Why are Galway chippers so bad?

deargas

Ok, so save a couple of chippers who go to the effort of taking the time to prepare something which looks as good as it tastes, (Eddie rockets, Boogaloo Burger).

Why do chipshop owners think that people will just come back for more when all they're serving is crap?

And another thing, aren't we very limited in choice in this city? Fish & Chips, Burger Joints, Kebab house, ... pizza, chinese, or indian?

I've recently been spoiled by watching a couple of episodes of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. I just salivated, mouth agape, at the delicious fayre on offer in every one of the featured restaurants.

Maybe once a week, I take a shot at the take away lucky dip, here's a few. Got any other suggestions?

Kettle of fish - great for a while, then got served gone off fish once, and another time, the scrags of chips at the bottom of the tray.
Eddie Rockets, - can't fault it, especially with a 2for1 voucher or even the 9.99 offer.

Salt and pepper in Salthill isn't bad, but again very rushed, cram it in your mouth and don't look at what you're eating type products.

Charcoal Grill - Gotta say, their lamb shish kebab is one of the nicest I've had.


It's only Tuesday, and I just felt like a rant.

snubbleste

What's wrong with Supermacs then? :cool:

deargas

seriously? no, I know you're just looking for a rise.

_DMac_

simple answer. they all suck unless its 3am on Sunday morning

mikom

deargas wrote: »

Ok, so save a couple of chippers who go to the effort of taking the time to prepare something which looks as good as it tastes, Eddie rockets,

Lol

Sponge Bob

Supermacs have made millionaires out of people and all they ever did was was sell the scrapins of a cows hole with a few spices added and then plonked into a burger bun. Evidently most of their customers survived to go back for more

jcsoulinger

I think Eddie Rockets is one of the worst chippers in galway, McDonoughs fish and chips is excellent. And there are plenty of places to get good Chinese, Pizza or Indian.

inisboffin

snubbleste wrote: »

What's wrong with Supermacs then? :cool:

Dead to me, since they fired the codburger.:(

Steyr

jcsoulinger wrote: »

McDonoughs fish and chips is excellent.

:pac:

JONJO THE MISER

I agree the quality of chippers in Galway is shocking, having lived in cork city its very hard to make the adjustment to Galway chippers.

civis_liberalis

deargas wrote: »

Ok, so save a couple of chippers who go to the effort of taking the time to prepare something which looks as good as it tastes, (Eddie rockets, Boogaloo Burger).

Completely disagree that Eddie Rockets should be praised for the quality of their food.

I have been in both Galway branches quite a few times over the last few years (not my choice), so my opinion isn't based on a single visit. I wouldn't be as quick to make the point otherwise.

Stench Blossoms

Jack Jordan's in Doughiska is great.

Madame Razz

I live in hope of a Jackie Lennox expansion to Galway:D

JONJO THE MISER

Madame Razz wrote: »

I live in hope of a Jackie Lennox expansion to Galway:D

Oh yeah now you are talking, only problem is they franchised out a second one in south terrace in cork and it was horrible. I think there can only be one and that on the bandon road, breast of chicken and chips, i miss it:(

Madame Razz

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Oh yeah now you are talking, only problem is they franchised out a second one in south terrace in cork and it was horrible. I think there can only be one and that on the bandon road, breast of chicken and chips, i miss it:(

Even a poor standard Lennox' would beat any of them up here hands down.

I also especially miss the unique method of ordering on the Bandon road aswel; aaaaaaaaaah them were the days.......:D

Wompa1

Vinnies is pretty good I think...for a chipper anyway

Head The Wall

OP you have obviously never been to Giovannis Oranmore. Be there or be square

jcsoulinger wrote: »

McDonoughs fish and chips is excellent.

Their fish is gone to crap in the last few years, way too greasy.

inisboffin wrote: »

Dead to me, since they fired the codburger.:(

Get over it lad

inisboffin wrote: »

Oh they are dead to me since they axed the codburger!

inisboffin wrote: »

Unfortunately I now have to boycott Supermacs as they have decided to no longer sell the codburger (the holy grail of supermacs for me for yeeears).
It was 'too much trouble' to have people wait 7 mins for them to cook it fresh.

Feck that!:p

brianthebard

galway chippers are ****, that's just the long and the short of it. Supermacs 10oz burger ftw!!!

inisboffin

Head The Wall wrote: »

Get over it

never!

JONJO THE MISER

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Oh yeah now you are talking, only problem is they franchised out a second one in south terrace in cork and it was horrible. I think there can only be one and that on the bandon road, breast of chicken and chips, i miss it:(

It was CF Lennox of Ballyhehane that franchised out the name, not the Lennox of Bandon Road

I lived in Galway from March 09 to March 2010, Jack Jordan's as said above is a great chipper, loved it. Not many other actual chippers about, SuperMacs is complete and utter sh1t. Decent Chinese/Thai places in Oranmore. Kettle of Fish I thought was very good, bit pricey though.

jjbiker

Lived in the East side of the City until recently and here's my view =

Mario's behind Kings Valley was a good tradational Italian chippy.

Scotty's (now closed) was a top notch diner which the missus and I were a regular every Friday evening. Their special's for a tenner were just the job and you always had a choice of 3.

Eddie Rocket's in Wellpark is un-adulterated overpriced themed horse ****. I wouldn't feed it to my dog's.

Chinese takeaway in Ballybane(forget its name) was grand. Never got too excited by it but it was never bad either.

I live in Loughrea now and must say we have a selection of good quality take away's/restaurant's but of course "knackermac's" is slap bang in the middle of main street!!

JONJO THE MISER

jjbiker wrote: »

"knackermac's"

Tis good.

philbo

deargas wrote: »

Eddie rockets

The worst, most foul place to serve food I've ever been to. I gave it the benefit of the doubt a number of times, and each time, without fail, I've been physically sick afterwards.

TheCosmicFrog

Just ate in Eddie Rocket's today. I always thought they had decent food. Unfortunately the premises is dirty, grotty and in need of a good bulldozer. Got the aforementioned €10 deal - two burgers, two chips and two drinks for a tenner can't be beat in terms of quantity.

Oh and it was between two people by the way :pac:

JONJO THE MISER

Can you get a doggie bag?

Mrs OBumble

IMHO, it's not a problem that's limited to Galway.

The only decent fish and chips I've had in the last three years were while I was at a wedding (back home) last year.

brianthebard

men's loo in the eglinton street Eddies is the worst bathroom in a resturant I've ever seen, there's no ****ing seat!!!!

dolphin city

Try Vinnies in Dominick Street - excellent chips (dare I say even better than Mcdonaghs) and try the kebab house across the street for the best kebabs in town - but then again that area is the best part of town overall.

TobyZiegler

Kettle of Fish is great. (Take their time and a bit more pricey than some places but the food is really really good.)

Also Charcoal Grill burgers - mmmmmm.

deargas

Try Vinnies in Dominick Street - excellent chips (dare I say even better than Mcdonaghs) and try the kebab house across the street for the best kebabs in town - but then again that area is the best part of town overall.

Really sorry, but it was Vinnies which prompted my original post. I ate there on Monday night. Now I normally just get their chips, which I have to say are just top notch. But I made the mistake of ordering a 1/4 pounder.

So I got a frozen burger, which had been precooked and was just refried on the hotplate. Then it was undignified further by the splosh of ketchup on one side with a few poorly chopped onions, and something white (I'm guessing the cheapest mayonnaise which money just can't buy) with some severly chopped lettuce.

It was the pits. I dumped half of it when I got home.

You may well criticise Eddie Rockets, but just for me, go in and sit at the bar and watch the time and effort the chef takes to prepare you a burger. Try a smoke stack on for size. Just the best. I have to say I'm not a fan of the chips, but the burgers are second to none.

Eddie's is still the only take away I've seen who prepare their burgers from fresh meat, none of your junk frozen frisby burgers.

Thanks for the tip on Doughiska. I've seen a couple of posts for Jack Jordans before so I'll check them out.

Wompa1

deargas wrote: »

Try Vinnies in Dominick Street - excellent chips (dare I say even better than Mcdonaghs) and try the kebab house across the street for the best kebabs in town - but then again that area is the best part of town overall.

Really sorry, but it was Vinnies which prompted my original post. I ate there on Monday night. Now I normally just get their chips, which I have to say are just top notch. But I made the mistake of ordering a 1/4 pounder.

So I got a frozen burger, which had been precooked and was just refried on the hotplate. Then it was undignified further by the splosh of ketchup on one side with a few poorly chopped onions, and something white (I'm guessing the cheapest mayonnaise which money just can't buy) with some severly chopped lettuce.

It was the pits. I dumped half of it when I got home.

You may well criticise Eddie Rockets, but just for me, go in and sit at the bar and watch the time and effort the chef takes to prepare you a burger. Try a smoke stack on for size. Just the best. I have to say I'm not a fan of the chips, but the burgers are second to none.

Eddie's is still the only take away I've seen who prepare their burgers from fresh meat, none of your junk frozen frisby burgers.

Thanks for the tip on Doughiska. I've seen a couple of posts for Jack Jordans before so I'll check them out.

Your are right. The burgers are crap. Get the Mexican chips and two pieces of chicken and you'll be happy. Their chicken seems..tastier than most.

deargas

TobyZiegler wrote: »

Kettle of Fish is great. (Take their time and a bit more pricey than some places but the food is really really good.)

Yes, as I said in my op, I used to be a fan of the Kettle. Then they dicked me around on 3 separate ocassions. I've got to share; one evening I ordered a take away of smoked haddock, usually gorgeous. When I got home and open the bag, well it just stank. Like raw fish lying on the pier for 3 days stink. And I've smelt enough of it to know. If it smells like fish it ain't fresh.

So I went back, gave out, and was asked if I'd like another? FFS. Then the guy in the back said there's no smoked haddock left. So it turns out I probably got the last fillet in the bucket. Well it must have been a slow slow week because what I got just wasn't fresh. Not even close.

So that was the end of my love affair with the kettle of fish. (There was another incident involving chips so I gave them 3 strikes).

s_carnage

dolphin city wrote: »

Try Vinnies in Dominick Street - excellent chips (dare I say even better than Mcdonaghs) and try the kebab house across the street for the best kebabs in town - but then again that area is the best part of town overall.

Really hope your not on about Kebab House, as their kebabs are muck. Granted there huge but still in terms of taste it doesn't even come close to Charcoal which I also don't think is that great also.

Edgedinblue

I used to give out about the chippers when i moved to galway first. couldnt understand why there seemed to be so few. But so far ive grown to love vinnies and norios at gleann na ri, they're damn tasty. although had several bad experiences with the chipper on the tuam road in liosban. But thats closed now! So all is well!

Wompa1

Edgedinblue wrote: »

I used to give out about the chippers when i moved to galway first. couldnt understand why there seemed to be so few. But so far ive grown to love vinnies and norios at gleann na ri, they're damn tasty. although had several bad experiences with the chipper on the tuam road in liosban. But thats closed now! So all is well!

What about Norios on the Headford Road? I tried it once and wasn't overly impressed...seemed to lack taste!

dolphin city

deargas wrote: »

Try Vinnies in Dominick Street - excellent chips (dare I say even better than Mcdonaghs) and try the kebab house across the street for the best kebabs in town - but then again that area is the best part of town overall.

Really sorry, but it was Vinnies which prompted my original post. I ate there on Monday night. Now I normally just get their chips, which I have to say are just top notch. But I made the mistake of ordering a 1/4 pounder.

So I got a frozen burger, which had been precooked and was just refried on the hotplate. Then it was undignified further by the splosh of ketchup on one side with a few poorly chopped onions, and something white (I'm guessing the cheapest mayonnaise which money just can't buy) with some severly chopped lettuce.

It was the pits. I dumped half of it when I got home.

You may well criticise Eddie Rockets, but just for me, go in and sit at the bar and watch the time and effort the chef takes to prepare you a burger. Try a smoke stack on for size. Just the best. I have to say I'm not a fan of the chips, but the burgers are second to none.

Eddie's is still the only take away I've seen who prepare their burgers from fresh meat, none of your junk frozen frisby burgers.

Thanks for the tip on Doughiska. I've seen a couple of posts for Jack Jordans before so I'll check them out.

so the chips are fabulous in Vinnies, but not the burgers and the burgers are fabulous in eddie rockets but not the chips. Here's an idea - go to Vinnies for Chips and go to Rockets for a burger. :rolleyes: no pleasing some people.

dolphin city

s_carnage wrote: »

Really hope your not on about Kebab House, as their kebabs are muck. Granted there huge but still in terms of taste it doesn't even come close to Charcoal which I also don't think is that great also.

ya I am on about the kebab house in dominic street - their chicken kebabs are fabulous - I've had charcoal and they are just so bland compared to kebab house.

inisboffin

When it's busy enough in Vinnies, the chips are grand. Fresh and decent sized, but when it is anyway quiet, at least half the time, I have gotten 'dregs' chips. Now I know some people like some crunchy bits, but this is over a quarter of the bags in scraps. But they do a fishburger, so I will keep trying them:D

SoulTrader

Some observations:

Kebab House isn't a patch on the Charcoal Grill.

McDonagh's starting going downhill a long time ago. Conlon's betters them for fish and chips.

Vinnie's does a nice Mexican chips.

There was a lovely Italian chipper in Barna, can't recall the name as I don't live in Galway anymore.

deargas

dolphin city wrote: »

so the chips are fabulous in Vinnies, but not the burgers and the burgers are fabulous in eddie rockets but not the chips. Here's an idea - go to Vinnies for Chips and go to Rockets for a burger. :rolleyes: no pleasing some people.

Have done that plenty of times as a matter of fact. Pick up 2 burgers in Eddies, then on the way home, get some chips from Vinnies.

My original question related more to the alternatives, or lack thereof.
So far, it's Jack Jordans. Poor, pityfully poor isn't it.

dolphin city

SoulTrader wrote: »

Some observations:

Kebab House isn't a patch on the Charcoal Grill.

McDonagh's starting going downhill a long time ago. Conlon's betters them for fish and chips.

Vinnie's does a nice Mexican chips.

There was a lovely Italian chipper in Barna, can't recall the name as I don't live in Galway anymore.

morellies is the one in barna I think and it is just average.
Can't beat Kebab House in my opinion
Vinnie's chips are fab

dolphin city

deargas wrote: »

Have done that plenty of times as a matter of fact. Pick up 2 burgers in Eddies, then on the way home, get some chips from Vinnies.

My original question related more to the alternatives, or lack thereof.
So far, it's Jack Jordans. Poor, pityfully poor isn't it.

cant say Ive ever had Jack Jordans.
but on thinking of it the chips in Roberto's are excellent.

dastardly00

inisboffin wrote: »

When it's busy enough in Vinnies, the chips are grand. Fresh and decent sized, but when it is anyway quiet, at least half the time, I have gotten 'dregs' chips. Now I know some people like some crunchy bits, but this is over a quarter of the bags in scraps. But they do a fishburger, so I will keep trying them:D

I agree totally about the chips. They are the only place in Galway City that have what I consider "chipper" chips, i.e. thick chunky chips (not generic skinny ones like some places) and you get them in a brown paper bag!
However, the majority of the time I've been to Vinnies, it's been empty and I get the crap chips that have been sitting there for ages.

When Marios used to be on Shop Street a few years ago, they were pretty good imo.

McDonaghs Fish isn't that nice anymore. And I wouldn't include Supermacs and Eddie Rockets as "chippers" in the traditional Irish sense.

I'm from Kilkenny and I can think of about 8 or 9 chippers in the city that are really nice, great chips, burgers, and battered sausages especially.
But I find it really strange in Galway that there are very few local chippers around, and no good ones at all

Edgedinblue

Wompa1 wrote: »

What about Norios on the Headford Road? I tried it once and wasn't overly impressed...seemed to lack taste!

Never tried that one. hmmm always thought norios at gleann na ri were grand.

moonflower

I seriously don't understand how anyone likes Supermac's chips, to me they taste like tissue paper. I like Vinnie's chips and Kebab House's are nice (or seem nice at 3 in the morning anyway). Mc Donagh's are ok, but I don't think they're as nice as they used to be. I still haven't tried Boogaloo Burger, is it any good?

I never get all the hating on Eddie Rockets, sure it's a little more expensive than some places but it's really nice. And their burgers are actually big, filling things instead of those crappy flat, frozen, squished yokes you get most places.

spender.j

I love supermacs chips! I'm never disappointed... when I was travelling a couple of years ago the only thing I missed from home was a snackbox...

magentas

supermacs is pure muck

salt & pepper, kettle of fish and vinnies (spiceburger;)) are the best for proper chippers

must try jack jordens heard good things about the place on KFC thread!

Madame Razz

Madame Razz wrote: »

I live in hope of a Jackie Lennox expansion to Galway:D

I never get people raving on about lennox's, its like people raving about mcdonaghs in galway. The chips are absolute muck, you might as well order a pot of grease, the burgers are fine but nothing special. Id much prefer a supermacs or mcdonalds.

LawnMower Man

Supermacs Cross street is the best supermacs in town always damn good and if your lucky you could pull in there too lol

Salt and pepper is a bit hit and miss, I like the burgers and chicken but sometimes they re-fry the chips (Alot of chippers seem to do this with must be waste not want not).

Vinnys though down downnick street is the haute cuisine of chips

Tasty Bites up in ballybane will sell you a kebab that would feed a family of 5 for a week and i found it much better than the charcoal grill muck.

Havnt been to McDonaghs for fish and chips in a while dunno is it just me but the last time I was there during the summer the cod I got was more like a goldfish, the fish portion has definitely shrunk over the years but the price has went up.

_Whimsical_

Does any place other than supermacs do good tasty chicken? Not nuggets but actual chicken pieces?

Wompa1

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Does any place other than supermacs do good tasty chicken? Not nuggets but actual chicken pieces?

Vinnies...The hot Wings in KFC are good and Sweet Chilli Chicken Wings in Golden Mountain..very nice!