The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 1.0 star review: This comment applies to the bar side of the eaterie within the Castle - I can't find a separate name or address for it.
Myself and my husband dropped in around 13.30 on a Sunday afternoon. There was virtually no space but one table, which we grabbed immediately. There were a lot of people that seemed ready for departure, and that was mostly drinking (alchool), with most of high pitch talk. This in itself was not great, but we decided to stay. However, we had to collect 1 (between 2 people) menu, go back to the bar for the ordering as none of the waiters and waitresses seemed to notice our presence. I asked "Will it take long" for our afternoon tea and I was told "7 minutes". It took half and hour to get our coffee and another 15 min to receive the food. The food was average ok, but none of what was described on the menu. The staff seemed to be tired and huffed about kicking stools and chairs into place, including towards our table with no words uttered for us. Once the time for payment came, we gave our card. The waiter took it away, passed it to another waitress which went to the reception (with our card). She then resurfaced with the hand-held machine and came to our table, again with no smiles or words uttered. When I said hello, I received a forced smile, like if it was midnight and she was fed-up with my funny request. Needless to say, we are not going to get near the place again....

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 3.5 star review: Went here for lunch last Sunday and was quite impressed. I had a starter of of a duck liver terrine with apple. It was very tasty and quite filling. My main of chicken with lentils was very tasty. My dessert of crumble was nice but the apple was slightly undercooked. The ice cream though full of flavour though. Overall, it was good value for money.

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 4.0 star review: Went here for a birthday dinner, food was ok but not amazing for the price of the dishes. There is a good atmosphere but the bar was pretty quiet after. Have heard that they have improved since but there are better places in the area for better value

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 5.0 star review: We got a good deal of dinner and B&B accommodation for €155 at Dunboyne Castle. It's called the Winter Warmer special. In the restaurant we were handed separate laminate menus. The choice was limited but we both spotted food we liked so were happy. We both had bacon caesar salad, a chicken dish with butternut squash and side of parsnips, carrots and potatoes. Dessert we had was three scoops of dessert in a tuile basket. All of the food was delicious. We had absolutely no complaints. The service was flawless as well. The manageress was nice, as were the servers. The atmosphere in this restaurant is lovely as well. We have dined here four times now and we will definitely be back again

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 4.0 star review: Was here for a wedding and stayed overnight for june bank holday. Food at the banquet was very good. Service not great though not enough staff on and all seemed to be very junior. Fantastic location and grounds, the gardens are nicely kept. Breakfast the next morning was chaotic though sloppy service huge queues no butter for toast no one taking orders etc. Shame as very nice hotel otherwise with good food.

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 4.5 star review: Was staying the castle for the night and 2 of us went for a meal in the brasserie. The food was absolutely gorgeous. I had the salmon gravalax to start which was lovely and my wife had the chicken liver pate with brioche which had me speechless it was that nice. Very delicate silky smooth flavours that you have to give a try! For mains i had the rump of lamb on mash which was perfectly cooked with small lentils adding a fantastic earthyness. My wife had a sirloin steak with homecut chips. The steak was up there with the best steaks I have tasted anywhere. Too many chips was the only complaint...hardly a complaint. We had a lovely bottle of prosecco which was 34 euro. To finish we both had the trio of creme brule which is always a nice finish to a meal. One of mine was ever so slighly runny...but all the same very nice. Total cost was 95 euro and we left a 10% tip as the waitresses were very attentive and very friendly , even if they were a bit over stretched. I would recomment visiting the brasserie even if your not staying in the hotel. I for one will definitely be back !!

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 2.0 star review: stayed in the hotel on monday night,rooms were fab but service terrible. We waited a long time on our drinks first of all then it took ages to order our meal. The meals looked very well presented but unfortunately my steak was still frozen in the middle, there were very few staff on and service was very bad. We went back to the bar and on ly 1 member of staff was behind the bar which was very busy as there was a funeral on locally,everyone was complaining they had to wait for a drink, wasnt happy with the food or service.

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 3.5 star review: Dined here on the early bird special as we were staying in the hotel. 2 courses for 20 euro or 3 for 25. We both had the potatoe and spinach soup to start which was lovely and creamy if a little on the cold side. The bowls were not very well filled but as a starter this was not really an issue. Also nice accompaniment of brown bread and rolls.
For mains I had the spinach and ricotta tortellini which was the only vegetarian option but the mushroom sauce was very very rich.My friend had the sirloin which I was told was delicious but while he asked for medium rare this was definitely leaning alot more heavily towards the rare side. We shared a bottle of pinot grigio but he asked for a glass of red to accompany his meat....we were waiting on this for a very long time and the meal was almost half finished by the time it arrived. The main concern I would have is that I found not one but two hairs in my dinner. I didnt say it to staff at the time but left it on my comment card upon check out.

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 3.0 star review: We ate in the Ivy Brasserie as we were staying in the hotel and dinner was included in the overnight package deal.
We had booked dinner for 7.30pm and it was a wednesday night. For a mid week the restaurant was reasonably busy. The staff were friendly.
I had pork for starter and my partner had a goats cheese salad. They were disappointing but we both had steak for mains which made up for it. However we ordered a side of veg but the waitress failed to tell us that veg was served with the main meal.
I ordered a tart for dessert and was then told they had run out but i was offered the crumble from another menu which I then ordered with custard. I instead got cream on the side and i also ordered a pot of tea which I did not receive. Overall I found the meal to be disappointing.

The Ivy Brasserie (Dunboyne Castle Hotel) 4.5 star review: I went to the Ivy Brasserie on Sunday evening with 3 friends and we opted for the Early bird menu @ 24.95 and what a treat ... great selection of starters 3 of us went for the caeser salad and one went for the salmon ..we all had the steak,a supplement of E5.00 was added but well worth it, the steak was fabulous on a bed of spinach with homecooked fries we ordered extras but did not realise that the mains were accompanied with a selection of vegetables and baby boiled potatoes, a selection of 4 desserts where on the menu we went for home made apple crumble which was just beautiful, we had 3 glasses of the house wine at 6.50 per glass and water our bill total came to 154.00 which we all thought was very reasonable for the quality of food we received overall fabulous food, fabulous decor a little quiet, excellent service and staff where very pleasant and friendly