The Broken Jug

great spot for food and we also went out to it at the evening time and they had live music playing great spot for all the family

One of my usual spots for a quick carvery lunch during a working day in Ballina. Enter off O’Rahilly St and up some sets of steps. Carvery directly in front of you with a typed menu on display is you can’t make out what’s on offer.
Have always had tasty food there and good mash. Portions for those not on a diet usually which is great to see. Busy lunch venue but plenty of seating.

THE BROKEN JUG
«Situated in the heart of Ballina this extensive pub is really warm, welcoming and cosy. Providing the very best in food and drink, their carvery lunches are superb. A haven for the tourist or the weary shopper the Broken Jug is also very popular with the younger age group. The friendly and efficient staff will make your visit here truly memorable.»
The opening paragraph comes courtesy of the Broken Jug itself, a pub cum eatery in the Co. Mayo town. It is warm and friendly but the bare timber furniture and backless seating is more for the «younger age group»!
The restaurant section is a shade more comfortable and the food is very good, the service friendly and efficient and the prices reasonable.
The other night, I started with a magnificent chowder, very very tasty (indeed one of the best I’ve come across) and not suffocated with cream as happened in a Cork venue recently.
Main course was a lasagne. It was almost top class, and would have been but for it being a little overdone in the heating which made some of the edges too hard. Overall though — the cheese and mincemeat were excellent — it was a fine dish, served with chips and an undressed well mixed salad.
Dessert, there were about five choices, was homemade apple tart with cream and, yes, the apple was real chunky stuff, just the way I like it.
I have given it four stars but three and half would be more like it — if you’re over forty!
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This pub is very popular, especially among the twenties crowd in Ballina. Inside, it is slightly old fashioned but very large. It gets very busy at weekends when all the young crowd come, and has a really lively, upbeat atmosphere. It also serves really decent meals during the day and the prices are good. A great pub to start off a night out.