Restaurant Recommendation Thread - Anyone for seconds?

Ate in Rossini's recently, food was nice enough and good service but the place could do with a lick of paint, it's quite dated and lots of stains etc.

Anyone tried the Green Room in the Crawford ? I'd know the guys from The Brasserie and Docklands, but hearing mixed reviews on this one

4 of us got pizza from Burnt yday - all had soggy bottoms.. v v disappointing.. we had to use a fork for most part of em..

thats not pizza to me.. other's wer v sad also. grr..

taste was good but if I am having pizza I expect to be eat it by hand at least - in some shape or form - v sad pizza

That looks nice, their menu is interesting, very reasonably priced also as you say.

That's good to hear about Pigalle.

They have a new head chef.

Oh no, Mark Ahern is gone from Pigalle? disaster, he already broke my heart once when house cafe closed...

GDD is on my avoid list, they are sanctimonious af in there. The staff member gave my pal a snotty eyeroll and lecture when she asked if they had a bit of avocado to go with egg on toast she could give to a weaning baby. They told us all about how avocado's come from too far away and they only source locally. Meanwhile they serve other imports blissfully, like coffee, tea, aleppo chillis, chickpeas, and I don't know where their "cashew cheese" is coming from, but it ain't Ireland. I don't give a monkeys if they don't choose to serve an avocado, it's their cafe, but I have no interest in the side salad of hypocrisy.

Obviously, I wasn't there and sometimes tone is everything, but one thing I would say is that it is normal and good practice to repeat the order back to the person ordering. Should the waiter repeat it back incorrectly as per the customer's pronunciation?

yeah I went to GDD once - never again... fish tacos - portions tiny - tacos wer gross to my palate.. we had to pay for ketchup.. and staff wer not nice.. staunch atmosphere.. shudder.. brr...

It's mad how unpopular gdd appears to be here, yet from what I hear, it's packed out the door constantly.

Haven't been since before covid but my memory was that I liked it but found it a bit pricey. IIRC, the fish tacos were around €15 then. They are €21.50 now.

Food prices for eating out have really increased in 3 years. That's a typical increase.

I'm another who only went to GDD once.

The room and the garden are fantastic but the menu wasn't to my taste and it is out of my way in terms of location.

If the menu had been more to my taste I would certainly have got over the location and gone back again, but it just wasn't doing it for me compared to other available options.

Now, if Mark Ahern brings along a menu comparable with what he did in House Cafe and Pigalle, I will have no problem whatsoever dragging myself out of my way up there.

The other pity in terms of his move from Pigalle to GDD is the loss of night time dining, my circumstances just dont allow for as many lunches out these days.

I suppose maybe I should have explained myself better on both counts.

Yes Pigalle will continue to have nighttime dining but it will be without Mark Ahern. Marks menu will now only be available during the day, unless of course GDD alter their opening hours.

My comment about my circumstances is that i have kids in tow during the day and only tend to get out in the evenings. This means that i wont be able to avail of Marks menu as much anymore as he wont be doing night times in GDD.

The location also needs to be taken into account when hauling 3 kids, including buggy, around. It takes about 5 mins to even get from the front door of Nano Nagle all the way up to GDD with a buggy as you need to take 2 different lifts and go a different longer route. Google puts the fountain on grand parade to nano nagle at another 5 mins but with kids this can easily come to 10 mins or more given the most direct routes have steps so the buggy cant go that way. So it could easily be a 15 or more minute journey for me each way, with a pack of moany kids, which is very much within the realms of "out of my way", given as i stated the menu isnt to my taste and there are better options in town.

Finally if you reread by post, i clearly state "out of my way" in both instances. "My way" not as you quoted "the way". I can understand it is not out the way for many many people but as above it is "out of my way". It is a subtle but important difference.

Last time family had breakfast together, was in 12 Tables. All six were very happy.

Went to Stew Store in Douglas Shopping centre today and got the Rogan Josh. Absolutely scrumptious and delicious, although was still a bit hungry after it for €13. It was the medium portion. There's a larger one for €15.

Went to 12 tables today on rec from here. I had the black pudding rostie, and OH had the Ballycotton. I found mine very very sweet but OH was 10/10. Proper coffee too.

As regards sound, yes, it was amplified indoors and hard to hear the staff, but it was people noise, I'd much prefer that than music in my ear. Had booked a table for indoors, outdoors looked very cheap and plastic-holiday setting.

Will definitely go again.