The Living Room at The Residents Hotel 3.0 star review: The food was great. although the staff were friendly, they were slow and forgetful. We had to go to the bar ourselves twice due to forgotten drinks.

The Living Room at The Residents Hotel 4.5 star review: On a recent visit to Ashbourne, popped into The living room with my husband and two kids for lunch. The menu is extensive and very good value indeed, with a good selection of choices for kids. A very nice friendly girl attended our table and asked for our drinks order first, she was so friendly and kind to the kids...this is rare as most places we've been tend to find them irritating, which makes us feel incredibly uncomfortable. We placed our order, an open prawn sandwich, salad and pizza /chicken goujons & chips for the kids. while we were waiting for our food, the waitress came over and asked us if we would like some juice for the kids and kindly arrived back with two complementary glasses of ribena with straws for them...so nice! The food was lovely and the kids portions were excellent value. To my surprise they had homemade chips...a rarity these days as most places don't bother. Both the kids tucked in and cleared their plates. Our total bill was €25 including two pints of Guinness!!! Excellent..we will definately be going back. The waitresses have to be the nicest I have met, very attentive and friendly, they leave a very good lasting impression and so child friendly!

The Living Room at The Residents Hotel 4.0 star review: We used to come here a lot when it first re-opened as the food was great, really inventive, fresh and tasty with the reliables staying on the menu but always specials on too. The last time I had been here it wasn't great and we were told that the chef had changed but alas we decided we would try again on Thursday. Service as always is excellent, friendly, fast and professional. Tables are quite low so not that comfortable to eat at which is unfortunate as the seating is very comfortable apart from that. Good atmosphere, not too full which was good as I know it can get very loud in here. Now for the food, there is not really much choice if you don't want deep fried to be honest and very little fish or vegetarian which is disappointing really. Menu seems to be very 80's orientated and not in a good way. I had a stir fry with prawns which I can't fault and my friend has chicken maryland which she said was grand but nothing to write home about. To be honest most of the items on the menu you could make at home yourself with not much effort, so why pay for someone else to do it out. Menu needs to be improved before I will be returning. Prices are ok but as I said, you could make it yourself easily enough so why would you pay for it??

The Living Room at The Residents Hotel 3.0 star review: We had lunch on the Sunday here, the menu was quite limited, I don't know if this was due to the fact it was Easter Sunday maybe. I had breaded mushrooms with a side of chips and he had a roast with mash (1 roast potato!) and some veg. He really enjoyed his meal, I felt mine was just good, but not great. The bill with 2 drinks came to under €25 so that was ok.
The service was good, all the staff we encountered were very helpful and polite, like the poster below I have to agree that the ladies toilets should be looked at. They take away from what is otherwise a well decorated venue.

The Living Room at The Residents Hotel 2.0 star review: We were welcomed by the barman as we entered and the service he gave us was friendly, bu that really was the best part of our visit.
I have to say that the menu is very lacking, it is a pub menu from the 1980s – steaks, burgers, chicken (Kiev, Maryland) and the only fish on offer is fish & chips. All the food was processed with only a salad garnish that seemed fresh. There seemed to be little difference between the pieces of chicken that were served as Maryland and Kiev – crumbed, fried and cut. Very little garlic on the Kiev. Lots of batter on the fish, but only a thin piece of fish inside.
Baileys cheesecake was served with ice cream (no cream!), it was creamy but did not taste of Baileys.
Not great value for less than average quality food EUR80 for 2 starters, 4 mains, 2 desserts and 2 glasses wine.
Wouldn’t be in a hurry back until the menu is greatly improved.
During a visit to the Ladies room, I noticed hat some of the toilets were without toilet seats and those with seats were broken.