
Papa Browns
Quick info
About Papa Browns
Papa Browns is a colonial-style diner and bar on Marine Hwy in Carrickfergus, serving American burgers, steaks and grills from an all-day menu. Burgers can be upgraded with a southern fried chicken fillet. Chilli chicken strips are on the menu, with a honey chilli version alongside. Dessert includes sticky toffee pudding served with vanilla ice cream and toffee sauce. Waiting staff provide table service, and the diner is open daily.
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chilli chicken strips, sticky toffee pudding, southern fried chicken burger and seasoned fries.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chilli chicken strips, sticky toffee pudding, southern fried chicken burger and seasoned fries.
Customer Review Summary
Chilli chicken strips come up most, called delicious and tasty in honey chilli form, with lattice fries, or with salt chilli chips in a salted chilli butter. One reviewer with a coriander allergy was given the sauce separately on the side. Close behind are a burger upgraded with a southern fried chicken fillet that one diner could not finish, the peppered chicken stack, a mini fry, and battered fish compared to home cooking. Reviewers repeatedly mention friendly staff, quick drinks, generous portions and a relaxed atmosphere, and one praises a kids menu split into classic nuggets and smaller portions of adult meals. One notes prices have risen but found the food worth it, while others call it competitively priced. The one sharply negative account describes a medium rare sirloin arriving well done, dry bland chips that seemed to come from frozen, an abrupt apology, and a brown sauce smear in the cutlery bucket. Another diner's sticky toffee pudding, light and not too sweet, did not last long.
Customer Review Summary
Chilli chicken strips come up most, called delicious and tasty in honey chilli form, with lattice fries, or with salt chilli chips in a salted chilli butter. One reviewer with a coriander allergy was given the sauce separately on the side. Close behind are a burger upgraded with a southern fried chicken fillet that one diner could not finish, the peppered chicken stack, a mini fry, and battered fish compared to home cooking. Reviewers repeatedly mention friendly staff, quick drinks, generous portions and a relaxed atmosphere, and one praises a kids menu split into classic nuggets and smaller portions of adult meals. One notes prices have risen but found the food worth it, while others call it competitively priced. The one sharply negative account describes a medium rare sirloin arriving well done, dry bland chips that seemed to come from frozen, an abrupt apology, and a brown sauce smear in the cutlery bucket. Another diner's sticky toffee pudding, light and not too sweet, did not last long.
Featured reviews
- Chelsea Burdon
“Got the honey chilli strips, they were delicious 😍 Been a couple times now, definitely some of the best food around here! Would 100% recommend!”
- Tori Silverson
“Been going to Papa Browns for years, haven't been in a while but went this evening for dinner and was incredibly disappointed. We treated ourselves to a spontaneous meal out as it's been a long time since we last ate out. I ordered the sirloin steak, medium rare, and my wife ordered the Texan roller. When the food came out my heart sank, the steak was well done, not even the slightest hint of pink. I didn't want to cause a fuss but figured I'd say to the waitress when she came back to check in. She never did though, we ate our food and had finished for a while before she came back. The other waiter had been to check on his 2 tables near us twice each in this time. My wife didn't finish the chips that came with hers as they were dry and bland, clearly cooked from frozen chips. When the waitress returned for our plates she asked how the food was and I told her about the steak. She gave a half hearted apology and offered a dessert on the house. When we both said that would be fine she stressed to us that it's only be one free dessert which was fine but her communication just felt very abrupt. When she brought the cutlery for our dessert in one of the buckets there was a brown sauce smear in the bucket that had also dirtied the napkins. We felt too awkward to bring it up when she returned with the dessert. It was unsettling to think it hadn't been cleaned after presumably having someone else's dirty cutlery in it. Dessert was good but unfortunately we both left disappointed and deflated. I feel I could have prepared both of our meals at home at better quality - something I never thought I'd say about a meal in Papa browns.”
- Doug D.
“Phenomenal food! Excellent service! Highly recommended! 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟”
- Zivile Bastakyte
“Just keep coming back 😊 a lovely spot, good price and meals are delicious 🙂”
- James Brown
“Great place, fantastic atmosphere & very friendly staff. Food was absolutely stunning, & very tasty, the batter on the fish was stunning, just like my mum used to make it, yum. Competitively priced. Cheers”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Relaxed colonial-style diner and bar with an all-day menu of American burgers, steaks and grills.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible car park · Wheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating
Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
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- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Location
Diners near Papa Browns
- Brooklyn Bay Diner4.41,5739.2 mi away
big breakfast fry up, turkey Christmas dinner, red velvet cheesecake
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papa Browns | 4.51,975 | — | chilli chicken strips, sticky toffee pudding, southern fried chicken burger |
| Brooklyn Bay Diner | 4.41,573 | 9.2 mi away | big breakfast fry up, turkey Christmas dinner, red velvet cheesecake |
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