Riverside Restaurant and Guest House Charlestown

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Church St Charlestown Co Mayo, Lavy Beg, Charlestown, Co. Mayo
Added by Jopie, at 23 April 2016

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• Micki Mitchell

  04 November 2017

  Worst chowder I ever had. If you want to call it that. It was just strange tasting milk soup. Staff was nice, though.

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• Ellen Langley

  13 September 2017

  The chicken curry and the chicken burger were excellent, tasted fresh and homemade. Only minor complaint was that the mashed potatoes tasted microwaved and that the chilli oil on the poppadom didn't really go with the curry. We ate every bit of the food so it really is only a minor complaint! Decor is a bit dated and the bathrooms could do with renovation and it was a little cold in the dining room. We were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food and didn't mind paying a little more for it.

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• Gbollocks Lbollocks

  13 September 2017

  i spent 6 days here. Located with equal distances to the giants causeway, and the Guinness factory, its 10 mins easy drive away from knock airport + car hire. the village has plentiful free parking (including right outside ) unlike several pay and display villages/towns i visited,
  Charlestown has got several petrol stations and newsagents / convenience shops ,an informative curiosity shop, arts center , police station ,some other shops, at least 4 or 5 pubs/bars (i liked the one that was also a hardware store) there is a similar number of places to eat,fish and chips, pizza, kebab, curries (your local mc donalds fix is half hour if you drive briskly) the riverside menu is more grown up traditional with good portion size, Anthony is an excellent cook ,running proper kitchen well, while also being a super host,
  Going by the decor and certificates about he is also quite the interior designer,he has achieved the ye olde look without it being i dont want to touch that crusty thing.there are 2 dining rooms the other has a much more shiney modern look.the cosy living room is full of family history, books to read for quiet days,a tv some striking comfy armchairs.and a nice view for watching the world go by.
  i think there are about 8 staff members all very kind and friendly, the locals use this restaurant,and their family's stay here while visiting,free no fussing about wifi was very welcome as my uk phone did not want to play internet while in ireland. While staying here you get a key to the front door as well as your room,which is great not having a lock out time to get back by. there is tea/coffee making facilities 24h in the living room.
  Prices are on track with everyone else 58 per night single ,40something pp based on 2 sharing. my room was simple clean and fresh but not so fresh that it gets cold,en suite,shower,basin toilet,mini soaps flannel +fluffy white towels the hot water is actually hot,the single bed was very comfortable, not concave ,not lumpy , the river was directly outside my window(its not crashing torrent) with a view into the middle of the village,the restaurant/kitchen closes fairly earl;y and does not make much noise.
  breakfast starts at 9 with cereals juices toast eggs bacon that sort of thing menu, he passed the fried egg test with flying colours. there is seating outside that weather permitting is a great sunny spot for morning coffee.
  i had a super time here, i enjoyed chatting with the staff and guests about my adventures in Ireland, i was treated like a friend, and that makes an enormous difference when traveling alone. the riverside is much more than i imagined.

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• Dan Bergondy

  07 September 2017

  Great place to stay in Charleston! I had breakfast lunch and dinner here and each meal was fantastic! In the evening I could walk to bar in the town!

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• Michael Callaghan

  13 August 2017

  The riverside restaurant has good service very fine food served with the best of ingredients and hospitality is warming the staff are beautiful very helpful and very polite each and every time I go over to Ireland need the wife brother-in-law and my son always make a visit to this riverside restaurant next year we'll coming back over and our first visit is going to be the riverside restaurant thank you to all the staff that work there you've made my stay in Ireland welcomed

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• Marie Crubbin

  10 April 2017

  Food very good but very dangerous steep steps & low ceiling on route to toilets for old people & children,only one ladies toilet & it was tiny & lock on door broken.More steps down into toilet .Reminds you of a dungeon,it's time to redecorate & move with the times for customers safety .

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• Mick Murphy

  14 January 2017

  Lovely food

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• Elisabetta Canuti

  11 August 2016

  The room was tide and clean, everything was working, wi fi included and the personnel incredibly kind. Price reasonable.

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• John Henry

  24 July 2016

  Very good food

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• John Sirr

  30 April 2016

  Very relaxed and comfortable atmosphere topped off with great food

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