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Zest Clane

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  • 11-07-2008 2:25pm
    #1
    jakeypooh
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Anybody been there - whats the food like?

    Is there a decent modern pub to have a jar in before hand in Clane?


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    gerrowadat
    Registered Users Posts: 3,363 ✭✭✭gerrowadat


    I was in it last year, it's just okay, a little bit up itself but that's normal for restaurants outside town.

    Jones' pub is right beside it and just got done up I hear.


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    holly1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,700 ✭✭✭✭holly1


    Zest is ok,pity they dont change the menu more often,and yes they are up themselvs a bit.Jones next door is fine or Manzors.
    Jones are opening a steak house soon,something on the same line as The Manor Inn in Nass (or should I say used to be in Nass).
    It just might takesome of the starch out of Zest (a bit over priced also).
    Enjoy your meal!!


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    stek
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭stek


    yes agree with holly on all scores. its ok, for lunch, but imo obriens is better. there the westgrove hotel also. lovely looking restaurant but the food is a slight let down. 'could do better'. which is a pity.But for a nice sit down dinner in clane it prob best bet at the moment.
    I hear talk about all these steakhouses opening up soon. when is one of them actually going to open!
    hank marvin.


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    ytareh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭ytareh


    Great classy bistro type place!Been there four times went from loving it to not bothered much on first to third trip ...But on fourth visit last week fell madly in love all over again .Moroccan lamb pizza with tzatziki (sp?) topping unbelievably good...Highly recommended and while it does as stated have a certain classiness about it the staff are v friendly-'mature' aussie guys and a younger irish lad and eastern european all very helpful.Clane should be thankful it has such a nice eaterie -'up itself indeed'!?Phillistines!Go back to yer batter burgers!


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    granturismo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭granturismo


    holly1 wrote: »
    Zest is ok,pity they dont change the menu more often,and yes they are up themselvs a bit.

    IMO this is one of 2 faults with Zest. The other is if you want a quiet meal dont go at 7 when the early bird menu finishes. The last 2 times we booked a table at 7 there were 2 tables with noisy kids. If I want a cheaper menu and eat with my kids then I'd go there between 5-7.

    I'll keep going back without kids but only after checking the outside menu and not before 7.30.


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    gerrowadat
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    ytareh wrote: »
    Great classy bistro type place!Been there four times went from loving it to not bothered much on first to third trip ...But on fourth visit last week fell madly in love all over again .Moroccan lamb pizza with tzatziki (sp?) topping unbelievably good...Highly recommended and while it does as stated have a certain classiness about it the staff are v friendly-'mature' aussie guys and a younger irish lad and eastern european all very helpful.Clane should be thankful it has such a nice eaterie -'up itself indeed'!?Phillistines!Go back to yer batter burgers!

    I'm saying it's up itself, not especially fancy. The fact that you got a "moroccan lamb and tzatziki pizza" is testament to this. (and I've eaten in good restaurants all around the world, so I'm hardly a food philistine).

    I've been to much, much nicer restaurants that didn't have such high opinions of themselves.


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    flerg
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭flerg


    Great food, very affordable and nice atmosphere. Brilliant lunches. it's improved and is now in georgina Campbell guide.


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    redarmy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭redarmy


    :rolleyes:
    flerg wrote: »
    Great food, very affordable and nice atmosphere. Brilliant lunches. it's improved and is now in georgina Campbell guide.


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    Ballyman
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    flerg wrote: »
    Great food, very affordable and nice atmosphere. Brilliant lunches. it's improved and is now in georgina Campbell guide.

    I agree! I go there two or three times a month with the family and I look forward to it every time!!


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    misty floyd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭misty floyd


    It's a good restaurant, best in Clane IMO. I don't know what people are on about "it's up itself", what? I have found the staff to be really nice and the food was great. I have nothing to do with zest, haven't even been in about 10mths, I'm just being fair to the place.


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    kildarechoral
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    misty floyd wrote: »
    It's a good restaurant, best in Clane IMO. I don't know what people are on about "it's up itself", what? I have found the staff to be really nice and the food was great. I have nothing to do with zest, haven't even been in about 10mths, I'm just being fair to the place.


    Nice place but cramped a little.

    Manzors is best for a drink.

    Lemongrass is a better restaurant IMHO.


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    maryshane1963
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭maryshane1963


    zest is ok if you just travel on to sallins the bridgewater have fantastic food at good prices and lovely staff


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    Ballyman
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    There are a lot of low number posters on this thread. Lets all make a pact that everywhere is lovely :)


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    Cicero
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    misty floyd wrote: »
    It's a good restaurant, best in Clane IMO. I don't know what people are on about "it's up itself", what? I have found the staff to be really nice and the food was great. I have nothing to do with zest, haven't even been in about 10mths, I'm just being fair to the place.

    Fair post misty...it was " up itself" in the Celtic tiger years...very pushy waiter at the time ( not there anymore) who was more interested in getting you to have a pre- dinner drink and pouring 1/2 the bottle of wine into your glass to encourage you to buy more than he was about what you thought of the meal..food was very mixed in terms of quality and not good value at all..

    These days its a lot more consistent in terms of quality and there's something for most tastes and budgets on the menu so thankfully the bad days of "up itself" are gone for good...I think it knows what side it's bread is buttered on which is not a bad thing for the consumer...:)


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    #16
    STForSale
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    Went over last year for a meal to see what all the fuss was about, still don't know.
    Pretty average I'd say....

    Staff where rude, overpriced, as for "classy", compared to mackers maybe. Left thinking I'd never go back and haven't.


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