The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

Nonoperational

rob316 wrote: »

45e for a 3 course Sunday lunch is very expensive. I ate in Jamie Oliver's restaurant in London at the weekend it was no more expensive than others around, ive eaten in ramsays burger place in las Vegas again it wasn't over the top. Just because it has a "celebrity" name on the door doesn't mean you should pay through the nose, this is cork too ffs. plenty of places doing good food at 15e a main course.

on another note, another place is opening on Washington st called west cork burger.

Burgr in Vegas is great, been there many times, but it's around $30+ for burger chips and drink!

Candlewick

TrustedApple wrote: »

I do agree i am getting sick of Asian places.

What the city needs is a good Indain as there is none at all that i class as good !!!!.

I used to live in waterford and there was so many good indian places down there and i have not eating in one good Restaurant down here !!!.

I find Indian restaurants can be quite pricey and I agree that there are none in Cork I would rave about. Anybody recommend one?

limnam

Candlewick wrote: »

I find Indian restaurants can be quite pricey and I agree that there are none in Cork I would rave about. Anybody recommend one?

Iyers if you're happy not to eat meat.

Not in the city, but gaylords in kerrypike is pretty outstanding.

Candlewick

Is gaylords very quiet?

limnam

Candlewick wrote: »

Is gaylords very quiet?

It can be at times during the week

Seems to get regular visits from celeb's.

Mingle with the stars over a nan :pac:

pwurple

Sigh. People really love to tear down anyone who takes a risk, develops and improves our city and creates employment around here. And even more so when it's a woman. That huge building was vacant for years, and now it's a draw, driving more business to Silly Goose and Edison and whatever else is around there. Fair fecks to them I say.

If it's out of your price range, there are loads of cheaper places within walking distance. Cork is flooded with cheap places to eat. What it doesn't have is swathes of higher end food. Plus, the restaurant is jammed out the door and turning people away at the current prices, so why on god's green earth would they lower them. 


Anyway, rant aside... (sorry!) I came in to say I had been for food up at The Worshop near the airport and I recommend there. Brought the kids for lunch and they were delighted with the teddy bears around the place, and that their milk came in cat-shaped cups.We had soup, sandwiches and they had a cake-pop to go. Service is slow, so I wouldn't be in a rush there, but food is very good.

mire

TrustedApple wrote: »

I do agree i am getting sick of Asian places.

What the city needs is a good Indain as there is none at all that i class as good !!!!.

I used to live in waterford and there was so many good indian places down there and i have not eating in one good Restaurant down here !!!.

Don't bother going to the asian places then!

I agree with your comments about Cork's miserable supply of Indian places. Waterford has a couple of fantastic Indian restaurants.

pwurple

On Indian places, Iyers! 
Also, Spice of India in Bishopstown.

TrustedApple

mire wrote: »

Don't bother going to the asian places then!

I agree with your comments about Cork's miserable supply of Indian places. Waterford has a couple of fantastic Indian restaurants.

Very true in Waterford.

Blue manago, eastenders, cafe goa, peppers are all top class down in Waterford.

All also not that that pricy as well.

But cork the best Indian is from a dump of a takeaway in blackpool that I all ways get.

what the hell!

TrustedApple wrote: »

Very true in Waterford.

Blue manago, eastenders, cafe goa, peppers are all top class down in Waterford.

All also not that that pricy as well.

But cork the best Indian is from a dump of a takeaway in blackpool that I all ways get.

Oh where's that? I'm just after moving out to Blackpool.

Samhain

Don't get me wrong, Iyers is lovely but is more of a Cafe than a restaurant. Limited selection of dishes (albeit very well done) and only daytime opening. Best Indian restaurant in Cork is Haveli in Douglas, hands down. Takeaway Menu is different so make sure to sit-in to get the full choice of dishes. Any others I have been to are very average. Heard good things here and from friends about Thali on Popes Quay which would have similarities to Indian cuisine.

rob316

Go to Thali, its Nepalese but has a lot of pure Indian dishes. Ate there a number of times and its fantastic.

TrustedApple

Mahi Tandoori is the place i get the takeaway from its great valve as well. Thats the place in blackpool

Get curry rice nam and starter brought to me for about 12 euros bargain and 1/2 for a very good chicken madras.

But as your typical indain you be lucky to get 4 pices of chicken in your curry ha.

the beer revolu

@pwurple, I thought you made a very good argument for Rachel's there until you decided to shoehorn in a gender issue for no good reason. Kinda made me switch off and it does nothing for feminism.

Regarding Iyer's, it is fantastic but not an Indian restaurant as people know it. As said, more of a café.

Thali is very, very good. Ive been a few times and apart from one dish, it has always been good.
Don't order the sizzling chilli chicken.

TrustedApple

the beer revolu wrote: »

@pwurple, I thought you made a very good argument for Rachel's there until you decided to shoehorn in a gender issue for no good reason. Kinda made me switch off and it does nothing for feminism.

Regarding Iyer's, it is fantastic but not an Indian restaurant as people know it. As said, more of a café.

Thali is very, very good. Ive been a few times and apart from one dish, it has always been good.
Don't order the sizzling chilli chicken.

I really must make it to Thali but the issue i have is that my girlfirend does not like indain food at all and gives out that i normally smell of spices for a day after it ha.

Do they have very very basic food that she might be able to eat there ?. As i would eat anything really.

With Iyers it would be a lunch option for me now in the next few weeks i will call in and try it as got noting to lose.

limnam

the beer revolu wrote: »

Regarding Iyer's, it is fantastic but not an Indian restaurant as people know it. As said, more of a café.

Good point.

Iyers tends to come with a number of "warnings" I just pointed out the one seem people to be most concerned about which is the lack of meat.

But yes it has less tables and chairs than a "restaurant"

pwurple

the beer revolu wrote: »

@pwurple, I thought you made a very good argument for Rachel's there until you decided to shoehorn in a gender issue for no good reason. Kinda made me switch off and it does nothing for feminism.

Think of an equivalent successful male tv chef. Does Kevin Dundon have a cohort of people demanding he show himself in Dunbrody house every night?

Sorry now, but there's a ferocious interest in whether she was there, what she was personally doing, and comments about all sorts of aspects of her life. I've never seen a single chef in a restaurant in this thread get those kind of personal digs. Maybe I'm totally wrong and you can point out an example I missed. It could indeed be general begrudgery, plenty of that to go around, and that's what most of my rant was about after all.


*crappy joke alert* Hope I didn't make you switch off now again, us chicks just live to switch people on.


Annnnyway. God almighty you'd know I'm missing my kitchen at the moment, it's out of order for the next while, can't even make up my own lunch these days... tried another place today, Zambreroin Dennehy's cross.
T'was grand anyway. Beats a chipper, felt vaguely healthy. stuff was fresh, place was clean. I got a bowl of rice, beans, salad, salsas (tomato, corn, onion), jalapeño, guac, sour cream and some green sauce for 8 euro. Guacamole was the real deal, from actual avocados rather than green food-like sludge.

Nonoperational

pwurple wrote: »

Think of an equivalent successful male tv chef. Does Kevin Dundon have a cohort of people demanding he show himself in Dunbrody house every night?

Sorry now, but there's a ferocious interest in whether she was there, what she was personally doing, and comments about all sorts of aspects of her life. I've never seen a single chef in a restaurant in this thread get those kind of personal digs. Maybe I'm totally wrong and you can point out an example I missed. It could indeed be general begrudgery, plenty of that to go around, and that's what most of my rant was about after all.


*crappy joke alert* Hope I didn't make you switch off now again, us chicks just live to switch people on.


Annnnyway. God almighty you'd know I'm missing my kitchen at the moment, it's out of order for the next while, can't even make up my own lunch these days... tried another place today, Zambreroin Dennehy's cross.
T'was grand anyway. Beats a chipper, felt vaguely healthy. stuff was fresh, place was clean. I got a bowl of rice, beans, salad, salsas (tomato, corn, onion), jalapeño, guac, sour cream and some green sauce for 8 euro. Guacamole was the real deal, from actual avocados rather than green food-like sludge.

I think if a male celebrity chef opened here you'd get the same nonsense begrudgers tbh.

Candlewick

pwurple wrote: »

Think of an equivalent successful male tv chef. Does Kevin Dundon have a cohort of people demanding he show himself in Dunbrody house every night?

Sorry now, but there's a ferocious interest in whether she was there, what she was personally doing, and comments about all sorts of aspects of her life. I've never seen a single chef in a restaurant in this thread get those kind of personal digs. Maybe I'm totally wrong and you can point out an example I missed. It could indeed be general begrudgery, plenty of that to go around, and that's what most of my rant was about after all.


*crappy joke alert* Hope I didn't make you switch off now again, us chicks just live to switch people on.


Annnnyway. God almighty you'd know I'm missing my kitchen at the moment, it's out of order for the next while, can't even make up my own lunch these days... tried another place today, Zambreroin Dennehy's cross.
T'was grand anyway. Beats a chipper, felt vaguely healthy. stuff was fresh, place was clean. I got a bowl of rice, beans, salad, salsas (tomato, corn, onion), jalapeño, guac, sour cream and some green sauce for 8 euro. Guacamole was the real deal, from actual avocados rather than green food-like sludge.

I tried Zambrero also. I need to go back as I think I chose incorrectly first time. Having said that what I had was nice.

sporina

what exactly is the protocol for sunday lunch at Rachel's? say for 2 people - what do you get and how is it served? kinda confused by the posts here with regards to it..

.red.

sporina wrote: »

what exactly is the protocol for sunday lunch at Rachel's? say for 2 people - what do you get and how is it served? kinda confused by the posts here with regards to it..

Look up the reviews on her Facebook page, they really are shocking!
There's also a picture of her skips blocking a disabled parking space which doesn't sit well with me.
I'd love to go in but it'll be at least 4-6 weeks before I do, hopefully they'll have the place running properly by then.

flangemeistro

.red. wrote: »

Look up the reviews on her Facebook page, they really are shocking!
There's also a picture of her skips blocking a disabled parking space which doesn't sit well with me.
I'd love to go in but it'll be at least 4-6 weeks before I do, hopefully they'll have the place running properly by then.

And you'll have forgotten that her skips blocked disabled parking or you won't care anymore?

what the hell!

.red. wrote: »

Look up the reviews on her Facebook page, they really are shocking!
There's also a picture of her skips blocking a disabled parking space which doesn't sit well with me.
I'd love to go in but it'll be at least 4-6 weeks before I do, hopefully they'll have the place running properly by then.

I doubt she placed them there herself. Didn't think she was that strong.

D'Agger

what the hell! wrote: »

I doubt she placed them there herself. Didn't think she was that strong.

It must have been a man, so lets not level any criticism :pac:

.red.

what the hell! wrote: »

I doubt she placed them there herself. Didn't think she was that strong.

Thats not the point, a new restaurant needs all the good publicity it can get, small issues like that don't help it!

sporina

.red. wrote: »

Look up the reviews on her Facebook page, they really are shocking!
There's also a picture of her skips blocking a disabled parking space which doesn't sit well with me.
I'd love to go in but it'll be at least 4-6 weeks before I do, hopefully they'll have the place running properly by then.

no offense but i am not looking for a review - i just wanna know the set up for lunch.. ?

Nonoperational

Looks like it's €45pp, you order 2 meats and they come on a sharing platter and you get "unlimited" sides.

Ate in the brook in glanmire this evening. Really nice. Great service, food was really good..not the cheapest but worth it. Would definitely recommend it

sporina

Nonoperational wrote: »

Looks like it's €45pp, you order 2 meats and they come on a sharing platter and you get "unlimited" sides.

starter and desert ?

Nonoperational

Yep

D'Agger

Drove down Washington St. for the first time in a while yesterday and have to say it's thriving in a big way - Nice to see Rachels in there, few buildings having gotten facelifts, Capitol nearly done in the back - have to say the street is looking as well as I've ever seen it, having been living in Cork 12 years at this stage.

Mumha

Zayn Colossal Stance wrote: »

Ate in the brook in glanmire this evening. Really nice. Great service, food was really good..not the cheapest but worth it. Would definitely recommend it

We ate there in February, and while the quality of the food was excellent, we thought it was over fussy, with all that foam nonsense, while the portions weren't exactly generous versus the price. Maybe they're going for a different market from when we used to go more often, and that's fair enough too.

Mumha

D'Agger wrote: »

Drove down Washington St. for the first time in a while yesterday and have to say it's thriving in a big way - Nice to see Rachels in there, few buildings having gotten facelifts, Capitol nearly done in the back - have to say the street is looking as well as I've ever seen it, having been living in Cork 12 years at this stage.

It definitely is starting to move along alright, though I feel sympathy for the businesses opposite St Augustine's on Washington Street. The path outside the businesses is really narrow, and can't help passing trade.

Rhinohippo

D'Agger wrote: »

Drove down Washington St. for the first time in a while yesterday and have to say it's thriving in a big way - Nice to see Rachels in there, few buildings having gotten facelifts, Capitol nearly done in the back - have to say the street is looking as well as I've ever seen it, having been living in Cork 12 years at this stage.

I agree. It's very much on the up, that stretch of the street. Not before time.

Lia_lia

Was in Cask on Saturday night. Just got drinks. Was absolutely mobbed! Couldn't believe how busy it was. Especially for a bar that isn't exactly in the city centre. Nice place though. Couldn't be dealing with the busyness. Will go again on a quieter night..

sammyjo90

We went to Bunsen last night. I can never understand how places can justify charging nearly a fiver for sweet potato fries (Didn't get them obviously). After all the hype I was expecting something amazing. It was nice, but nothing spectacular. I won't be itching to go again.

Seamai

Someone snapped Rachel's menu with the prices and sent it to me. As some other posters pointed out, there's nothing that unusual on it, when I go out I'd like something I wouldn't cook at home, for the prices they charge I would expect better. There's a glaring error on the menu which is embarrassing for someone who is considered queen of the foodies by some.

ncmc

My husband manages a shop in the city that has a deli. The other day he saw Rachel's receive a big order of a brand of frozen chips that his shop stopped using because they were so poor. So for all the guff about simple, local ingredients. They aren't even making their own chips. It always amazes me when I see higher class places using crappy, frozen chips. That's fine at the cheaper end of the scale, but at her prices, I expect home made, good quality chips.

Seamai

ncmc wrote: »

My husband manages a shop in the city that has a deli. The other day he saw Rachel's receive a big order of a brand of frozen chips that his shop stopped using because they were so poor. So for all the guff about simple, local ingredients. They aren't even making their own chips. It always amazes me when I see higher class places using crappy, frozen chips. That's fine at the cheaper end of the scale, but at her prices, I expect home made, good quality chips.

For the prices they charge I'd expect hand cut (in house) organic chips, triple cooked in horse lard (give the best results according to the Belgians) served with truffle mayo and a sprinkling of gold dust.

run_Forrest_run

some comments here have left Pettyville and are heading to Nastytown via Begrudgery Station.

Seamai

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

some comments here have left Pettyville and are heading to Nastytown via Begrudgery Station.

I take it you mean criticism of Ms Allan's restaurant (well the restaurant she's fronting). If someone opens a restaurant charging above average prices they'd better have above average food and service. Personally I think Allan is a charlatan who flogs a lifestyle concept that yummy mummies love to emulate. Watch any of her programmes, they're all fluff with very little substance (Donal Skeehan is another culprit). When it comes to TV chefs/cooks she's fairly low down the ranking (it's her look, which is lost on me and her name which has got her this far). The luvvies are tripping over themselves at the moment to get their bums on Allan's seats at the moment, whether there are enough people like this in Cork to sustain her restaurant will be interesting to see, some members of her family haven't been so successful in their own restaurant ventures.

TrustedApple

Donal Sheehan I had in the restaurant I worked in before.

The chef came out and asked him show me how to cook something on side his own reacting where he went bright red was I would not have a clue where to start as I am not a chef I am a TV cook haha

Malari

TrustedApple wrote: »

Donal Sheehan I had in the restaurant I worked in before.

The chef came out and asked him show me how to cook something on side his own reacting where he went bright red was I would not have a clue where to start as I am not a chef I am a TV cook haha

Nope. Read this 3 times now, still don't know what it says.

I'm going to give Rachel's a try - like I do with most new places. I don't mind "plain" food if it's really well done, and I don't mind paying more for excellent service.

I had a Miyazaki takeaway recently and it was excellent as always! They had some "holy mackerel" spines on the counter as appetisers, which were surprisingly sweet (candied mackerel...who'd a thunk?) but delicious! I wanted to tip the whole plate into my carry-out bag. :P

Ludo

Malari wrote: »

Nope. Read this 3 times now, still don't know what it says.

TrustedApple wrote: »

I had Donal Sheehan in the restaurant I worked in before.

The chef came out and asked him show me how to cook something. He went bright red and said "I would not have a clue where to start as I am not a chef. I am a TV cook". haha

fixed that for ya...took me a few reads to decipher also :-)

ncmc

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

some comments here have left Pettyville and are heading to Nastytown via Begrudgery Station.

I have no issue with Rachel Allen or with her opening a restaurant, I also have no problem with her not being there every night. I never expected her to be slaving in the kitchen every night herself. But I do have an issue with any restaurant charging high end prices and claiming to only cook simple food with local ingredients, using frozen chips. It's not exactly challenging to make homemade chips, even students who've never cooked before can manage it!

Seamai

Malari wrote: »

Nope. Read this 3 times now, still don't know what it says.

I'm going to give Rachel's a try - like I do with most new places. I don't mind "plain" food if it's really well done, and I don't mind paying more for excellent service.

I had a Miyazaki takeaway recently and it was excellent as always! They had some "holy mackerel" spines on the counter as appetisers, which were surprisingly sweet (candied mackerel...who'd a thunk?) but delicious! I wanted to tip the whole plate into my carry-out bag. :P

I'm hearing great things about Miyazaki, I know they have only a few stools there, what are the chances of just walking in and nabbing a few to sit down and eat there or would I be standing there all night waiting? I'm living a bit far to out to be going down the take out route.

leahyl

Ok, moving on from the Rachel Allen discussion, just reviews on the restaurant please.

Malari

Seamai wrote: »

I'm hearing great things about Miyazaki, I know they have only a few stools there, what are the chances of just walking in and nabbing a few to sit down and eat there or would I be standing there all night waiting? I'm living a bit far to out to be going down the take out route.

Anytime I've been (admittedly around 6pm) there have been spare stools, but I would say it's much more of a takeaway place. I don't know if it would be that comfortable a place for a meal, with people coming in and standing just over your shoulder waiting for their takeaway food.

BullBlackNova

Malari wrote: »

Anytime I've been (admittedly around 6pm) there have been spare stools, but I would say it's much more of a takeaway place. I don't know if it would be that comfortable a place for a meal, with people coming in and standing just over your shoulder waiting for their takeaway food.

It is a popular spot for sitting in, apparently. They have a number of dishes that are eat-in-only each day, but I've always wondered about the practicality because, as you say, there's literally a handful of stools in the corner.

Food is top notch though - it's worth grabbing a take-out and eating in the car even!!

Malari

BullBlackNova wrote: »

It is a popular spot for sitting in, apparently. They have a number of dishes that are eat-in-only each day, but I've always wondered about the practicality because, as you say, there's literally a handful of stools in the corner.

Food is top notch though - it's worth grabbing a take-out and eating in the car even!!

Yeah, and some of the food doesn't have to be piping hot, so can be eaten cold/warm - sashimi, onigiri, edamame, etc.