The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

-Toppy-

Id feel sorry for the staff of the oyster if they had to go up to Annies unless the place is gutted. Kitchen facilities/Toilets etc are from 50 years ago.
I suppose though you dont have to worry about floods :pac:

roundymac

northgirl wrote: »

I'd have to disagree with that, I had a very poor "Charcuterie" starter priced at around the 11 Euro mark in Annies a few months ago which comprised of a few pieces of ham and a couple of pieces of toasted bread.

Conversely, I ate in Jacobs recently and had a beautiful main and dessert for 25, 3 courses are available for 29. Annies don't offer anything similar.

I hope Jacobs is on the up again. Used to eat there a couple of times a year, then it started to go down in all respects, starting with front of house and continuing down with the food. it's been about 4-5 years since we ate there, might give a try some night.

-Toppy-

roundymac wrote: »

I hope Jacobs is on the up again. Used to eat there a couple of times a year, then it started to go down in all respects, starting with front of house and continuing down with the food. it's been about 4-5 years since we ate there, might give a try some night.

I have eaten there 3 -4 times over the last year and had good food and good service for all of them. I would definitely have put the Jacobs food and experience far above Annies recently

greenfrogs

I know this isn't a restaurant but the cupcakes from Cupcake Cottage on Anglesea Street are amazing. I had the tirasmu today and it was gorgeous. The lemon cheesecake is also amazing. They're nice as a treat every now and then.

whatever76

Anyone try Twenty Café there on angelsea street - food looks pretty impressive ?!!

sporina

it seems that the restaurants we are talking about ie annies and jacobs, are not consistent - that and we have different experiences and have different standards…

not good foundations for an argument…

as annies was the topic here - it will be interesting to see what happens..

northgirl

leahyl wrote: »

Cheers!

Called in this evening for a nose :pac:

They are not yet serving food as the whole kitchen is being replaced and it's taking longer than anticipated. They hope to be up and running some time next week.

There have been some minor alterations to the décor and the blackboard menu has been removed to be replaced by menus when seated so I was told.

I'm looking forward to a hopefully improved dining experience soon

Markcheese

greenfrogs wrote: »

I know this isn't a restaurant but the cupcakes from Cupcake Cottage on Anglesea Street are amazing. I had the tirasmu today and it was gorgeous. The lemon cheesecake is also amazing. They're nice as a treat every now and then.

Yeah , sure . Every now and then ,:-) the red velvet is gorgeous -

leahyl

northgirl wrote: »

Called in this evening for a nose :pac:

They are not yet serving food as the whole kitchen is being replaced and it's taking longer than anticipated. They hope to be up and running some time next week.

There have been some minor alterations to the décor and the blackboard menu has been removed to be replaced by menus when seated so I was told.

I'm looking forward to a hopefully improved dining experience soon

Excellent! Thanks northgirl - I wonder will they take bookings for lunch for the 12th February... I'll give them a ring next week and see sure. Thanks a million again!

the beer revolu

Went to Elbow Lane last night.
I really, really enjoyed the whole experience. There's a really nice buzzy buzz about the place, the staff all seem passionate about the food and the food is really, really good. It's simple food, simply cooked with some nice little twists.
It's not a cheap eat. It's a very enjoyable eat.

northgirl

leahyl wrote: »

Excellent! Thanks northgirl - I wonder will they take bookings for lunch for the 12th February... I'll give them a ring next week and see sure. Thanks a million again!

No worries! You could give them a call today I'd say, I would say that date would be ok from what I heard last night They have a sample menu too so they might be able to mail it to you in advance - hope it works out!

pwurple

Got to Palmento in Douglas. Thumbs up.

Great pizzas and beer. They don't do anything else. I kinda expected it to be like a domino's plasticy layout, but it's very nice with tiles on walls, solid wood furnishings, huge copper lamps over the counter. Very nice atmosphere.

I'd recommend two pizzas... the salami with garlic and aubergine, and the blue cheese with plums. Had another few between the gang of us, all were nice, but those were my favourites. Very tasty.

evilivor

northgirl wrote: »

Called in this evening for a nose :pac:

They are not yet serving food as the whole kitchen is being replaced and it's taking longer than anticipated. They hope to be up and running some time next week.

There have been some minor alterations to the décor and the blackboard menu has been removed to be replaced by menus when seated so I was told.

I'm looking forward to a hopefully improved dining experience soon

That blackboard menu lark was really annoying.

-Toppy-

Thats great news about the kitchen getting vamped up
Cant wait to hear back once its open

Toppy

Malari

evilivor wrote: »

That blackboard menu lark was really annoying.

I used to take a picture of the menu with my phone, then peruse it at the table

northgirl

Malari wrote: »

I used to take a picture of the menu with my phone, then peruse it at the table

never thought of doing that :rolleyes:

leahyl

I agree, the blackboard thing was very annoying, good that they have proper menus now.

Malari

northgirl wrote: »

never thought of doing that :rolleyes:

What had happened before, is that I'd stand at the blackboard, make my choices and sit down again. Then they'd take a drink order, then come to take the food order...and by then I'd have forgotten what the dish was called :pac:

nomeban

Whereabouts is this palmento place in Douglas? I'm lost walking around looking for it.

JohnK

nomeban wrote: »

Whereabouts is this palmento place in Douglas? I'm lost walking around looking for it.

Probably a bit late but you need to walk down the road between Barry's and O'Driscolls a small bit and its on your right (on the same side of the road as O'Driscolls). Its a bit set back from the footpath so you could nearly walk past it.

sporina

JohnK wrote: »

Probably a bit late but you need to walk down the road between Barry's and O'Driscolls a small bit and its on your right (on the same side of the road as O'Driscolls). Its a bit set back from the footpath so you could nearly walk past it.

there is no website and feck all info on facebook

nomeban

Managed to find it in the end. Got the plum pizza as recommended here. Twas alright .. Could do with more plum and blue cheese. Unfortunately palmeto subscribe to the universal pizzeria policy of giving stingy topping amounts.

It's pretty small in there too, so you probably won't get a seat at peak times. So if you're going for a pizza with somebody, your contingency plan should be to get the pizza to go.

JohnK

sporina wrote: »

there is no website and feck all info on facebook

I think they must have just updated facebook as I see they now have a map, address, phone number, opening hours, and a menu - I pretty sure that wasn't there last night but I might have just missed it.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palmento/972234329458076

the beer revolu

nomeban wrote: »

Managed to find it in the end. Got the plum pizza as recommended here. Twas alright .. Could do with more plum and blue cheese. Unfortunately palmeto subscribe to the universal pizzeria policy of giving stingy topping amounts.

It's because of the likes of you, it is almost impossible to buy a pizza in Ireland that isn't totally overloaded to suit the Irish taste for "more is more" with regard to toppings on a pizza.

Overloaded pizzas are awful. Topping should really be there for taste and texture, not substance.

pwurple

Eek, yeah I should have said. I prefer my pizzas on the light side of toppings. That's what they do alright.

sporina

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's because of the likes of you, it is almost impossible to buy a pizza in Ireland that isn't totally overloaded to suit the Irish taste for "more is more" with regard to toppings on a pizza.

Overloaded pizzas are awful. Topping should really be there for taste and texture, not substance.

i got a pizza once from la tana and it would have been fab had it not been over loaded with toppings..

i do not really know what the pizza was like - because it was so difficult to eat…

hence i love Novecento..

I would love to try la tana again but i would like to think that it would not be the same..


do La tana usually make their pizza like this?

Faith

Any pizza I've had from La Tana has been a disaster with the overloading of toppings. The base isn't strong enough to support it, so it flops all over the place and the toppings start cascading off. It's a very messy experience.

Less is definitely more for toppings with proper pizza.

sporina

Faith wrote: »

Any pizza I've had from La Tana has been a disaster with the overloading of toppings. The base isn't strong enough to support it, so it flops all over the place and the toppings start cascading off. It's a very messy experience.

Less is definitely more for toppings with proper pizza.

thats mad - i mean i do not like stingy toppings - but there is a balance - just enough - on a good base - so you can hold the slice..

Loire

Went to On the Pigs Back in Douglas on Sat for lunch. Think it's a really nice place. Staff are lovely and their beef & mushroom pie is very good. Parking outside the door helps too for anyone who is not able to walk very far (older people, for example).

Loire.

gimmick

Agree re La Tana. Very tasty, but the pizza I got the other night i was barely able to pick it up it was so soggy from far too much topping.

New wings place on Washington St. I Look forward to giving it a blast.