Hi there, I tried both tennors and the maudlins hotel last weekend. We don't go out generally, just had a good weekend off eating.
I went to maudlins on friday afternoon with my wife and two young children. It is a lovely building on the inside and we were very surprised as from the carpark it doesn't look great. The atmosphere in the bar was very relaxed and friendly. The food was in my opinion not brilliant. My wife had a lamb stew which was nothing more than a bowl of Scotch Broth with some large pieces of lamb. My little boy had sausage and chips,sausages were very salty and the chips were very oily. I had beef and it was by far the best of the lot. That said the hotel itself is lovely and maybe the restaraunt maybe different, I don't know.
On Saturday my wife and I went to tennors because we had heard loads about it. Again I don't think the food was brilliant nor great value either. I had duck Spring rolls to start complete with simple salad, nice but salad was definately simple. Then I had a chicken burger which was very tasty but there were only about ten chips with it (maybe that's were the name comes from), luckly I had ordered a side dish of mash which looked like it had been measure out using a tea spoon onto possibly the smallest dish ever made! My wife had mushrooms to start nice but not brilliant either, then she had a chicken burger too. All in all the food was a bit on the small size but the staff were friendly.
Personally I think the best place to eat in the wider Naas area is in Kildare Town itself. There is a small French Place called Annamars on the road to the train station. It is a very small place. It doesn't look brilliant on the outside and not really either on the inside, but what it lacks in looks it certainly make up for in food. The food is quite simply the best I've ever eaten. Every mouthful is a new experience even down to the delicious tomatoes. It is a bit more expensive that the other place I've written about above but it is definately in a different league. I haven't eaten in it since last year but I certainly cannot recommend it enough and just hope that it doesn't die a death in the recession for it will certainly be mourned by me!!