The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

the beer revolu

Ate in Sixix (or as they say "6ix") last night.
The food was really good - unlike anything else in Cork. It's South American in style. Great flavours, friendly helpful staff, reasonably priced. I'll be back.
I hope they can maintain these standards - that the chef won't leave and the food will become more standard or that they don't start dumbing down the food until it's like anywhere else.

My only complaint is that I found the food a touch oily (there's a lot of frying going on) and I thought the service should be much faster but I guess that will come with time. I'd highly recommend it for something casual and a bit different.

leahyl

the beer revolu wrote: »

Ate in Sixix (or as they say "6ix") last night.
The food was really good - unlike anything else in Cork. It's South American in style. Great flavours, friendly helpful staff, reasonably priced. I'll be back.
I hope they can maintain these standards - that the chef won't leave and the food will become more standard or that they don't start dumbing down the food until it's like anywhere else.

My only complaint is that I found the food a touch oily (there's a lot of frying going on) and I thought the service should be much faster but I guess that will come with time. I'd highly recommend it for something casual and a bit different.

Where is this?

Edit: Just checked myself - Bridge Street, interesting :-)

Malari

That's great, I was in the bar a few weeks ago and really liked the atmosphere, so am looking forward to trying the food out.

Milly33

We ate in the Cornstore last night for a work party and have to say it is still pants. the lace the food with salt and tis just flavourless, plus a lot of it was burnt and they still served it

kcb

Milly33 wrote: »

We ate in the Cornstore last night

Sorry to hear that!

I don't know how the place gets any custom. Lots of work do's and tourists I'd say.

leahyl

kcb wrote: »

Sorry to hear that!

I don't know how the place gets any custom. Lots of work do's and tourists I'd say.

Yes, never been a fan of the place myself - only ate there twice and I was willing to try it again as it's been a few years since the last time but after reading the last few posts I think I'll be giving it a miss!

sporina

leahyl wrote: »

Yes, never been a fan of the place myself - only ate there twice and I was willing to try it again as it's been a few years since the last time but after reading the last few posts I think I'll be giving it a miss!

yeah i was there twice and was not impressed.. once the food was cold and they argued the point.. staff are not v good either..

Straight Talker

It's hard to beat the service in the Market Lane.The staff there are always so professional.

leahyl

Ate in the Raj in Kerrypike for the first time last night and I must say it was lovely. I think I might prefer the butter chicken in Lal Quila by a very small margin but it was still lovely! And lovely decor too!

BanzaiBk

Christmas party season!

Jacobs - €27 Christmas menu. Everything was delicious! Amazing wedge of salmon, huge steaks and lovely sides. The fish and chips was a bit meagre. The best part was the desserts though. Nice house wine too and the atmosphere was great, really buzzing.

Fenns - cheap and cheerful but really tasty. A bit jammed at lunch time but it's understandable given the season. I love the staff here.

Market Lane - jam packed and quite uncomfortably noisy. Great food and service. Felt a bit rushed.

Electric - twice in two weeks, was great the second time too. The food is so tasty.

sporina

BanzaiBk wrote: »

Christmas party season!

Jacobs - €27 Christmas menu. Everything was delicious! Amazing wedge of salmon, huge steaks and lovely sides. The fish and chips was a bit meagre. The best part was the desserts though. Nice house wine too and the atmosphere was great, really buzzing.

Fenns - cheap and cheerful but really tasty. A bit jammed at lunch time but it's understandable given the season. I love the staff here.

Market Lane - jam packed and quite uncomfortably noisy. Great food and service. Felt a bit rushed.

Electric - twice in two weeks, was great the second time too. The food is so tasty.

wow how do you get to eat out so often?

BanzaiBk

sporina wrote: »

wow how do you get to eat out so often?

Just work christmas parties, not a regular occurrence! I work around a few departments

Encrustment

Is Oysters a good spot?

pwurple

Encrustment wrote: »

Is Oysters a good spot?

Yes! Very good spot. Not cheap though.

Encrustment

pwurple wrote: »

Yes! Very good spot. Not cheap though.

They have a deal on menupages at the moment though. 2 courses for 2 people for 40e. Can be used Jan & Feb.

KatyBob

New place called Ramen - Asian Street Food by cupcake cottage on Anglesea St. Absolutely delicious food, very reasonable and a free ice cream cone at the end that you pull yourself! Seriously though, service was great and the food was yummy and not too heavy. Basically go

Milly33

Ah I was just going to post saying the menupages deal for Oysters..Just got one cant wait to try it out. Heard good things about it but that it is a quite kinda chilled restaurant you would not go there for a party of anything..cant wait to try it out €40 not bad

Faith

KatyBob wrote: »

New place called Ramen - Asian Street Food by cupcake cottage on Anglesea St. Absolutely delicious food, very reasonable and a free ice cream cone at the end that you pull yourself! Seriously though, service was great and the food was yummy and not too heavy. Basically go

Is it sit in or takeaway?

Nonoperational

Gallo & Galetti for lunch today. Awesome.

Faith

Had a really unpleasant experience with a takeaway the Rose Garden chinese in Douglas last night. Food over 30 minutes late with no apology, lukewarm, food was incredibly bland and overcooked to the point of being inedible and no prawn crackers that were supposed to be a free extra for ordering over €15 of food.

Pity, because we've enjoyed food from there in the past.

I emailed them about it but didn't receive a reply, and I honestly don't think we'd ever eat there again.

curly from cork

Faith wrote: »

Is it sit in or takeaway?

It's both Faith . A friend of mine owns it, although I haven't been yet ! They also have a facebook page ramen-asian street food

Nonoperational

Faith wrote: »

Had a really unpleasant experience with a takeaway the Rose Garden chinese in Douglas last night. Food over 30 minutes late with no apology, lukewarm, food was incredibly bland and overcooked to the point of being inedible and no prawn crackers that were supposed to be a free extra for ordering over €15 of food.

Pity, because we've enjoyed food from there in the past.

I emailed them about it but didn't receive a reply, and I honestly don't think we'd ever eat there again.

My last take away from there was very average. Wouldn't go back.

Milly33

shame to hear that with them, they should at least come back with a reply to you.. The rose garden that is perhaps you should call them

beer enigma

Faith wrote: »

Had a really unpleasant experience with a takeaway the Rose Garden chinese in Douglas last night. Food over 30 minutes late with no apology, lukewarm, food was incredibly bland and overcooked to the point of being inedible and no prawn crackers that were supposed to be a free extra for ordering over €15 of food.

Pity, because we've enjoyed food from there in the past.

I emailed them about it but didn't receive a reply, and I honestly don't think we'd ever eat there again.

I wonder is it just inconsistent - just finished our first takeaway from there and came online to praise them only to find these comments. Personally myself and a very fussy Mrs andip really enjoyed it. Arrived after 20 mins with a complimentary portion of chips.

I wonder are they quiet on takeaway because of the weekend that's in it and therefore maybe more time for the food prep.

Shame they can't sustain this level as enjoyed it but will give them another try and report back

Faith

Andip wrote: »

I wonder is it just inconsistent - just finished our first takeaway from there and came online to praise them only to find these comments. Personally myself and a very fussy Mrs andip really enjoyed it. Arrived after 20 mins with a complimentary portion of chips.

I wonder are they quiet on takeaway because of the weekend that's in it and therefore maybe more time for the food prep.

Shame they can't sustain this level as enjoyed it but will give them another try and report back

It's definitely inconsistent. In the past, we've thoroughly enjoyed food from there. Apart from the missing prawn crackers and the blandness, I'd suspect the food was just left sitting in the delivery drivers car for the extra half hour, that he forgot about it or something.

Although actually, my oh got a dish from the specials and it was 90% vegetables. Despite it costing €10.50, there was a minuscule amount of meat in there so there was definitely a problem in the kitchen as well.

beer enigma

Faith wrote: »

It's definitely inconsistent. In the past, we've thoroughly enjoyed food from there. Apart from the missing prawn crackers and the blandness, I'd suspect the food was just left sitting in the delivery drivers car for the extra half hour, that he forgot about it or something.

Although actually, my oh got a dish from the specials and it was 90% vegetables. Despite it costing €10.50, there was a minuscule amount of meat in there so there was definitely a problem in the kitchen as well.

sounds like the issue is lack of checks when they are busy.

tonight's was really nice - I went for the Malaysian beef & mrs A the satay. Plenty of meat plus extra comp chips and the prawn crackers arrived safely.

We always used bamboo house but with no delivery it's a pain especially when douglas pubs 'supersize' their prices this time of the year so the old excuse of killing time in Barrys has gone

Nice bottle of vino at home tho

TeletextPear

Went to Sultans recently, food was great but my god it was so slow! We had to be somewhere at 10 so I booked for 7.30 thinking that we'd be in and out in an hour and have time to go for a drink somewhere after. Ended up getting out of the place at 9.20 and we just had a main and coffee. The food came out quite quickly after we ordered but there was such a delay between each stage. 15 mins for someone to clear our plates, another 10 mins before we were asked if we wanted dessert, another 10 mins before the dessert menu was brought down, another 20 for the coffee, etc, etc. Ended up having to go up to the counter to pay instead of facing another long wait for the bill. I would try it again because I really enjoyed the food but the service would have to be a lot better.

Encrustment

TeletextPear wrote: »

Went to Sultans recently, food was great but my god it was so slow! We had to be somewhere at 10 so I booked for 7.30 thinking that we'd be in and out in an hour and have time to go for a drink somewhere after. Ended up getting out of the place at 9.20 and we just had a main and coffee. The food came out quite quickly after we ordered but there was such a delay between each stage. 15 mins for someone to clear our plates, another 10 mins before we were asked if we wanted dessert, another 10 mins before the dessert menu was brought down, another 20 for the coffee, etc, etc. Ended up having to go up to the counter to pay instead of facing another long wait for the bill. I would try it again because I really enjoyed the food but the service would have to be a lot better.

I also found the portion sizes to be tiny. I was starved after my mixed shish platther & chips.

KatyBob

Faith wrote: »

Is it sit in or takeaway?

Both I'd post their website but I'm in work Later!

Ludo

KatyBob wrote: »

Both I'd post their website but I'm in work Later!

This I assume

http://ramen.ie/about.php