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Best of the fast food / fast coffee places

  • 17-11-2008 04:13PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭


    So.....you're out and about....you want a coffee. Which of the chains do you rate / which is the best of a bad lot? I'm thinking about fast food chains, garages, etc.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭LoanShark


    If I'm out in the car and Dying for my fix, I go to Applegreen Petrol stations they serve very good coffee..
    I also like coffee from Esquires coffee houses..And Just the odd time I go for a Starbucks...Also Gloria Jeans is really good althought I dont know if ther is ony of thier outlets still in dublin? (It got me around the world)..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    It's like asking "Cancer or AIDS"

    Best option, bring a flask.


    ;)


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    I wouldn't bother with coffee if I'm out & about normally, I'll go for a tea or a water.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Harsh lads. Harsh.

    Yeah, I'd definitely prefer to bring my own, but I generally wouldn't turn down brewed coffee. Statoil (or whatever it's called now) have a brewed coffee that's not the worst in the world (I'd rather have it than not have it). I'll check out the applegreen one.

    My experience is that out and about coffee tends to be very very weak. I suppose they're trying to save money.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,066 ✭✭✭Sea Devils


    If I'm out I usually bring a flask. My College is right near a Topaz and Barbarista but personally don't like either of their Coffee so a flask for me is the most convenient option


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭missmatty


    Butlers ftw. And the free choc is nice too! Expensive but worth it, in my opinion, and I rarely buy coffee out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Butlers on my way home. Gonna give it a lash. Cheers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    gah, i hate butlers coffee! i think costa is a better bet imho.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,066 ✭✭✭Sea Devils


    missmatty wrote: »
    Butlers ftw. And the free choc is nice too! Expensive but worth it, in my opinion, and I rarely buy coffee out.

    Not sure if it still applies since I haven't been there in ages but the secret to getting a good cup of coffee there is to decline the Free Chocolate offer. Usually I found it tasted better.

    Must go in tommorow and see if it still works


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 922 ✭✭✭trishasaffron


    Butlers definitely best coffee in town!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 330 ✭✭leahcim


    Costa would be my establishment of choice if I wanted a coffee when out and about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Where is this costa place?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    There is one in Dun Laoghaire above Hughes & Hughes, that's where I go if I'm out. I have to say it's actually quite nice as big chain type places go. Italian coffee *apparently* though they are british owned I believe??. And usually nice Italian boys working there as well :o I think there is one in Dundrum maybe, or that Park shopping centre too.

    But try and resist the nyom chocolate twist pastries, trust me, they are way too fattening :o:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    Butlers???
    And costa have lovely mugs. I'd buy that big two-handled monster and take it home happy. And then put some decent coffee in it...

    Carluccios gets my fast food/fast coffee nomination. Walk in, order a macchiato, walk out with a little paper cup of goodness that never lasts long enough :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    Khannie wrote: »
    Where is this costa place?

    To add to what eclectichoney said..............

    There is one in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Citywest Shopping Centre, and Liffey Valley. I only know the ones in my part of the City, but there must be more :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    I gave up coffee/caffeine a while back, but here is what I loved:

    Insomnia. So smokey and strong. Delicious!

    Butlers. Tasty but too small. And they don't do large.

    Everywhere else is either too weak or too pissy for me. Although I admit I haven't tried every chains coffee!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    AARRRGH wrote: »
    I gave up coffee/caffeine a while back, but here is what I loved:

    Insomnia. So smokey and strong. Delicious!

    Butlers. Tasty but too small. And they don't do large.

    'Large' americanos are generally just a regular with more water - so avoid at all costs! A regular has two shots and they *very* rarely add a third to a large one.

    Insomnia used to be better until a couple of years ago when they went fair trade, now they are absolutely awful imho.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,066 ✭✭✭Sea Devils


    AARRRGH wrote: »
    I gave up coffee/caffeine a while back, but here is what I loved:

    Insomnia. So smokey and strong. Delicious!

    Butlers. Tasty too small. They don't do large. And they are overpriced

    Everywhere else is either too weak or too pissy for me. Although I admit I haven't tried every chains coffee!

    Fixed the Butlers for you

    Anyone know what happenned to Insominia Coffee Shop in Galway. Went there a few days ago and was pleasantly surprised to find it was now called Tiki Cafe. ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Yeah, I find that funny: people think you get a "free" chocolate with your Butlers coffee... nope, it's all part of the high price/small coffee you get. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 806 ✭✭✭AssaultedPeanut


    It's worth it in my opinion (Butlers). Just the right amount of coffee and not too over the top pricing.
    I used to like O'Briens but they are god awful now. Large coffee with an extra shot (nearly always too cold even when you request extra hot) €4, and tastes like watered down muck. (and even worse if you use soya milk they use the unsweetened stuff that tastes like clay)

    Butlers all the way for me:pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    We were in Burger King today and got a cup of coffee with my lunch. I had one sip and swapped it for my husbands fizzy drink :pac:

    His opinion..............."muck".

    I have him spoiled making him good coffee at home.

    We only have our home setup 2 months or so, its amazing how fast expectations rise.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Yup, that's one of the pains about enjoying good coffee at home.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 coffeeee..lover


    Hedgeys Cornish Pasty Shop and Cafe have great Coffee .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭ferdi


    Harry's Cafe in Dun Laoghaire.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭dancingqueen


    Hey guys, relatively new to the food/drink forum :)

    There's a fab little Italian coffee place in the Epicurian Food Hall and I can't for the life of me remember what it's called! They sell pasta and other Italian foodstuffs there also..... amazing coffee.

    *Drools


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Slaphead07


    Hey guys, relatively new to the food/drink forum :)

    There's a fab little Italian coffee place in the Epicurian Food Hall and I can't for the life of me remember what it's called! They sell pasta and other Italian foodstuffs there also..... amazing coffee.

    *Drools

    That's La Corte, part of the Dunne and Crezensi group. Superb coffee alright and lovely Italian staff.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    Hedgeys Cornish Pasty Shop and Cafe have great Coffee .

    omg where is this place. I love cornish pasties, really hard to find good one over here.

    is it a dublin cafe


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭alansweeney100


    Java Republic has a great selection of coffee, from cheap as chips to Kopi Luwak, which is the coffee bean which is prepared by going through the digestive system of a cat, whatever you're into I suppose. €50 for two cups of that!
    They opened up a roastery in blanch 6months ago with a cafe beside it and you can look into the roastery through a glass wall.
    I was impressed with it, met the owner and he gave us a tour of the place as well.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭MissHoneyBun


    This usually shocks people but McDonalds do pretty good coffee! Now obviously it aint the best you're gonna get and the surroundings leave a lot to be desired but it offers decent coffee that's reasonably priced and convenient. It often depends on the branch but in general if you can't get to your usual haunt or you just want something quick, I find they're a pretty reliable option!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    This usually shocks people but McDonalds do pretty good coffee! Now obviously it aint the best you're gonna get and the surroundings leave a lot to be desired but it offers decent coffee that's reasonably priced and convenient. It often depends on the branch but in general if you can't get to your usual haunt or you just want something quick, I find they're a pretty reliable option!

    No shock at all, taste tests in the USA in 2007 ranked both McDs and Dunkin Donuts ahead of Starbucks.
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003554556_coffee03.html

    McDs have long seen their McCafes as a nice little earner and a way
    to diversify away from their usual MRM on a bun offering.

    It amazes me how people view Starbucks as a proper coffee establishment.


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