The Smugglers Table

A group of us spent New Year's Eve at this restaurant. The food was extremely good, with wonderful presentation. The staff were very attentive and very friendly. We will definitely be returning again.

Had Sunday lunch here recently. The roast beef was exceptionally well cooked and beautifully tender, with great veg and really tasty gravy. It was marvellous. My wife had salmon, also delightful. Booking ahead would be a good idea.

This is a super top class place for excellent food and wine. Lovely ambience also. I had duck as my main and found it to be excellent, also had starter and dessert that were a must but unplanned. Best dinning experience I've had in along time. Would recommend to anyone.

Visited the restaurant last night with my son and daughter. Since discovering this hidden gem, it is our go to place for the delicious food, friendly staff and the ambience. Couldn't recommend this place highly enough. Thanks to all the staff, it really lifted our spirits.

I would highly recommend the Smuggler's Table after a recent meal there on a weekday evening. The staff were extremely friendly and accommodating, and the food was delicious the lamb dish in particular was simple, hearty and perfectly executed, especially taking into account that we all wanted it cooked differently!

Our dining experience was so good on the first night, we decided to return there for our second night in Killyleagh. Julie was knowledgeable, calm and accommodating and on both nights we received excellent, friendly service from all the staff. But it was the perfectly cooked hake atop a bed of delicately flavoured mash and the plaice with the flavoursome fennel dressing that won my vote. I also felt that space was optimised so that we felt safe in these Covid times.

My wife, son and myself visited for dinner on a cold Wednesday evening. We recieved a lovely welcome off the waitress and we chose to sit next to the lovely woodburner. The food we recieved was excellent the chowder was delicious and the fish cooked to perfection served with some lovely Wheaton bread. The main of belly pork was fantastically presented and was matched in its flavour, my wife and son had the baked cod which looked delicious and they both agreed it was. Just before we left we got to say hello and thank the lovely chef Roy for our meals a really nice guy. All in all a hidden gem just don't tell anybody

Since the easing lockdown, I’ve become a fan of the new Specials board here. I thought the Monkfish King Prawn Thai Red Curry was quite something, but then I tasted the spectacular delight of the Finnebrogue Wagyu fillet.I was a bit cautious about requesting it rare, as I’d seen pictured, but I needed have been. Such is Roy’s cooking it was absolutely perfect. It’s all about perfection, flavours quality food here. Scenic Strangford Lough is a stone’s throw away from the restaurant, so makes for a nice post dining walk. Plenty of Oystercatchers, curlews the famous Heron are always paddling about. Well worth the trip down from Belfast.

We’ve enjoyed coming here for a number of years now. Roy and Julie are a hard working modest team, with a lot of talent between them. The weekday specials are always worth looking out for everything is done with precision. The trout special (pictured) was magnificent. Even the beetroot in the starter was cooked in house. The emphasis here is on quality local produce, imaginatively cooked and beautifully presented. Sundays here are worth the trip down from Belfast. A reasonably priced set menu includes a tender sirloin steak for a modest supplement. I glanced at the new weekday menu on Sunday: hilights include duck wings, hake with chorizo and red tail prawns a fillet steak. Well worth the tr...