My Wife & I stopped here on our way from Dublin to Listowel. We saw this lovely old style building and decided to stop for a bite to eat. I had steak which I'm still thinking about, it was superb, my wife had the scampi and she said it was delicious. The staff were charming, the way staff in Ireland... more

Our family always stop here on our way to Kerry. There is no better place to stop if your looking for quality food and freindly service. We would question many of the reviews here and the reasons behind them. If you want quality food and great service this beautiful road side pub cant be beaten. more

Myself and my wife stopped here on way to Kerry, the place is filthy ,saw chef blow his nose and cough into his hands and then proceeded to prepare food without washing hands IN THE NAME!!!!! Needless to say we didnt eat or drink in this kip. staff also so rude cead mile failte my a...! more

Stopped here on Friday and had two of the best fillet steaks we have ever had. We found the service great and the staff friendly. The place was quite busy, we were given a lovely table. I was supprised by some of these reviews as we regularly stop here and know it to be a popular busy well run pub.... more

Stopped and requested to send an e-mail and was refused, no excuse given, just an abrupt NO. I told her that I had my own laptop and only needed to use their connection and again NO. She did offer me the information that the shop next door might allow me and surprise, surprise their opening hours did not include Monday... more

Was on way back from family weekend in Kerry at the weekend. Four cars of us making our way home, decided we'd stop here. We had all left at the same time, so would have been arriving within 10 minutes of each other. Told the guy we were 8 adults and 5 children (4 of the adults had arrived by... more

I was travelling from Dublin to Kerry last week and decided to stop off for a bite to eat with my mom - there is no doubt it is a lovely little place as is the village of Birdhill. Never again will i be stopping in Matt the Thrashers - it is terrible. I ordered scampi and instead of chips... more

I was here in July 07 and I very much doubt it has changed since. I went here with another 5 persons. 2 cars of us that arrived at different times but seated at 2 tables next to each other. It was almost comical the way they serve you but the biscuit was when we went to pay our bill.... more

Just had a disgusting poor quality meal in Matt the Thrasher. Like other reviewers we were 'greeted' by the owner who was gruff and made us sit at a tiny table in front of the bar even though there was lots of room around. Reading the menu with chicken goujons and chips costin €13 and fish goujons costing €23!!!!!! we... more