Desperate Dans - Reviews

This charming little restaurant in Ballymena has been a favorite of mine for almost 30 years. The food is always delicious, reasonably priced, and served by a w...

When we visit our granddaughter in Northern Ireland, the day always starts with an Ulster fry from Desperate Dan's. The friendly and pleasant staff, always with...

The staff were incredibly friendly and the food was delicious.

Poor quality food that isn 't even cooked right. Very expensive. Ordered a fry but was given the wrong order. The 'waitress ' who is in her 60s was shaking so m...

Had a lovely lunch chicken goujons chips salad and a dip £5.95 very reasonable compared to other cafes in ballymena friendly service will be back

used to go to Desperate Dans quite regularly but was surprised at a recent visit, not very clean and very tired looking. Food is okay but small servings

Brilliant wee café, to which I have been going for many years I used to frequent it as a teenager some years ago and it hasn't changed a bit; the same lady owne...

Seems Desperate Dan's is nearly as old as Ballymena itself! This stalwart has been serving passers by for many years and although appearing dated that is part o...

This is a small family run cafe with great simple food, dry crispy chips, crisp bacon,strong tea, lots of specials and nothing is any bother. Have walked past m...

My experience with this cafe was with take out soup, which was really tasty. Very cheap too. I can't comment really on what it is like to sit in, but they seem...