The Definitive Limerick Restaurant and Takeaway Thread

George Michael · 25-04-2016 10:52pm

the club sandwich in brew brothers is lovely. bit expensive but lovely

shaka · 26-04-2016 9:27pm

Brew brothers last week, food is nice but very over priced.

Said we would try Russells on Saturday, never a fan but sister in law regularly goes there so we said we would give it a go again - jeez it was worse than I remember, zero flavour in the burger which was advertised as burgers. Chips were cold. Wifes was tasteless too..

dominatinMC · 27-04-2016 9:46am

shaka wrote: »

Brew brothers last week, food is nice but very over priced.

Said we would try Russells on Saturday, never a fan but sister in law regularly goes there so we said we would give it a go again - jeez it was worse than I remember, zero flavour in the burger which was advertised as burgers. Chips were cold. Wifes was tasteless too..

Russells is really poor imo. It is the epitome of these gastropub/superpub hybrids that sprung up all over the country during the celtic tiger. It doesn't specialise in anything...pints are ****e, and food isn't much better.

bigpink · 27-04-2016 9:51am

And anyone notice prices gettibg crazy again

zulutango · 27-04-2016 9:51am

dominatinMC wrote: »

Russells is really poor imo. It is the epitome of these gastropub/superpub hybrids that sprung up all over the country during the celtic tiger. It doesn't specialise in anything...pints are ****e, and food isn't much better.

Clohessy's, Smyth's, Colllins' and many of the other suburban pubs fall into that category too, I think.

dominatinMC · 27-04-2016 12:04pm

zulutango wrote: »

Clohessy's, Smyth's, Colllins' and many of the other suburban pubs fall into that category too, I think.

Would definitely agree there. I know these places do well (since they survived the recession and all that), but I don't have much time for them really. I like Bobby Byrnes as it is a self-styled gastropub - it has an identity you could say, and is not trying to be everything in one. The likes of Russells, Collins', etc are trying to grab too much of the market imo. Sports bar, casual pub-grub, family-friendly eating. This approach clearly works, just isn't for me!

Irish_rat · 27-04-2016 4:53pm

zulutango wrote: »

Clohessy's, Smyth's, Colllins' and many of the other suburban pubs fall into that category too, I think.

I agree completely. Scotts was another dull souless pub.

It can be done right however. Mcgettigans is well run and compliments the adjoined Limerick City Hotel.

Alot of it is down to badly run establishments. Smyth's is dire. Couldn't compare it to likes of Soho in Cork

Red King · 27-04-2016 6:51pm

Irish_rat wrote: »

I agree completely. Scotts was another dull souless pub.

It can be done right however. Mcgettigans is well run and compliments the adjoined Limerick City Hotel.

Alot of it is down to badly run establishments. Smyth's is dire. Couldn't compare it to likes of Soho in Cork

McGettigans run well? I don't think so, in fact quite the opposite. Bar staff like headless chickens, very poorly trained. Very hit and miss on the food and the clientele leave a lot to be desired.

If you look past the flash interior, it is a bit of a kip.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 27-04-2016 9:30pm

What do people think of bambu beside Texas steak out? Was there again last weekend, early bird menu superb as usual.

AlanOB · 29-04-2016 9:33pm

Wouldn't have a bad word to say about Bambu.

Their €10 lunch deal is incredible value, considering both the quality and quantity of the food you receive. Service is very good too, in my experience.

It may not even be in the top three Thai places in the city centre, but given the quality of those above it on the list, that's no slight.

maryk123 · 29-04-2016 10:24pm

Went to Milano tonight. It has definitely Improved. Service a lot faster. Lovely meal

James Bond Junior · 29-04-2016 10:45pm

Was in brew bros tonight. Their ragin Cajun burger was unreal. We went to la cucina but the q was out the door,

bennyl10 · 30-04-2016 10:00am

maryk123 wrote: »

Went to Milano tonight. It has definitely Improved. Service a lot faster. Lovely meal

Can be lovely,
But the price can be a little high for what you get i think..

highlydebased · 01-05-2016 12:30pm

bennyl10 wrote: »

Can be lovely,
But the price can be a little high for what you get i think..

Definitely! I only go there when I convert my tesco clubcard vouchers into Milano money off vouchers! :pac:

phog · 03-05-2016 9:13am

maryk123 wrote: »

Went to Milano tonight. It has definitely Improved. Service a lot faster. Lovely meal

I haven't been there in yonks, last time (Celtic Tiger times) I thought it was far too expensive for what we got.

bigpink · 03-05-2016 11:01am

Milano whats it like?ud forgot its there

panda100 · 03-05-2016 11:07am

bigpink wrote:

Milano whats it like?ud forgot its there

I go frequently and its always jammed. It's probably the most kid friendly restaurant in limerick. It's nice and spacious with lovely views. I don't think it's that expensive at all.

naughtysmurf · 04-05-2016 8:29pm

Have to say, I like Milano also, the pizza is tasty & for any coeliacs out there there are gluten free pizza options, dominoes also do gluten free pizza but don't always have the gf bases all the time & their gf pizza are quite small, Milano's are bigger

osarusan · 05-05-2016 12:49am

In Khing Thai tonight. Service was excellent but it was basically empty at the time. Very nice food at a decent price.

zulutango · 05-05-2016 9:28am

Anyone notice how the sweet potato fries in The Buttery are always fairly over-cooked (i.e. burned)?

Parchment · 05-05-2016 10:07am

Has anyone been to the cafe in The Hunt Museum recently? Any opinions?

Is it still run/owned by the people who used to own The Dolmen ?

zulutango · 05-05-2016 10:32am

Parchment wrote: »

Has anyone been to the cafe in The Hunt Museum recently? Any opinions?

Is it still run/owned by the people who used to own The Dolmen ?

Thought it was always run by Helen O'Donnell, wife of former Fine Gael TD, Tom O'Donnell? She's also one of the main organisers of the Limerick Tidy Towns thing. Where's The Dolmen?

Parchment · 05-05-2016 10:41am

zulutango wrote: »

Thought it was always run by Helen O'Donnell, wife of former Fine Gael TD, Tom O'Donnell? She's also one of the main organisers of the Limerick Tidy Towns thing. Where's The Dolmen?

The Dolmen was over Papu - the Polish Supermarket by Arthurs Quay Park. It closed YEARS ago!

Red King · 05-05-2016 11:53am

Helen O'Donnell ran the Dolmen, she now runs the Hunt restaurant which is supposed to be lovely

bigpink · 05-05-2016 12:28pm

Parchment wrote: »

Has anyone been to the cafe in The Hunt Museum recently? Any opinions?

Is it still run/owned by the people who used to own The Dolmen ?

Never knew they was a cafe
Is it proper or just to get tourists

zulutango · 05-05-2016 12:34pm

It would be one of the better cafés in Limerick, in my opinion.

Bored_lad · 05-05-2016 4:23pm

bigpink wrote: »

Never knew they was a cafe
Is it proper or just to get tourists

In my opinion it's the best cafe in Limerick. The food is excellent, staff are friendly and so is the setting looking out over the river. The artwork is all for sale and changes regularly which makes the place a bit more interesting. It's run by Helen O'Donnell who was of The Dolmen and also does catering through Dolmen Catering.

bigpink · 05-05-2016 4:29pm

Bored_lad wrote: »

In my opinion it's the best cafe in Limerick. The food is excellent, staff are friendly and so is the setting looking out over the river. The artwork is all for sale and changes regularly which makes the place a bit more interesting. It's run by Helen O'Donnell who was of The Dolmen and also does catering through Dolmen Catering.

Cool was never aware of it

Parchment · 05-05-2016 4:30pm

Bored_lad wrote: »

In my opinion it's the best cafe in Limerick. The food is excellent, staff are friendly and so is the setting looking out over the river. The artwork is all for sale and changes regularly which makes the place a bit more interesting. It's run by Helen O'Donnell who was of The Dolmen and also does catering through Dolmen Catering.

Oh the Dolmen was amazing - i have such great memories of going there as a child with my mom and getting a big salad and brown bread. They had salt grinders on the table and i was fascinated with them! I can taste the bread now - yum!

I will have to pop into the Hunt Cafe now!

bigpink · 05-05-2016 4:31pm

Parchment wrote: »

Oh the Dolmen was amazing - i have such great memories of going there as a child with my mom and getting a big salad and brown bread. They had salt grinders on the table and i was fascinated with them! I can taste the bread now - yum!

I will have to pop into the Hunt Cafe now!

Where was the Dolmen?

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