McSwiggans Steak + Seafood Restaurant 3 Eyre Street, Galway, County Galway

"Holy moly the food here is phenomenal. We went for lunch on Sunday and got a $23 steak with side of subbed mash tatos. Absolutely delicious! The oysters are also very fresh and good. Comes with a tangy mignonette that I ate with everything. Highly recommend!!!"

"This is my second time to visit McSwiggins and I have to admit I was left fairly disappointed this time round. (My first visit a few years ago was extremely good in comparison) and would just described it as an ok meal but nothing more. Firstly it was a really hot weekend, and our table area was extremely stuffy and warm with very little to no air con at our table area. I ordered the 8oz dry aged fillet medium well as my main course. The plate was extremely bare (As you will see from my photo) and it was only the steak, a side portion of chips and "one" small skinny carrot on top of a puree sauce and choice of other sauce. There was no other garnish or sides included and these all had to be ordered separately which would leave the meal extremely expensive. (Onions, mushrooms etc) Plus they don't serve french fried onions on the menu which also was disappointing.) We weren't even provided with a steak knife which made it harder to cut through the steak. The steak itself was tender enough but mine was also very unevenly cooked. It was well done one side, medium on the other and actually left very rare/blue on another portion of the steak to my dismay. Because I was with friends I didn't want to make or cause any awkwardness/scene about sending back my meal but I wasn't overly happy with it. The waiter was nice but it did take some time to get someone's attention certain times over our meal. Overall for a €35 steak I was not that happy and felt quite let down by the experience. I must admit I would be a bit apprehensive to go back again after my latest experience."

"The steak was very good with the pepper sauce. Inside is amazing and is like a labyrinth with lots of little rooms. My girlfriend got the chicken and leek pie wasn’t very good. But we all loved the steaks"

"Disappointed to be honest, I've heard good things and It was just an ok dinner. The service was good but we felt the food quality wasn't really worth the prices. All my friends said they'd had cheaper and better food in Galway. I will go again as I've heard good things and so it may have just been a bad day. Quite disappointed in my steak as it was pretty dry. At the moment I will mark "ok" but will edit when I return if something changes."