The Elm Tree

The Elm Tree is a very nice restaurant with fantastic food and great service. It can get very busy at times and you need to give yourself plenty of time if coming at peak hours. The only negative point I would have is that it feels sometimes when it is busy that the tables are very close together so it can feel like you are on top of the people beside you. I would highly recommend.

Les serveurs ont été très accueillants, la nourriture est vraiment excellente et l’ambiance du restaurant est très agréable. Je n’ai rien à redire.

Used to be a favourite of mine but the quality has been steadily dropping, in both service and food, to a stage where i don’t see myself going back, last time i was there i ggt brisket (which was not the first time) it was ok a bit drier and tougher than normal but the chips tasting of fish ruined the dinner and and the chicken tenders looked and tasted like they had come out of a aldi freezer, though that is probably doing a disservice to aldi.

Had dinner with my partner on Friday night. Fantastic food! Good service! Will recommend friend have a bite.

This is a great spot for lunch or dinner, especially if you need a pitstop during a long drive. I’d recommend their lamb burger, but their lunch menu has a great selection of sandwiches as well. It’s a really comfortable bar, with plenty of outdoor seating for the rare days we have the weather for it. There’s plenty of parking at the rear also. It’s a busy enough spot but I’ve been impressed with the service there, very friendly and quick.

This restaurant is fabulously decorated and very comfortable, the bathrooms are gorgeous and the atmosphere is calm. The staff are very friendly and accomodating but you should book as it is very busy especially at weekends. It’s perfect for parties and the function room comes free of charge. The food has definitely improved a lot from before and is very good with a wide selection of food. You won’t leave disappointed!

THE ELM TREE
This was a disappointing visit to the newly refurbished Elm Tree. It was busy but understaffed, leading to long delays in table service. Customer service, how are ye. Delays at every course and even a long wait for the bill as the harried staff had too much on their hands.
It is something of a food conveyor, a popular one by the looks of it. You get chips and salad or potatoes and vegetables with every dish, no thought given to matching with the meat or fish or whatever.
The food factory feeling continued with the dessert. The apple pie was a disaster as the apple inside was the kind you of goo you can get in large tubs in wholesalers and the concrete like meringues (along with the summer berries) must have come from a similar source.
It started badly. I choose the Ballycotton bay chowder. Ballycotton is equally famous for its potatoes and there more than a few chunks of spud along with an admittedly decent amount of fish. But why spoil the fish with a heavy handed application of cream? The main ingredients must be respected.
That was more the case with the main course, cod, with a ham wrap and ratatouille. The cod was quite good but the square of ham was like a rock. It would all have been a reasonable dish had the ratatouille been up to scratch. It wasn’t. Some of the usual ingredients (peppers, red onions, courgettes) were present but they were barely cooked and there was no sign of the key ingredients, namely tomatoes and aubergines. I know there is some debate about how to cook this dish but the Elm Tree version was so far off what they serve in French restaurants and traiteurs, it was unreal and unworthy of the name.
Quite a good spread of prices for meals and wines, though € 30.00 for fillet steak is well over the top. But good prices mean little unless you are getting value for money and we certainly didn’t.