Would not recommend and would never return. For my main course, (salted chilli chicken). the dish was saturated in a sweet chilli sauce. Could not taste the salted chicken or the fresh chilli as the dish was so overpowering with a sweet chilli sauce. Had to transfer the dinner from the dinner bowl to the underplate to reduce the sauce content on the food. Was not even going to tell the staff member who was taking the plates away until my husband presuaded me to say something. I did and minutes later a manager came out and unbelievably had a go at me after he asked and my dinner experience and I explained to him again about the meal. He commented that I told a 16 year old to go into the chef to tell him that the dinner was disgusting. While I explained the issue with the dinner and did comment that the dinner was disgusting, at no point did I tell anybody to tell the chef that the dinner was disgusting. Neither did I know that the staff member was a 16 year old. My husband stated the same and also said it was the company's choice who they employed and this was nothing got to do with the quality of the meal. The manager walked off and when I looked around the restaurant, i could see that other customers were looking over. I found the hostile experience with the manager very humiliating and embarrassing and it ruined our night out as we had never an encounter with a manager like this before.Would never go back again or recommend to anyone!
christine scott
The food was delicious. The staff and atmosphere were lovely. The view we had was fantastic, the only negative thing I would have to say is that my son has autism and is very particular about what goes on his plate and we said several times no garnish and guess what, it came with garnish, he was in a forgiving mood so no harm done but it could just as easy have gone the other way!!
Mervyn Neill
It is what it is, an everyday spinoff from the splendid restaurant upstairs but definitely on a cafe level.I had the Chinese Chicken Curry which was lovely and my wife had the 55 Hamburger.Both meals were lovely but were too much. I felt guilty at not being able to finish mine and my wife was the same about her burger which came with chips and pepper sauce.The view is great looking across at The Skerries.The birds can be a bit of a nuisance but you're not allowed to feed them so do so at your own peril.
Ebubekir Tekin
I didn’t like the restaurant only thing is view is great but tables were dirty and food wasn’t even tasteful. Toilets were very good and clean. Burger wasn’t good chips had too much oil and pizza was very dry.Salad didn’t have any tomato but full of onion pepper.Not recommended sorry.
misslilly28
Sat down to a table. Cleaned it myself with my own wipes as it hadn’t been previously cleaned. Ordered the fish gougons said it came with chips, peas and tartare sauce and we also ordered a ham and cheese panini. Was served quickly but disappointed I had no tartare sauce just some salad and coleslaw which was tasteless and the peas were cold and bland. The ham and cheese panini was actually a ham and cheese crusty baguette!!. For the prices you are charging it’s a rip off and to not give you what you are actually charging for is another thing. Would not recommend or return but what a nice view we had.
Leslie Drew
Stopped for lunch with a friend, ordered at counter and paid via card. Soft drinks cam to table within minutes, after catching up for circa 45-mins we started to wonder what had happened to our food.I raised this with the restaurant staff who first of all asked me had I paid, I was able to confirm this as the money clearly had been taken out of my bank account.I was then told that the kitchen staff had sent the food out and was I sure I had not received it !!!!!!!!Very disappointing experience, the order was eventually served.
Neil Reid
Awful dining experience in 55North; we (x2 adults, x2 kids) popped in for lunch on Friday lunchtime. It soon became apparent why the restaurant wasn't super busy despite having amazing view of the coastline. The service was in disarray, people openly complaining about the slow service, despite not being overly busy, we witnessed several tables not get served so they left. We stuck it out as the kids were hungry. We ordered a few different items including pizza / onion rings / goujons / chips. The kids didn't eat their pizza as it was simply awful, the onion rings were completely inedible, garlic mayo so strong it was inedible, awful salad with chips. The floor of the restaurant was so dirty. We spoke to staff about the quality of the food and service but all they did was shrug their shoulders. One of the worst dining experiences in Ireland! 2 stars only for atmosphere due to the fantastic view. Avoid this place at all costs.
R “WorldTraveler” Speakerphone
Busy, family-friendly (loud), high-capacity, quick turnaround, average restaurant, with spectacular ocean view.... Ugh. Food quality and flavor was below my expectation. Wine selection was above average.Kid-friendliness: Lots of noisy kids.Parking: Good luck finding street parking.
I6471GKrobertc
Having read some negative reports regarding service I am glad to say they were totally off the mark. while the staff were young at all times were they courteous and responsive to our requirements. As we usually hit Portrush once a year we always try to eat here. Great views, food is fine and it has always lived up to expectations for us. Would highly recommend that people visiting Portrush eat here
John A
There seems to be a lot of dissatisfied reviewers of this place, and I'm happy to disagree with most comments. We first came across 55 North many years ago when it had just opened. The food was lovely and the menu was large and varied. However it has been many years since ws went for a meal and we tried it again. The setting of the restaurant and the views along the East Strand are as wonderful as ever, but I found the menu to have been reduced to the point where this could become just another burger and chips/fish and chips joint, except for their very special posh fish and chips. We shared a starter of pulled pork tacos, which were packed full of tasty pork and chopped salads, and then had the posh F&C. This came with 6 large juicy prawns and some of the nicest crispy and dry chips I have eaten in a while. It was good to see a packed restaurant on an early Saturday night and I hope to add 55 North to the list for a return soon.
Awful dining experience in 55North; we (x2 adults, x2 kids) popped in for lunch on Friday lunchtime. It soon became apparent why the restaurant wasn't super busy despite having amazing view of the coastline. The service was in disarray, people openly complaining about the slow service, despite not being overly busy, we witnessed several tables not get served so they left. We stuck it out as the kids were hungry. We ordered a few different items including pizza / onion rings / goujons / chips. The kids didn't eat their pizza as it was simply awful, the onion rings were completely inedible, garlic mayo so strong it was inedible, awful salad with chips. The floor of the restaurant was so dirty. We spoke to staff about the quality of the food and service but all they did was shrug their shoulders. One of the worst dining experiences in Ireland! 2 stars only for atmosphere due to the fantastic view. Avoid this place at all costs.
Bertie Chapple
A facade. This establishment pretends as if it's a luxury restaurant with it's "modern" exterior but in reality it is impossibly tacky inside. The food although, in large portions underwhelms in every other possible sense. I had the tower burger, which featured a slab of the world's most depressing grilled chicken alongside a beef patty so thin you wouldn't be surprised if it was from burger king. Which is then topped with onion "rings" which completely overpowered any flavour that might have been present in the extremely bland food. The portions were so generous they included a complimentary hair. Delicious. The staff are mainly made up of teenagers and were alright. The view was pleasantKid-friendliness: Very
kennybic
The food was great albeit one of our starters was small. The place has a really mixed up decor and is untidy The staff were generally very young and despite trying hard, they were quite disorganised. We had a mix up over our table size and needed to prompt them for fresh cutlery and drinks. It’s a shame as their food was decent but plenty of places nearby have great food, decor and service.
sean1962
Shambolic. Both service and food were third rate. Handed 2 menus on way in and told to take any seat. Many tables unavailable as dirty plates still on them - this was the case 30 mins later. 2 parties of 4 left before their food arrived as they had waited far too long - wish I’d done the same. My food was poor, chicken cold and had to send it back. There were plenty of staff but they just didn’t seem to be bothered. Brought this to the attention of a senior staff member and they laughed it off! Do yourself a favour and give this restaurant a miss! It was once a good place to go.
Fiona A
The food was pretty good despite terrible presentation (seafood thermidore) but the service was awful. Wrong drinks order and had to ask twice for spoons. The young people that work there don't seem to know what they're doing and have zero customer service skills. Also staff microwaving food in full visibility of the eating area which is dire.
Would not recommend and would never return. For my main course, (salted chilli chicken). the dish was saturated in a sweet chilli sauce. Could not taste the salted chicken or the fresh chilli as the dish was so overpowering with a sweet chilli sauce. Had to transfer the dinner from the dinner bowl to the underplate to reduce the sauce content on the food. Was not even going to tell the staff member who was taking the plates away until my husband presuaded me to say something. I did and minutes later a manager came out and unbelievably had a go at me after he asked and my dinner experience and I explained to him again about the meal. He commented that I told a 16 year old to go into the chef to tell him that the dinner was disgusting. While I explained the issue with the dinner and did comment that the dinner was disgusting, at no point did I tell anybody to tell the chef that the dinner was disgusting. Neither did I know that the staff member was a 16 year old. My husband stated the same and also said it was the company's choice who they employed and this was nothing got to do with the quality of the meal. The manager walked off and when I looked around the restaurant, i could see that other customers were looking over. I found the hostile experience with the manager very humiliating and embarrassing and it ruined our night out as we had never an encounter with a manager like this before.Would never go back again or recommend to anyone!
The food was delicious. The staff and atmosphere were lovely. The view we had was fantastic, the only negative thing I would have to say is that my son has autism and is very particular about what goes on his plate and we said several times no garnish and guess what, it came with garnish, he was in a forgiving mood so no harm done but it could just as easy have gone the other way!!
It is what it is, an everyday spinoff from the splendid restaurant upstairs but definitely on a cafe level.I had the Chinese Chicken Curry which was lovely and my wife had the 55 Hamburger.Both meals were lovely but were too much. I felt guilty at not being able to finish mine and my wife was the same about her burger which came with chips and pepper sauce.The view is great looking across at The Skerries.The birds can be a bit of a nuisance but you're not allowed to feed them so do so at your own peril.
I didn’t like the restaurant only thing is view is great but tables were dirty and food wasn’t even tasteful. Toilets were very good and clean. Burger wasn’t good chips had too much oil and pizza was very dry.Salad didn’t have any tomato but full of onion pepper.Not recommended sorry.
Sat down to a table. Cleaned it myself with my own wipes as it hadn’t been previously cleaned. Ordered the fish gougons said it came with chips, peas and tartare sauce and we also ordered a ham and cheese panini. Was served quickly but disappointed I had no tartare sauce just some salad and coleslaw which was tasteless and the peas were cold and bland. The ham and cheese panini was actually a ham and cheese crusty baguette!!. For the prices you are charging it’s a rip off and to not give you what you are actually charging for is another thing. Would not recommend or return but what a nice view we had.
Stopped for lunch with a friend, ordered at counter and paid via card. Soft drinks cam to table within minutes, after catching up for circa 45-mins we started to wonder what had happened to our food.I raised this with the restaurant staff who first of all asked me had I paid, I was able to confirm this as the money clearly had been taken out of my bank account.I was then told that the kitchen staff had sent the food out and was I sure I had not received it !!!!!!!!Very disappointing experience, the order was eventually served.
Awful dining experience in 55North; we (x2 adults, x2 kids) popped in for lunch on Friday lunchtime. It soon became apparent why the restaurant wasn't super busy despite having amazing view of the coastline. The service was in disarray, people openly complaining about the slow service, despite not being overly busy, we witnessed several tables not get served so they left. We stuck it out as the kids were hungry. We ordered a few different items including pizza / onion rings / goujons / chips. The kids didn't eat their pizza as it was simply awful, the onion rings were completely inedible, garlic mayo so strong it was inedible, awful salad with chips. The floor of the restaurant was so dirty. We spoke to staff about the quality of the food and service but all they did was shrug their shoulders. One of the worst dining experiences in Ireland! 2 stars only for atmosphere due to the fantastic view. Avoid this place at all costs.
Busy, family-friendly (loud), high-capacity, quick turnaround, average restaurant, with spectacular ocean view.... Ugh. Food quality and flavor was below my expectation. Wine selection was above average.Kid-friendliness: Lots of noisy kids.Parking: Good luck finding street parking.
Having read some negative reports regarding service I am glad to say they were totally off the mark. while the staff were young at all times were they courteous and responsive to our requirements. As we usually hit Portrush once a year we always try to eat here. Great views, food is fine and it has always lived up to expectations for us. Would highly recommend that people visiting Portrush eat here
There seems to be a lot of dissatisfied reviewers of this place, and I'm happy to disagree with most comments. We first came across 55 North many years ago when it had just opened. The food was lovely and the menu was large and varied. However it has been many years since ws went for a meal and we tried it again. The setting of the restaurant and the views along the East Strand are as wonderful as ever, but I found the menu to have been reduced to the point where this could become just another burger and chips/fish and chips joint, except for their very special posh fish and chips. We shared a starter of pulled pork tacos, which were packed full of tasty pork and chopped salads, and then had the posh F&C. This came with 6 large juicy prawns and some of the nicest crispy and dry chips I have eaten in a while. It was good to see a packed restaurant on an early Saturday night and I hope to add 55 North to the list for a return soon.
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Awful dining experience in 55North; we (x2 adults, x2 kids) popped in for lunch on Friday lunchtime. It soon became apparent why the restaurant wasn't super busy despite having amazing view of the coastline. The service was in disarray, people openly complaining about the slow service, despite not being overly busy, we witnessed several tables not get served so they left. We stuck it out as the kids were hungry. We ordered a few different items including pizza / onion rings / goujons / chips. The kids didn't eat their pizza as it was simply awful, the onion rings were completely inedible, garlic mayo so strong it was inedible, awful salad with chips. The floor of the restaurant was so dirty. We spoke to staff about the quality of the food and service but all they did was shrug their shoulders. One of the worst dining experiences in Ireland! 2 stars only for atmosphere due to the fantastic view. Avoid this place at all costs.
A facade. This establishment pretends as if it's a luxury restaurant with it's "modern" exterior but in reality it is impossibly tacky inside. The food although, in large portions underwhelms in every other possible sense. I had the tower burger, which featured a slab of the world's most depressing grilled chicken alongside a beef patty so thin you wouldn't be surprised if it was from burger king. Which is then topped with onion "rings" which completely overpowered any flavour that might have been present in the extremely bland food. The portions were so generous they included a complimentary hair. Delicious. The staff are mainly made up of teenagers and were alright. The view was pleasantKid-friendliness: Very
The food was great albeit one of our starters was small. The place has a really mixed up decor and is untidy The staff were generally very young and despite trying hard, they were quite disorganised. We had a mix up over our table size and needed to prompt them for fresh cutlery and drinks. It’s a shame as their food was decent but plenty of places nearby have great food, decor and service.
Shambolic. Both service and food were third rate. Handed 2 menus on way in and told to take any seat. Many tables unavailable as dirty plates still on them - this was the case 30 mins later. 2 parties of 4 left before their food arrived as they had waited far too long - wish I’d done the same. My food was poor, chicken cold and had to send it back. There were plenty of staff but they just didn’t seem to be bothered. Brought this to the attention of a senior staff member and they laughed it off! Do yourself a favour and give this restaurant a miss! It was once a good place to go.
The food was pretty good despite terrible presentation (seafood thermidore) but the service was awful. Wrong drinks order and had to ask twice for spoons. The young people that work there don't seem to know what they're doing and have zero customer service skills. Also staff microwaving food in full visibility of the eating area which is dire.