Best chipper in Galway?

galwaybabe

Hi lads,
I have a hankering for a decent chicken and chips. Any suggestions?

Keedowah

McDonaghs have great chips. And fish too - not sure about their chicken though.

galwaybabe

Keedowah wrote: »

McDonaghs have great chips. And fish too - not sure about their chicken though.

I love their chips but I'm not a fish fan unfortunately

oneofakind32

chicken is decent too, greasy but decent!

hada

chicken in mcdonaghs is great.

def with a try.

galwaybabe

Nice one for the responses. (Puts coat on and heads out door)

ronnie3585

Come back! I've found zanadoo when it comes to fish and chips in Galway - Kettle of Fish, across from Buskers.

Was a McDonaghs fan for manys a year however I think their food has gotten extremely greasy recently (even for fish and chips). The food in KOF is top quality and in my humble opinion the best chipper in town.

If you're looking for a burger or a kebab look no further then Charcoal Grill. 1/4 pounder with cheese is quality. Mmmm Charcoal Grill.

foxy_19-89

donner meat fries in charcoal grill, yum yum

Anima

Kebab House for all your greasy needs

PopeBuckfastXVI

I like Vinnies on Dominick St.

bills

Marios merlin park

stevecrow74

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Come back! I've found zanadoo when it comes to fish and chips in Galway - Kettle of Fish, across from Buskers.

was in there last week.. its ok but the food doesn't travel (i.e. takeaway, goes very mushy)

also the price seems to be very steep compared to the rest

nice veggie burgers though.


still though.. cant beat mcdonaghs for chicken and chips... i don't bother buying fish from them any more ( i have a freezer full from fishing trips )

galwayrush

foxy_19-89 wrote: »

donner meat fries in charcoal grill, yum yum

Divine:cool:

JIZZLORD

Curry cheese chips from the kebab house. that's what i'm talking about!

ErnieBert

Del Rio's RIP.
THe original Italian take away in Galway which closed a long time ago. The staff were actually Italian (as opposed to the Polish & Chinese guys in Mario's in Barna) and they would talk about football while they deep fried your battered sausage ***mouth waters as he types***

Anyone else remember Del Rio's?

Bake N' Take?
Beefeaters?
Wimpy?

I don't think I ever eat from these joints whilst I was sober.

Steyr

JIZZLORD wrote: »

Curry cheese chips from the kebab house. that's what i'm talking about!

I see and approve your choice of food, Kebab house all the way, try the above with garlic sauce on top and throw in a monster burger with everything on it but NO TOMATOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

ronnie3585

JIZZLORD wrote: »

Curry cheese chips from the kebab house. that's what i'm talking about!

Duurty, but it tastes like honey licked off Keira Knightly when you're pissed!

Where was Del Rio's? I remember the Wimpy though...deeecent!

Tar.Aldarion

Anima wrote: »

Kebab House for all your greasy needs

amen

Duurty, but it tastes like licking honey off Keira Knightly when you're pissed!

Cheers for image!

redshoulder

kebab house and salt n pepper in salthill.

stevecrow74

redshoulder wrote: »

kebab house and salt n pepper in salthill.

salt and pepper have seriously gone downhill over the past few years, they seem also to change the staff more than enough too..

mid to late 90's salt and pepper was the place to eat in salthill, at least its still better than supermac's though..

Bass Cadet

Keedowah wrote: »

McDonaghs have great chips. And fish too - not sure about their chicken though.

When you eat in there, it is really good but the take away is muck. Fish and chips in a cardboard box, like a supermacs snackbox?! Not good

padi89

ErnieBert wrote: »

Del Rio's RIP.
THe original Italian take away in Galway which closed a long time ago. The staff were actually Italian (as opposed to the Polish & Chinese guys in Mario's in Barna) and they would talk about football while they deep fried your battered sausage ***mouth waters as he types***

Anyone else remember Del Rio's?

Bake N' Take?
Beefeaters?
Wimpy?

I don't think I ever eat from these joints whilst I was sober.

Del Rio's was quality, i went to school with one of the lads, sound as a bell.

Beefeaters was good, quality curry.

My favourite though was the old Salt n Pepper.They used to do quality chips, don't know if their supplier changed or its the new cooking units but they just ain't the same.Still do a proper 1/4 punder though.

Wimpy was rough, it was like a cattle mart the queing system, you were always guaranteed a fight outside on the weekend.

Steyr

Salt n Pepper was brilliant years ago but not great these days, the Garlic sauce is mank, more a vinegar taste from it:mad:

galwaybabe

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Come back! I've found zanadoo when it comes to fish and chips in Galway - Kettle of Fish, across from Buskers.

Was a McDonaghs fan for manys a year however I think their food has gotten extremely greasy recently (even for fish and chips). The food in KOF is top quality and in my humble opinion the best chipper in town.

If you're looking for a burger or a kebab look no further then Charcoal Grill. 1/4 pounder with cheese is quality. Mmmm Charcoal Grill.

Funnily enough I ended up going in to KOF instead. It was delicious! Totally satisfied the craving

Aurora Borealis

Ah, does poor auld Pat McDonagh and Supermas not get a look in?

Love their curry chips. That said Kebab house are particularly spectacular after a feed of pints in the Róisín, especially the chip butty thing they have with all the sauces.

Mmmm!!!!!!!!!

SimpleSam06

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Duurty, but it tastes like honey licked off Keira Knightly when you're pissed!

How does that taste? I've only ever licked honey off her when I'm stone cold sober.

Sconsey

ErnieBert wrote: »

Del Rio's RIP.
THe original Italian take away in Galway which closed a long time ago. The staff were actually Italian (as opposed to the Polish & Chinese guys in Mario's in Barna) and they would talk about football while they deep fried your battered sausage ***mouth waters as he types***

Anyone else remember Del Rio's?

Bake N' Take?
Beefeaters?
Wimpy?

I don't think I ever eat from these joints whilst I was sober.

Del Rio's was miles ahead of the competition, I was passing by there with some friends the other night and we all started grumbling that we had to go to "Super"macs...missed Del Rio's. A curry chip (drenched in vinegar) with the monster onion rings they used to make..that, my friends, was good living.

There have been lot's of pretenders since Del Rio closed but none really come close (that chipper on Domnic street near Monroe's ain't bad though).

ronnie3585

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

How does that taste? I've only ever licked honey off her when I'm stone cold sober.

Sorry should have put a comma after Knightly. Tut tut, no excuse for bad grammar.

Cathal01

ErnieBert wrote: »

Del Rio's RIP.
THe original Italian take away in Galway which closed a long time ago. The staff were actually Italian (as opposed to the Polish & Chinese guys in Mario's in Barna) and they would talk about football while they deep fried your battered sausage ***mouth waters as he types***

Anyone else remember Del Rio's?

I remember Del Rio's! I used to live beside them in knocknacarra. The food in there was unbeatable..

Robbo

Anyone remember Hannibal's on Lower Dominick St? Man alive, I'd kill for one of their BLTs, to this day.

civis_liberalis

Any chance of a poll?

ErnieBert

If you are really old, you might remeber a shortlived place called Kaspers on Mary Street (around the corner from GPO nightclub0. It opened 24 hours a day. It was busy up until 6am but sis no business between 6am and lunchtime. Oh and the food was crap.

stevecrow74

don't forget about the one which was between the GPO and The Great Outdoors

cant remember name though (something like buck rogers , maybe not though)

and the one that used to be across from Roisin Dubh, Hannibals i think it was... now that was good food

Robbo

stevecrow74 wrote: »

don't forget about the one which was between the GPO and The Great Outdoors

cant remember name though (something like buck rogers , maybe not though)

and the one that used to be across from Roisin Dubh, Hannibals i think it was... now that was good food

It was Buck Rogers all right, there was another one on Prospect Hill as well. I vaguely remember it was terrible.

Gangsta

Chicken donner and fries in Charcoal Grill is the way to go man!

ErnieBert

I wish there was a KFC in Galway, it's a perfect hangover cure although it gives a friend of mine really potent farts.

ScumLord

I was in the charcoal grill the other week and I have to say I found their food overpriced and pretty poor could get the same freezer food from any half arsed chipper in the country. Wouldn't be going back in a hurry, could say the same thing about McDonaghs. Overcooked chips and insanely greasy.

Actually the more I think about it I haven't had a decent meal in Galway city for a while. I went to one of those restaurants across from McDonaghs with an American friend and wasn't all that impressed either. I know their only there to rape the tourists but still, they could put in a bit of effort.

You can get far better food (even chipper food) in just about any other small town in the county.

Tar.Aldarion

I think people do overrate chips here a lot, especially in mcdonaghs.

JIZZLORD

i cant believe people rate the chips from th charcoal grill.
mc donaghs ones are grand but the kettle of fish have some of the best in town. but as i mentioned earlier, kebab house all the way when it comes to my curry cheese chips

booooonzo

i think mc donaghs is really over rated, espically when you compare it to kettel of fish.

any one tried their battered mars bar....

JIZZLORD

of yes, yes i have

ronnie3585

JIZZLORD wrote: »

i cant believe people rate the chips from th charcoal grill.

Yea the chips in charcoal aren't anything special.They're pretty bog standard greasy spoon chips. That being said they are really just mandatory filling when maunching down on a quality kebab or quater pounder with cheese (or god forbid a half pounder - oh the meat sweats!)

IronMan

I too find the chips and the fish to be very over-rated in McDonaghs. Greasy to the point of being sickly. The fish is very fresh, but the batter isn't the best.

I find the Charcoal grill to be hot and cold, with the quality not being the same as it used to be. The unfriendly service has remained the same though. A smile wouldn't kill the lads behind the counter. The last few times I have been in Galway on the batter I have found myself in the late night shop across the road from Cuba, late night breakfast roll for the win.

I lived in Galway for 5 years and always found the chipper situation to be dire enough, nothing really stood out. It is one of the things that Dublin just does better, every village/community in Dublin usually has at least one top class chipper.

padi89

Haven't eaten in Mc Donaghs in donkeys, the last 2-3 times i got a fish n chips in there i got more batter than fish, its totally overrated.Get Conlons on a good day and they are excellent.

Robbo

I've begun to suspect the last few times I've got Fish'n'chips in McDonaghs, that they aren't preparing the fish themselves anymore.

Time was when you would see them battering the fish but now it all seems to come in suspiciously uniform shapes. I still think the chips are great though.

Anima

Actually I just remembered that la Salsa are staying open til 2 or 3 am from now on. Bit expensive but the food is quality. Great chips as well

Bass Cadet

ErnieBert wrote: »

I wish there was a KFC in Galway, it's a perfect hangover cure although it gives a friend of mine really potent farts.

KFC is evil. I've only ever had one and I barfed it up right after eating it. Complete muck

anyway all multi-national restaurants like McDonalds/KFC/Burger King, even the bould supermacs should be banned from the discussion! :pac:

Madame Razz

Ya, i've never been dying about Mcdonaghs, chips are lovely but fish is way way too greasy, i feel so ill afterwards.

Conlons is really good, but that said haven't been since their swanky new renovation so dont know if its as good now.

Really like kettle of fish tho, yumyum. Charcoal grill chips are pretty crappy, and i prefer the Mary st gaff to the one on cross st i must say.

Chips in Vinnys are pretty sweet too but the staff freak me out in there!!


Nothing soothes a hangover like La Salsa tho, and man o me, their cinnamon churros are AM~AZING!!!!!

We could do witha Jackie Lennox' up here tho, the only thing I miss about Cork **slobber** Drool**

Tar.Aldarion

It's not like that muck needs to be banned, nobody should mention it anyway.

tobiesheba

Currently a Vinnies' fan. Have transfered my allegiance from McDonaghs. Used to be a big fan of Gourmet Burger but considering they didn't last very long I must have been the only one!

Steak

Charcoal Grill 'nuf said. I'd be quite partial to a Supermacs too though...