With American friends in town who LOVE Johnnie Fox's we headed up on a foggy July evening to the mountain. There is always much to feast the eye on, we waited a while to be seated and felt a bit ignored but once seated the service was OK. We shared escargot and crab claws and both were very good. We had all had escargot before and these rated very highly. Seafood jambalaya was my choice and it was excellent. The others had lamb and other seafood - everything was well cooked and tasty. We had a visit from the resident magician to ouor table and he was wonderfully entertaining for us and our friends. We'll be going again soon with a bigger group of Americans - hope they can manage a crowd! Always enjoy a meal here and it lives up to its reputation.

We popped in for some Sunday lunch, while the food was lovely was not exactly what we expected and not much variety for the baby, lobster was very nice bit pricey but, and my fave was ceaser salad with shrimps.
Overall was lovely food lovely place, go for the experience of it all.

Had a lovely meal in Johnie Foxes, the place is brilliant. Was at a very different wedding up there in February, the first in Johnie Foxes and it was fantastic. The whole day was special for everyone. The food was top notch and all came out piping. I would recommend this place to anyone and everyone.

What a fabulous meal, had a sirloin steak and boy was it good. The steak was accompanied by great mash potato and vegetables. The steak was one of the best I have ever enjoyed in Ireland.
The staff were helpful and answered any questions I had about the menu. While I was there a family were celebrating a childs birthday and we were all invited by the staff to sign happy birthday and join in the fun.
If ever irish tourism need Ambassadors to show our bars and restaurants should treat their customers then visit this premises. Thank you allfor a wonderful evening and well done.

I went to Johnnie Fox's on Sat night with a big group for a friends birthday. The atmosphere was great and the food was lovely. It was reasonably priced at €70 per couple for 2 starters, 2 mains plus wine. My only issue would be the service with drinks to the table was quite slow but great night all in all.

Always a hit with our visitors. Service on this night was quite slow, but the food quality made up for that. Excellent sea food, all dishes very well presented. The live music after dinner is great fun! keep up the good work!

I had the chicken madeira, which was delicious, served with veg and potatoes, massive serving, but really good, just read the comment below which said the chicken was bland but i thought it was actually really nice so mayb it was just an off day, also goats cheese is great. great atmosphere freindly staff.
very nice

The atmosphere in Johnnie Fox's appears to be the only thing your paying for as it is certainly not the quality of the food. Whilst the portions are large they are also largely inedible. What sounded delicious on the menu; duck in champagne sauce and chicken in a madeira and mushroom sauce, both served with root veg and potatoes ended up turning us both off trying any dessert. I am usually adventurous with my flavour combinations but the parts of the duck covered in the accompanying sauce were rendered inedible, whilst it went fine with the veg. At this point I should also mention that I needed a steak knife to cut the extremely tough duck. A complete contrast to the very tender but bland chicken. Unfortunately the only star on the plate was the trusty potato, as the veg was not fresh and the carrots had already begun to lose their colour. The service and atmosphere were both good but this did not make up for the poor standard of food and uncomfortable seating with little leg room under the 'singer' tables. I suspect that the extensive menu needs to be shortened so as the kitchen can concentrate on sending out if not quality, edible food.... This is an unfortunate example of Irish cuisine for any visitors and I would not recommend it for anything more than a drink and a few photos...

Dear Blythe;
Firstly thank you for taking the time to leave a comment on Menupages. Might we enquire if you brought any of this to the attention of your server? For as the comment left by nomnom11 above you shows, others found the food very tasty.
Rather than leave a venue unhappy we always suggest that customers get the servers attention and if needed the managers attention for I can assure you on the rare occasion that a customer does have such a complaint or indeed any question about their meal it is always dealt with there and then until the customer is satisfied.
Please understand that we do accept and indeed interact with the open forumn of comments by foodies here on Menu pages and are long term fans of the site, but in fairness there is little any business can do for you if you only raise the topic after leaving.
Thank you for the comments on the atmosphere Blythe. Maybe you will drop in and see us again soon.

Arrived as a party of 6 adults and 5 kids on Sunday evening for our regular visit to foxes as we live a 2 minute drive away. The food service is always good (apart from the non native staff who are very unfriendly) and the food always excellent and very good value. Champagne duck or Lamb Shank is always good. I would avoid going to foxes for drink as it is not a place the bar staff welcome you due to the high turnover of customers (tourists).

Myself and 3 others went here for dinner last Thursday evening at about 7. We hadn't made reservations and were lucky to get a table. The pub looks awful touristy with ye olde knick knacks crammed everywhere. I was a bit worried about the quality of food because of this but in fact it was really lovely. The seafood chowder was delicious and the fried salmon and fish pie as main courses were delicious. It was also good value - under a tenner for the fish pie. The vegetables were lovely and crunchy. My only small complaint would be that the brown bread and the mashed potatoes were a bit salty for my tastes. Our waitress was a very nice and efficient lady who came back to thank us for our tip - the first time that has happened! I would definately recommend Johnnie Foxes for a nice dinner.