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The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

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    #92
    Ronan cork
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭Ronan cork


    Has anyone tried "n square" ? New place on Camden quay specialising in steaks and seafood...they did a great job decorating it and spent a lot of money on it( it was a Chinese food store a few years ago). They have pics up on facebook but no menu...


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    #93
    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    Ronan cork wrote: »
    Has anyone tried "n square" ? New place on Camden quay specialising in steaks and seafood...they did a great job decorating it and spent a lot of money on it( it was a Chinese food store a few years ago). They have pics up on facebook but no menu...

    It only opened on Friday night :P

    Looks good, haven't seen the menu yet.

    It's good to see that restaurants are opening up, very much used to seeing them close over the last year or two!


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    #94
    okedoke
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭okedoke


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
    The food was great and maybe they were having an off night or maybe I just expect too much.

    Food was very good and the service was very attentive. Posibly slightly over-attentive with wine refills. Some of the staff did seem to be drafted in at the last minute and didn't appear to be experienced waiting staff though. No real complaints from me though, pity they are closing.
    I did think some of the courses (we had the tasting menu) were a little unimaginative. Pea and mint soup and the celeriac soup were fairly run of the mill - sea bass and pigeon delicious.


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    #95
    BanzaiBk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭BanzaiBk


    Lunch in the Paul Street area, any suggestions? As much as we love Brackens we'd like a change. Reasonable prices a must along with quick enough service. Thanks :)


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    #96
    Dermighty
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    BanzaiBk wrote: »
    Lunch in the Paul Street area, any suggestions? As much as we love Brackens we'd like a change. Reasonable prices a must along with quick enough service. Thanks :)

    Cafebardeli, you'll either love it or hate it. Panfried breast of chicken is excellent. Pasta is ok. Pizzas are really nice. Salads are also good.


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    #97
    BanzaiBk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭BanzaiBk


    Dermighty wrote: »
    Cafebardeli, you'll either love it or hate it. Panfried breast of chicken is excellent. Pasta is ok. Pizzas are really nice. Salads are also good.

    Thanks for the rec' Dermighty. Four of us had lunch last week and it was a very marmite experience as you predicted. Two of us loved our salads and side of breads&dips. Lots of fresh veggies and shredded chicken breast. One went for a pasta dish and it was very oily, almost to the point of being slimey. Lastly a pepperoni pizza tasted a bit off, we weren't sure if it was the cheese or the pepperoni but it definitely tasted odd. We were refunded for the pizza so it wasn't a bad experience overall.


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    #98
    UpCork
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭UpCork


    I know Bully's in the city closed some time ago for refurb, but it seems to be closed a hell of a long time. Is it now gone for good? I used to like it in there, also didn't think it needed a refurb.


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    #99
    deRanged
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    UpCork wrote: »
    I know Bully's in the city closed some time ago for refurb, but it seems to be closed a hell of a long time. Is it now gone for good? .

    it is, they closed the city centre one and the Douglas one is still open.


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    #100
    Milly33
    Registered Users Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭Milly33


    I used to love going to Bullys but they kinda got a bit sloppy...You cant trust them to be consitant...Still would go there for pizza though


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    #101
    Vego
    Registered Users Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Vego


    Electric


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    #102
    UpCork
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭UpCork


    Ah that's a pity. I must say I preferred the one in town to the one in Douglas. Although a few months before they closed they did change their menu which I thought wasn't a great idea - as I thought it changed for the worst


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    #103
    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    I have never worked in a restaurant and I don't know any restaurant owners but I'd say owning and running one is hard!

    So many subtle changes can **** a place up for the customers, I used to frequently (twice a week) have dinner in a restaurant in town, and I always ordered the same dishes every time and at one stage they changed the ingredients to lower quality stuff and I stopped going there, it was horrible.

    Wagamama did the same, I went in one day and got a dish of greasy dark meat instead of the usual breast meat chicken I got there before. Dark meat is grand, but I don't like it and paying 16 euro for a plate of drumstick scrapings isn't really my idea of dining out.

    That being said some of them just don't get it. It's hard to look at it from a customers perspective when you're talking about your own place, I don't mind paying a premium if the quality is good, many places change either the price or the quality and usually the quality to be honest.


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    #104
    stolenlaptop
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭stolenlaptop


    I'm sick of CafeBarDeli. Anywhere else that has good food for cheap?


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    #105
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Ketchup Grill is lovely - on Paul Street where Bullys used to be. They have really nice burgers and chips for under a tenner, they have other stuff as well - worth a try:)


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    #106
    54kroc
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    Penny Dinners might be worth a shot.


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    #107
    curly from cork
    Registered Users Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭curly from cork


    stolenlaptop wrote: »
    I'm sick of CafeBarDeli. Anywhere else that has good food for cheap?


    The old oak is very reasonable for lunch, menu limited, but grand.staff easy going.service good.


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    #108
    gimmick
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    Wow, another restaurant thread :rolleyes:


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    #109
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,759 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Try Casa Roma - it's been getting some good reviews on here and on tripadvisor lately:D:D

    Or on a more serious note, The Bierhalle, Popes Quay is very good value.


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    #110
    [Deleted User]
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    Zaks, Marlboro Street is not too bad.


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    #111
    Backn5mins
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Backn5mins


    Cavanaghs bar does whopping great sandwiches at lunch time.
    Also there's a restaurant called the dining room in the Paul St shopping centre that offers great value. I've only ever had breakfast there, but what afeed! A huge full irish with free coffee refills all for only €6.50. I believe they also do a substantial lunch menu for around a tenner. Unfortunately they don't do evening meals.
    Finally, if you cross the footbridge at the bottom of the coal quay to the northside, go up the narrow steps all the way to the top, there's a fine restaurant just beside the firkin crane. Can't remember the name but the fare is good. Also try SOHO bar on the grand parade for evening meals. Good daycent grub that won't break the bank!


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    #112
    Gamb!t
    Registered Users Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Gamb!t


    Tonys bistro -all you can eat buffet.
    Never ate there but heard its ok ?


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    #113
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    Am going for a short break to Cork City from Monday to Wednesday next week.

    Just wondering, can you tell me about a decent restaurant in the City Centre?

    Decent in terms of not too overcrowded, not too expensive and good portions.

    Thanks :)


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    #114
    Gamb!t
    Registered Users Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Gamb!t


    Any particular type Italian,French,Irish etc ?


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    #115
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    Gamb!t wrote: »
    Any particular type Italian,French,Irish etc ?

    Italian, Greek or Irish will do me well :)

    And it should be open either Monday or Tuesday


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    #116
    Firegaurd
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Firegaurd


    il padrino italian restaurant on Cook St. is the best italian by a mile in the city, important to book even on a week night


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    #117
    hulkeverton
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭hulkeverton


    Strasbourg Goose for best value


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    #118
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    Firegaurd wrote: »
    il padrino italian restaurant on Cook St. is the best italian by a mile in the city, important to book even on a week night

    NOOOOOOOO!!!! Hell NO! NOT Il Padrino!!!! Awful food, worse service.

    Strasbourg Goose is nice. But for me, it's gotta be the Market Lane in Oliver Plunkett St. Unbeatable food and great value.


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    #119
    nightster1
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭nightster1


    Lars1916 wrote: »
    Am going for a short break to Cork City from Monday to Wednesday next week.

    Just wondering, can you tell me about a decent restaurant in the City Centre?

    Decent in terms of not too overcrowded, not too expensive and good portions.

    Thanks :)

    The cornstore, consistently good


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    #120
    superhooper
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭superhooper


    Star Anise bridge street for me. Nice bars close by for afters...http://staranise.ie/


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    #121
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    I think Scoozie's is lovely, its always busy but its good value and the food is gorgeous. Luigi Malone's is another great one, and the newly reopened Kethner's just off Paul St. comes to mind too.


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