenTable is for food reservations only.

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Sinead

Dined 5 days ago

Great food and had some live music on a Thursday evening too

The Coach House

4.6

4.6 (170)

€31 to €50

Irish

Roundwood

About the restaurant

Opened under new ownership in December 2023, we are located adjacent to our existing Roundwood Stores bakery and artisan food store. Come and enjoy good food, wine, craft beer, and log fires in the beautifully restored 1820’s Coach House.
The pub is open midday until late, Thursday to Sunday, for walk-ins and reservations.
The menu is slightly more casual (as are some of the tables) but the room is cozy and the experience the same.
The restaurant is open midday for lunch and 5pm for dinner, walk-ins or reservations available.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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Katie

Dined 3 days ago

From the gorgeous eclectic interiors to the tastefully chosen playlist, the coachhouse is truly a gem. The food was delicious with an array of flavours & options for all and an ever changing seasonal menu which brings you back to try again and again. The staff are super attentive & friendly but not in your face and the wine is really well selected too! Looks like this will be our new favourite.

Raspberry Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (617)

€31 to €50

Irish

Gorey

About the restaurant

Restaurant . Cocktails . Social .

New modern restaurant with fabulous cocktail lounge. We have an exciting and varied modern Irish menu using the finest local produce where possible, infused with flavor's both traditional, and from around the world.

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Peter

Dined 5 days ago

Friendly welcoming attentive staff. Food is excellent. Attractive menu and the cocktails on offer are exotic and exciting. Great venue for a fun night out. Stairs up to venue could be difficult to manage for some people as there is no lift. Loads of street parking nearby. Definitely worth a visit.

The Clermont

4.5

4.5 (617)

€31 to €50

European

Dundalk South

About the restaurant

Welcome to The Clermont, The North Easts premiere Bar & Restaurant in Blackrock, Dundalk Co. Louth.

From Farm to Plate – we are all about fresh ingredients, fresh food and fresh thinking. We pride ourselves on menus created from the finest fresh and local ingredients. Our guests love to linger in an atmosphere of modern cool and premium service. Mix your drinks in the glow of mixed modern art - with artists such as Hirst .

A warm welcome awaits you here at the Clermont – see you soon !!

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Hugh

Dined 3 days ago

we have eaten in 5 restaurants within a 15 mile radius of Dundalk, two of them twice since 21 September 2024. in terms of atmosphere, welcome, decor, quality of food and price, |The Clermont comes out on top in all aspects. We will be back!

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Dead Centre Brewing

4.7

4.7 (444)

€30 and under

Brewery

Glassan

About the restaurant

Dead Centre is not a faceless corporation…milking the beer industry for all it’s worth. Instead, we’re a tight knit crew that relies on friends, family, colleagues and other breweries to create a product that we can truly be proud of.

Fresh, flavoursome and (wherever possibly) local ingredients are what give our beer it’s character. Cutting corners here is not an option at Dead Centre Brewing. We believe you get out what you put in…so only the best goes in.

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Edimara

Dined on Nov 24, 2024

An amazing experience! I was delighted to find gluten-free options on the menu, and both the burger and the beer were absolutely delicious. The staff was incredibly friendly and made the visit even more enjoyable. Highly recommend for anyone visiting Athlone!”

The Station House Hotel

4.5

4.5 (105)

€31 to €50

Irish

Kilmessan

About the restaurant

Established in 1984, the Signal Restaurant has drawn praise from critics, guests and multiple award judges, as well as people from the surrounding area. Its menu focuses on seasonal local Boyne Valley produce and ingredients from other parts of Ireland, cooked with fine dining flair, combined with an extensive wine offering carefully selected by our in-house sommelier.

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Lucy

Dined on Nov 2, 2024

We had a lovely experience at the Station House for my sisters graduation dinner. Food was amazing and servers were so lovely. Our food was very late coming out (which didn’t bother us as we were chatting so much and enjoying good company and wine!) so they comped all 6 of our desserts. Completely unnecessary but it was a lovely gesture!

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