The Definitive Limerick Restaurant and Takeaway Thread

bazz26

Stopped off at Finnegan's on Sunday afternoon for a bit of lunch. Had the roast beef myself and it was nice and tender with plenty of veg. Staff were friendly and service was quick.

stefanovich

Mc Love wrote: »

I wouldn't say that. La Piccola has never left me down and I've never had a bad meal or experience in there.

That being said shrooms aren't an ingredient of carbonara and neither is cream. The other important thing about carbonara is the pepper. I got a carbonara in DaVincenzos and it had no pepper. It was just dry pasta and bacon. Very disappointing tbh

Had the Salmon in DaVincenzos last week and good god it was lovely.

Sheeeeit

TonyCliftonEsq wrote: »

With the recent good weather I found myself bemoaning the lack of cafe's and restaurants in Limerick that are near the river.

It is a damn shame. Basically you have the Locke & the Curragower for pub grub with the best views of the river (Locke ok not a great menu and the Curragower is heavily fish based but generally excellent), Milano (boring) and Cafe Crust (always closed), Jack Mondays (ok) and Azur (have never tried)

Given the amount of river frontage that is a pretty poor selection. Limerick really doesn't make the most of the river

I was in Clarion recently having a drink by the river and it was really nice. Not sure about the food in there but might be worth a try?

Irish_rat

Sheeeeit wrote: »

I was in Clarion recently having a drink by the river and it was really nice. Not sure about the food in there but might be worth a try?

The absolute hotel is another option

Tim76

Anybody here try the John St Breafast House? Voted the best fry up in the county here...

https://www.facebook.com/LovinDublin/posts/1401064483253651

bigpink

Do thry get the sun tho?

James Bond Junior

Mc Love wrote: »

I wouldn't say that. La Piccola has never left me down and I've never had a bad meal or experience in there.

That being said shrooms aren't an ingredient of carbonara and neither is cream. The other important thing about carbonara is the pepper. I got a carbonara in DaVincenzos and it had no pepper. It was just dry pasta and bacon. Very disappointing tbh

I meant if you wanted Italian that was fairly decent and you were in town it's an alternative. I wouldn't dream say it was better. La piccoloa is by far my favourite restaurant in Limerick but can be a touch expensive so I'd reserve it for a treat rather than anything else.

oakshade

Has anyone tried Tkee on O'Connell street yet? It's the new buffet place owned by the same guys that have the Jasmine.

bigpink

oakshade wrote: »

Has anyone tried Tkee on O'Connell street yet? It's the new buffet place owned by the same guys that have the Jasmine.

Where is it?

stefanovich

bigpink wrote:

Where is it?

I think its the place at the back of the costcutter.

naughtysmurf

Had lunch in The Locke yesterday, a smoked salmon salad, spicy chicken wings, a stout stew & two portions of fries, €30, it was fine but you wouldn't want to be in a rush, food took about 25mins to come after ordering, didn't seem overly busy either, wouldn't be in a mad rush back unless I had plenty of time

TonyCliftonEsq

naughtysmurf wrote: »

Had lunch in The Locke yesterday, a smoked salmon salad, spicy chicken wings, a stout stew & two portions of fries, €30, it was fine but you wouldn't want to be in a rush, food took about 25mins to come after ordering, didn't seem overly busy either, wouldn't be in a mad rush back unless I had plenty of time

I've found the Locke food to be totally underwhelming.

leakyboots

Locke is the nearest thing we have to a Temple Bar tourist trap... drink is outrageously priced there (craft beers go for nearly €6.50)

sioda

Had food last week in the locke nothing good at all won't be going back soon.

dominatinMC

leakyboots wrote: »

Locke is the nearest thing we have to a Temple Bar tourist trap... drink is outrageously priced there (craft beers go for nearly €6.50)

Going slightly off topic, but I've found the drink there to be consistently poor too! Flat pints of lager and stout is nothing to write home about either. Most craft beers come in bottles so they're fine.

Mc Love

Lana in Raheen - had the crispy chili chicken in sweet chili sauce and the wife had Pad Thai. Both meals were nice and the rice was great too. Will probably be back again to try out the other dishes.

daisybelle2008

Mc Love wrote: »

Lana in Raheen - had the crispy chili chicken in sweet chili sauce and the wife had Pad Thai. Both meals were nice and the rice was great too. Will probably be back again to try out the other dishes.

Did you get your free ice-cream? I made a right mess, it came out way too fast.

I had the duck spring rolls and lamb rendang both very nice.
Mains only €8 at lunch time!

phog

Ive been to Lana Raheen three times now, a bit disappointed the last time, they mixed up our dishes at the table. I thought the table had a smell of a dirty dish cloth too and no napkins on the table or brought down with the dishes.

I would go back though

davo2001

How has The Treasury not gotten a mention for months? (went back 4 months and couldn't see anything)

Easily the best restaurant in the city at the moment IMO.

zulutango

davo2001 wrote: »

How has The Treasury not gotten a mention for months? (went back 4 months and couldn't see anything)

Easily the best restaurant in the city at the moment IMO.

Because the regular boardie can't afford to eat there! :pac:

davo2001

zulutango wrote: »

Because the regular boardie can't afford to eat there! :pac:

True, it is on the more expensive side but you get what you pay for IMO. They also do a very good set 3 course menu for €25 or €30 Mon-Thurs.

James Bond Junior

Anybody try Camile thai yet? Work colleagues have been in other branches and say the food is it out of this world.

zulutango

I've had it in Dublin and it's pretty good alright.

Tefral

Anyone want a €4 main course email for Camille Thai? Valid only today. I wont make it

893bet

davo2001 wrote: »

How has The Treasury not gotten a mention for months? (went back 4 months and couldn't see anything)

Easily the best restaurant in the city at the moment IMO.

Where is this?

It says o Connell street? What used to be where it is?

davo2001

893bet wrote: »

Where is this?

It says o Connell street? What used to be where it is?

It's just off O Connell Street (on the corner), just across from where the Vic snooker hall used to be.

http://thetreasuryrestaurant.com/

oleras

893bet wrote: »

Where is this?

It says o Connell street? What used to be where it is?

Market sq brasserie.

893bet

oleras wrote: »

Market sq brasserie.

Ah! An old favourite!

Tim76

Anybody go to the Urban Food Fest last night?

Queues were massive so I only got to try a few of the stalls;

Da Vencenzo was a bit of a rip off imo, charging €3 for a tiny boat of charcuterie & the parma ham was mostly fat.

Coqbull was nice, had the buffolo wings and a chicken slider but they attracted the slowest moving queue of the night & we spent most of our time in it.

Kyoto ran out of food after we were 15min into the queue.

The Strand Hotel had some nice pulled pork mini-blas which was prob the nicest thing I sampled.

Overall, I enjoyed the evening but they could do with a few more stalls to accommodate the footfall (especially on the drink side!)

yop

Tim76 wrote: »

Anybody go to the Urban Food Fest last night?

Queues were massive so I only got to try a few of the stalls;

Da Vencenzo was a bit of a rip off imo, charging €3 for a tiny boat of charcuterie & the parma ham was mostly fat.

Coqbull was nice, had the buffolo wings and a chicken slider but they attracted the slowest moving queue of the night & we spent most of our time in it.

Kyoto ran out of food after we were 15min into the queue.

The Strand Hotel had some nice pulled pork mini-blas which was prob the nicest thing I sampled.

Overall, I enjoyed the evening but they could do with a few more stalls to accommodate the footfall (especially on the drink side!)

**Thread on this already, lets keep it in there