Best place for lunch?

sternn

Just wondering, where abouts can you get a decent cheap lunch around/outside trinity?

Brian

Londis Weekly Madness...

nDakota

ODONAVANS!

shay_562

For ultra cheap: Londis halfway up Dame Street (at the intersection with George's Street) have €2 chicken fillet rolls.

For actually nice: Nude's chicken noodle soup is under €5, really filling and comes with bread.

Brian

shay_562 wrote: »

For ultra cheap: Londis halfway up Dame Street (at the intersection with George's Street) have €2 chicken fillet rolls.

Nuh-uh. That's "Weekly Madness" -
1) Meat changes every week
2) It's available in all Londis stores in town

Mark200

Just noticed today that Centra on Westland Row has put down the price of its chicken fillet roll to €3.

Timans

Gourmet Burger, any burger is €5. Not too cheap but it is a great burger.

shay_562

Baza210 wrote: »

Nuh-uh. That's "Weekly Madness" -
1) Meat changes every week
2) It's available in all Londis stores in town

Nuh-uh. It's one particular Londis (or possibly Centra, now that I think of it) that has €2 breakfast rolls and €2 chicken fillet rolls every day, every week, and has done so since April at least, probably earlier. I've had two since Freshers' week, in different weeks.

*finger-snap*

sternn

shay_562 wrote: »

Nuh-uh. It's one particular Londis (or possibly Centra, now that I think of it) that has €2 breakfast rolls and €2 chicken fillet rolls every day, every week, and has done so since April at least, probably earlier. I've had two since Freshers' week, in different weeks.

*finger-snap*

What are the queues like?

Brian

shay_562 wrote: »

Nuh-uh. It's one particular Londis (or possibly Centra, now that I think of it) that has €2 breakfast rolls and €2 chicken fillet rolls every day, every week, and has done so since April at least, probably earlier. I've had two since Freshers' week, in different weeks.

*finger-snap*

shay_562

shay_562 wrote: »

Nuh-uh. It's one particular Londis (or possibly Centra, now that I think of it) that has €2 breakfast rolls and €2 chicken fillet rolls every day, every week, and has done so since April at least, probably earlier. I've had two since Freshers' week, in different weeks.

*finger-snap*

Yeah it's a Centra. Cheese is 60c extra though...

sternn wrote: »

What are the queues like?

Never too large, you'll get served within a few minutes, at the most, of queuing.

Brian

George's St. isn't exactly convenient for lunch, unless you're dropping by the Asia Market to buy Sarsi or something.

I know it's near Trinity, but I always get lost when I'm trying to find George's st./Drury st. ...

GlasnevinRed

nDakota wrote: »

ODONAVANS!

This and the londis weekly madness.

Can't beat O'Donovans though imho.

Dante

sternn wrote: »

Just wondering, where abouts can you get a decent cheap lunch around/outside trinity?

Captain America's - With most the Soc cards you can get 2 for 1 there which is extremely handy if you have somebody to go in with you, works out dirt cheap for good food. Pints are also only €3 with a student card.

flerb22

nDakota wrote: »

ODONAVANS!

QFT

Kooli

Where's O'Donovans?

Tar.Aldarion

need to find some good veggie food, just get sandwiches in centra for
3.79 atm, rippppp. Although delicious.
Could go to govindas or does anywhere do an all day breakfast nearby?
Or good soup?

shay_562

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

need to find some good veggie food, just get sandwiches in centra for
3.79 atm, rippppp. Although delicious.
Could go to govindas or does anywhere do an all day breakfast nearby?
Or good soup?

I've heard good things about Cornucopia from veggie friends, but never actually eaten there (I'm a meat fan)

Brian

M&S probably have vegetable sandwiches for €2.

Tar.Aldarion

shay_562 wrote: »

I've heard good things about Cornucopia from veggie friends, but never actually eaten there (I'm a meat fan)

Yeah fantastic place/food, bit expensive for me atm though
Even meat fans love it there in my experience

Baza210 wrote: »

M&S probably have vegetable sandwiches for €2.

I'll have a look but ew packaged sandwiches. :-p

dan719

As has already been said, the centra opposite georges street is offering €2 Chicken Fillet rolls. However it is closing on Sun for a week and a half. All offers are being transferred to the Centra in temple bar square.

Spar on Nassau street are offering two Mars/Twix/Snickers for a euro, and all the dodgy shops on Camden St are offering two cans of coke for a euro as well. Dunnes are selling mars bars for 47c in the Stephens Green Shop.

Basically you should mix and match your lunch from different shops if you really want to save money. Otherwise bring a packed lunch.

Also, avoid Subway like the plague. It's amazing, but way overpriced.

gearoidof

Kooli wrote: »

Where's O'Donovans?

O'donovan's is on pearse street, across the road from Goldsmith Hall, on Pearse Street beside the Lombard.

They charge 3:30 for a roll, and 3:90 for a panini.

Boland's is on Upper Duke Street, that's parallel with Grafton and Dawson Street, if you know the arcade with the leonidas shop off dawson street, you go in there, take a right

They charge 2.95 for a roll, and I gotta say that they're better than O'Donovan's.

sternn

gearoidof wrote: »

O'donovan's is on pearse street, across the road from Goldsmith Hall, on Pearse Street beside the Lombard.

They charge 3:30 for a roll, and 3:90 for a panini.

Boland's is on Upper Duke Street, that's parallel with Grafton and Dawson Street, if you know the arcade with the leonidas shop off dawson street, you go in there, take a right

They charge 2.95 for a roll, and I gotta say that they're better than O'Donovan's.

With a DUMSS membership card, u get 10% off at O'Donovans!

Brian

Tesco have half-price digestives

electrogrimey

It's not cheap, but Metro is amazing, it's like €6-ish for sandwiches, but they're fancy and really good. Dunno what the road's called, it's the one Mao is on off Grafton Street, beside HMV, on the corner of South William Street. For cheap you can't really beat a Subway, especially with those coupon books they were handing out. Mmmm.

Brian

For an expensive sandwich, McCabe's deli past Doyle's is great.

devinejay

I've been living on the breakfast sambo from O'Donavans for the last while. Two sausages, two rashers, black and white pudding, hash brown and two eggs for three quid!!!!

Fringe

I think the Londis deal is very good. 2.50 for a roll and wedges. Not amazing but it's cheap and fills you up.

Mark200

dan719 wrote: »

Spar on Nassau street are offering two Mars/Twix/Snickers for a euro, and all the dodgy shops on Camden St are offering two cans of coke for a euro as well. Dunnes are selling mars bars for 47c in the Stephens Green Shop.

Basically you should mix and match your lunch from different shops if you really want to save money. Otherwise bring a packed lunch.

Mars bars isn't a lunch!

disneyonfire

The O'Briens sandwich shop on Westmoreland Street does a 25% discount for Trinity students.

For more veggie food theres also Fresh in the Powerscourt Centre. Really nice soup and good bread for about €3.50. They also do sandwiches and full meals.

Jonathan

Does nobody bring in sandwichs any more?

dan719

Mark200 wrote: »

Mars bars isn't a lunch!

Pfft, some student you are!:p

gnl

If you're mega broke Jaffa cakes from Tesco are a a life saver, less than a euro for 24. Many a night studying for the LC were had fuelled on that Jaffa-ey goodness.

Jack Sheehan

electrogrimey wrote: »

It's not cheap, but Metro is amazing, it's like €6-ish for sandwiches, but they're fancy and really good. Dunno what the road's called, it's the one Mao is on off Grafton Street, beside HMV, on the corner of South William Street. For cheap you can't really beat a Subway, especially with those coupon books they were handing out. Mmmm.

Ooh, yeah the all day metro special is immense.

SligoBrewer

The JCR in Goldsmith.

bythewoods

Jonathan wrote: »

Does nobody bring in sandwichs any more?

I would do, but then I'd have to like, buy bread and stuff.

I tend to fill myself up at lunch time so I wont have to cook when I get back to Halls...
Although I have cooked 3 whole times since I moved up here...

Mark200

Jonathan wrote: »

Does nobody bring in sandwichs any more?

I did for a while last year... I probably will again this year. I started last year when I realised I was spending €5 a day on lunch, which is €25 a week. Which is about €300 a college year.

AlanSparrowhawk

Some of the places I enjoyed having lunch at during college were:

The Spar beside Pearse (gone now?)
Ham Cafe (when you wanted something like chips and sausages)
JCR eating spar roll or one of their sandwiches
Boland's Probably the best selection of sandwiches and soup at lunch time
Fresh Range of interesting lunches (good salads)
O'Neill's Sufflock - for giant carvery once in a blue moon
TAke 5 - really great spot for lunch/dinner but closed now

donegalgirl28

Baza210 wrote: »

Tesco have half-price digestives

They are ****ing lovely. 39c FTW.

Tar.Aldarion

bythewoods wrote: »

I would do, but then I'd have to like, buy bread and stuff.

Exactly and I'd have to like, make them! Ew!


Centra beside pearse will have to do for now, although want to find some good vegetable soup somewhere

amacachi

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Exactly and I'd have to like, make them! Ew!


Centra beside pearse will have to do for now, although want to find some good vegetable soup somewhere

Pot of stuff on a Sunday, freeze it. Invest in a flask and kettle and you're sorted for the week.

Tar.Aldarion

Actually might do that, we a have a few canteen areas so i can just heat it up in there...

Jonathan

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Actually might do that, we a have a few canteen areas so i can just heat it up in there...

With bean bags too :pac:

Tar.Aldarion

and foozball and a piano! adn that's just one place, yaaaaa!

bythewoods

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Exactly and I'd have to like, make them! Ew!


Centra beside pearse will have to do for now, although want to find some good vegetable soup somewhere

I know, roysh? That'd involve waking up earlier in the mornings too...

If you find somewhere nice, cheap and veggie-friendly do let me know.
Although the veggie special in the dining hall is only like... €3.80..

amacachi

Also, **** the buttery, not allowed to eat outside food. I decked the security guy when he told me that.

Aoibheann

Pfft, decent breakfast before you leave, big dinner when you get home means you only need a snack in college. I keep meaning to bring lunch type stuff though.. And I keep waking up late, rushing breakfast aaand staying around college 'til late, so my great plans aren't exactly working atm.

Tar.Aldarion

bythewoods wrote: »

I know, roysh? That'd involve waking up earlier in the mornings too...

If you find somewhere nice, cheap and veggie-friendly do let me know.
Although the veggie special in the dining hall is only like... €3.80..

roysh!
Oh yeah you are veggie, let me know too. I've gone to govindas but a bit pricy for every day... I had the veggie special once in the Buttery, it was actually lovely. Some chickpea spinah potatoey thing. The search continues!

amacachi wrote: »

Also, **** the buttery, not allowed to eat outside food. I decked the security guy when he told me that.

man arrested over imaginary incident :pac:

amacachi

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

man arrested over imaginary incident :pac:

Ok so what I really did was smile and say "ok" and then take 20 or so minutes to eat the end of my Chicken Roll. :pac:

gastronaut

Can I suggest www.lunchblock.ie? (Disclosure: I made it)

RuehlTheWorld

Really nicely produced site, well done!