Characters Bar and Restaurant

This is my go to spot on my visits to the area, the staff is extremely friendly and the food is amazing.  I've had just about everything on the menu and never had a bad dish.  The BBQ pizza and the French onion soup or delicious!  The place is run by the owner and his spouse and even thou I visit the area maybe five times a year they make it their business to get to know their customers and treat everyone like friends!  Highly recommend this place!

After a 10 hour drive, my wife and I were pretty hungry for some hearty food.

It didn't feel like there were many choices at the time, but when you're that hungry, you're just grumpy. So we pretty much decided to go here because it was closest to us.

We were greeted by Victoria, our friendly waitress. She informed us what foods they were known for, which things were made from scratch, etc. She was very helpful and polite. She even waited for me to come back after I left my cell phone on the table and proceeded to drive away! Anyways...

I got the fish and chips, and my wife got a BBQ platter. The fish was fresh and delicious. You could tell it wasn't a box of frozen cod nuggets. The breading was crispy and just right. They had homemade tartar sauce as well, which had a really refreshing dill taste to it.

My wife gets full really fast, but I think she enjoyed her experience pretty well too.

We ordered the Irish curry fries as well, which were amazing. Don't forget to order those.

In summary, this restaurant met our expectations in every way. We wanted good, hearty comfort food, and friendly service, and that's exactly what we got. If you're looking for some warm, feelgood food, this place has it.

I eat here often enough because I live nearby. It is pretty good especially the steak and also for chicken pot pie & curry chicken.  Whatever you do don't order the fish. For some reason they think salmon is supposed to be overcooked and dry.  They do a good job on the burgers and pizza as well.  The bar is a lot of fun. The bartender is really nice,  he and his wife own the place. She is also really nice. The waitstaff are ok one of the waitresses did admonish me once for actually finishing my dinner "I would never have been able to eat all that" is what she said. I think she just wasn't thinking....I of course could've cared less and ordered their dessert which by the way was fantastic. Some sort of traditional Irish desert with digestive biscuits, caramel, chocolate syrup, fresh whipped cream and strawberries (I declined the banana part).