Chicken wings

miss-bored · 25-01-2013 6:44pm #1

We are in Galway for the last couple of nights. We have eaten nothing but amazing seafood such as claws, chowder, hake, oysters! We are hungover now and craving good chicken wings tonight! If in Dublin I would recommend elephant and castle for amazing wings. Can anyone recommend a restaurant that serves good spicy wings in Galway city centre? Pleaseeeee

listenup · 25-01-2013 6:56pm

miss-bored wrote: »

We are in Galway for the last couple of nights. We have eaten nothing but amazing seafood such as claws, chowder, hake, oysters! We are hungover now and craving good chicken wings tonight! If in Dublin I would recommend elephant and castle for amazing wings. Can anyone recommend a restaurant that serves good spicy wings in Galway city centre? Pleaseeeee

one place and one place only Kings head
delicious wings with blue cheese dip and get chips and coleslaw too take my word they are savage and will fill you right up really good portion

connemara man · 25-01-2013 7:02pm

The Cellar bar I would say nom nom nom

Seaneh · 25-01-2013 8:46pm

The Dail in town or Sheridan's in Knocknacarra.

Ask for extra sauce.

They use Franks sauce and aren't stingy with it either.

Last time I was there I asked for extra sauce and they were pretty much swimming in the stuff, was bloody good.

Wings and chips for less than a tenner, happy days.

Redhairedguy · 26-01-2013 12:51am

Scotties is the only place with wings even comparable to Elephant & Castle.

Jesus... Just thinking about it now... (mouth waters uncontrollably)

dinneenp · 26-01-2013 9:50am

miss-bored wrote: »

We are in Galway for the last couple of nights. We have eaten nothing but amazing seafood such as claws, chowder, hake, oysters! We are hungover now and craving good chicken wings tonight! If in Dublin I would recommend elephant and castle for amazing wings. Can anyone recommend a restaurant that serves good spicy wings in Galway city centre? Pleaseeeee

have a look at the 'best X in Galway thread' and a more recent one.
Heard good stuff about the place on the corner opposite Brown Thomas, next to The Cellar. Don't forget Cactus Jacks either

siltirocker · 28-01-2013 1:49pm

Beyond the ludicrous portions, I do not get this elephant & castle malark. My friend's father was involved with the place, they are standard chicken wings that they get from a run of the mill Irish supplier. Deep fried and marinated in sea salt and Frank's hot sauce.

Nothing unique about them. Infact, the Cellar Bar do the exact same one's from the exact same supplier with the exact same ingredients as do Sheridan's in Knocknacarra I believe.

K.C · 28-01-2013 2:04pm

Unfortunately they can't be found in Galway city. I started a thread about this when I lived in Galway and nowhere came close to the ones in E&C. Maybe I missed somewhere but nowhere in the city centre do them. Make your own, very easy.

beardybrewer · 28-01-2013 2:15pm

siltirocker wrote: »

Nothing unique about them. Infact, the Cellar Bar do the exact same one's from the exact same supplier with the exact same ingredients as do Sheridan's in Knocknacarra I believe.

The missus and I have recently made our pub grub home in the cellar. I spoke to the middle-aged blonde woman (owner maybe) who served us. She said they have their own recipe and that Franks was just one of several ingredients.

I found them good and you get a good portion too.

Seaneh · 28-01-2013 2:31pm

newkie wrote: »

I spoke to the middle-aged blonde woman (owner maybe) who served us. She said they have their own recipe and that Franks was just one of several ingredients.

she lied, most likely,

biko · 28-01-2013 3:09pm

I was just wondering how long it'd take for Frank's to get mentioned

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*best sauce ever btw.

Another vote for Sheridan's here. I don't really get them anywhere else, will try Cellar though.

squonk · 28-01-2013 5:44pm

I liked the BBQ wings in Scotty's when I was there last. I had some in the Dail a while back and they were OK but nothing amazing. Nicest wings I've had are to be found in the Blue Bar in Skerries in North Co. Dublin. I've been to Elephant & Castle and what I was served there was muck. The wings were terribly disappointing. I certainly won't be going back to the Elephant & Castle any time soon.

Mr_A · 28-01-2013 5:49pm

I really liked the Kentucky chicken wings from the starter menu in Creole. Very tasty.

siltirocker · 28-01-2013 6:03pm

squonk wrote: »

I liked the BBQ wings in Scotty's when I was there last. I had some in the Dail a while back and they were OK but nothing amazing. Nicest wings I've had are to be found in the Blue Bar in Skerries in North Co. Dublin. I've been to Elephant & Castle and what I was served there was muck. The wings were terribly disappointing. I certainly won't be going back to the Elephant & Castle any time soon.

I maintain the appeal of the Elephant & Castle one's are the HUGE portions, which are mouth watering!

fishy fishy · 29-01-2013 10:38am

listenup wrote: »

one place and one place only Kings head
delicious wings with blue cheese dip and get chips and coleslaw too take my word they are savage and will fill you right up really good portion

they are the most dried up pieces of meat that ever passed as a chicken wing. Vile.

fishy fishy · 29-01-2013 10:40am

if ye want a huge bowl of excellent spicy juicy chicken wings you have to get them at the spanish arch hotel. They are fabulous - only open in the evenings tho. Believe me, if you know and love your chicken wings, this is the place to go.

dinneenp · 29-01-2013 11:01am

So, everywhere does good chicken wings?
Kings head
The Cellar bar
Dail in town
Sheridan's in Knocknacarra
2 votes Scotties
Creole
spanish ar

beardybrewer · 29-01-2013 11:01am

Oh yes, the gauntlet has been thrown....

lampsie · 29-01-2013 11:47am

I'm rather partial to the Hot chicken wings in eddie rockets meself (though I find they are nicer in Eglinton St over Wellpark)

siltirocker · 29-01-2013 12:25pm

dinneenp wrote: »

So, everywhere does good chicken wings?
Kings head
The Cellar bar
Dail in town
Sheridan's in Knocknacarra
2 votes Scotties
Creole
spanish ar

I'm a man who loves my wings but find myself with a 'meh' over most of the above.

Creole and Scotties are alright.

listenup · 29-01-2013 9:02pm

fishy fishy wrote: »

they are the most dried up pieces of meat that ever passed as a chicken wing. Vile.

they May have had an off day best of places can have a bad day but I urge you do try again ....

fishy fishy · 30-01-2013 10:24am

listenup wrote: »

they May have had an off day best of places can have a bad day but I urge you do try again ....

i tried them twice, and have sat with others that have had them - they are disgusting. The spanish arch is the only way to go. believe me.

listenup · 30-01-2013 11:03pm

fishy fishy wrote: »

i tried them twice, and have sat with others that have had them - they are disgusting. The spanish arch is the only way to go. believe me.

ill try the Spanish arch tmrw for my lunch and give an honest verdict here after

fishy fishy · 31-01-2013 10:08am

only in the evening time for spanish arch - they don't do lunches

kieran26 · 31-01-2013 1:05pm

I'll second the Spanish arch hotels' wings. we had a staff night out there at christmas and the wings were amazing, huge pertions too.

jh79 · 31-01-2013 5:40pm

The Scholar's Rest (aka River Inn) gets the thumbs up from me, and you can get some decent craft beers to go along with the wings.

markesmith · 04-02-2013 7:20pm

Went to the "Sparch" on the recommendation of fellow boardsies, and wasn't disappointed with the chicken wings.

Only €6.95 (though disappointed they charged me €1 for the Miwadi!)

The sauce is really good, and that makes the chicken wings for me

charlie_says · 04-02-2013 8:34pm

By God, the ones they used to have in the Malthouse restaurant (before it changed to The Bridge Mills last year) were seriously good. 4 Spice chicken wings they were called.

Excellent, with a variety of dips - the sour cream one even had a celery for swirling it round, almost as good as a paint stirring stick. :pac:

fishy fishy · 05-02-2013 10:05am

once you try the spanish arch ones nothing else will do.

also, wings are traditionally served with blue cheese dressing and celery - not of this sour cream nonsense - save that for the baked spud.

:o

Seaneh · 05-02-2013 10:27am

And blue cheese dressing = sour cream and buttermilk with blue cheese crumbled into it...

:o

listenup · 05-02-2013 9:24pm

Spanish arch wings have been eaten and a verdict has been decided ........................ Very tasty could have had more though only 6 tiny wings I Will say for now on par with taste with kings head I Will be having them again hopefully more meaty and plentiful

fishy fishy · 06-02-2013 10:07am

you sure you went to the correct place? Spanish Arch serves about 20 wings in a portion and they are as different as you can get compared to the kings head - even the accompaniments are different.

pleasant Co. · 06-02-2013 8:38pm

interestingly I was in the eyre square hotel during the rugby match over the weekend, had a gander at the menu and spotted spicy wings with bluecheese dressing on their menu...silly me thinking they'd be wings in a hot sauce of some description as what I got was more akin to kfc style chicken, quite revolting stuff.

Also have tried the spicy wings in La Salsa recently. As it turns out I'm not a fan of their kind of sweet chilli sauce but thankfully there was barely any sauce on them - something I was disappointed about when I opened the takeaway box and saw a dozen or so plain looking wings with a drizzling of sauce. Not good.

As it stands, the cellar is king of wings in galway. I'll try the sparch based on the feedback here but if they are anything like the ones from the kings head or the dail I know I'll be disappointed.

fishy fishy · 07-02-2013 10:05am

believe me, they are nothing like the kings head or these other places who think dribbling sweet chili sauce on dried up wings make them into tasty buffalo/chicken wings. Try Spanish Arch.

listenup · 08-02-2013 9:19pm

do you own the Spanish arch or something ??? I ordered chicken wings off the menu there were very few and they tasted JUST AS GOOD AS KINGS HEAD

Seaneh · 08-02-2013 9:33pm

Yeah, tried the sp'arch, tiny portions and no different to the cellar or kings head, Sheridans and The Dail still top of the pile for me.
Still have to try scotty's but I'd imagine it's going to be much the same.

Truth be told, they are wings, it's not rocket science, you fry them and then toss in them a mixture of clarified butter and franks hot sauce and serve them with blue cheese dip and celery sticks.

pleasant Co. · 08-02-2013 10:08pm

The couple of times i've had wings in the Dail they've been well over-cooked, i'll give them another go though on your word seaneh.

Seaneh · 08-02-2013 11:49pm

pleasant Co. wrote: »

The couple of times i've had wings in the Dail they've been well over-cooked, i'll give them another go though on your word seaneh.

in fairness theyve done it to me too. I always ask for extra sauce though and they leave them swimming in it and it keeps tgem moist. I jyst think over all its the best deal. The wings are huge, the sauce is perfect and its a massive portion

pleasant Co. · 11-02-2013 11:24pm

Well, I've knocked one off the list, and promptly moved it to the "will be back again" list. The Spanish arch hotel make some very good wings, and while i don't see that as much of an accomplishment, in Galway its a rarity. Well done Spanish arch hotel, next up: give the dail another chance

fifib · 12-02-2013 11:58am

tried Kings head wings there at weekend. only ever tried wings in scotties before this and much preferred kings head ones. very meaty and tasty and got huge plate of chips to go with them. was stuffed for rest of the day!

fishy fishy · 12-02-2013 12:16pm

listenup wrote: »

do you own the Spanish arch or something ??? I ordered chicken wings off the menu there were very few and they tasted JUST AS GOOD AS KINGS HEAD

no, I don't own it, but I know a good buffalo wing when I see it. You will never get then as good as in the States but Spanish Arch does the closest thing. And you get a lot more than 6 which makes me think you went to the wrong place.

Ludikrus · 12-02-2013 4:05pm

I tried the Spanish arch wings on Saturday. They were okay. The sauce was slightly hot but also had a hint of sweet in it (sweet chilli maybe) which is not right. The blue cheese dip was a bad imitation of blue cheese dip. The wings were fresh and we got a huge portion to be fair. This might be because I asked the waitress how big a portion they were as we were thinking of sharing. Service in the Spanish arch was really good incidentally.

As was just mentioned in this thread, Franks hot sauce (available in supermarkets), combined with some melted butter to fully coat the fried wings, makes the best hot wings you will ever have. The wings have to be fried though, baked chicken wings just don't work. I bought a deep fat fryer in tesco for 19 euro and I use it only for making chicken wings. I have to use it outdside because it stinks out the house and these were the terms and conditions under which my better half allowed me to purchase said fryer. You season your wings and fry them in oil at about 170 degrees for around 9 minutes. Make the sauce as described above. For the bluecheese dip, combine 100g Roquefort cheese, 140ml of soured cream, 2tbsp mayonnaise, juice of half a lemon, all in a bowl and mix. Serve with celery sticks (stringy bits peeled off) and cold beer. These are better than any wings you can get in Galway, trust me. And you can have them whenever you want!

fishy fishy · 12-02-2013 5:29pm

no the portions size is correct ludickrous, they are a hugh portion. Cant say I've ever gotten a sweet taste from them - hot yes, sweet no. glad you enjoyed them anyway.

franks hot sauce - everyone seems to think this is the answer to good buffalo wings. Wouldn't bother doing them at home - too tempting. A treat at the Spanish arch is brilliant tho.

Redhairedguy · 12-02-2013 8:38pm

dastardly00 · 28-02-2013 1:10am

Decided to go to the Spanish Arch Hotel this evening to specifically try out their chicken wings for the first time. Unfortunately I was very disappointed

They weren't hot & spicy at all (even though that's what the menu said), they had a more sweet chilli kinda taste.

biko · 28-02-2013 4:07am

Spiciness is subjective, perhaps they've changes the sauce? Did you ask?

Seaneh · 28-02-2013 4:49am

biko wrote: »

Spiciness is subjective, perhaps they've changes the sauce? Did you ask?

Well, they (hot wings) are coated in Frank's or another brand of vinegar based Cayenne pepper sauce mixed with melted butter in a ration of 3:1, even to the worlds biggest chilli lover it should be noticeably hot and spicy, it should also be extremely sharp smelling because of the vinegar in the sauce.

dastardly00 · 28-02-2013 12:00pm

biko wrote: »

Spiciness is subjective, perhaps they've changes the sauce? Did you ask?

Nah they definitely weren't spicy, my gf tried them as well and she reckoned it was just sweet chilli sauce. I'm not doubting most other people who have had them and think they are great, I'm presuming that they were just not coated in the normal sauce. Either they have changed the recipe (and not the menu description!), or they had ran out last night. I suppose I should have asked. Oh well!

I had chicken wings from Scotty's Steakhouse last week. Very, very tasty and spicy! A 'dozen' wings are €8.99, but you actually get about 40 of them!

The spicy chicken wings from Eddie Rockets (the one in Wellpark anyway) are surprisingly good as well (and hot 'n' spicy!).

I used to really like the wings in the Dáil, but as others have said, they are always damn overcooked! :mad:

fishy fishy · 28-02-2013 12:38pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Nah they definitely weren't spicy, my gf tried them as well and she reckoned it was just sweet chilli sauce. I'm not doubting most other people who have had them and think they are great, I'm presuming that they were just not coated in the normal sauce. Either they have changed the recipe (and not the menu description!), or they had ran out last night. I suppose I should have asked. Oh well!

I had chicken wings from Scotty's Steakhouse last week. Very, very tasty and spicy! A 'dozen' wings are €8.99, but you actually get about 40 of them!

The spicy chicken wings from Eddie Rockets (the one in Wellpark anyway) are surprisingly good as well (and hot 'n' spicy!).

I used to really like the wings in the Dáil, but as others have said, they are always damn overcooked! :mad:

i can't eat sweet chili sauce so I know the ones in span arch don't have it in theirs. maybe they did run out. I'm going for another fix of them this weekend so I will know if the ingredients have changed. If you like eddie rockets ones then I would consider them a score of 5 with the spanish arch a score of 9.

I'll let you know what I get this weekend - believe me I won't be eating them if they are covered in sweet chili - yuk.

Ludikrus · 28-02-2013 12:53pm

fishy fishy wrote: »

i can't eat sweet chili sauce so I know the ones in span arch don't have it in theirs. maybe they did run out. I'm going for another fix of them this weekend so I will know if the ingredients have changed. If you like eddie rockets ones then I would consider them a score of 5 with the spanish arch a score of 9.

I'll let you know what I get this weekend - believe me I won't be eating them if they are covered in sweet chili - yuk.

They are not 'covered' in sweet chili but it was definitely an ingredient in the sauce. I am certain about that. I would score them 6/10 - 1 point docked for blue cheese dip that tastes nothing like blue cheese.

pleasant Co. · 28-02-2013 12:59pm

Yeah, was in there for that awful Scotland rugby game and got the wings again, the blue cheese was just sour cream and the wings were sweet (not sweet chilli though) and not really spicy at all.

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