The Anglers Rest is one of those lovely countryside pubs with amazing food and just a stones-throw from the city. I have been a couple of times, last time was on a date after spending one of the only really nice days so far this year in the Phoenix Park. Despite being late afternoon getting there, it was quite busy. Being able to site outside in the sun and enjoy good food is great (at night time they do have heaters outside too). We had starters and mains. For starters we shared the Duck Liver parfait which was not only beautifully presented but tasted devine! Main course, given the abundant sunshine, I selected the seafood salad. After the starter I should have ordered a starter portion as it was a great portion of very well cooked fish. Squid is one of those hard-to-get-right fish and it was cooked to perfection. Very tasty and filling salad (only thing that let it down a little was the dressing with looked like a cheap marie-rose out of a bottle). My dining partner had the fish and chips - beautiful chunky chips and really great fish, served with a nice tartare sauce. Overall, a great place. Wine glasses definately need polishing (they were very dirty at the base and had watermarks) but aside from that and the sauce served with the salad - the whole experience was amazing as always! Service is great, the manager (or owner, not too sure?) is very plesant to deal with and I will definitely be back with some more new diners. If you have not tried it, they I suggest you do, I hear there are some great nights out there too - its a big venue and lots of fun! Easy parking across the road, great food, great service you cant go wrong!

Had a beautiful three course meal with my husband and sister in law & her husband. The girls shared the chicken wings which were a generous portion and delicious. The boys had the black pudding starter and the crab starter, both equally good but the portion size of the crab was disappointing. For mains was two sea bass which went down a treat as well as a warm seafood salad which was so-so and delicious Beer battered Fish & Chips. Good selection of desserts and staff were pleasant & attentive. Great value overall, I will be back.

My daughter brought me here for birthday treat,as she loves it here, I have passed by many times but never visited. I was surprised how busy place was as it's very out of the way. I had the chicken main which was very tasty and I decided on Eton Mess for dessert, I make this myself at home and my family love it. It is quite a lovely dessert packed with fresh fruit and fresh cream and mixed with broken pieces of meringue. When it arrived it looked lovely, but I was disappointed with it, there was NO fruit in it just had juice at end of glass also only two small lumps of meringue. Whoever makes dessert look at my version of how to make Eton mess it is quite Yummy