Lafayette - Dublin Road, Ratoath

Another late night, wandering around a new town, looking for dinner that isn 't 'fast food ' or too 'posh '. Comfort food, you know? In one place the music was WAY too loud for a restaurant! Another, with several empty tables at 9pm was 'all booked up '. A few pubs offer 'pizza and beer ', which at that moment was not sounding appetizing. The Lafayette pub has a doorman (bouncer? who we asked if dinner was being served. He directed us to their menu. Five simple options: chicken wings, nachos, chicken sandwich, burger or caesar salad. These sounded like perfect pub style comfort food. Inside is quite large and very dark. Around the corner, to the left is a wall of windows over looking the river, so during the day it must be quite bright in here. Each table had a tall taper candle in an empty bottle making it feel cozy. Ours was a whiskey bottle, of course. The walls are painted black in our little nook. Background music was a mix of David Bowie, U2 and the like. Volume went up about 10pm. The bartenders are young and very friendly. We ordered our drinks and meals at the bar and received a small table tent style number for food delivery. The food portions are quite large. A double burger and a small mountain of crispy, salty fries would be enough for two. The burger patties were cooked well and the bun was soft. A house dressing (thousand island perhaps? , iceberg lettuce, tomato, crunchy pickle chips and onions all in abundance. The burger comes with bacon too, but sadly, I am allergic, so I can 't tell you about that. Nachos were generously covered in cheese, hot sauce and jalapenos. Also plenty to share here. About 5 minutes after our food was delivered the staff member who delivered our food returned to be sure we had everything we needed. Both meals were served on small plastic trays similar to the sort used in school cafeterias. I was hungry and tired and this place saved me from fast food, so yes, I really like this place. But besides that, the food was fresh and well prepared. The staff is super friendly. The music is good; loud but not break your eardrums loud. The seat comfy. The table in a cozy nook. All of which put me in a much better frame of mind and for that, I 'm a fan.

I went in many a times. Great drinks promotions on well that is when I was there. The furniture all spread out so no one on top of each other. Bar staff are more like friends than workers. Toilets clean. Back ground music was great as far as I can remember.

A good place for sitting outside to enjoy a sunny day. Not the best variety of beers, but it's still a good choice.

Great and effective service. The bartender offered good advice on Irish whiskeys and beers. He had very good humor and was fun to talk to. Good choice of spirits.

Great staff great music met love my life here would highly recommend thanks guys.