Fine Eating in Dublin City Centre?

evolutionqy7

Right so my girlfriend is coming down on tuesday to dublin to have a bit of fun after my last exam

so looking for a nice restaurant to take her...

mmm i dont mind what sort of one it is cause i dont have alot of experience of going around in restaurants something nice to impress

cheers

Sid_Justice

http://www.fallonandbyrne.com/ would be my suggestion.

evolutionqy7

Sid_Justice wrote: »

http://www.fallonandbyrne.com/ would be my suggestion.

cheers will have it in mind

olaola

My favourite is Chapter One, but you might not get a table at this short notice.
I've never been, but I hear Dax is very good.

glanman

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Right so my girlfriend is coming down on tuesday to dublin to have a bit of fun after my last exam

so looking for a nice restaurant to take her...

mmm i dont mind what sort of one it is cause i dont have alot of experience of going around in restaurants something nice to impress

cheers

try here, just off georges street:

http://www.lgueuleton.com/

French food but very tasty, not too pricy and nice place.

Or here, very nice thai in town:

http://www.sabadublin.com/

Chapter One might be a bit much for the occasion you are suggesting,,,

hblock21

glanman wrote: »

try here, just off georges street:

http://www.lgueuleton.com/

French food but very tasty, not too pricy and nice place.

Or here, very nice thai in town:

http://www.sabadublin.com/

Chapter One might be a bit much for the occasion you are suggesting,,,

They seam like very expensive restaurants. Anywhere abit more reasonable but still good?

glanman

you could get starter, main, desert in either for around €30-€40 which I dont think is too bad. A lot of these places will have early birds with smaller menus too which can be €20-€30. Saba also have a takeaway which is brilliant and lunch time menus are cheap too!

olaola

hblock21 wrote: »

They seam like very expensive restaurants. Anywhere abit more reasonable but still good?

Prob the best you'll get for your money is the Winding Stair. You could go for the early bird too.

finisklin

Have to second the winding stair....great grub, really homely and warm atmosphere and they focus on Irish, artisan producers. I have to recommend their aioli dip and homemade chips...delish.

evolutionqy7

glanman wrote: »

http://www.sabadublin.com/

Chapter One might be a bit much for the occasion you are suggesting,,,

i like that one something out of the ordinary and the fixed price menu for 3 course dinner only 25 quid

WindSock

l'gueuleton doesn't look as expensive as I thought it would be.

http://www.lgueuleton.com/pages/food.html

evolutionqy7

not fond of the vintage design or the menu

WindSock

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

not fond of the vintage design or the menu

Ah yeah. I was just stating it in general, rather than suggesting it to you . Saba is a good choice. Never been disappointed there, service is good and I like the decor too.

evolutionqy7

yeah it is nicely done up and i like the menus

MediaTank

WindSock wrote: »

l'gueuleton doesn't look as expensive as I thought it would be.

http://www.lgueuleton.com/pages/food.html

It's not, especially considering the quality of the food. Only downside is you can't book a table.

banshee_bones

Maybe try Elephant and Castle in temple bar

happyeveryday

Peploe's on St Stephen's Green will impress, they are doing a pre-theatre too!

quazzy

One Pico do a decent early bird menu

If fact its hard to find a good restaurant that doesn't

But if you want to hang about all evening you could try Odessa or Bang (its re-opened)

TomD101

Sid_Justice wrote: »

http://www.fallonandbyrne.com/ would be my suggestion.

+1 great spot v reasonable prices

evolutionqy7

all evening? got better things to do ill be prob going at 8 pm eat and then go of to the cinema or something

AARRRGH

L'Gueuleton in my opinion is not a good restaurant. I've eaten there three times and on all occasions I've thought it was crap.

I would recommend the Market Menu in The Clarence. http://www.theclarence.ie/uploads/documents/The%20Tea%20Room%20Market%20Menu%20June%202010.pdf

You get about 6 courses in total. By far the best value fine dining in Dublin.

evolutionqy7

made a reservation for SaBa thanks for the help every one

AARRRGH

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

made a reservation for SaBa thanks for the help every one

You know Saba isn't fine dining though?

glanman

AARRRGH wrote: »

L'Gueuleton in my opinion is not a good restaurant. I've eaten there three times and on all occasions I've thought it was crap.

I would recommend the Market Menu in The Clarence. http://www.theclarence.ie/uploads/documents/The%20Tea%20Room%20Market%20Menu%20June%202010.pdf

You get about 6 courses in total. By far the best value fine dining in Dublin.

In your opinion, or are you the definitive source??? I haven't eaten there but it doesn't jump out as fine dining to me based on the menu, menu choice is pretty simple. Also there are 3 starters, three main courses, hardly 6 courses in total....

Enjoy Saba, I would recommend either the bangkok noodles or the yellow prawn curry (they also do this with chicken). Be warned though the food can be hot, even the bangkok with 3 out of 5 is verrrry hot!!!

Also, enjoy the rest of your night :P

evolutionqy7

AARRRGH wrote: »

You know Saba isn't fine dining though?

well i like the menu and i like how the place looks thats all that counts right

glanman

AARRRGH wrote: »

You know Saba isn't fine dining though?

If you read the thread properly you will get a feeling for what the OP wants and its pretty clear it is not Patrick Guilbaud, Bentleys etc... Title may be a bit misleading...

AARRRGH

glanman wrote: »

In your opinion, or are you the definitive source??? I haven't eaten there but it doesn't jump out as fine dining to me based on the menu, menu choice is pretty simple. Also there are 3 starters, three main courses, hardly 6 courses in total....

They bring you other not-on-the-menu courses beween meals. For example, you get two desserts.

Go there and try it. It is far superior to the average Dublin restaurant and cannot be beaten value-wise. Seriously, go there and see!

PS I've eaten once or twice in probably every single restaurant in Dublin.

evolutionqy7

glanman wrote: »

If you read the thread properly you will get a feeling for what the OP wants and its pretty clear it is not Patrick Guilbaud, Bentleys etc... Title may be a bit misleading...

well im not used to going to restaurants neither like going there im a good cook myself just havent done anything nice for my gf lately so though id bring her out somewhere nice

sorry if the title was a bit misleading my definition was wrong

mrsdewinter

Look, Saba's a brilliant choice. Reading between the lines, it sounds like food will be the last thing on your minds... Enjoy!

evolutionqy7

went to saba food was nice wasnt anything special to me realy but...by god that ****ing place is noisy...my college cafeteria would be a great library in silence terms compared to that place...even though had a table at 9 still had to wait for about 15 mins too

WindSock

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

went to saba food was nice wasnt anything special to me realy but...by god that ****ing place is noisy...my college cafeteria would be a great library in silence terms compared to that place...even though had a table at 9 still had to wait for about 15 mins too

Shame you didn't have a nice time there. I have only had a pleasant time there myself.

evolutionqy7

WindSock wrote: »

Shame you didn't have a nice time there. I have only had a pleasant time there myself.

well my house mate said she was there before and it was very noisy too...i think they need to develope some noise regulations...especially the fact there was a group of girls sitting behind our table and one of them just kept shouting so loudly...

antoniosicily

AARRRGH wrote: »

L'Gueuleton in my opinion is not a good restaurant. I've eaten there three times and on all occasions I've thought it was crap.

I would recommend the Market Menu in The Clarence. http://www.theclarence.ie/uploads/documents/The%20Tea%20Room%20Market%20Menu%20June%202010.pdf

You get about 6 courses in total. By far the best value fine dining in Dublin.

I agree, L'Gueuleton is just *awful*, I'm not talking about tastes here because everyone can have their own tastes but the quality of the food served here is really really bad, I also drank some wine there (a glass of bordeaux which was on the menu, can't remember the exact name) and it was one of the worst thing I've ever drank.

Never again