Best breakfast in town?

biko

Where is this place Friends? Never heard of it. Liosboan?

sentient_6

biko wrote: »

Where is this place Friends? Never heard of it. Liosboan?

Back towards the roundabout a bit. Next to the travellodge.

pleasant Co.

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Home Plate !

Nice place, but they deep fry all their full irish stuff (like many places do) so I wouldn't waste my money on fried breakfast their.

biko

Was up at Frends Restaurant (is Frends, not Friends) earlier. Delish breakfast, will prob go again tomorrow

terlywerly

Last time I was in Galway, I got a yummy breakfast in Buon Appetito. Can't remember the price exactly but it was massive and I remember thinking it was great value

muppetkiller

Actually I nearly wet myself this morning when I had the Crispy Bacon on Pancakes with Maple syrup in Revive Cafe on Cross Street today...finest breakfast i've had in Galway..

Mrs OBumble

sentient_6 wrote: »

Back towards the roundabout a bit. Next to the travellodge.

Technically it's called the Town Parks retail centre.

mrsdewinter

Back in the day, Home Plate was terrific. They had a wonderful vegetarian brunch at weekends - must have been the first time in my life I ever asked for vegetarian anything.
Disappointed to read that Pucan has gone downhill. Used to love the hearty fare in there too - and even had a slap-up full Irish just 2 years ago. Ah well...

punk77

inisboffin wrote: »

*totally confused now*

Didn't whoever used to lease the Roisin then Lease Monroes for a while in late 80s and early 90s then?

John Mannion never had Monroes.

civis_liberalis

biko wrote: »

Was up at Frends Restaurant (is Frends, not Friends) earlier. Delish breakfast, will prob go again tomorrow

Pay much?

Head The Wall

€7.50 for the full

Sponge Bob

punk77 wrote: »

John Mannion never had Monroes.

Yes he did, and in the late 80/early 90s like Inisboffin said.

But Ephraim came in and did the brunches of a sunday.

punk77

There's a place on Upper Abbeygate St between the Four Corners and Central Park. I forget its name but its the only place with outside seating. Anyway, the food there is good quality and reasonable and they do a very decent fry-up.

punk77

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Yes he did, and in the late 80/early 90s like Inisboffin said.

But Ephraim came in and did the brunches of a sunday.

Dont remember Mannion there. Know Ephraim but thought it was Smith that had it. Mannion's time there musta been brief.

siltirocker

punk77 wrote: »

There's a place on Upper Abbeygate St between the Four Corners and Central Park. I forget its name but its the only place with outside seating. Anyway, the food there is good quality and reasonable and they do a very decent fry-up.

terlywerly pointed it out a few posts previous to you. The place is Buon Appetito. Cheap pizza too.

punk77

siltirocker wrote: »

terlywerly pointed it out a few posts previous to you. The place is Buon Appetito. Cheap pizza too.

Sorry siltirocker,only know it by location and quality of food.Name means nothing to me.Anyway its superior to most places mentioned in this thread.Well worth checking out and yea the pizza is good.

joeKel73

The Cellar used to do a great fry, got ridiculously expensive though and I haven't been back in recent years to see if they've corrected that. That combined with the fact they served chips as "fried potatoes".

Wompa1 wrote: »

I tried Riordans a few times due to the people raving about it on here before. It's not very good in my opinion. I get the idea people like it because its trying to be old fashioned or something.

I think most of the rants here have been about their "light lunch special" menu, great value. Good filling lunch for €5.95 I think.

Wouldn't be too well regarded for their breakfasts or anything else.

siltirocker

punk77 wrote: »

Sorry siltirocker,only know it by location and quality of food.Name means nothing to me.Anyway its superior to most places mentioned in this thread.Well worth checking out and yea the pizza is good.

Jesus i didn't want to sound condesending, just informative. Sorry if it sounded all 'matter of fact'ly. lol.

punk77

siltirocker wrote: »

Jesus i didn't want to sound condesending, just informative. Sorry if it sounded all 'matter of fact'ly. lol.

Yo siltirocker,chill man. You were not being condescending and you were informative. My ignorance for not knowing the name of the place. I know it now. Thanks. Think you will agree that its worth a visit be it for all day breakfast,pizza,pasta or just a decent coffee and you can smoke as you people watch.:cool:

Seaneh

Bon Apitito is, mmm, okay.

Never had the breakie there but their salads are, well, crap.

That said, their arrabiata is pretty damned good.

citycentre

I can't believe the Kings Head hasn't been mentioned yet. For the same price as any other bog standard pub breakfast you get the finest of ingredients - locally sourced bacon, black pudding and sausages (and you can taste the difference), gorgeous mushrooms and lots of them and as much toast as you can eat. I haven't gone near anywhere else since I first had a Kings Head breakfast about 6 months ago...

I know that sounds like a bloody advert for the Kings Head but the breakfast really is that good...

Seaneh

Citycentre I'll give a lash the next time I'm in town looking for the cure for sure.

Sounds pretty good.


One thing that annoys me most about breakies in most places is they have mushies on the menu but when it comes out its like a fecking desert spoons worth of deep fried brown tasteless crap.

I loves me fried mushrooms so I does.

pleasant Co.

Seaneh wrote: »

Bon Apitito is, mmm, okay.

Never had the breakie there but their salads are, well, crap.

That said, their arrabiata is pretty damned good.

Their steak cooking skills aren't all that, not unless you're a fan of rubber.

Seaneh

Mactard wrote: »

Their steak cooking skills aren't all that, not unless you're a fan of rubber.

actually, sound advice this.

They also boil their chicken for use in salads/pasta dishes. the result being a sort of white tasteless mass of protein and not much else floating around in your meal. portion sizes are excellent for the price though.

irishlady29

Monroes....hmmmm tasty....heart attack on a plate!

civis_liberalis

biko wrote: »

Was up at Frends Restaurant (is Frends, not Friends) earlier. Delish breakfast, will prob go again tomorrow

Come to think of it, my brother used to go there every day almost when he worked in Galway. Used to rave about it. He'd have the breakfast well earned by the time he'd go in there anyway so it wasn't as unhealthy as you'd think to eat it every day.

MissMiami

Love to go to Scotty's for a fry the morning after a night out!

But that's prob cos I live in Dun na Coiribe!

The Cellar and Busker Brownes are really nice too!

SparKing

I've had Breakfast in nearly every place mentioned.
There seems to be two camps: Quality and Quantity.
In all cases I'm talking about a full Irish
Quality
Buskers: very good breakfast (Collerans meat) proper coffee with it for €9.50
Ard Bia: nice breakfast, Mediterranean Sausages are nice, not a lot in it though and quite expensive for what you get (once had Brunch for 2 for €35 and the missus doesn't eat much)
Mc Swiggans: Very nice breakfast girls are nice and usually offer a free coffee refill. About €9
Quantity:
There is very little to set these places apart from one another.
Cheap meat deep-fried and ok service.
Riordans, Finnegans, and the Cellar

Honourable Mentions:
Supermacs: Surprisingly good and very cheap
Lynch's Cafe: Great for Flexibility as you can just ask for exactly what you want without seeming fussy!

Davyhal

Scotty's kept me alive when I was in college, I was living directly upstairs. Very expensive addiction though, Fry in the morning, Double cheese burger in the evening. Quality and Quantity, and the regular staff are always lovely (not to mention nice to look at too!). The only thing that goes against it is the price

Riamfada

anything to be said for Lynch's?