Restaurant Guide

strangeloop wrote:

I was at Boticellis' last week, service was good, food was plain. Won't be going again. I'm seriously beginning to wonder if there is any good Italian restaurants in Dublin city.

Yes, Enzos on Fairview Strand is excellent.

fran wrote:

Blub2k4

I have also been to Da Enzos on Fairview.

It is a great little Trattoria style restaurant. I liked the way they give you the small appetizer and then the ice cream between the two courses, I was very impressed with this place.

I am not trying to be smart but I saved myself €24.00 there using the ezyliving guide, only last Thursday night.

Seriously for all your restaurant goers check it out. www.ezyliving.ie

I have discovered some great restaurants in it, that I never knew even existed.

Also Lisa Trattoria Restaurant over in Terenure is a lovely spot. Excellent Italian Food. Highly recommended by the Italian Embassy......

Hi Fran, yes I have to admit that this place was a good find, was not overly expensive and I was very impressed with the sorbets between courses to clean the pallette. I used to work in the restaurant trade as a waiter and have done a bit of cooking too so consider myself pretty hard to please but this place was definitely a good un on my list.

Hey Fran

I have come across that ezyliving guide through our social club at work. I have used it a couple of times so far and already it has paid for itself and saved me some money - all good in my book! . We used it in prima donna one night, great place if you want some music and atmosphere. Also planning on trying a couple of the activities

Dublin

been loadsa times to:

Da Pino
best pizza in dublin. Lovely spag bol. apparently the paella is fab too. VERY reasonable.

Zaytoon
best kebabs in dublin. nice atmosphere for a 'fast food' place.

Acupulco
best nachos. some of the mains are nice, some aren't great.


been a couple of times to:

IFI - bar/restaurant
great food, nice atmosphere, extremely cheap!

Odessa
great nachos, mains are ok, nice relaxed atmoshpere downstairs, early bird menu is good value.


been once to:

Siam Thai
tasty food, but very pricey (mains are 19 plus an extra 3 quid for rice..)

Steps of Rome
Did the 7.80 early bird, while it wasn't terrible, the food was just too salty and the pasta too bland and overcooked. Wouldn't go back.

Salamanca
Yummy tapas. Recommended.

The Market Bar
Interesting bar food menu. Food wasn't as great as it sounded on the menu, but very reasonable.

FXB
Good value early bird. Pretty good food.

Cafe-Bar-Deli
Pretty decent food, nothing spectacular. Good value. (no bookings)

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Waterford

been loadsa times to:

Tuk Tuk Thai
very tasty and reasonably priced (tiger prawns in red curry is my fave). Recommended!

Haricots
wholefood restaurant. Can be very good. Was disappointed once or twice tho.


been once to:

La Palma
Didn't think it lived up to the hype. Overpriced.

Chez K's
Food was pretty good - nothing spectacular. Did the early bird which was good value.

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Galway

been once to:

Couch potatas
good food, very reasonable, HUGE portions.

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Cork

been once to:

Bully's (Douglas)
The food was good but not great. Average prices

Eco-Douglas (Douglas)
Gorgeous food. Very reasonable.

I went out to the Pink Elephant Thai Restaurant in Swords last night. It was lovely. Though obviously being Monday night, there wasn't many people in the restaurant but the food and the service was good. I would recommend the Massaman Curry - It was Truely Scrumptous!!!!

Oh yeah Of course I used my ezyliving guide and saved more money. €15.00 this time!!

Dusty14 You have the Ezyliving guide, would you recommend any other restaurant?

Has anyone else used the it???

Check out www.ezyliving.ie - Oh if you type in 'BOI' as the discount code you will get a discount, should be €25.00. I bought it through my work social club and got the discount.

fran wrote:

The Montague restaurant is a French Style Brasserie. I have been to it before using the Ezyliving guide. Great value. I saved €20.00 off my bill. I will definitely go back.

PS: anyone who eats out alot should check out www.ezyliving.ie offers great discounts in restaurants and activities in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow.
If you want to eat out, save money but don't necessarily want to go early the ezyliving guide is ideal. I got it through my work social club for €25.00

2 questions:

The Montague phone number doesn't work. Hasn't for a week or two now. Is it closed down? I'm not around that area so I can't go by and check. Any help here would be great cos I planned on trying it this friday night for the early bird!

The Eazyliving scheme - what's the deal with it? I see it's good but the website has confused the hell outa me. There's a guide and a card. Do you buy both? Are both limited to 1 visit per restaurant? And why does the card work for 'formal' restaurants only?! Is there some distincion between the geographical location of most restaurants and the small list of those under formal? The more I look the more confused I get.

Thanks in advance.

Indian Food - Meghna Tandoori, Terenure. - I have eaten in many many Indians both at home and abroad, as its my favorite food and this is the best and most consistent. Not your fancy pants trendy Indian like, Jaipur, vermillion, Shalimar, poppadum etc...this is normal Indian....madras, dopiaza, dansak, bhunas, tikka masala etc

Thai Food - Thai House in Dalkey or Baan Thai in Ballsbridge - Again I'm a big big fan of Thai food and have tried them all in this city and found these two to be the best although its a long long time since i was in Diep le Shaker and would like to revisit. Diep Noodle in ranalagh is another favorite.

Italian Food - Antica Venezia in Ranalagh, Cafe Topolis in Parliamant st or Nico's in dame street. All excellent

Chinese Food - Quality in the Good World in dame street is always good. Kites was also excellent on a recent visit and Furama in Donnybrook is also very good.

Mexican Food - Acapulco, although there's not a lot of competition in Dublin.

Japanese Food - Wagamama, South King Street.

Vietnamese - Ho Sen in temple bar is the only one i know of and it was crap on my recent visit

General - Luigi Malones in temple bar is a good all rounder or FXB's too.


Jesus I eat too much.... :eek:

Bri wrote:

Went to Alamo in Temple Bar. Great Mexican, really enjoyed the Qusedillas (sp?) for starters and took the surf and turf as recommended. Staff were friendly enough. Unfortunately my chair was broken but I swapped it myself. No big deal as Mexican food is generally alot more relaxed.

Only complaint would be the proximity to everyone else!

Still very much recommended.

I am going for a meal this Saturday in Buclody Co. Wexford a restaurand called Cafe' Mediterrano.
Has anyone else been there

Hey Fran / Bri, The Montague is alive and kickin was there again on thursday evenin and was quite busy! They have changed the menu's as well with a new early bird, but I was too late so had a John Dory special, I was Billy no mates but enjoyed it none the less!!! Got a business card from 'Tony' (should I put the number up here or is there rules against that?)

Mongolian BBQ: Agreed - great concept, good fun and reasonable. But limited service, etc. They only had 1 starter available - which really wasn't worth it considering there was a buffet waiting! The deserts were poor. My 'sorbet' was basically badly defrosted bland ice-cream and I couldn't even start eating it. Had to return it I'm afraid. But I did enjoy the main course idea alot. One for yourself and a gang of mates not a special night!

macG: Great to hear it's still open. I might try go this weekend. Would you mind putting up the number - I don't think it's against rules - because it would be handy to have. Sorry never eaten in Fredrick St.

Thanks!

Montague restaurants number for Bri, Fran and all else is 01-4781600...
Its a Bistro, lovely food relaxed atmosphere, and the best early bird I've ever seen...

had Lunch in Dunne and Crescenzis, was nice but they make you feel that you have to be in and out in seconds, taking peoples plates away the second they are done, even if noone else was finished etc. I know its business but I thought they were a bit overboard.
Food was lovely though, real Italian stuff, nice house wine and reasonabley priced.
A friend told me it isn't as hectic during dinner and that I may have been unlucky. But definitely worth the visit if you can avoid the rush hour...

A new restaurant has opened on Aungier St in Dublin...would highly
recommend it.

It's called Darwins - ate their during the week (early bird Mon-Fri until 7
20euro for 2 courses, 25euro for 3)
Menu is fab, food was fab, Decor fab... they also have a fine lunch menu
and pretty reasonable too.

The Bread and Butter pudding with Baileys sauce is mmm mmm....

Myself and seven other middle age golfers are staying in Tullamore in the second week of May 2005. We would appreciate any advice on good quality restaurants and bars, websites if possible. We'll probably eat in a different place every night within Tullamore so any help would be appreciated.

Check out http://www.barkeeper.ie there are some great recipes from restaurants in Dublin, and things about cocktails as well. You might find it interesting...