Rafters & Friels Bar in Magherafelt

We had a beautiful meal in Friel's yesterday afternoon. The food was cooked to perfection. The staff were friendly, welcoming and helpful and nothing was too much trouble for them. The lovely atmosphere made for a most enjoyable and relaxing experience. Thanks to Dermot, Catriona and their staff.

Lovely place with friendly staffing. Our meal was perfect. Thank you🤗

Great food and service well worth a visit

The food is wonderful. Very affordable great service. Great place to stop for a good meal

Warm good service overly meal we are looking forward to going back soon

Excellent food comfortable seating and excellent service. Stopped as we were driving through highly highly recommend.

We stayed here Saturday night in our motorhome with our friends Patcy and Pauline who also booked in there motorhome. Phoned ahead to book motorhome pitch and table for 4. No problems and we're treated very professionally. Top facilities for motorhome overnight stay which included electric hook up, toilets, gasete emptying, hard standing, bins, and grey water disposal. Lovely meal in the restaurant which was very reasonably priced

Called in for quick refreshment. Been a while since we were last here. Lovely friendly spot.

Great morning of networking at Friel’s Bar & Restaurant! We gathered for a meeting of local business women who belong to a networking group called Mums at Work / The MAW Network in Swatragh as it was a central location for those located in Coleraine / Garvagh and Maghera / Magherafelt and we also had attendees from Dungiven.We were treated to tea / coffee and scones and were able to enjoy privacy and space for networking in a warm and welcoming environment.The staff were extremely attentive and the service was excellent. There is plenty of room in the restaurant and despite other customers being present, there was enough space for our meeting without being disruptive to others and vice versa.There is adequate parking at the back of the restaurant and so we could easily have catered for many more attendees. We certainly intend to return.We were all impressed with the function room which can be booked for private parties such as christening or birthday parties. There is an impressive ice cream counter as well as a bar in the room.At the back of the building there is a lovely courtyard and at the front there is a traditional bar.For anyone in the area with small kids on a Sunday on the run up to Xmas, there is a great Santa Sunday menu with Santa to visit in the grotto outside and kids can post their letters in Santa’s postbox.We thoroughly enjoyed our networking event.FeaturingVicky and Deniece from KeepaBeat NIVanessa Ledgewood from Farrah BoutiqueCecilia McDowell, Captain TortueAshley Campbell, Campbell Ritchie AccountantsDeirdre Grant, Delightful YogaOlga McAteer, McAteer SolutionsClaire McGill, Inner Beauty DungivenAnd myself, Sinead Norton, Swift Wedding & Event Services.Thank you to Dermot & Catriona for you fantastic hospitality

On behalf of Campbell Ritchie Chartered Accountants, I regularly attend networking events with the lovely Mums at Work. This week’s meeting was held at Friel’s Bar & Restaurant in Swatragh. The venue was chosen because it is quite central for those living in the Coleraine/Garvagh/Kilrea/Limavady/Dungiven areas.I met many new faces:Deniece from KeepaBeat NIVanessa Ledgewood, Farrah BoutiqueDeirdre Grant, Delightful YogaOlga McAteer, McAteer SolutionsClaire McGill, Inner Beauty Dungivenand also got to meet up with some other great ladies who I’ve met before at these events:Vicky from Keepabeat NICecilia McDowell, Captain Tortueand of course, our great host Sinead Norton (Mums at Work founder and owner of Swift Wedding & Event Services).This was the first time I have been inside the restaurant and I thought it was fantastic. The décor is gorgeous – very warm and inviting. The stove was lit and it set the whole place off for a cold December morning. The atmosphere was lovely!As always I love to get something sweet when I go to these events.  Some of us had amazing fresh home baked scones with jam and cream (delicious!) and the staff made sure we had plenty of top-ups of tea and coffee.The owners and their staff provided us with an excellent service. They were all very friendly and attentive.I plan to come back with my family to enjoy the Santa lunch they have advertised. I’d say my boys will love it. The menu looks delicious and Santa will be in his grotto.