WELCOME TO VELDON’S SEAFARER
Veldon’s Seafarer award-winning bar and restaurant is situated in Letterfrack village in the heart of Connemara. We are located along the Wild Atlantic Way where the landscape is shaped by the sea and the local characters are full of creativity and chat.
There is always a smiling face and a warm welcome in Veldon’s Seafarer!
Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
-
Best seafood we ate! - It was our second visit at Veldon's (first since April 2019) and we will definitely come back again.
All the seafood is fresh and super delicious for a very... read more reasonable price
The staff is extremely friendly and makes sure everyone has a good time, no matter how busy the place is.
January 3, 2023Reivew - I was here on the 27th December with some friends and i loved it we first got breakfast a full irish it was great lovely food and than we went... read more there at 9 for some drinks it was great nice points and friendly locals and live music even got a lift home very friendly locals and nice helpfull stuff would recommend 5 stars would go again.
January 1, 2023Lovely spot to eat & staff - Visited on Friday for dinner & again on Saturday for lunch after walking the Diamond Hill loop in the National Park. Staff very attentive, you are well looked after &... read more the decor lovely. Seafood chowder & the homemade bread was delicious! Well worth a visit if you’re in the area!
December 31, 2022 -
Unexpected stop - We were driving through area, needed a comfort stop and came across this pub. The staff very friendly and welcoming , we decided to stay for lunch. It appeared small... read more but nooks and crannies , quiet areas to drink r eat. Welcoming fire , the inside was warm. Good range and choice of food, served hot and quickly. Would recommend.
November 19, 2022Such a lovely place in the middle of Lerrerfrack - We were on our way to Renvyle house and stopped here for a bite to eat . We had been here before and the food was so good we decided... read more to go back. My husband had the sea food chowder which he said was the best one he had ever eaten ,and l had a toasted cheese ham and tomato sandwich with coleslaw . Just delicious and great service. It’s a very cosy pub / restaurant and the staff are so helpful. Pretty girl with dark hair served us and was so nice. If you are ever going out that way it’s the best place to stop for food in my opinion. We will return and recommend it to everyone.
November 16, 2022Been coming for years and it keeps improving - Every single bite was delicious! Best calamari I've had in Ireland.
Service is also always brilliant as are the pints!
Do not pass through Connemara without coming here!... read more
November 11, 2022 -
Definitely eat here!! - I really think that this was the best food that we had in Ireland. There were 4 of us and we were traveling back from Connemara to Galway and we... read more stopped here just by chance. It was delicious. Everyone loved what they got. I dream about their mussels. I don’t think I can ever eat mussels anywhere else! The service was very good as well. Definitely stop in here!!
November 11, 2022Friends and I have just returned from a week in Ireland. On one of our last days, we had lunch here, and it was amazing! The seafood was delicious and... read more fresh, and the brown bread was like none that I’ve had before. We have great memories from our trip, and this was a stand-out meal! I would have eaten lunch and dinner there every day in a heartbeat!
October 18, 2022My wife and I drove around Ireland for eight days in September 2022. On our third day, we lucked into stopping at Veldon's for lunch. It was a great-looking place... read more with very friendly team members and the best meal we had in Ireland.
For lunch, we keep it simple: seafood chowder and a small pot of muscles on this day. The food was excellent and was accompanied by very tasty brown bread! The Guinness
was also a great pour.
October 14, 2022 -
Called in for lunch having climbed Diamond Hill. Seafood chowder was really good as was the calamari. The treacle brown bread alone is worth travelling for. Accompanied by 2 pints... read more of excellent Guinness and great service. Worth going out of your way to sample.
October 14, 2022Lovely food, helpful staff & great atmosphere. Very busy but owner/manager did his best to get us seated. Highly recommended!
October 1, 2022We stopped at Veldon's on a cold rainy day after exploring Kylemore Abbey. There was a fire going and we sat in a cozy booth to warm up.
All 3... read more of us ordered the Soup of the day (tomato and basil) served with a slice of delicious homemade bread. The service was good, the atmosphere was great and the soup was delicious! The price was reasonable too. Definitely a great option after Kylemore Abbey where the canteen style restaurant was super crowded with long queues.
September 16, 2022 -
Lovely. Great food, drinks and atmosphere. Recommended for young and old, and there is live music every night. Very friendly staff also
September 11, 2022This is a very good bar & restaurant. I visited 5 days in a row on my stay in Letterfrack. There is music six nights a week and I enjoyed... read more the food, the pan fried hake & the mussels being my favourites. But it's the great staff that really make it: a big thanks to them all including Kirsten (who found my jacket when I left it behind) Aoife - who are both great singers too - and Patrick, Harry, James, Luke, Liam, Daniel, Matt, Simon & others I probably didn't meet!
September 4, 2022 -
Best next door everybody knows everybody pub & restaurant on the Wild Atlantic Way strip. Jenny is the best Manager. Great place and great food.
August 21, 2022Nice restaurant in the center of Letterfrack. We had some fish and chips and it was nice. We sat outside because the weather was lovely.
August 20, 2022Stopped by for a bite to eat after travelling the Connemara Loop. Great atmosphere, great fresh food and great/friendly service for families and couples alike. Would highly recommend a visit... read more if passing by.
August 18, 2022 -
Spent last weekend in Letterfrack, incorporating quite a few visits to Veldons throughout the 3days. The staff are second to none....their friendliness knows no boundaries and there is nothing they... read more wont do for you, regardless of some of my company being hard to please!
Matt, Paddy, Aoife, Niamh just to name a few gave just impeccable service. The manager Noel couldn't do enough for us and the food there was outstanding. I had the freshest fish n chips ive ever had.....the cajun chicken burger was unreal....the chowder delicious. Really can't say enough about the place. I think they should stop serving shots though.....I may have overdone it a little bit in that department!!
Have already booked to go back in November for the winter ambience
August 18, 2022Fantastic food, top class. Had plenty of options to choose from including great vegetarian/ vegan dishes. Service was excellent too. Couldn't recommend enough.
August 15, 2022The staff were excellent. They were very attentive and accommodated us even though we did not make a booking. Food wise, the captain’s platter was a bit of a let... read more down. Some pictures from other reviewers showed a hot platter but ours were all cold so the hubby was complaining a bit as he doesn’t like cold seafood. The pasta was bland but tasted lovely after we added salt to it so we are happy enough with that dish. Everyone enjoyed the desserts. The chips were also proper chippers’ chip. Overall quite good.
August 9, 2022 -
Above average kitchen, wide selection of locally seeded seafood and typical Irish pub food.
Pro tip: try the desserts!
August 8, 2022We loved it in here!! We had such a wonderful evening, eating delicious sea food and listening to great local music. The pub is beautifully decorated and the whole tream... read more is doing a great job. Our waiter Simon was really outstanding - he took such good care of us - never felt so taken care of by a waiter. Thanks for the great evenong.
August 4, 2022Visited this restaurant as a family during a brief holiday in Connemara. Staff were very helpful and friendly, particularly Simon. The food was delicious and unusually for Connemara which really... read more is rip off Ireland at its best, was reasonably priced. I would definitely return
August 3, 2022 -
Ate here with my partner and 2 daughters (9 & 13). We had booked the table in advance. The staff were very friendly and attentive. The menu was broad enough... read more you meet our needs. The food was delicious and service attentive. We will definitely be back.
July 14, 2022We called in for lunch and the service was exceptional. Simon, James, Matt and Liam looked after us with welcoming smiles and friendly banter. The food was fab and a... read more very nice place. We will be back for the special birthday next year (42 ) thanks lads
July 3, 2022After driving the Sky Road we had to stop for what else? Seafood. Not only was the service friendly, and the drinks coldthis was THE BEST seafood I’ve ever had!!!... read more I had the Hake with Cream RedPepper Sauce over Ratatouille. The fish came out very fresh and flaky, but more than that the ratatouille was also fresh and perfectly seasoned. The Red Pepper cream was the perfect compliment to the meal and I was in Heaven! It was served with a side of steamed veg and even those were fresh and well seasoned!! Is this place worth a stop? Hell Yes!!!
June 23, 2022 -
Delicious lunch — the fish and chips and lamb stew were delicious mains and the seafood chowder had lots of fish in it ans a nice foabourful not heavy base.... read more Calamari was also very good. Very good service
June 22, 2022Great place to eat amazing seafood. We were greeted right as we walked in the door and the staff made us feel very comfortable and were very friendly. The food... read more was great and we would go again! Don’t forget to stay for the live music! Book today!
May 30, 2022We were a large group of 10 and from the moment we walked through the door we were made to feel so welcome! Food was of a consistently high standard... read more across the weekend as was the superb service and attention that we received from Patrick, Simon, Jenny & Noel. They accommodated all of our changes to the menu and our last minute reservation changes. Superbly warm welcome so much so that we returned on several occasions. Would highly recommend
April 25, 2022
Congratulations to Damian Browne on becoming the first person in history to row from New York to Galway.
Veldon’s Seafarer Bar and Restaurant, Letterfrack were proud to have given our support as a Silver Founding Funder to Project Empower and to have our name featured on the boat for this incredible undertaking.