Restaurants on Parnell Street etc..

xfirefishx

Hey, my boyfriend is coming down soon and I wanted to take him out for a meal. We really love Asian food and I'd heard that there were some great Korean, Chinese and other Asian restaurants on Parnell Street. Can anyone of you recommend any of these places? - why - what did you enjoy about it - how was it priced etc?

I can afford about 40 euro all together for a nice meal (exc. drinks) so please recommend to me.

Also, if anyone has been to any other nice restaurants (type of food is unimportant) then please can you tell me about them - somewhere in city centre (northside/southside) would be great.

Thanks!

Wishbone Ash

xfirefishx wrote: »

if anyone has been to any other nice restaurants (type of food is unimportant) then please can you tell me about them

It's way over your budget but Chapter One in Parnell Square North is one of the best restaurants in Dublin (and my favourite) .

Apologies - I know nothing about the restaurants along Parnell Street.

Bluetonic

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It's way over your budget but Chapter One in Parnell Square North is one of the best restaurants in Dublin (and my favourite) .

Apologies - I know nothing about the restaurants along Parnell Street.

Ah don't tease the poor girl!!

Anyhow the pre theater is only 37.50 euro, extremely good value.

Maybe one of them can go?

irlirishkev

I've been to a few of them.
My favourite of them is Han Yang (Korean), which is on the left hand side if you're walking towards O'Connell Street. Really really nice food, and not too expensive. Great value for money too, I've always had too much to finish..

Wishbone Ash

irlirishkev wrote: »

My favourite of them is Han Yang (Korean)

Is the menu written in English?

(Apologies if it sounds like a stupid question but it seems that many of those restaurants are geared towards their own people).

irlirishkev

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Is the menu written in English?

(Apologies if it sounds like a stupid question but it seems that many of those restaurants are geared towards their own people).

Yeah, it's quite a big menu if I recall.. Korean language, with English underneath. Some pictures of the some of the dishes aswell for people like me who are wary of trying new things!

gurramok

There's an all you can eat for 8 quid(last time i looked) chinese at the 40 bus stop on Parnell St.
Never eaten there so cannot comment but it looks like a regular meal type of place to drop in for a quick bite to eat rather than a place for romantics!

sillymoo

Iv been to loads of the asian places on Parnell St and Capel at and have never been dissappointed with a meal. Great value for money and really tasty food. My fav is I thing called China Cottage and is up the Cineworld end of Parnel St. There is a korean place on Capel st (cant remember the name) and the salt and chili chicken is fantastic. All menus are written in english in the places ive been and the staff really friendly. Good luck and enjoy

inforfun

irlirishkev wrote: »

I've been to a few of them.
My favourite of them is Han Yang (Korean), which is on the left hand side if you're walking towards O'Connell Street. Really really nice food, and not too expensive. Great value for money too, I've always had too much to finish..

I can confirm this. been there quite a few times and you get a lot of good food for a reasonable price.

As far as i remember they do a lunch and diner menu.

latenia

40 quid will get you half the menu in any of those places. I recommend the Hop House where the Shakespeare pub used to be, close to the Parnell Monument.

spurious

Hop House very good, also one opposite Mc Donald's in the ILAC - there are two there, the best one is the one with the Buddha in the window - can't remember its name.

JoeSchmoe

Yeah, The Hop House pub and attached retaurant KimChi, - The old Shakespeare pub - are very good with very authentic Korean cuisine, I have that on the authority of some actual real live Koreans.

Charming Noodles also do great Korean and Chinese food in nice surrounding.

I would also reccommend "The China Room" although this is more of a cafe vibe about it, the food is still excellent and you can nip upstairs for some karaoke too.

Two people would be busting at the seams from €40 worth of food in any of the places in the area

mountainyman

I would also reccomend the Hop House and also Madina on Mary Street.

Phibsboro

+++ for Hop House, though it isn't as cheap as some of the other places. Very tasty tho and it's the strangest vibe eating suishi in what was obviously a traditional Irish pub at one point - this is especially obvious when you go to the gents and find a big long white urinal

macaroni+cheese

The restaurants on parnell street are great for picking up stomach viruses. there is a lovely italian ice cream shop in the italian district. near cactus jacks. which is great by the way. they do great coctails. for cheap and clean chinese food, try kingfishers in killester. they deliver as well. great noodles.

macaroni+cheese

blonde moment there. sorry. golden grain.

irlirishkev

macaroni+cheese wrote: »

The restaurants on parnell street are great for picking up stomach viruses.

Can't be that "great". I've never picked one up!

Hop House, as mentioned, is very nice. I've only eaten there once, but was well impressed.

Ideo

me neither and ive eaten there a half a dozen times, in various restaurants too!

irlirishkev wrote: »

Can't be that "great". I've never picked one up!

Hop House, as mentioned, is very nice. I've only eaten there once, but was well impressed.

xfirefishx

Thanks for all the recommendations. I think I'll try Han Yang or Hop House m- Korean is the kinda thing we've been looking for! Thanks all!

And I've eaten from a load of street stalls in Malaysia and that and my stomach withheld all of it. We have stomachs of steel. :-D

Wishbone Ash

Here's a little pic of the Hop House.

xfirefishx

Haha brilliant - it looks very authentic!

WindSock

There's another one Ive heard mentioned before called the Hilan. I think it's on Capel st.

irlirishkev

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know is The Shakespeare building listed? It hasn't been given the makeover that all the other restaurant fronts have..

fatal

if you like indian, you have to try "madina" on mary street (i think).Not very expensive either

WindSock

Was wandering around town last night and decided to hop in to the hop house (recognised it from pic ) Food was nice, toilets were a disappointment though. Have some leftover kimchi for lunch today.

Draupnir

irlirishkev wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know is The Shakespeare building listed? It hasn't been given the makeover that all the other restaurant fronts have..

Dunno about listed, but it used to have some "interesting" clientele in it's previous life!

The best chinese I've found on Parnell Street is the one a few doors down from the new Tesco on the way to Cineworld. I've no idea the name but the outside is yellow and red. While the hygiene level wasn't fantastic by any means, the food was lovely and the service excellent. Good prices too.

To the person who said Chapter One, great call but pricey! Love the place.

Econoline Van

Just eaten in Wox in a Box there, the place on the corner. Can't go wrong for €5 for boiled rice and whatever dish you want. You can actually get a couple of different things. Only drawback is the plastic fork, I hate getting such large bits of meat and having to eat them whole. Lovely food though, 2 hours later and I feel no ill-effects.

bc dub

hop house is gorgeous but very overpriced.

mitsuba is my new favourite sushi spot in Dublin.

old hippy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Is the menu written in English?

(Apologies if it sounds like a stupid question but it seems that many of those restaurants are geared towards their own people).

They're often the best places to go!:)

The Scientician

bc dub wrote: »

mitsuba is my new favourite sushi spot in Dublin.

Wherezat?

Shanannigan

http://www.mitsuba.ie/about-us/

bc dub

The Scientician wrote: »

Wherezat?

Parnell street. In the middle, same side as the hop house. Its really nice sushi, friendly staff, new business and reasonably priced when compared to the crazy prices (for what you get) in some of the other places in Dublin.

Any temaki i've ever had has been delicious.

graceknowsstuff

BUMP!
I live right around the corner from Parnell st and always have a look at the many Asian restaurants as I'm walking home - this post is a few years old, is there any one that stands out now as the best and best value for money?

chopser

graceknowsstuff wrote: »

BUMP!
I live right around the corner from Parnell st and always have a look at the many Asian restaurants as I'm walking home - this post is a few years old, is there any one that stands out now as the best and best value for money?

I have been to a few and by far the two best for me are the Korean restaurant Kimchi / hop house and Japanese one Mitsuba. Both are excellent and next door to each other
However if you are going to Mitsuba stick to Sushi and the starters which are fantastic . The main dishes while good are nothing in comparison to the sushi and temaki rolls.

Piliger

I have eaten on the East part of Parnell Street and it is great to visit authentic chinese places who cater for the Chinese community.
It was interesting to discover the food is so different to the westernised places in the rest of town and the complete lack of distinction between starters and main meals :-)

However on a budget I would have no hesitation to recommend Jimmy Chung's All-u-can-eat on Eden Quay beside O'Connell Bridge. Great food, selection and dessert and an ice cream machine

Dub13

Maybe best to open a new thread as this one was started in 08 and alot has changed in the last 4 years.

Ole Rodrigo

I'd have to mention Mandarin House just opposite the Ilac on Parnell street. Excellent value, large portions, really nice staff..

Mr Simpson

The OP has either starved to death or found somewhere to eat in the last 4 years Closed