The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

sporina

Lia_lia wrote: »

Don't think they are the same Gino's. They are a chain from Dublin I think?

Yeah they are always packed. Great location in fairness. Haven't tried it yet.. Shame if they were to have a big effect on Casanova, I love that place!

yeah i didn't really think it was connected to gino's on winthrop.
yeah not tried it yet either - wonder if its as authentic as casanova - era it might be ok - its quiet unique and prob has regulars

Markcheese

Second ginos opening on Oliver Plunkett Street...
And assume coming to a shopping centre near you soon too... The place is very cool but the ice cream is only OK....

sporina

Markcheese wrote: »

Second ginos opening on Oliver Plunkett Street...
And assume coming to a shopping centre near you soon too... The place is very cool but the ice cream is only OK....

not as good as casanova? its v v good in fairness

the beer revolu

Markcheese wrote: »

Second ginos opening on Oliver Plunkett Street...
And assume coming to a shopping centre near you soon too... The place is very cool but the ice cream is only OK....

I also think that €3.50 for a single scoop is pretty saucy. Casanova is €2.90
Little Italy inWilton SC does a nice scoop for €2.50

Toto Wolfcastle

If it’s the same Ginos as the one in Dublin then it’s average at best.

roundymac

Slightly off topic, when your out for a meal with your partner of the opposite sex and the waitress(normally) comes up and says, "are you ready to order guys" does it annoy people. There is one guy and one woman at the table. I know it drives me effing mad and my wife dos'nt like it either. Just wondering what other people think.

bee06

roundymac wrote: »

Slightly off topic, when your out for a meal with your partner of the opposite sex and the waitress(normally) comes up and says, "are you ready to order guys" does it annoy people. There is one guy and one woman at the table. I know it drives me effing mad and my wife dos'nt like it either. Just wondering what other people think.

Do you mean referring to a mixed group as guys? No, doesn’t bother me ... I do it myself all the time.

wally1990

bee06 wrote: »

Do you mean referring to a mixed group as guys? No, doesn’t bother me ... I do it myself all the time.

I’ve noticed it but doesn’t bother me or my partner in the slightest

Herb Powell

I think you'd be better off not leaving the house, lol.

Tis just a bit American, but totally harmless.

sporina

roundymac wrote: »

Slightly off topic, when your out for a meal with your partner of the opposite sex and the waitress(normally) comes up and says, "are you ready to order guys" does it annoy people. There is one guy and one woman at the table. I know it drives me effing mad and my wife dos'nt like it either. Just wondering what other people think.

i think its gender neutral these days - comes from the states I guess.. TV influence perhaps..

I wouldn't be annoyed/offended by it - but it would depend on the type of establishment I think - if its somewhere casual - fine but if its somewhere a bit more upmarket, then I might find it inappropriate

what would be an appropriate alternative for you?

roundymac

Folks I do get my own back, its reflected in the size of the tip we leave. For guys, 0.

Water John

That would be fine, but I wouldn't be too precious about it. Basically, familiar but not overly so. Certainly not over formal. Prefer a relaxed athmosphere overall.

CR 7

What's the correct gender-neutral term for a mixed group then?

"Hello humans, are you ready to order?"

bee06

roundymac wrote: »

Folks I do get my own back, its reflected in the size of the tip we leave. For guys, 0.

Wow, it must be tiring being offended by stuff like that.

sporina

bee06 wrote: »

Wow, it must be tiring being offended by stuff like that.

he he

Apt8

I find it more irritating when you're trying to have a conversation and you get interrupted with the standard everything ok here??

Yeah don't worry, if I find any severed fingers in here I'll be sure to let you know.

Or when you're again interrupted by someone trying to take away your half eaten dinner.

That's the sort of stuff that irks me, rather than being a child and withholding tips from friendly wait staff for trying to be friendly.

rob316

I constantly refer to a group of women or mixed group as guys. Like "Whats up guys?" Whats offensive about that?

Harika

rob316 wrote: »

I constantly refer to a group of women or mixed group as guys. Like "Whats up guys?" Whats offensive about that?

The same as the waitress calling you "love"

Nonoperational

roundymac wrote: »

Slightly off topic, when your out for a meal with your partner of the opposite sex and the waitress(normally) comes up and says, "are you ready to order guys" does it annoy people. There is one guy and one woman at the table. I know it drives me effing mad and my wife dos'nt like it either. Just wondering what other people think.

I really must stop being surprised by the insaneness of the world these days.

Wow.

Anyway, went to Ichigo Ichie recently. I must say my thoughts were mixed. The venue is great. They have made a very cool space. My thoughts are framed by the fact that the bill was €250+ for 2 with drinks and tip... Service was good and friendly. Meal lasted 2 hours exactly. The food just didn't do enough for me given the price. A few of the courses were plain and the textures didn't work for me. Some were great but thinking back the overall impression of the food wasn't fantastic. Overall it was a good night, but would I go back for that price? I probably wouldn't. Have booked in for another night later in the summer at the chefs table but I'm leaning towards cancelling it.

Anyone else here go?

Cork Lass

roundymac wrote: »

Folks I do get my own back, its reflected in the size of the tip we leave. For guys, 0.

This is like a post from the stingy thread. Sounds like a very petty reason not to give a tip..

sporina

Apt8 wrote: »

I find it more irritating when you're trying to have a conversation and you get interrupted with the standard everything ok here??

Yeah don't worry, if I find any severed fingers in here I'll be sure to let you know.

Or when you're again interrupted by someone trying to take away your half eaten dinner.

That's the sort of stuff that irks me, rather than being a child and withholding tips from friendly wait staff for trying to be friendly.

oh gosh - to think that you came on here to post that... gee.... well, you obviously have v v little in life to moan about ... good for you..

endacl

roundymac wrote: »

Slightly off topic, when your out for a meal with your partner of the opposite sex and the waitress(normally) comes up and says, "are you ready to order guys" does it annoy people. There is one guy and one woman at the table. I know it drives me effing mad and my wife dos'nt like it either. Just wondering what other people think.

Easily avoided. Simply inform them when you make the booking that you don't wish to be addressed as 'you guys'.

roundymac wrote: »

Folks I do get my own back, its reflected in the size of the tip we leave. For guys, 0.

Might I suggest 'you knobheads' as an alternative?

Surreptitious

'You guys, you guys kill me.'

sporina

Apt8 wrote: »

I find it more irritating when you're trying to have a conversation and you get interrupted with the standard everything ok here??

Yeah don't worry, if I find any severed fingers in here I'll be sure to let you know.

Or when you're again interrupted by someone trying to take away your half eaten dinner.

That's the sort of stuff that irks me, rather than being a child and withholding tips from friendly wait staff for trying to be friendly.

Nonoperational wrote: »

I really must stop being surprised by the insaneness of the world these days.

Wow.

Anyway, went to Ichigo Ichie recently. I must say my thoughts were mixed. The venue is great. They have made a very cool space. My thoughts are framed by the fact that the bill was €250+ for 2 with drinks and tip... Service was good and friendly. Meal lasted 2 hours exactly. The food just didn't do enough for me given the price. A few of the courses were plain and the textures didn't work for me. Some were great but thinking back the overall impression of the food wasn't fantastic. Overall it was a good night, but would I go back for that price? I probably wouldn't. Have booked in for another night later in the summer at the chefs table but I'm leaning towards cancelling it.

Anyone else here go?

"once in a lifetime"

still baffles me that they called the restaurant as much

bizz213

No doesnt bother me or my partner at all. If anything it makes it casual and friendly between you and staff which is something that i do like when eating out

SusieBlue

I have enough stresses in my life, so long as the service is prompt and friendly I don’t care whether they call me ‘guys’ or ‘madam’ or whatever term is the middle ground between those two.

I’m there to enjoy good food and company, not to be keeping mental tally of things like that. How exhausting.

D'Agger

I want to record a skit whereby a person gets food at a restaurant, looks left, looks right, nobody around him/her...looks left and right again, nobody to be seen. Takes a bite of food and boom, there's a waiter there saying 'Is everything okay for you here?'

I find there's no issue with asking, it just seems to be asked every time I've taken a large bite of my food :pac:

Ludo

D'Agger wrote: »

I want to record a skit whereby a person gets food at a restaurant, looks left, looks right, nobody around him/her...looks left and right again, nobody to be seen. Takes a bite of food and boom, there's a waiter there saying 'Is everything okay for you here?'

Don't give up the day job

D'Agger

Ludo wrote: »

Don't give up the day job

Clearly this needs to be filmed for full effect

WhoElse

Will definitely still try Ichigo Ichie, I would have to do Chef's table though, for that money. 

Regards using 'guys' as gender neutral, it;s very american, but there's no good gender-neutral vernacular phrase to cover it. Ladies and gentlemen is VERY formal. Cutting a tip over a well meant phrase is kind of mean. 

Regards "is everything OK here", that's just best practice. The best time for waitstaff to check back to make sure nothing's been missed is the few minutes after food has been delivered and assessed by the customers. Especially in Ireland where customers sit quiet and fume rather than flag issues. It gives you the chance to call out any missing items, condiments or changes.

hufpc8w3adnk65

This thread is gone waaaaaaaaay off topic. Lets keep the etiquette chat out of here

who_me

D'Agger wrote: »

I want to record a skit whereby a person gets food at a restaurant, looks left, looks right, nobody around him/her...looks left and right again, nobody to be seen. Takes a bite of food and boom, there's a waiter there saying 'Is everything okay for you here?'

I find there's no issue with asking, it just seems to be asked every time I've taken a large bite of my food :pac:

It's definitely a skill. Ask the customer when their mouth's full, then they can't complain.

I usually make a "you got me again!" joke with the waitress/waiter when this happens. Usually with lots of pointing, smiling and food flying out of my mouth.

bee06

Has anyone been to Tequila Jacks recently? I went after it opened and it was grand but a bit lacking in flavour. Just wondering if it had improved over the last few months.

Dbu

Had a meal in El Vino Douglas at the weekend
First time there and have to say was impressed with the food.
We shared 4 tapas and had a bottle of vino. €60 odd
The prawns in bacon were yum, will go again

nerwen

bee06 wrote: »

Has anyone been to Tequila Jacks recently? I went after it opened and it was grand but a bit lacking in flavour. Just wondering if it had improved over the last few months.

I actually went last week and was pretty impressed. The food fell a bit flat for me when it opened as well, but it was great this time. The salsa verde was one thing that our entire table agreed was outstanding, as were the sides of beans. Overall we agreed the food was good, occasionally surprisingly spicy and the margaritas were great.

Service went from ok to quite slow throughout the evening, so not too impressed on that. I wont hesitate to go again for the food and drink though.

Harika

Another review for ichigo-ichie:
https://www.guides.ie/megabites/having-taken-cork-city-storm-takashi-miyazaki%E2%80%99s-new-kaiseki-restaurant-ichigo-ichie-shows

Went to the Barn Restaurant recently. They didn’t have fillet steak anymore after the weekend, what surprised me on a Tuesday. Anyway had the rib eye steak that was delivered blue as requested. And I cannot tell you how often I ordered blue and got medium. Cannot fault it and the veggies/potatoes added. Overall it feels like a journey back in time, especially as the Christmas decoration was still up.

GavRedKing

I'll probably be in the City tomorrow at some stage, what do people make of Wow burger?

I've tried the rest and son of a bun just pips Bunsen for me, to the best burger in town.

2 people in work reckon wow is like five guys, not a bad thing, I liked five guys burgers in NY.

I'll just be going for the burger too, not overly bothered about sides/shakes/drinks menu.

SusieBlue

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'll probably be in the City tomorrow at some stage, what do people make of Wow burger?

I've tried the rest and son of a bun just pips Bunsen for me, to the best burger in town.

2 people in work reckon wow is like five guys, not a bad thing, I liked five guys burgers in NY.

I'll just be going for the burger too, not overly bothered about sides/shakes/drinks menu.

Its my go-to place for burgers. I'd rate it as better than Son of a Bun, Coqbull, and Bunsen.
I actually agree that its very like Five Guys. I'd really recommend it.

D'Agger

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'll probably be in the City tomorrow at some stage, what do people make of Wow burger?

I've tried the rest and son of a bun just pips Bunsen for me, to the best burger in town.

2 people in work reckon wow is like five guys, not a bad thing, I liked five guys burgers in NY.

I'll just be going for the burger too, not overly bothered about sides/shakes/drinks menu.

Burgers are decent there although Son of a Bun still leads the pack for me.

I know you specified you're not interested in shakes etc. but I've had the salted caramel shake there twice and it's very good

Cherry_Cola

I really like Wow Burger also, definitely very similar to Five Guys.

West Cork Burger is great too if you haven't tried it.

GavRedKing

SusieBlue wrote: »

Its my go-to place for burgers. I'd rate it as better than Son of a Bun, Coqbull, and Bunsen.
I actually agree that its very like Five Guys. I'd really recommend it.

Cheers for the advice, herself seems up for it too which is always a good sign.

D'Agger wrote: »

Burgers are decent there although Son of a Bun still leads the pack for me.

I know you specified you're not interested in shakes etc. but I've had the salted caramel shake there twice and it's very good

Ya, of all the places, I'ver tried so far, I'd rate son of a bun as best, herself thinks Coqbull is best but I'd reckon Bunsen is better than Coqbull but behind S.O.A.B.

If i see a decent shale I might try it, I used to enjoy Eddie Rocket Malt shakes YEARS ago but havent had a decent shake in Cork in a long time.

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

I really like Wow Burger also, definitely very similar to Five Guys.

West Cork Burger is great too if you haven't tried it.

I'll have to give it a go when I'm in there, I'm assuming theres pudding or something on it?

Cherry_Cola

With West Cork burger you can choose from some set menu burgers or completely build your own from scratch, I think they may have some pudding options but it's definitely not a central component or anything.

Malari

Are all these burger places sit-down, licensed restaurants, or are some of them just more like takeaways?

I've only been to Coqbull (didn't really rate it) and Gourmet Burger, but wouldn't mind trying somewhere else.

opus

Had a lunch with a few friends in Bobo Cafe in the basement of the Glucksman Gallery in UCC during the week, everyone was very happy with the food. Looks like the menu changes regularly as well which will tempt me back.

GavRedKing

Malari wrote: »

Are all these burger places sit-down, licensed restaurants, or are some of them just more like takeaways?

I've only been to Coqbull (didn't really rate it) and Gourmet Burger, but wouldn't mind trying somewhere else.

They're all sit down places.

bleach94

Has anyone eaten in the new Italian that's gone in where Star Anise used to be yet? Passed there today and the menu looks small but nice. It was closed when I passed so not sure is it only open evenings or if it's not actually opened yet.

hufpc8w3adnk65

HS Rachael’s officially closed or what’s the story lads ?

Water John

That was rumoured before, but wasn't true. Someone here, was in fairly recently and said , it was quite busy.
But, don't know.

clio_16v

Anyone here tried Joes and Bros on Gillabbey St. Really decent sandwiches and good brunch. Mostly student clientel which is to be expected. Been a good few times and always happy with what I've got. Check it out!

BullBlackNova

MrMac84 wrote: »

HS Rachael’s officially closed or what’s the story lads ?

They're currently hiring staff and had a Facebook post up yesterday saying "Something exciting coming soon..." so if they have, it must have been quite the shocker!

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Finally made it to Iyers last week. Some of the best food I've had in Cork in a very, very long time. Delicious - and really well priced. Staff were brilliant too.