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Best chipper / fast food in Cork

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    #152
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,712 ✭✭✭Worztron


    I haven't been there for a long time but I remember the Magic Chef in Carrigaline had lovely chips.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #153
    AFC_1903
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    Lennoxs used to be ace, the best by far, but went downhill a lot about 5 years ago. Not sure anymore which is best.

    Question for people though, what's 'The Fish Wife' on MacCurtain Street like? Ant good?


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    #154
    Worztron
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    AFC_1903 wrote: »
    Lennoxs used to be ace, the best by far, but went downhill a lot about 5 years ago. Not sure anymore which is best.

    Question for people though, what's 'The Fish Wife' on MacCurtain Street like? Ant good?

    On 96FM this morning a guy was asked about various chippers he visited in the Cork area. Barties Traditional Take Away in Ballyphehane came out best. The Fish Wife also ranked high. Strangely Lennox's on the Bandon Road faired poorly.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #155
    kcb
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    Worztron wrote: »
    Strangely Lennox's on the Bandon Road faired poorly.

    Not so strange. They used to be the best but not anymore. Nowhere near the best.

    I tend to prefer the likes of Donatellos or Apache for chips and burgers these days.

    Dino's aint bad but you always seem to be waiting ages and they don't take phone orders.


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    #156
    antlyn
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    I've heard good things about The Fish Hatch and also Chish & Fips


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    #157
    Cadyboo
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    kcb wrote: »
    Not so strange. They used to be the best but not anymore. Nowhere near the best.

    I tend to prefer the likes of Donatellos or Apache for chips and burgers these days.

    Dino's aint bad but you always seem to be waiting ages and they don't take phone orders.

    Love Apache in holyhills chips, so really its the Burger Hut. Donatellos chips are manky.
    I love the chips in the pizza place on the grand parade, pizza D'italia. Beautiful.


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    #158
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    Worztron wrote: »
    Barties Traditional Take Away

    It's very, very good these days :) Bartie is back at the helm for a good few years now, there was a Kerry fella who bought it off Bartie there years ago but Bartie bought it back. The Pizza chef in there is great too.

    I go to Barties now more than Lennoxs in Bandon Road but a potatoe pie with garlic mayo from Bandon road is still unrivalled :)


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    #159
    Bumble32
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    Bartie sold up and headed off to lanzarote and opened a bar but it didn't work out, came back and bought back the chipper for a lot more than he sold it for.

    Glad to see its working out for him.


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    #160
    Bumble32
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    I had chips and a chili burger from Dino's in Douglas tonight, nothing to write home about and the bag of chips was a bit on the small size.


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    #161
    Buceph
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    Lennoxes chips are still top notch. Everything else has gone downhill though.

    Mizzoni's Wowtastic deal is tough to beat on the pizza front (16inch pizza w/ 3 toppings excluding cheese, 6 chicken wings, wedges, two garlic bread ciabattas and 1.25l bottle of coke for €22 delivered.) Although Uncle Petes is the best pizza in the city, they just don't deliver to the southside.

    I'm also a big fan of Indian food, but it's almost always poor tasting stuff, or expensive, or both. Paying a tenner for the curry and you want another €2 for the rice, bollocks off we can make the rice in the kitchen ourselves. And a couple of poppadums wouldn't go astray with a €30 order either. So Chinese is a better option, it's cheaper and the quality is generally better if not amazing in its own right. Rice is included. And prawn crackers are delish.


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    #162
    Worztron
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    Buceph wrote: »
    Lennoxes chips are still top notch. Everything else has gone downhill though.

    Glad to hear the chips are still great. That was the only grub I used to get there.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #163
    Pure_Cork
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    Jackie Lennox's chips are probably the best in Cork. I'd struggle to pick the best chipper though, Zico's, KC's, Lennox's, Golden Fry are all good. I've never been to Barties, must go there someday.


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    #164
    Worztron
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    Pure_Cork wrote: »
    Zico's, KC's

    Where are they located?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #165
    Pure_Cork
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    Worztron wrote: »
    Where are they located?

    KC's in Douglas: http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Kc's+douglas&fb=1&gl=ie&hq=Kc's+douglas&hnear=Cork&cid=0,0,5681216181557267889&ei=eVipTZHOJZGbhQessKHTCQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQnwIwAQ

    Zico's is on High Street, Turner's Cross, just down the road from St. Finbarr's Hospital on the Douglas Road: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.315864,56.513672&ie=UTF8&ll=51.890537,-8.463603&spn=0.003456,0.006899&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.890502,-8.463473&panoid=EbJclri2bFzS-we1w2tZsQ&cbp=12,268.1,,1,3.84


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    #166
    Worztron
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    Pure_Cork wrote: »
    KC's in Douglas: http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Kc's+douglas&fb=1&gl=ie&hq=Kc's+douglas&hnear=Cork&cid=0,0,5681216181557267889&ei=eVipTZHOJZGbhQessKHTCQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQnwIwAQ

    Zico's is on High Street, Turner's Cross, just down the road from St. Finbarr's Hospital on the Douglas Road: http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Kc's+douglas&fb=1&gl=ie&hq=Kc's+douglas&hnear=Cork&cid=0,0,5681216181557267889&ei=eVipTZHOJZGbhQessKHTCQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQnwIwAQ

    Nice one Pure_Cork. Thank you. Zico's would be a great place to go before/after a Cork City game. :)

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #167
    rebel.ranter
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    Would not be mad about Zicos chips. I lived around the corner from tem for a few years but only went there twice as both those times were horrible. I actually think the guy who owns it is sound but the chips are terrible. Horrible after taste from the oil, whatever oil they are using.
    Went to the Golden Fry after this thread (hadn't been there in years) & they seem to cook their stuff in lard, so another one off the list for me.
    Jackie's is still good enough.
    KCs seem to have upped their game recently & the menu is ever expanding.


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    #168
    JohnK
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    kcb wrote: »
    I tend to prefer the likes of Donatellos or Apache for chips and burgers these days.
    Anyone know if either of them deliver to Douglas?


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    #169
    chubacca
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    nice place in middleton called boston chipper,
    also was working in kinsale recently and got some lovely fish and chips in dino's


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    #170
    murphym7
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    JohnK wrote: »
    Anyone know if either of them deliver to Douglas?

    Donatellos deliver to Douglas. As do Zico's, Barties and believe it or not Lennox's on Anglesey street.


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    #171
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    murphym7 wrote: »
    Lennox's on Anglesey street.

    Yuk


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    #172
    Worztron
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    murphym7 wrote: »
    Lennox's on Anglesey street.

    I was there before, chips were absolutely terrible. Are Lennoxs on Bandon road connected to them or are they completely separate?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #173
    murphym7
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    Worztron wrote: »
    I was there before, chips were absolutely terrible. Are Lennoxs on Bandon road connected to them or are they completely separate?

    I agree with the chips – ropey at best. I usually only head there at 2am on the way home if I am in town, their the best chips in the world at 2 o clock in the morning. Hard to explain!!:D

    They are separate to Bandon road. I think they are related in some way, maybe cousins. I heard Lennox of Bandon road were not happy about the name being used for another chipper though – nothing they could do though. Open to correction.


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    #174
    JohnK
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    chubacca wrote: »
    also was working in kinsale recently and got some lovely fish and chips in dino's
    Was that like a sit-down restaurant? Had the worst chicken and chips in my life in that place.


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    #175
    x43r0
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    murphym7 wrote: »
    Lennox's on Anglesea street.

    I like this place but only because they deliver and their taco fries are the best I've ever had. It looks like an absolute mess in the box but is seriously good


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    #176
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    murphym7 wrote: »
    I agree with the chips – ropey at best. I usually only head there at 2am on the way home if I am in town, their the best chips in the world at 2 o clock in the morning. Hard to explain!!:D

    They are separate to Bandon road. I think they are related in some way, maybe cousins. I heard Lennox of Bandon road were not happy about the name being used for another chipper though – nothing they could do though. Open to correction.

    Anglesea Street Lennox is the same crowd as Tory Top Road, cousins of the Bandon Road folk but I believe they wouldn't be the best of buds. The one on McCurtain Street is again nothing to do with Bandon Road. The McCurtain Street one is quite decent, the lad who runs it used to own/manage the 3in1 Indian takeaway that was there previously.

    Bandon Road is Jackie Lennox's, the others are CF Lennox iirc.


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    #177
    Ger89
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    RoverJames wrote: »
    Yuk


    +1. Had chips from Anglesea Lennox's a few years ago and they were GREY and vile! Stupidly, I ate them... must have been very hungry.:eek:


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    #178
    Dermighty
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    I can't understand why people like Lennoxs so much... It's terrible!

    KC's and Pizza d'Italia is second for me.


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    #179
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    Dermighty wrote: »
    I can't understand why people like Lennoxs so much... It's terrible!

    KC's and Pizza d'Italia is second for me.


    I feel the same about KCs, got grub there twice, weird atmosphere and so so grub. Won't be going back there again me thinks. Thank feck I don't live in Douglas :pac:


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    #180
    ColSheehan
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    I prefer KC's to be honest. Love their food a lot. Not sure if this was posted before but I was sent this link on facebook a while back. It's a camera that is located in KC's showing the queue.. handy thing altogether when you think about it! For anyone who wants to check how many are in there before they head out :) -> http://www.watchthiscam.com/199/199.php


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    #181
    kcb
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    RoverJames wrote: »
    I feel the same about KCs, got grub there twice, weird atmosphere and so so grub.
    Ditto. Could never understand the popularity. Pure Irish-Ray D'Arcy-following-the-herd mentality I put it down to.


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