Restaurant for People with a Prissy Food Attitude

meowCat

Hey everyone,

my ex-b/f's conferring is on the 27th of April and his family is coming to Dublin to celebrate this.

BUT, where would be a good place to take them out for dinner later? The problem is that it shouldn't be any place fancy, but rather traditional. So, no Indian, Chinese or Italian. And no fish or poultry, but no vegetarian either! Money doesn't matter!

Preferred areas would be city center, Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Stillorgan, Dún Laoghaire....

Help is greatly appreciated!!

whiskeyman

Rolys in Donnybrook is best bet for this kinda thing.
Book well in advance though.

Forgot to mention, if money is no issue, Shanahans on the Green too.

Pythia

My ex's parents wouldn't eat anything except meat and two veg. They went to the Gresham for 'fancy' dinners when in Dublin.
Not spectacular by any means, but they would complain if they would have gone anywhere else with 'foreign stuff like pasta'.
:rolleyes:

blu_sonic

nice of you to look after your ex and his parents, I wish my Ex's were as nice as you, what type of food are you after? (ie. name a dish of choice?)

ntlbell

http://www.boxtyhouse.ie/

On a more serious note would they enjoy something like Johnny Foxes?

meowCat

blu_sonic wrote:

nice of you to look after your ex and his parents, I wish my Ex's were as nice as you,

Thanks blu_sonic, that's a very sweet comment.
*blushing*

blu_sonic wrote:

what type of food are you after? (ie. name a dish of choice?)

I think Pythia got the drift quite well, i.e. some meat, some veggi.

blu_sonic

then hotels are by far the best you can still get the old school meat and 2 veg there, best bet is next time your in town with time to spare pintch a few menus from nice looking places

/nods at meowcat
/bows gracefully before slipping out an open window

meowCat

I'm not too happy with the hotel suggestion. Hotels appear a bit too unpersonal. And his family is staying in a hotel anyway, so where would be the point dragging them from hotel to hotel.

I'd rather take them to a nice, cosy restaurant.

Thanks for the suggestions so far!

blu_sonic wrote:

/nods at meowcat
/bows gracefully before slipping out an open window

ntlbell

How about an Italian that does some trditional Irish dishes?

The unicorn of baggot st is fantastic.

monkeyfudge

ntlbell wrote:

http://www.boxtyhouse.ie/

On a more serious note would they enjoy something like Johnny Foxes?

The Boxty House actually isn't a terrible suggestion.

Also somewhere like Fitzers might work as well.

God... I really hate people like this... my mother is like this and it makes eating out with the family a nightmare.

Flashling

Ooh, Ashtons in donnybrook! It's really good food with a cosy atmosphere.

thenakedchef

meowCat wrote:

Hey everyone,

my ex-b/f's conferring is on the 27th of April and his family is coming to Dublin to celebrate this.

BUT, where would be a good place to take them out for dinner later? The problem is that it shouldn't be any place fancy, but rather traditional. So, no Indian, Chinese or Italian. And no fish or poultry, but no vegetarian either! Money doesn't matter!

Preferred areas would be city center, Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Stillorgan, Dún Laoghaire....

Help is greatly appreciated!!

valparaiso in monkstown above goggins, lovely food and reasonably priced too

meowCat

Hey everyone,

thanks so much for all your replies. Although I live in Dublin, I seriously would not have known where to go. I'm usually rather low key, any pizza place or even ER will do me just fine.

My ex is quite happy with the unicorn suggestions as it caters for the elder's wish for something traditional and for the youngster's more cosmopolitan goût. Therefore, good call ntlbell!

We found their menu and a map online, so it seems handy in terms or organising it, too.

Bookmarked daiixi's link for future references!
For not confusing anyone, she sent a PM. Couldn't post in actual thread due to computer issues.

Thanks again,
*meow*

sturgo

even better than the unicorn... the mermaid on dame st. was there for brunch 2day. very pleasant, nice staff & the food was good. the boxtyhouse is shíte though. a good friend of mine used to work there.

meowCat

sturgo wrote:

even better than the unicorn... the mermaid on dame st. was there for brunch 2day. very pleasant, nice staff & the food was good. the boxtyhouse is shíte though. a good friend of mine used to work there.

and the boxtyhouse is only shíte cos your friend used to work there??

meowCat

A big THANK YOU to everyone who responded to my thread!

This dinner was tonight. The chosen place was the unicorn, and it was really a good one. Everyone quite liked the atmosphere (we were in the piano bar section) and the food is really lovely -- I had the filet of beef and it was sooooo yummy!!!!!
AND No complaints at all from my ex-b/f's folks. Me happy camper!
For everyone who wants to try that restaurant out, a little recommendation though: bring a jumper. It's a little chilly there!

And thanks to all the other suggestions. I wrote them down for next time.... the next difficult dinner would be with my own folks cos of my own conferring

Thanks again,
*meow*

Archeron

blu_sonic wrote:

/bows gracefully before slipping out an open window

is that slipping as in quietly and gracefully disappearing through a small gap, similar to a cat like creature, or is it slipping as in standing in some spilled ice cream and screaming as you fall backwards out the windows, followed shortly after by a resounding crash and the scream of the cat you landed on?