Armagh
Rice's

Rice's

14 Church Street, BT35 6SW, Armagh, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Irish • British


"We were a large group. Gotta say it was a heck of a disappointment with the only five star parts the welcome from the staff and the pleasant ambiance. The food was poor to awful. The overall consensus was it wasn’t worth it quality v cost. I had a vegetable curry and boiled rice. It was a Chinese style curry sauce supermarket bought and to add insult to injury this was overpriced at £12. The predominant vegetable was broccoli and not much else. It was the worst meal I’ve had in a few years. Those who had pizzas in our group disliked them as both said what they each got was doughy and again they felt factory made, bought in bases with each costing a rip off £15. I could go on to include the hair in the food and the chipped pint beer glass (chipped glass can happen anywhere) and our relief was that our guest didn’t get a cut, and mention a bit of discount for the unwanted hair and broken glass and that they were happy with us bringing a brought in ‘cut it yourself’ birthday cake, but all in all the food was poor to near average and all of it way overpriced for what was on our plates. The coffees were good mind. It’s off our list. If you are thinking of a meal out I recommend Sinton’s (it was our first choice and closed on this night) or Fitzpatricks while each is a bit more expensive (Sinton’s is near same price and their red curry is the best I’ve tasted outside a Thai restaurant) the food quality is far and away superior. A real shame about Rice’s as it was so good from memory."

Digby's

Digby's

Main Street, Armagh, United Kingdom

Soup • Meat • Coffee • Cheese


"this is a wonderful place. We look forward to seeing that we are going. we are rarely visitors as we only go here when we travel to armagh to go to the marketplace theatre and with kovid it is only our third visit. in about three years, so they don't make much of a living on us. we have never been disappointed here and have really enjoyed our last visit. they receive the meaning of hospitality: the greeting is warm, the eating is great and the whole personal charming. I chose a steak chip, but it was a scarce thing to a delicious sounding vegetarian risotto, but it was my third din in 4 days with the other two not meat, so steak it was. I asked for medium, I have medium. the flesh was really tasteful. I asked for English senf (best in the world) and it was a yes and I tipped the tweeper rings for taboos and it was no problem. only in order to pass on the number of so-called steak houses, which have not been English, is as exaggerated as it is unacceptable. the tasty steak had a bacon jam on top. I never heard of it. it was salty, sweet so speck, balsamico vinegar perhaps sugar, I ate it all, although my personal preference remains senf. I would like to try it as a spread on roasted crumbs with a slightly fried egg above. the only thing I would change in my meal is the pfeffer sauce, but again it is personal taste as I would add double cream and much more black pfeffer. my wife decided to laugh and she explained it delicious. everything in all in a cozy environment. Hopefully we'll be back sooner than later."