Restaurant Recommendation Thread - Anyone for seconds?

@leahyl The pics really are handy there, thanks for adding, wish every poster did that!

Is that hollandaise on poachies in your pic? I'm a bit of fusspot about hollandaise being real (egg yolks with butter etc) and not the fake thing some places do with heating mayo and stirring mustard in or buying bottled imitation hollandaise. Doesn't look the right colour to be the real deal, but could be light in your pic. I'd forgive frozen chips, bottled OJ and pale toast, all are grand for me, fake sauce is my line. What did you think, real deal?

What is that white layer layered into the brownie in the second pic? Or was it just packed with something creamy?

Also i went to black rock Sunday market yesterday.

The sultan stall is a complete rip off. €11 for a wrap. I got a "Tunisian chicken skewers" thinking it was going to be actual skewers with some salad and bread etc. It was just a miserable wrap, and a tiny one at that. For €11. The "mixed salad" was just a country veg mix. Carrots, peas, corn... Didn't feel like i was eating Tunisian cuisine.

Probably the biggest ripoff I've ever had at any farmers market. Stay away from Sultan.

Maybe it's just me, but when someone posts a pic of food they've had and how delicious they thought it was, it seems extremely rude for another poster to pick apart the dish finding several faults with it.

"I can forgive the......." Seriously?

Their Marina Market stall is okay, I have their kebab wrap every so often which is a pretty decent feed. Their restaurant is probably the only decent shisha place in Cork and did BYOB last time I was there.

Cheap and mid priced food has gone up a lot over the last 2 years. What was €8 or €9 a couple of years ago is €12 or €13 now. It's everywhere, not just MM

Higher end restaurants don't seem to have increased much as far as I can see.

I was at the food truck gathering in Wilton at lunch time & got some grub from Spice Genie, very good I must say. Not surprised he won food truck of the year. €10 for a good amount of lunch also.

The person I was meeting was telling me how the Anglers Rest wasn't great for Sunday lunch as he took his parents there & the different orders arrived ~10 mins aparts with some having hot meat with cold spuds & veg. At least they admitted the mistake & didn't charge for the people who got the cold food. He did say it looks great there however!

I've heard poor reports from the Anglers lately, which is a shame with their setting. However, I've no time for places that offer free food and endless drink to local 'celebrity' influencers just so they are included in their media pages.

Went to Gabriel House for brunch today and it was delicious! Had eggs Benedict and was probably one of the tastiest I’ve had. We sat out the back overlooking the city - absolutely beautiful day of course! They have hens and a greenhouse out the back also. Thought it was good value at 12.50, we had cornflakes also, could have had the usual yogurt, fruit, pastries, bread as well. They had the full Irish, mini Irish, omelette, pancakes, scrambled eggs on the menu also. Looking forward to going back!

It’s a guesthouse and they’ve only recently started doing breakfast/brunch for non-residents, as far as I know! I would recommend! They serve until midday

Yeah, I don’t like the traditional muffin at all - I’ve only ever had eggs benny on a muffin once and the muffin wasn’t toasted…it was not good lol. I love when they use sourdough which they did in Gabriel House. They served a little of their own relish also, probably made using their tomatoes in the greenhouse!

was just gonna say that..

@leahyl - looks and sounds fab.. I am on it like a bonnet.. v precious about my eggs as we have mate who rears his own hens.. and they are v happy hens if you know what I mean,.. so the bench mark is high

That's a shame. It's a pity they wouldn't try increasing prices first rather than cutting corners or closing.

During the pandemic fish and chips takeaway prices went from around €8 to around €13. If costs have increased again, I'm not sure the customer would sustain it.

I did like The Fish Wife for a good while until I got some really not very fresh fish from them. When I contacted them about it, they read my messages and declined to reply.

They are at about €13 now, how much are people going to pay for fish and chips from a takeaway?

I wasn't long ago it was €8/9, if you effectively double it people are not going to buy. How many things will you pay double for that's aren't a necessity?

Commercial gas and electric prices are going to close down alot of these chippers in the next few months and there is just no sign of relief on the horizon so its pointless thinking you can hold on and absorb some of these costs in the short term.