Rip Off Buttery

Denerick

Went in to the Buttery recently. A sour faced women told me I couldn't get chips with the Lasagne, just some smelly garlic bread. And she gave me a portion worthy of a D4 princess on a diet.

Altogether cost me about 7 euros.

Anyone else thing the Buttery is a bloody joke? The portions are tiny, you always get sour faced women serving you and its always packed. And its overpriced. Might start going to the DIT restaurant instead, this is a joke.

godtabh

Denerick wrote: »

Went in to the Buttery recently. A sour faced women told me I couldn't get chips with the Lasagne, just some smelly garlic bread. And she gave me a portion worthy of a D4 princess on a diet.

Altogether cost me about 7 euros.

Anyone else thing the Buttery is a bloody joke? The portions are tiny, you always get sour faced women serving you and its always packed. And its overpriced. Might start going to the DIT restaurant instead, this is a joke.

I think they are grand portions.

Its says on the menu what you get with each meal. If you want chips its extra. Its fairly simple

andrew

I'd freakin love it if they introduced cheap lasagne and chips. I feel your pain OP.

LiamD

Buttery staff have always been pleasant to me. One woman in particular who has been there for a while is always very friendly. When I have been paying her at the till before, at busy lunch time, she would take my plate back to the counter to give me more chips if she thought the portion wasn't big enough.

I'll agree some of the meals seem a bit expensive though.

mathew

Most of the time I find them very pleasant. Portions are usually good.

Last time I was there tho I got the steak sandwich. The bit of steak didnt even fill half of the chiabatta. When I asked for a bit more I was told that she wasnt allowed to give out extra.
Burgers arent great if you get there late too... but that probably goes for any food left staying warm for a while.

I am impressed with the new options. The stir fry is really nice, especially since its cooked fresh for you.
Hot sandwiches are a great idea too.. slightly bigger pieces of meat wouldnt go amiss tho

raah!

It's pretty hit and miss with the portions I think. I eat there all the time, and there's a pretty good special of vegetarian meal plus soup for 5.90 which, even with small portions is enough to keep you going all day.

I think the staff are nice most of the time too, the sour faces are more likely a result of the withered skin on the faces of those zillion year olds who work there, rather than bad attitudes.

Where's the DIT restaraunt ? might be nice for a change.

Denerick

raah! wrote: »

Where's the DIT restaraunt ? might be nice for a change.

I've a few mates from DIT Aungier st. and when I used to work up that direction I used to go into the college and eat in the restaurant. Its one or two floors up in the Aungier st. building, the prices are cheap and you get enough food to feed you.

I think the Lasagne option in the Buttery is a disgrace. Who on earth wants a bit of stale garlic bread with lasagne?? It makes me sick. Its so overpriced. Though I will admit it can be hit and miss, there's one younger fella who works there (I think he's Spanish or something) Who gives you loads on the plate. Whenever the Indian manager fellow is about everyone is super stingy, I think its because of him (He seems like the stingy sort)

Denerick

kearnsr wrote: »

I think they are grand portions.

Its says on the menu what you get with each meal. If you want chips its extra. Its fairly simple

Your probably a D4 princess on a diet though :pac:

Cantab.

Just go to the dining hall. The buttery is a kip (despite the cheap rennovation).

The worst thing about the Buttery is those grease-covered green trays. The best thing is the stir fry.

I remember when you used to be able to smoke in the Buttery. It was like being in a catacomb.

godtabh

Denerick wrote: »

Your probably a D4 princess on a diet though :pac:

I'd eat two of them for lunch

jamesnp

Buttery was great before the renovation. They had the same kinda meal structure as the Dining Hall. €3.20 for special, €4.20 for special with potatoes & veg. Usually the €4.20 option was what I'd go with. Then they had like an upper class meal for €5.20, which would be salmon, etc. Food was always piled on the plate and there was none of this "you can't have that with that" bull****.

I went in after they renovated it... asked for the special with potatoes and veg and yerwan said sorry, can't do that – I can give you the special on one plate, and the potatoes & veg on another... I went up to the till with my two plates and they tried to charge me the guts of a tenner for it. I let them keep their food and have not been back since.

After their renovation they seem to have major disillusions of grandeur. Their sandwiches and rolls are the most expensive and stingy rolls in the Dublin City Area by miles – I can get chicken/lettuce/tomato for €2.80 in the Spar on Nassau Street, in the buttery I would be charged €3.80. Their hot meals are awful, stingy and certainly the worst value in Dublin. That pasta thing is the epitome of why they are so bad - pasta from that little square net thing, and ONE spoon of sauce with MAX three tiny pieces of chicken - how much is it? €6-7?

They're forgetting the most important parts of their mandate: cheap good food for cheap poor students. Bring back the old Buttery,
-jp

Denerick

jamesnp wrote: »

Buttery was great before the renovation. They had the same kinda meal structure as the Dining Hall. €3.20 for special, €4.20 for special with potatoes & veg. Usually the €4.20 option was what I'd go with. Then they had like an upper class meal for €5.20, which would be salmon, etc. Food was always piled on the plate and there was none of this "you can't have that with that" bull****.

I went in after they renovated it... asked for the special with potatoes and veg and yerwan said sorry, can't do that – I can give you the special on one plate, and the potatoes & veg on another... I went up to the till with my two plates and they tried to charge me the guts of a tenner for it. I let them keep their food and have not been back since.

After their renovation they seem to have major disillusions of grandeur. Their sandwiches and rolls are the most expensive and stingy rolls in the Dublin City Area by miles – I can get chicken/lettuce/tomato for €2.80 in the Spar on Nassau Street, in the buttery I would be charged €3.80. Their hot meals are awful, stingy and certainly the worst value in Dublin. That pasta thing is the epitome of why they are so bad - pasta from that little square net thing, and ONE spoon of sauce with MAX three tiny pieces of chicken - how much is it? €6-7?

They're forgetting the most important parts of their mandate: cheap good food for cheap poor students. Bring back the old Buttery,
-jp

This reads like a political manifesto - I too vaguely remember the pre-reformed Buttery with (Probably) innacurate nostalgia. This is something students should be protesting about, not some nonsense about whether we should be selling coke or not! (And I'm sure more than 8% of the electorate would turn out for a buttery vote)

t0mm

Denerick wrote:

This reads like a political manifesto - I too vaguely remember the pre-reformed Buttery with (Probably) innacurate nostalgia. This is something students should be protesting about, not some nonsense about whether we should be selling coke or not! (And I'm sure more than 8% of the electorate would turn out for a buttery vote)

Then go for it good sir. Prob too late to organise this year but next year you could probably get something done. Though this will obviously not be a yes/no reforendom campaign, there has to be some bit of college legislation saying what the buttery is and what it is supposed to supply. I mean Londis can make ham lettice and tomato rolls for €1.77, why can't the buttery at least be as cheap as the JCR? What does a packet of pasta cost? What does cheap sauce bought in bulk for said pasta cost? Surely they should be cutting their profits so that they are just cutting even on costs + wages, I mean its not like thay're paying rent/heating/electricity bills.

jamesnp

They must be making a packet on it... and, if they're not, it's down to severe mismanagement.

-jp

Cantab.

The "funky" seating (the irony of course is that it all comes out of a catalogue) is already destroyed.

What's wrong with some proper wooden chairs like those in the dining hall that last for decades rather than months?

College would want to be far more choosy about who they give hand out their catering contracts to. For the amount of effort they put into the rennovation, you'd think the least they could do would be to do it properly.