Boojum

Seaneh wrote: »

1) There is no lettuce
2) They wouldn't recommend it being reheated, but it *should* be grand.

Eh, i had lettuce in mine last Friday!

They usually offer me lettuce and guac in a veggie burrito to beef it up as much as possible.

Yeah they asked us if we wanted lettuce as well.

Popped in after work yesterday evening to try it out and was well impressed. Went for the shredded beef burrito and it was damn tasty! Really good quality "clean" food.
The staff are dead sound, go through the different options with you and let you taste the sauces and that first to see if you'll like it.

Casual set up, in and out within 15-20mins, great service and lovely upbeat staff. Will def be back to try out the rest of the menu.

We got 2 burritos and 2 drinks for €15 and were stuffed after it! Great value.

thesandeman wrote: »

Probably depends on the sauce. I guess it's in the Roja anyway.

Don't forget the guacamole and sometimes refried beans have garlic salt or flavouring. The black beans would be a better bet, but I'd ask first.

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Is there garlic in the food? Crazy though it sounds, Mr O'Bumble is intolerant of garlic ... tis amazing how much it gets in to.

From what the manager was saying to me on the opening day, they prepare everything fresh each morning. So they'd know exactly what goes into each!

Going tomorrow for father's day .

I think the guacamole and fresh salsa are big factors. I could eat warm tortilla chips and fresh salsa for days.

I could see grabbing a negro modelo and some chips and guac more often than grabbing a burrito.

Actually, anyone try one of their margaritas yet?

Along the same lines as Mrs OBumbles garlic question, is it possible to 'make your own'? I'm a total non-believer in the humble onion and therefore don't want it within a mile of my food. Possible?

seosamh1980 wrote: »

Ate there yesterday, no onions in mine anyway, if they were in the salsa I certainly didn't notice. Burrito was SO good, we ordered a decent amount of food and two beers and it came to €25, not bad at all. The burrito was so heavy!!

How in the name of Jaysus/Allah/Whoever did you manage to get 19quids worth of Burritos into ye?? Nobody I know has left there without being full after a regular 6euro feed.
Met a mate of mine yesterday evening who never stops eating and he had quarter of his meal in a doggie bag 'cos he couldn't finish it.

Ficheall wrote: »

I could have eaten a second burrito, they were very delicious and not quite as big as La Salsa's. Lovely staff too, though I don't know if their "production chain" at the counter is the most efficient. Will definitely eat there again.

How could it be any more efficient? It passes from the tortilla/rice/beans one to the meat/veg one to the salsas/cheeses one to the till, pretty damn impressive.

ben.schlomo wrote: »

How could it be any more efficient? It passes from the tortilla/rice/beans one to the meat/veg one to the salsas/cheeses one to the till, pretty damn impressive.

That does sound pretty efficient, I'll grant you, and will admit my assessment was wrong then.
My order went one person taking out the tortilla, the next putting all the food on it, and then two people at the till. It's entirely possible that my order was just at a changeover time or something though. I'll have to go in a few more times to double-check :P

The Belcher wrote: »

Where exactly is this place folks? Can you get a takeaway or is it tables and chairs only? Apologies if this has already been mentioned just in the door from work and I speed read the thread. I assume it's an easy going casual sort of a place to eat?

From having walked past the place on the other side of the road it is either in the same premises as BKs was or in the premises next to it. Glad that premises has become something good since BKs used to be pretty great.

I need to try the place out now, think I only noticed it cos I'd gone from sitting at the Spanish Arch waiting for an event to start in the Townhouse to going and checkingout work on what I assume is the new film centre. I'd seen cranes above the museum and figured that must be the location, about time they got that finished if it's still underway.

Finally went today with the family for lunch. I ended up getting the pork burrito. There was a bit of a strange flavour in the meat like nutmeg which wasn't quite right. But that said, this was the best mexican food I've had in Ireland (including my own). The mexican rice, pinto beans, cheese and sour cream were perfect options. There was a nuclear green chili sauce which went great with it too. My wife had the chicken fajita which, as far as we could tell, was exactly the same as the burrito except she also got peppers and onion in hers. The kids split chicken tacos and the meat in them was really nice.

We ordered chips and guacamole plus chips and salsa as I wanted to try everything. The tomato salsa was really bland but the roja salsa was good and the guacamole was excellent.

A few things to note:

1. cash only
2. margarita machine hasn't arrived yet (which makes me picture a slushy machine of green goodness)
3. they didn't have negro modelo or dos equis but did have some surprises like anchor steam and blue moon. I do hope they get their mexican beer supply sorted.

All in all well impressed. Looking forward to trying the shredded beef next time.

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

First bad review: what is with a takeaway that closes at 6pm on sunday evening?

The staff were apologetic and keen to tell me that they are open again at 11:30 tomorrow ... no use to me for dinner though!

Their loss, Da Tang's gain.

Boojum does. It states it clearly on their website and Facebook page.

newkie wrote: »

All in all well impressed. Looking forward to trying the shredded beef next time.

Tbh, I had the shredded beef and the shredded pork. Neither is particularly nice (quite bland) nor very hot (just warm).
Note that as usual this is in my opinion, you might think its yum.
On the other hand the chili con carne was very good, not to mention the cubed chorizo which was amazing.

Of the sauces on the tables I have only good reviews, none is particularly hot if you're used to spicy food. The green jalapeno sauce is lovely and I must have used half a bottle in one of the tacos
Beware of this Habanero sauce though, it's very tasty but effing hot (as it says on the bottle lol)

Lol, been twice and got the 3 tacos with different fillings

Another note, if you get the mild salsa in a burrito it's quite watery and will drip from the foil pack.
Not a biggie, just remember to grab some tissues and put underneath so you don't get any on your clothes.

I'd have to say I was a bit disappointed too when I found them closed this evening. Yep the times are on the facebook, but in my head I though 'surely it can't be closed at 6 if it (semi) fast food. I'm not used to looking up fast food times on facebook tbh! :P
Fair enough the times are stated, but I think it's more than Mrs O'Bumble that would have made the assumption of a later opening. 4 people wandered up and were 'ah feic' same as me, staring in the window, at what we all thought was 'dinner time'.
Oh well.
Anticipation!:D

Yep i second the beef, had it in my first one and was damn tasty.

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not a take away like Supermacs or your local chip shop. It's more specialist and caters at a different market.

It doesn't matter what kind of restaurant or take away I'm heading to, if I've never been there before I take the 5 seconds to check online and ensure it's open. I don't assume it will be and then come on boards and make out that it's somehow the places fault for not being able to cater to when I want to eat.

Fully agree, i was dying for one after work and said id check FB first cos had a feeling they might not open late on Sundays for some reason, man was it my loss.

Seems like the strange hours are a policy in all their shops (think I queried it earlier in the thread). It must work for them. Probably keeps the staff happy as well.

thesandeman wrote: »

Seems like the strange hours are a policy in all their shops (think I queried it earlier in the thread). It must work for them. Probably keeps the staff happy as well.

Their footfall crowd in Dublin would be very different to here. Their walk-by lunch trade is the biggest. Not sure about Belfast, I haven't been to that one. Fair enough if it's a company thing, we'll get used to it Although I'm sure they will get a lot of comments from disappointed walkups.