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Peal Brasserie or Unicorn

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  • 24-08-2010 4:22pm
    #1
    girl24
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    Anyone like to offer opinion on which one is nicer? Its for a family birthday for my dad so looking for something higher end without being a rip off.

    Thanks in advance.


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    foodaholic
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    It has to be Pearl, always bring my parents there as a special treat.
    Great food and service,


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    Dizzyblonde
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    I haven't been to Pearl, but I have been to the Unicorn twice and found it to be very overrated.


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    foodaholic
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    My only experience with unicorn was a bad one. Went for lunch without a reservation, as it was sunny we asked to sit outside. They said no problem. They put 4 of us at a table for two. (no one else outside) we asked could they bring another table over and was duely informed by the manager that some regular customers might drop in :mad:


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    jdivision
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    The Unicorn treat anybody under 40 like shit, they keep you standing around and are extremley rude in my experience. Also the steaks are awful -always overcooked - and check carefully the wine you're given - the years are often wrong and you get served the cheaper version and charged for the more expensive one.


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    Sergeant
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    Had a Christmas lunch at Unicorn a few years back, never the best time to rate a restaurant, but it was pretty damn poor.

    Pearl Brasserie is a fantastic experience, the place looks wonderful, the food is great (expensive though!), and the waiting staff are brilliant - without being intrusive. A gem of a spot.


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    antoniosicily
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    unicorn, don't know, never been there.

    Perl brasserie, I think it is an overrated place, it has even won some awards but I don't know why, the food is not exceptional, I had a main course of fish last year and it was dreadfully cooked; as far as I remember it is a bit expensive for what it is offering, maybe they wanted to be a medium-high restaurant but I don't think that they were able to achieve this, based on what they are offering.


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    Mr Magnolia
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    Pearl would egde it based on my experiences.


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    girl24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭girl24


    Hi, OP here, thanks for all the comments. We went to Pearl in the end and I thought it was a lovely restaurant, my only negative if I had to pick one out was that the starters were too big but overall we really enjoyed it.


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    cgarrad
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    Pearl by a mile... 2 miles actually.


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    Deal Buster
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    Pearl I would go for http://www.pearl-brasserie.com/accueil.htm


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