We travel this route regularly. When we are stopping for coffee we stop in McDonalds on the roundabout at Longford, but when we need a proper lunch I've struggled to find somewhere to stop (don't want eat in McD's). It's too much of a detour to go into Longford town. We tried the Landmark hotel in Carrick on Shannon but I found (as with a lot of hotels at the mo) that they don't really do lunch, they have sort of bar / cafe type menu and it takes them ages to serve up soup and sandwich. I need somewhere handy for a family to make a quick lunch stop - any tips?