Stix & Stones Ballyhackamore

1 out of 5 – Extremely Disappointing Experience We visited yesterday with a booking for 2:00 pm. Unfortunately, the food didn’t arrive until 3:30 pm, and when it finally did, everything was stone cold or barely lukewarm. I ordered what was described as a roast beef dinner, but the “roast beef” turned out to be more like a chopped beef portion – certainly not what I’d call a steak or proper roast beef. All the vegetables were lukewarm at best, and most were cold. My father’s seabass was smaller than the size of a hand, served with just three or four small roasted potatoes and exactly five peas (yes, we counted), all of which were hard. My brother’s meal was very dry. My mother’s chicken supreme came without the sauce you would expect – it was still somewhat tasty but, like everything else, only lukewarm. The head server never approached our table, leaving the waitress to deal with the situation. She did her best, but she was working with a very bad situation. There was no apology, no offer of compensation, discount, or any incentive to return. For the prices charged, the quality, portion sizes, and service were shockingly poor. Sadly, we won’t be coming back.

Highly recommend this place! Had a great experience today! The food was amazing, the cooking your own steak on the hotstone was so much fun. The staff was lovely especially our waitress (sorry didn't get her name) but so friendly and attentive. Can't wait to come back again!

Great food and service. If you haven't cooked steaks on a stone before the secret is to cut slices and get a 'conveyor' system in place so your food is cooking while you're eating. I will note that my friends Irish coffee didn't taste very Irish but the staff confirmed the content and offered to double the measure of whiskey. Perhaps whatever combination of coffee and whiskey they used complemented so well the flavour of the whiskey didn't come through. Overall a great meal and all 6 in our party were very happy with our meals.

Steven was a fabulous host. Attentive and very witty. A great team there!!! Food was gorgeous and we had such a lovely night. I feel awful saying this, but this is a much nicer restaurant than the Queen St one as there was not as much cooking smoke around. We will definitely be back.

We had a wonderful birthday meal last night at Stix and stones in BallyHackamore. The restaurant was packed and a lovely atmosphere . I really loved the vintage feel as they lwere projecting an old black and white movie on the wall! The food was amazing, really helpful and friendly staff. A special shout out to Nuno the restaurant manager . He’s a truly lovely person and gave the birthday boy and girl some sweet desserts. A lovely touch! Five stars all round 💕🎂

The restaurant and bar staff were absolutely wonderful and incredibly helpful with the little event I was organising. Unfortunately some of the wheaten bread was moldy and the steak I received had far too much salt on it. It didn’t detract from the evening overall but I expected an exceptional steak as this is their specialty and this wasn’t it.

Went in for Mums birthday and had a wonderful experience; glass of Prosecco on arrival and a cute birthday dessert! They had specials on so we had teriyaki beef as a starter (incredible) and then a half lobster with amazing garlic fries. Also tried the steak on the stone with surf and turf; forgot to order myself sauce but didn’t need any with the cajun prawns and mushrooms. Look forward to our next visit to try out their other menu items

The waiters were very nice and friendly but the chef spent 30 minutes having a chat and during this time no food was cooked because the other chef also disappeared during this time. And then after the 45 minute wait for the food it was not cooked properly because I’m assuming the chef decided to rush the food.