The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

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BruteStock wrote: »

The Swandwich Stall in English market have boosted up their pieces by a good bit. Don't know if I'll go back. I can get the same stuff in Sonnys , and without the hassle of going into the market.

The French place on Washington St is savage and really reasonable. Baguettes for 5.50 and they have different types of bread. And the cakes then are unreal and reasonable too.

what the hell!

BruteStock wrote: »

The Swandwich Stall in English market have boosted up their pieces by a good bit. Don't know if I'll go back. I can get the same stuff in Sonnys , and without the hassle of going into the market.

The French place on Washington St is savage and really reasonable. Baguettes for 5.50 and they have different types of bread. And the cakes then are unreal and reasonable too.

Spring Chick

Has anyone tried the collection service from Son of a Bun in the past few weeks? I'm thinking of trying it at the weekend, would you recommend? Thanks.

igCorcaigh

what the hell! wrote: »

The French place on Washington St is savage and really reasonable. Baguettes for 5.50 and they have different types of bread. And the cakes then are unreal and reasonable too.

Yes, Cameron, they do the best baguette in the city. Haven't tried their sandwiches. Are they open now?

what the hell!

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Yes, Cameron, they do the best baguette in the city. Haven't tried their sandwiches. Are they open now?

Yep they've been open the past few weeks. Can be a bit of a queue sometimes but you might be lucky.

mccard

what the hell! wrote: »

Yep they've been open the past few weeks. Can be a bit of a queue sometimes but you might be lucky.

Whats the name of this place?

what the hell!

mccard wrote: »

Whats the name of this place?

http://www.cameronbakery.com

I've a girl from Paris renting a room in my house and she said it's the best she's had in the whole country. Exactly like home.

Black_Knight

Spring Chick wrote: »

Has anyone tried the collection service from Son of a Bun in the past few weeks? I'm thinking of trying it at the weekend, would you recommend? Thanks.

Tried it, flawless collection service. Very good burger. Would do it again, though I'm probably going to try Bunsen again first.

BruteStock

Black_Knight wrote: »

Tried it, flawless collection service. Very good burger. Would do it again, though I'm probably going to try Bunsen again first.

Whats the order process for SOAB , phone-call and pay over the phone?

Black_Knight

BruteStock wrote: »

Whats the order process for SOAB , phone-call and pay over the phone?

Think I ordered online, collect at the door. Think you can phone it in also

Dbu

Got the take away, finish it yourself, offering from Greens last week
While the food tasted really good the portion sizes (especially the beef featherblade ) were tiny.
Nice food, but poor value for money IMO

Oafley Jones

Got the set dinner from Ali's kitchen last week. Superb and excellent value, probably the nicest lasagne I've eaten. Easily the best meal I've had since this whole mess began.

JackieChang

what the hell! wrote: »

Yep they've been open the past few weeks. Can be a bit of a queue sometimes but you might be lucky.

I've never tried their baguettes. Would they be busy of a Saturday? What do you think is the best time to go? After lunch? Or would all the food be gone.

Nicetrustedcup

JackieChang wrote: »

I've never tried their baguettes. Would they be busy of a Saturday? What do you think is the best time to go? After lunch? Or would all the food be gone.

Crazy busy on a Saturday, I was going to get stuff there last week and seen a line of about 12 people at 10am I was like nope it’s nice but I won’t line for 20 mins.

The English market is worse say there is about 200 plus in that line on a Saturday !!!

Black_Knight

JackieChang wrote: »

I've never tried their baguettes. Would they be busy of a Saturday? What do you think is the best time to go? After lunch? Or would all the food be gone.

Open Saturdays, not sure what time, but we've passed the last 2 weeks on a stroll around mid day and maybe a few queuing out the door.

the beer revolu

Nicetrustedcup wrote: »

Crazy busy on a Saturday, I was going to get stuff there last week and seen a line of about 12 people at 10am I was like nope it’s nice but I won’t line for 20 mins.

The English market is worse say there is about 200 plus in that line on a Saturday !!!

I've never queued more than 20 minutes got the market on a Saturday. The queues look worse than they are.

Nicetrustedcup

the beer revolu wrote: »

I've never queued more than 20 minutes got the market on a Saturday. The queues look worse than they are.

They are worse i set and watched it while haveing a coffee last week and it moved 6 people in 15 mins by the main entrance!!!!

You must be paying for the fast pass entrance!!!

the beer revolu

Nicetrustedcup wrote: »

They are worse i set and watched it while haveing a coffee last week and it moved 6 people in 15 mins by the main entrance!!!!

You must be paying for the fast pass entrance!!!

Well, I've queued for the Prince's Street entrance from around the corner by The Wine Buff and it didn't feel more than 20 minutes - didn't time it, though.
Sometimes they enforce the rule regarding single shoppers only, this can dramatically decrease queuing times.

rob316

I can see prices going up on the 29th when restaurants reopen. It just won't be financially feasible with this 2m rule, working at half capacity. Some will sadly never reopen.

the beer revolu

rob316 wrote: »

I can see prices going up on the 29th when restaurants reopen. It just won't be financially feasible with this 2m rule, working at half capacity. Some will sadly never reopen.

That's a tricky one.

I imagine there will be less demand for restaurants, so increasing prices would not be a typical tactic.
However, we just don't know what's going to happen. But, yes, I suspect there will be some closures.

the beer revolu

rob316 wrote: »

I can see prices going up on the 29th when restaurants reopen. It just won't be financially feasible with this 2m rule, working at half capacity. Some will sadly never reopen.

That's a tricky one.

I imagine there will be less demand for restaurants, so increasing prices would not be a typical tactic.
However, we just don't know what's going to happen. But, yes, I suspect there will be some closures.

Water John

roundymac wrote: »

Good Fish have started their take away service in Carrigaline again, Thursday, Friday saturday, had the fish and chips while herself had prawn and chips, very tasty.

Had it up on the tractor yesterday evening, went down fine, but couldn't finish it.

Did I hear Jam is not reopening?

SleetAndSnow

Water John wrote: »

Had it up on the tractor yesterday evening, went down fine, but couldn't finish it.

Did I hear Jam is not reopening?

They are not, ballincollig and hanleys closed sadly

roundymac

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

They are not, ballincollig and hanleys closed sadly

Hanleys was tiny, it was a scrum at the best of times. The one in Kenmare was worse, great food , pity.

limnam

Water John wrote: »

Had it up on the tractor yesterday evening, went down fine, but couldn't finish it.

Did I hear Jam is not reopening?

Jam seemed to be doing very good business.


Good spot there beside VMware. Surprised they're not re-opening.

roundymac

Social distance I would think.

Water John

With a smaller footfall, none of the venues were possibly viable, esp Jam paying rent on all premises.

A shout out for Crust. They did a lot of Feed Our Heroes and it's greatly appreciated. Great food.

the beer revolu

Ichigo Ichie is taking bookings from July.
Social distancing won't affect them as much as many other restaurants as they tend to have the restaurant very sparsely populated at any given time.


In other news, I hear 12 Tables are renaming themselves 3 Tables;)

Luap

Went to Rochestown Park Hotel on Sunday for their drive-thru carvery - very impressed with it, in and out in 5 mins and the carvery is top notch.

leahyl

Anybody know anything about the Barn reopening? They don't have a social media presence so not sure what their plans are. I'd say it won't be too bad having the space between tables, as it's a fairly big restaurant, but they'll have to reduce capacity somewhat, I guess.

the beer revolu

leahyl wrote: »

Anybody know anything about the Barn reopening? They don't have a social media presence so not sure what their plans are. I'd say it won't be too bad having the space between tables, as it's a fairly big restaurant, but they'll have to reduce capacity somewhat, I guess.

I passed there this morning and it looks like there are works going on there - how extensive, I don't know.

leahyl

the beer revolu wrote: »

I passed there this morning and it looks like there are works going on there - how extensive, I don't know.

Yeah, they did the place up over a few years and still seem to have things to complete, so maybe that's what's going on. My parents love the place, so would be nice for them to be able to go for a meal there again.

Seamai

the beer revolu wrote: »

I passed there this morning and it looks like there are works going on there - how extensive, I don't know.

There have been works going on for about 3 years, I live close by. The place is lit up like a Christmas tree every night, so much so that I don't need to put on the bathroom light when going for a pee at 3am

sammyjo90

Orso is back open monday!! (9-3 mon to fri)

Cant fricken wait for click and collect lunches from them. I'm making the most of working from home as i wouldn't be able to get this if i was on site!

the beer revolu

Iyer's are trialing walk-in takeaway today - not just click and collect.

Debub

We haven't eaten food from outside since lock down began, were in Cork y'day and gave in to temptation and got takeaway from Koto - Beef Pho/PadThai. The Pho wasn't like an authentic Pho, but tasty all the same

galaxual

had a horrible salad from roosters piri piri yesterday. the thing was absolutely saturated in dressing and the avocado was rock hard

SleetAndSnow

Got sun of a bun yesterday, was lovely! The chips were only average but the burger was savage. First time getting it.

the beer revolu

Out first takeaway last night (since cv).
Iyer's.
Popped in around 1.30,paid and picked up 15 minutes later. Heated up lovely for dinner.

Really generous portions. We got a meal for 2 for €25 but only ate half of it. Delicious, as always.

Slim Charles

galaxual wrote: »

had a horrible salad from roosters piri piri yesterday. the thing was absolutely saturated in dressing and the avocado was rock hard

There's surely actual salad places open ? Why goto a grilled chicken specialist and get a salad.

LessOutragePlz

Had the teriyaki duck from Koto the other day it is definitely my favorite Asian restaurant by far, can't wait to sample more of their menu.

galaxual

Slim Charles wrote: »

There's surely actual salad places open ? Why goto a grilled chicken specialist and get a salad.

it was a grilled chicken salad. and its not hard to make a proper salad???? i usually go to living salads but its closed sadly

pwurple

So we had 3 take-aways so far during lockdown... or more like 3 cook-at-home efforts.
Glass Curtain, Greenes and Paradiso.

The quality in all 3 was absolutely excellent, and when lockdown finishes, I would be delighted if these places continued some shape of this service. Really well thought out packaging and preparation of the component parts. Even down to using compostable boxes and instructions on the waste. Excellent videos uploaded with really clear instructions and showing how everything is supposed to look as you put it together. Restaurant playlists to go with it. And I think pretty good value. Paradiso was 35 euro for main and dessert for 2 people. Glass curtain and greenes were 40 each. I'd happily repeat that for having friends or family over sometime in the future.

rob316

Fish Wife on grand parade gone, what a shame the food was excellent since they done it up and changed the menu.

Slim Charles

galaxual wrote: »

it was a grilled chicken salad. and its not hard to make a proper salad???? i usually go to living salads but its closed sadly

Thats fair enough, apologies

Samhain

Tried the new Sri Lankan Curry pot place on Popes quay for delivery last night. https://www.just-eat.ie/restaurants-curry-pot-city-centre Very good quality and decent portion sizes. The starters of tuna pattys and fried chicken pieces were particularly good. I ordered the kottu but it wasnt available so got the deviled beef instead which was basically like a stir fry but tasty all the same. They threw in two really good homemade chocolate brownies for the trouble which was a nice touch. Will definitely order again, hopefully they will have to kottu back on the menu next time.

Kerry25x

Anyone know if Tequilla Jack's are back open for takeaways?

Dbu

I hear Cafe Velo on Georges Quay has changed ownership and same source said its becoming a pizzeria

rob316

Dbu wrote: »

I hear Cafe Velo on Georges Quay has changed ownership and same source said its becoming a pizzeria

They have there product on the shelves of Aldi permanently and from what I see its nearly always gone so probably going concentrating on that. They already charge high money for food there, so overheads must be crazy and non viable under social distancing.

pwurple

Dbu wrote: »

I hear Cafe Velo on Georges Quay has changed ownership and same source said its becoming a pizzeria

Are we short pizzerias in Cork?