Kai Restaurant

Hands down the best meal in Galway. Fresh ingredients, lovely staff, and a beautiful inside. The detailed menu is written on a chalk board above the kitchen and it may be small but it's mighty. Every dish is wonderful and the desserts are a must. We had the most divine Key Lime Pie. Can't wait to come back and enjoy another meal. Wish I could give it 10 stars!

Came here for lunch and they had a menu on board with fusion food of Indian and Japanese flavours and Irish ingredients. Always packed so there is a wait for a table. It’s good overall but would like to see more Irish flavours and chunkier portions with meat and fish. Didn’t try the cakes but they looked good.

This was our top meal during our 9-day stay across Ireland. It has a multitude of awards and we now know why! The daily menu is written on the wall. We landed on the beef satay and the falafel dish. Both dishes were bursting with flavor, so much texture and tastes that are so different but blend well together. The portions were generous and we left super happy and wished we had another chance for try the other dishes!

I had my doubts going in here, first of all because the place looked like fine dining and me as a foodie who wants to go home on a full stomach. We went there for Valentine's Day, after my better said she wanted to try this restaurant. The food - besides the fact that you need to study English in Oxford to understand their menu amd not google every second word the food was delicious! I like it when kitchens/restaurants push the boundaries of taste and surprise us with new combinations and unique flavours. I for starters, never had pickled mussles, had my doubts I admit, turned out to be a very nice starter that really surprised me. The steak was very very nicely done, top 3 steaks I had in Ireland, I love steak, normally would eat it with chips and garlic butter but I didn't see that on the menu so went with whatever the chef had for me, plus some violet spuds. My steak was as asked, medium rare, very tender and well seasoned, sauce was not enough but the onions on top...oh my...never thought this combination would be so amazing. I'll make a joke and say it also had the right temperature, in case you didn't know there are wannabe posh people out there who complain about the core temperature of their steak...yeah, bring a thermometer with you next time. Service was exemplary! You feel welcomed from the moment you step in the door and treated with respect, up until you leave. Very professional from start to finish, we were impressed. Now as for my closing remarks, went home on a full stomach which was a huge plus, was a bit pricey, so I would stick to Kai for special occasions, you can tell the owners have been in the business for a while now and they care about the place and it's reputation. Saw the owner try to calm down the wannabes besides us in the nicest and most professional way. Give it a try, at the end of the day life is a journey and Kai should be on it.

One star is for the freshness of the ingredients and the perfection of the meat grilling. However, we should expect more from this price. The creativity of the dishes is lackluster, and the seasoning is bland. For example, beef, although the onion adds a sense of shape and some flavor, the taste of the green sauce covering the meat is very vague, and it is even better to substitute it for good salt. Overall seasoning is flat. But the dessert was not bad, so the second star was given to the dessert. In addition, the three of us sat at a super big and long table at the entrance, which was so long that we couldn't hear each other, which greatly detracted from the dining experience.

We heard about Kai from reviews and word of mouth. We turned up too early for the lunch menu and started with coffee, chocolate cake and the best blackberry scone we ever had. The staff were super friendly and we stayed for lunch. We went for the two veggie options which looked as deliciousness as they tasted, the portions were huge plus having had our dessert in reverse it was a bit of struggle but worth it! Can’t recommend it enough, amazing food with a really beautiful cozy space with a super friendly atmosphere.

Zero complaints about Kai. YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST GO!!! I have been going here for years and it is still the best place for lunch that I’ve ever been to. It’s absolutely delicious and the meals are creative and unique. Reasonable pricing too. Service and atmosphere are just impeccable and they’re truly so nice and incredibly accommodating for genuinely any diet in the kitchen! Their cakes are also actually good (which is always hard to come by!), never too sweet but full of flavour and fabulous texture. The wine is also very lovely, any of their drinks.

We were very excited for Kai based on past reviews but ultimately it was a let down. We got an oyster starter that had so much hot sauce on it the flavor of the oyster was completely lost. For mains I ordered the strip loin steak. I can not advise strongly enough to avoid this. The steak was difficult to cut and chewy. The staff was lovely and switched to the lamb for me. The lamb itself was great, the vegetables on the plate though were way over spiced. My husband enjoyed his monkfish dish. The cocktails were the best part (besides a wonderful staff and atmosphere). They were creative and delicious.