Is Hardwood Restaurant still open?

TeletextPear

Does anyone know if Hardwood Restaurant on Pope's Quay is still going? Trying to book for this weekend but their website is down and the phone number on Menupages doesn't ring.

Knasher

No. It is being converted into some sort of cafe and I don't think it has reopened yet. No idea if it is still the same management or if it will still do the same sort of food.

TeletextPear

Cheers Knasher, guess I'll have to put my thinking cap on for somewhere else to go!

Barr

Darn they did a really good earlybird deal

Oafley Jones

Knasher wrote: »

No. It is being converted into some sort of cafe and I don't think it has reopened yet. No idea if it is still the same management or if it will still do the same sort of food.

It's been taken over by Dave from the Bierhaus, it'll be turned into a bierhalle apparently.

miss_shadow

Yay! was a kip imo

leahyl

miss_shadow wrote: »

Yay! was a kip imo

It sure was! They served me salmon that was raw in the middle and when I went to send it back the waiter said "that's how we cook it"!!!! Ah NO! Never in my entire life have I been served a piece of salmon in a restaurant where it is raw in the middle! And funnily enough my friend also had the salmon and hers was cooked through.

They took the salmon back and cooked the same piece through and then brought it back out to me!! I think they had notions in there to be honest, they weren't very nice and the menu was EXTREMELY overpriced.

Needless to say I was very disappointed with the main so decided not to have one of the 8e desserts:eek::eek:

FTGFOP

Oafley Jones wrote: »

It's been taken over by Dave from the Bierhaus, it'll be turned into a bierhalle apparently.

Oh.
My.
God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyR1BCfG3PY

DDEBSTER

Ya it's annoying had a voucher as a present & rang up to book a table couple of weeks ago & no answer & found out it had closed. Was hoping it would re-open but seems Like it ain't so that's fairly **** now that I can use my voucher : (

darkdubh

leahyl wrote: »

It sure was! They served me salmon that was raw in the middle and when I went to send it back the waiter said "that's how we cook it"!!!! Ah NO! Never in my entire life have I been served a piece of salmon in a restaurant where it is raw in the middle! And funnily enough my friend also had the salmon and hers was cooked through.

They took the salmon back and cooked the same piece through and then brought it back out to me!! I think they had notions in there to be honest, they weren't very nice and the menu was EXTREMELY overpriced.

Needless to say I was very disappointed with the main so decided not to have one of the 8e desserts:eek::eek:

The guy with the ponytail,not sure if he was the manager or not,was a complete knob.

son of bofh

TeletextPear wrote: »

Cheers Knasher, guess I'll have to put my thinking cap on for somewhere else to go!

I too, was a fan of Hardwood forced to look elsewhere. Ate in Fenn's Quay last week. Fair value Taste of Cork menu. Absolutely stuffed and food tasted as good as it looked. Avoid Boardwalk and Brasserie - overpriced and as much atmosphere as the Moon.

leahyl

son of bofh wrote: »

I too, was a fan of Hardwood forced to look elsewhere. Ate in Fenn's Quay last week. Fair value Taste of Cork menu. Absolutely stuffed and food tasted as good as it looked. Avoid Boardwalk and Brasserie - overpriced and as much atmosphere as the Moon.

Totally agree about Boardwalk - completely overhyped but I've heard great things about Club Brasserie (was planning to go there soon myself).What was the food like?

Nielo

leahyl wrote: »

They served me salmon that was raw in the middle and when I went to send it back the waiter said "that's how we cook it"!!!! Ah NO! Never in my entire life have I been served a piece of salmon in a restaurant where it is raw in the middle! And funnily enough my friend also had the salmon and hers was cooked through.

They took the salmon back and cooked the same piece through and then brought it back out to me!!

salmon and tuna can be cooked as steaks, depending on your taste.
most restaurants around here overcook everything. I'm tired of ordering steaks "very rare" and always getting them "well done"

Hardwood was one of the best restaurants in Cork and if they did the salmon like that sure there was a reason. You wouldn't go and complain about raw salmon on a sushi bar

miss_shadow

But it wasn't a sushi bar :rolleyes: it also probably came with warm veg aswell. raw fish and warm veg doesn't taste that nice.