Drogheda Restaurant Reviews

You can make yourself a nice pizza without using cheese.
Pizza base, nice rich pizza sauce and toppings of your choice.

JethroC wrote: »

Can someone suggest a good chinese takeaway in Drogheda?

Also, from my limited online searching as far as I can tell there's nowhere that sells burritos/tex-mex in Drogheda.
Is that correct?

I enjoy the grub from Kitchen Legend - you can order online via their own app.
Bamboo Gate in Southgate - it was run by the people who used to run Woks Cooking (don't know if it's still run by them)

Mala on Dominic street the best salt and pepper goodness in the town

It’s not a restaurant but it is a take away and qualifies in these times , the wee BBQ Chuck wagon at Mc Governs garage at killineer is top class.
All cooked fresh ribs, burgers proper big hotdogs hence a wee wait, and free coffee..
One of the best takeaway teas our family had in months.
Highly recommend.

moonshadow wrote: »

It’s not a restaurant but it is a take away and qualifies in these times , the wee BBQ Chuck wagon at Mc Governs garage at killineer is top class.
All cooked fresh ribs, burgers proper big hotdogs hence a wee wait, and free coffee..
One of the best takeaway teas our family had in months.
Highly recommend.

Can you order ahead?

whelan2 wrote: »

Can you order ahead?

Yes we did.

Had Supercod this evening. Went for the plain old fresh cod and chips. €9.50 for fish, chips, and sauce but no drink included. It was nice. Will definitely be going again.

Tried funky fish along the quays at the weekend.
Got cod n chips, good portion, nice batter but the fish tasted as though it was in the depths of a freezer for a year! The missus got a burger n said it was lovely, chips were nice too.
There's a new fish place on peter st I'll give a go. After that it's clogherhead pier or nothing!

prionnsias wrote: »

There’s a new fish and chip wagon out at the beach in Clogherhead, beside the lifeboat station, It’s very good. The one down by the pier hasn’t opened this year or last for some reason.

Yeah sell 99's as well, €3 last Sunday for a 99 !

whelan2 wrote: »

We went last night. 3 fish and chips €30. Now it was nice but a tad expensive

I would have thought €10 was standard, tbf.....it's €12.95 for a fresh cod and chips in Leo Burdocks.

I don't mind paying €10 if I think it's good value, I think the one at the pier was €10 too but you'd have to wait 30 mins which made it completely not worth it.

Just out of curiosity, does the one on the beech package in paper/card or sytrofoam?

Anyone tried Song & Jenn at the back of McHugh's?

Lord TSC wrote: »

Hit up the Fisherman’s Catch chip van today, out in clogherhead. Mainly after reading constant recommendations for the place on here.

God, it was awesome. €10 for two lovely, perfectly cooked pieces of fish and a fair decent serving of chips. (€6 for a half size portion). Took it off to a nearby picnic table overlooking the port. Really quaint and a really nice afternoon out. Can absolutely understand the hype people have given it on here.

(I’ll ignore the sewage truck that was parked outside and absolutely stunk. I get that isn’t their fault but I’ll want to go again when I’m not being gassed out of it, lol).

I went down expecting it to be a basic chipper level of battered fish but it was perfectly cooked. I’d have been thrilled if I got such a nice piece of fish in a “proper” restaurant.

Ice cream from the Porthole desert place next door were nice too. A perfect day out and only wish I’d tried it out earlier in the pandemic.

If it's any consolation to you, it was closed for most of the pandemic and has just reopened recently. So you didn't miss anything!

We booked a table in Hops on the “hottest day of the year” for 6pm.

We arrived a few minutes early and the outdoor space was busy with people drinking (most) and eating (some).

A big outdoor screen had been set up and the football was on, lovely.

We managed to find a quiet table which was away from the screen and most of the noise.

We made our choices and sat for a few minutes, nobody came near us so I asked a passing waitress if we could place our orders.

The waitress took our order and asked if “we’d like to pay now?”

Somewhat taken aback we said we’d pay when we were finished eating if that was ok.
It was.

She didn’t take the menus away for some reason so I moved them to an empty table beside us.

I feared the worst, but surprisingly our first course (patatas bravas) arrived within 10 mins.

It was fine, a large portion (enough for two) of cubed potatoes with chorizo.

As we waited for our mains you could see plenty of people asking for menus and drinks.

A couple of people were chasing waitresses asking “where’s my steak??” too!

The onsite entertainment was provided by our waitress coming out of the kitchen with plates of food and not having a notion where the food was supposed to go.

She just sort of wandered around hoping to make eye contact with someone who might have ordered the food she was carrying.

She was usually successful after a lap or two.

Also nice to see some of the staff wearing masks, on their chins.

We made eye contact with our waitress and got our mains (rib eye steak & scampi) about 15 mins after our starter which wasn’t bad in fairness.

Mrs ox asked for some tartare sauce and vinegar, the waitress looked at her and said “tartare sauce and vinegar??”

(The scampi was supposed to come with “home made” tartare sauce)

We got the sauce but were told there was no vinegar in the restaurant “due to brexit”

When we saw the scampi we both looked at each other and said “findus!”

The waitress present me with my “medium cooked” steak (no steak knife)
I’d asked for medium-rare but by this stage I was too distressed to speak.

The scampi was pretty bad but I have to say the steak was delicious, with a lovely pepper sauce on the side.

We asked for and received the bill but no-one came near us to take payment so I went inside and paid by card.

“Running away” was briefly discussed, I don’t think anyone would have noticed either way.

No-one asked us “how was your meal?” or “is everything ok for you?” at any time.

There seemed to be plenty of staff around but very little in the way of organisation.

I’ll put the scatterbrain service down to lack of training & poor leadership but no way will I be eating there ever again.

furiousox wrote: »

I’ll put the scatterbrain service down to lack of training & poor leadership but no way will I be eating there ever again.

I don't know the place but are you being a bit harsh? Many establishments are trying outdoor dining for the first time and may have changed menu's and certainly table layouts to suit. I'd be surprized if staff are not a bit 'dizzy' for the first week or two.

Went to The Forge Field Coffee shop yesterday for breakfast. Was just lovely! Busy enough for a Monday morning but plenty of space between the tables. We were in the greenhouse area so it was grand and warm as there was a breeze out. Food delicious as always and service great.

furiousox wrote: »

Perhaps, but looking at the online reviews this isn't a recent issue for them, plenty of complaints about haphazard service going back a year or two.
I have to say the rib-eye was very tasty so I might give Goodwins steak house a try next time.

I was in Goodwin's for Sunday lunch on 2 occasions late last year (when indoor dining was allowed), and I have to be honest, I wasn't impressed by the service (food was fine). I felt the tables were too close both times. On our first visit, we had to go and find a waitress to take our order, and when she did come to the table, she pulled down the mask to talk to us! I watched her do the same at other tables, it wasn't just at ours.
On our second visit we had to ask the manager where our food was, it took so long to serve our main course. People who had come in after us were served before us.
I won't be rushing back.

The Valley was packed last weekend.

Booked out all day Sunday; no walk-ins!

Tango reopening shortly under new management.