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Dinner Tonight! Where to go? - Restaurant & Eating Out Recommendations for NCD
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Got a flyer through the door for the new take-away menu from Castellina Chianti which is called Mario's (the typos only make it all the more interesting
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Anyway, Sun-Thurs they do 12" pizza for €5. Was a bit concerend about what sort of veggie pizza I would get when the tuna and hawaiian pizzas were marked vegetarian but for the sake of €5 we thought we'd give it a punt. Ordered two thinking they might be a bit scabby at only €5 - veggie pizza and the fiorentina one.
OH MY GOD they were fabulous. Ok, so we had to wait a while cos they weren't ready when we called to collect them, but they were defintely worth waiting for - they are cooked fresh and proper stone baked. They were fabulous, and I might add huge (bigger than 12" I reckon) with plenty of toppings and sauce. Usually when you get these special offer deals, the toppings are a bit stingy, but not from Marios/Castellina Cianti. I almost felt guilty only giving a fiver for them!
On the basis of the pizza, we went to the restaurant the following week - and again it was fantastic. Decent amount of veggie options, which always gains mega points from me, and good tasty food, not a dolmio sauce in sight (thank god).
I had the cannelloni, he had the Chicken with a tarragon sauce. Portions were huge. Mine came with garlic bread, but when it arrived I fancied a bit of salad, so asked for a small green salad. When the bill came the salad wasn't on it so I told them they forgot to add it, and he said, oh no, no charge for that, I should have asked you if you prefered salad or bread with it, so my fault.
Staff were attentive without being overbearing.
We just missed out on the early bird, yet it was still very reasonable - €46 for 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 glasses of wine. Good big portions, came out stuffed and very happy.
As I said, being veggie I often get very disappointed when eating out because there is usually very little choice for me and what I do get often is quite bland/boring or I could have knocked it up at home in 10 mins. It was very refreshing to have a few nice choices, and when I phoned to make the reservation and mentioned I was veggie they even offered to make something particularly if I didn't see anything I liked on the menu.
So a big thumbs up from us, and we will definitely go back. 0 -
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I'd recommend Fowlers in Malahide (used to be Smyths). Not for formal meal type food but was good for pub grub on a Sunday for lunch where most pubs are carvery.
Shared a starter of chicken wings and had lamb shank for mains.
No complaints, tasty food and serve soft drinks in a can <- yeh no reason why I think it was relevant to add that but there ya go.
I love soft drinks ina can in pubs. Much better value than the 200ml glass bottles.
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Ollie's is a bar that does food. There's also The Windmill Steakhouse which is a restaurant next door (run by the same chef - Caroline Lacey). I've not eaten there but have heard good reviews.
You can also get good grub in Blue Bar & Stoop Your Head over by the harbour. Brascoes is a restaurant over there too but I have no idea what it is like.
The Redbank is just around the corner from Ollie's on Church St. They are giving good deals on an early bird menu at the moment. Details on their website if you do a Google.
Food for thought so to speak... 0 -
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The Hill Billy wrote: »Now that I think of it - Ollie's (next to Raffs) do a Sunday Lunch - not a carvery in the true sense - but roast of the day & the usual trimmings.
Thanks for that.
After threatening to do so for ages, the OH's two kids (well 19 and 22) were treated to a night out in ollies tonight for a special occasion.
His daughter has a raft of allergies (dairy, eggs, gluten, soy to name a few) and probably for the first time in three years, she ate in a restaurant with staff who paid great attention to her allergies, checked with the kitchen about what she could have (she was dying for chicken wings) and then asked if they could help with her main course, and did it with a smile and didn't make her feel like a leper.
She'd one of the two types of wings with nothing she is allergic to, and a steak, and said it's the first time in ages she has felt full without worrying about allergies.
Her Dad and I were delighted to see her being looked after so well and Ollies is now top of the list as a place to go to to celebrate family events, apart from the care and service they really loved it.
For very special occasions we'll go next door (can't remember the name)
It was my birthday that we went out for tonight, and seeing the OHs daughter so happy and so pleased with a meal out probably made the day for me, it was very special.
Massive thanks to the staff there, such a pleasure to get such great service, and to see someone who for years has struggled to eat out, enjoying a proper meal. Coming home, she must have said at least five times, what a great time she had had and how lovely the food was. 0 -
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Any time I'm away and get wings I always get bitterly disappointed that they don't taste like the ones in Blue. 
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