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The Restaurant Recommendation Thread
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I have never had a bad meal in Il Padrino and anyone I have spoken to says the same - it just goes to show, different strokes for different folks. If you're into fine dining it might not be up your street but it certainly has very tasty dishes
Il Padrino is definitely not worse than Luigis!! :-O
What are your favourite restaurants in Cork as a matter of interest? I want to try new places!
Restaurant reviews are by nature subjective. What I might like, others might not and vice versa!
For the record, my now husband and I went to Il Padrino's before we got married. The food was cold and not nice-tasting, service rushed, and the ambience was awful. Never went back, nor would I if you paid me!
Luigi's we tried too. OK, but overpriced. Don't like Curran's for dinner much either!
The Indian by the Opera House? - Don't even GO there! My husband still has nightmares about the food, and worse about the bill!!
On the plus side:
I like Tung Sing (Himself doesn't!). We also like Greene's but haven't tried it since it changed over to bistro-style food. Scott's (now the Oliver Plunkett) isn't bad either.
Our favourite restaurant is the Market Lane. Food is consistently good, well-priced and the service is superb. The orange bread & butter pudding is to die for IMO
. Himself loves the Jack McCarthy bangers. We always bring our friends from London in to eat and they love it too. High praise indeed from our fussy London crew.
EDIT: I'm not into fine dining per se. But I do know good food and service when I see it.0 -
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ABajaninCork wrote: »Restaurant reviews are by nature subjective. What I might like, others might not and vice versa!
and on that noteABajaninCork wrote: »For the record, my now husband and I went to Il Padrino's before we got married. The food was cold and not nice-tasting, service rushed, and the ambience was awful. Never went back, nor would I if you paid me!
Luigi's we tried too. OK, but overpriced. Don't like Curran's for dinner much either!
The Indian by the Opera House? - Don't even GO there! My husband still has nightmares about the food, and worse about the bill!!
On the plus side:
I like Tung Sing (Himself doesn't!). We also like Greene's but haven't tried it since it changed over to bistro-style food. Scott's (now the Oliver Plunkett) isn't bad either.
Our favourite restaurant is the Market Lane. Food is consistently good, well-priced and the service is superb. The orange bread & butter pudding is to die for IMO. Himself loves the Jack McCarthy bangers. We always bring our friends from London in to eat and they love it too. High praise indeed from our fussy London crew.
Il Padrino - Never been there
Luigi's - Never been there
Indian by the Opera House - Hated it the first time, loved it the second (and third time). Now it is a place I recommend (especially as they sometimes have an offer online) although Bombay Palace on Cook St is still better.
Tung Sing - Never been but heard great things about it, must try it
Market Lane - Went there for a work Christmas party and hated it, service was crap, menu was limited (albeit it was Christmas time). I only ever hear good things about it though so I think I just had a bad experience. Never been back but I could be tempted
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ABajaninCork wrote: »Restaurant reviews are by nature subjective. What I might like, others might not and vice versa!
For the record, my now husband and I went to Il Padrino's before we got married. The food was cold and not nice-tasting, service rushed, and the ambience was awful. Never went back, nor would I if you paid me!
Luigi's we tried too. OK, but overpriced. Don't like Curran's for dinner much either!
The Indian by the Opera House? - Don't even GO there! My husband still has nightmares about the food, and worse about the bill!!
On the plus side:
I like Tung Sing (Himself doesn't!). We also like Greene's but haven't tried it since it changed over to bistro-style food. Scott's (now the Oliver Plunkett) isn't bad either.
Our favourite restaurant is the Market Lane. Food is consistently good, well-priced and the service is superb. The orange bread & butter pudding is to die for IMO. Himself loves the Jack McCarthy bangers. We always bring our friends from London in to eat and they love it too. High praise indeed from our fussy London crew.
EDIT: I'm not into fine dining per se. But I do know good food and service when I see it.
Was it just once you were in Il Padrino? You must have been very unlucky then because from my experience the food has only ever been really really good. There must have a different chef on that night :pac:
I do agree about the service part, but to be honest I wouldn't let anybody rush me and if they tried to I would have no problem telling them I wasn't finished. I've always found them polite in there but have heard from others who weren't too impressed with the service.
I agree about the Eastern Tandoori - average, bombay palace is way better imo. I was at the Indian Palace for the first time 2 weeks ago - again just average, wouldn't be rushing back.
I've never been to Tung Sing or Greenes - must give them a try
I never really think of Scotts as somewhere to go for a meal to be honest.
The Market Lane is hit and miss imo - I've been there a good few times for both dinner and lunch and depending on what you have it can either be very good or just ok. It has a lovely ambiance though.
They also own the restaurant in the Blackrock Observatory and my mum had lunch there with a friend before and she said it was a disaster!
So you're right, restaurant reviews are indeed very subjective!:)0 -
That is based on your experience though, everyone is different it just seems that in this case most people who have been were satisfied.
I personally have not been but I might go at some stage, so far I am undecided
To be fair, Luigi's in on the lower end of the market. Best value for money I think is to go there for lunch. More value then. 0 -
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@ kingtut. It's a real shame your experience at the Market Lane wasn't good. I have to say we've never had a bad meal in there, and sometimes we go for the lunch special (when the pennies run!). Haven't been for a while though. But we'll be back. I hope you try it again though.
I'd love to try the Observatory at Blackrock. I've heard good things about it.
I also forgot to mention another Chinese restaurant I'd like to recommend. It's the Golden Palace (I think!!) at the Fox & Hounds development in Ballyvolane. Never seems busy which is a shame, but I've found the food to be very good and reasonably priced. Their Aromatic Lamb is the business! 0 -
ABajaninCork wrote: »
I also forgot to mention another Chinese restaurant I'd like to recommend. It's the Golden Palace (I think!!) at the Fox & Hounds development in Ballyvolane. Never seems busy which is a shame, but I've found the food to be very good and reasonably priced. Their Aromatic Lamb is the business!
That's very near me - must try sometime, I'm more of an indian food girl myself but I really need to try more chinese food 0 -
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Blackrock castle I think hired a very good floor manager a while back. It used to be brutal in there for service at the start. It's much better now... people are responding goodo, judging by the difficulty getting a booking or a table for lunch or dinner in there. We brought houseguests there for brunch over the weekend, it was yummy.
It wasn't the service it was the food but having said that my friend was there for a wedding recently and she liked it Consistency seems to be a problem in a good few restaurants. I went to the Observatory recently for the culture night and I have to say the restaurant looked lovely so I would like to try it myself sometime! 0 -
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the beer revolu wrote: »If you want to try Chinese food, Yuan Ming Yuan is the only one to go to.
Had forgotten you had suggested that
must def try that soon! 0 -
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the beer revolu wrote: »If you want to try Chinese food, Yuan Ming Yuan is the only one to go to.
I have not tried it but Panda Mama is AMAZING so I'd highly recommend it to anyone wanting an excellent Chinese meal. I've never been disappointed there
I'll give Yuan Ming Yuan a try some weekend soon though 0 -
My issue with Il Padrino's is the price. Pasta with a bit of chicken costs €18 or more. How they can charge that, I'll never know! The raw ingredients for the dish can't cost more than a few euro.
I'll pay more for expensive ingredients, but pasta is about as cheap as it gets.
To put it in context, in Amicus you can get tagliatelle with chicken in a cream sauce with onions and mushrooms, plus a good portion of garlic bread, for €9.50 at lunchtime. In Il Padrinos, tagliatelle with chicken and saffron, in a white wine and cream sauce and pesto, with no garlic bread, costs €17.90.
Garlic bread is served with all the pasta dishes in Il Padrino though. I think it's so tasty that I'm willing to pay the money once in a while. I got a pasta dish in Luigis last Saturday and it was so bland and boring and I paid nearly 15euro. The dish I normally get in Il Padrinos is 17.50 - well worth the 2.50 extra in my opinion.
I can't comment on the dish in Amicus but the few times I've been there in the past I wasn't bowled over by the place.
We could all argue for days about our favourite restaurants anyway and where's good and where isn't!:pac: We just all have different tastes 0 -
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Ooooh! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Moran's!!!!
Their oysters are to die for. The fish 'n' chips ain't bad either. On my very first visit to Ireland, I was in Galway and visited Moran's. That's when I fell in love with the country and always promised to come back. Never thought I'd end up marrying an Irishman and living here.
Big shout out for Irish seafood. I always tell my friends at home, when it's done well, Irish seafood is the best!0 -
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ABajaninCork wrote: »Ooooh! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Moran's!!!!
Their oysters are to die for. The fish 'n' chips ain't bad either. On my very first visit to Ireland, I was in Galway and visited Moran's. That's when I fell in love with the country and always promised to come back. Never thought I'd end up marrying an Irishman and living here.
Big shout out for Irish seafood. I always tell my friends at home, when it's done well, Irish seafood is the best!
Never had the fish n chips now. Will put it on the list for next time. Monks alrite is a bit large thought they still kept a bit of character to the place though.
Oysters then I heard it in passing but have never been a fan of the Clarion or the restaurants there so dismissed it. Perhaps that will be the first port of call0 -
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it was just bland, boring especially the main course - I longed for Il Padrino/Liberty Grill/Electric while I was there!
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