Keenan's Bar & Restaurant
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4.0
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About
Keenan's Hotel, Bar and Restaurant on the Roscommon Longford border offers an experience not to be missed. Welcomed by a warm reception from the owners Barry and Annette and their friendly staff, taste our superb, award winning food and stay in our stylish, luxury boutique bedrooms with a stunning view of the River Shannon. Our boutique hotel and restaurant marries in with our traditional but classic bar, blending old and new, where history and tradition meet luxury and style.Keenan's is strategically located in the picturesque village of Tarmonbarry. The first Hotel, Bar and Restaurant in the West, when travelling on the N5 from Dublin to Mayo. Situated on the Longford Roscommon border on the banks of the River Shannon, where East meets West. Located on the N5, between Longford town and Strokestown, approx 135km from Dublin Airport and 125km from Westport, perfect place to break a long journey.
PRICE RANGE
€7.00 – €44.00
CUISINES
Irish, Bar, European, Pub, Gastropub
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
FEATURES
Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Table Service
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4.0
315 reviews
Excellent
140
Very good
89
Average
28
Poor
31
Terrible
27
Steph W
20 contributions
Sept 2024 • family
Came here for an evening meal while on our visit from England. The food is absolutely wonderful - as a vegetarian I was very happy with the Ravioli on offer. My 18 month old daughter seemed to love the food also! The pub also has a wonderful traditional Irish aesthetic and the atmosphere is great and staff highly attentive. I would highly recommend this place to eat if you are staying around the area/passing through. I will definitely visit again when I next come to Ireland.
Written 21 September 2024
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Julie B
9 contributions
Oct 2024 • couples
It was my second time staying in as many months. I simply can't fault this hotel. It is spotlessly clean, the service is wonderful (such lovely staff), the bedrooms are cosy and comfortable. We ate in the bar section where there's a typical bar menu. Great food. The breakfast is also great. Hot food made to order and buffet style cold food (cereal, fruit etc). There is a more formal restaurant area too which we might try next time. I say next time as I will definitely be back.
Written 20 October 2024
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Jessiecam
9 contributions
Oct 2023 • friends
Stayed here as a group of friends over the weekend. Rooms decorated to a very good standard some with balconies overlooking the river. Freshly cooked breakfast especially eggs on sourdough was really good. Great selection of fruits seeds nuts etc. Some very pleasant staff members incl young guy serving our table late Sat night & lady who checked us out on Sunday. We absolutely will return.
Written 16 October 2023
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Meander45816028311
3 contributions
Oct 2024 • couples
Second time here. Wasn't really impressed with food at all especially as I was charged 2 euro for 1 slice of bread as only one came with soup!!!
Gave it a second chance but quality of food not good. Chips were dry and over cooked
and soup just warm.
Not impressed with strong smell.of cigarette smoke from door leading to kitchen either!!!
The man I presume was manager was not friendly and appeared to be quite short when speaking to staff and therefore they just did their basic job. One local said some of them didn't rate the food!! Definitely won't return!
Written 23 October 2024
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Grace
2 contributions
Feb 2024 • family
Disappointing. The waitress who came to take our drink order was bordering on rude. The menu on the table has no vegetarian options which in 2024 is a bit ridiculous. When we asked if they had anything she said they were only serving what was on the menu. We had to ask her to please go and check because they must have something.. she seemed annoyed at being asked.
Came back with the chicken curry minus chicken, a stirfry or pasta. You’d be better off eating at home honestly. I got pasta and could only a few bites. It seemed like packaged pasta with a mediocre sauce and soggy garlic bread on top…
Aside from this we had cremated stake for another guest.
I wouldn’t go back and wouldn’t recommend.
Written 4 February 2024
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Jane
Cork186 contributions
Mar 2024 • couples
Always stopped here on route to west of Ireland. The quality of the food has gone down drastically in recent times. The last visit was by far the worst. We ordered a pulled chicken sandwich which sounded delicious on the menu but we simply sliced white bread with very dry chicken. The sting in the tail was the price - €10 !!! Absolute rip off. My partner had a BLT - again just brown sliced bread with two rashers, a slice of tomato and a leaf of lettuce - for €10. They really need to take a long hard look at the prices versus quality. Won’t be stopping there again. The petrol station across the road offers much better food and much better value.
Written 21 March 2024
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shaun h
1 contribution
Feb 2024 • family
Shocking food, child's spaghetti no sauce no meat no garlic bread a bowl of boiled spaghetti a 4yr cud make. Bacon burger minus bacon and burger so hard had to be cut in half to chew. Requested sauce for spaghetti from waitress who practically admitted chef won't do anything of the sort and had fear in her eyes when asked. Offered butter to mix in spaghetti instead. Ravioli swimming in water with soggy garlic bread on top. Sad to see the standard so poor and crazy prices. Won't be returning. Absolute dirt.
Written 19 February 2024
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Mary
Roscommon2 contributions
Jan 2022 • family
Firstly, the service was appalling. The waitress was more interested in walking around rather than attending to people waiting to be seated (many tables were vacant). Once seated, we waited for our food order to be taken. However I had to walk around to find waitress to give the food order.
the chicken Kiev was very chewy, as for the beef, completely inedible. When I complained to the bar man about this, he seemed very uninterested and charged full price. No apology given.
Will definitely not be visiting again!!!!
Written 16 January 2022
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John D
Cologne1 contribution
Sept 2022 • family
Poor quality food and uninformed staff. very processed burger with hard chips possibly refried two or three times.
Burger came with spicy cheese despite server confirming it was not. Should have sent back but time pressure.
Won't return for a while again.
Written 10 September 2022
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darrenandyvonne
102 contributions
Jun 2023 • family
We've been stopping off at Keenan's for years and it's always been excellent. This time and the time before we felt that the quality is not what it once was. My main arrived minus part of the dish and it was eventually delivered at the end of the meal when I had finished the rest of the dish. Meal was tepid too, as though it had been sitting waiting to be delivered for some time. Think we'll have to find a new watering hole on our way west.
Written 16 June 2023
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John F
County Donegal13 contributions
May 2023 • friends
Arrived on time and were seated straight away, the service was prompt however I feel the food was ordinary compared to the prices. Two of our party ordered a steak sandwich another a burger with chips another chicken goujons. The steak sandwich was adequate, the burger was not homemade nor was it 8oz as depicted on the menu it resembled a prepacked burger. The chicken goujons were a good size and the chips were nice. The desserts were not nice at all the cheesecake was described as disgusting, I had the chocolate brownie and it was very ordinary. On the whole the experience was very disappointing.
Written 29 May 2023
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olympus841
53 contributions
Mar 2024 • couples
€69 for 2 people for main course & one desert, & 2 coffees, including a pint of Guinness which was of very poor quality!
Chips are skinny chips like McDonalds not what you'd expect to accompany steak.
Surely someone could make decent chips! Staff were excellent though in their work, pleasant and efficient.
Written 8 March 2024
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Annie
4 contributions
Aug 2021 • family
We have supported this family business for years and in last couple of months have been a frequent customer however my recent visit to Keenans will be my last. I booked a table for 6 and at time of booking there was no mention of a time limit.
We enjoyed the food and drinks but we received a very low level of customer service. One of the owners was present in the restaurant and on one occasion I asked could I order a drink she took my drink order and practically ran away. I had to call her back to order drinks for the rest of my party and she she was not very pleasant in taking the order.
After the meal some of my party were either in the bathroom or in smoking area when the owner asked had we finished.
I said no as we had another drink ordered, the response from the owner was a tut and raised eyes.
Another staff member then approached our table and asked could we move to another area to take our drink, I tried to say we were not told at time of booking that there was a limit on time but I was ignored. We were then moved to a different area in an unused part of the restaurant.
We then hurriedly finished our drinks and left as soon as possible. I can only describe the owners manner as rude and obviously just wanted to fill our table again and in turn line her pockets.
Our bill came to over 260 euro so think they got more than their monies worth from our time there.
This was my mother's first time dining out in many months and we were all very disappointed with the customer service level which on this occasion was non existent. It does not bode well when this is how the owner treats so called valued customers. After an enjoyable meal we were all left with a very sour taste in our mouths and our evening was ruined
Written 2 August 2021
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Dan1168
County Westmeath24 contributions
Oct 2022 • family
Went to this place 3/10/22 with my wife who is disabled. Because it is not wheelchair accessible at the rear I had to take her out of the car on the main road (N5) with traffic passing which was extremely dangerous for us. It totally put me off my food especially when I mentioned it to the staff but they weren't concerned about the issue. I ordered garlic mushrooms and when they were served I couldn't eat them as they were covered in garlic sauce. They couldn't serve the sauce on the side as most other places do so they were handed back. Very disappointed with my experience here and this was my first time here and definitely the last. It is difficult to understand why there are still places in 2022 that don't care about disabled people.
Written 3 October 2022
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Oscar_Mike
178 contributions
Jun 2021 • none
Booked Keenans in advance of a motorcycle trip 4 of us took, taking in parts of the country. Friendly greeting by the owner and shown to our rooms which were very clean, and comfortable with complimentary bottled water.
we ate in the bar and had a few drinks. All in all very enjoyable.
breakfast the next day was excellent, a full spread to cater for everyone, from full irish breakfast to fresh fruit,cereal, tea and coffee etc.
Its somewhere we will stay again for sure. Great value.
great hospitality in a lovely location on the river. Mote park is only 20 mins or so away too.
Written 21 June 2021
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