Best seafood chowder?

topcat77

I've been inspired to start this thread after having a good but not amazing sea food chowder in An Pucan last weekend. I really enjoyed the thread on the best pudding/sausages in Galway.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75179592

So hear goes

Tasty seafood chowder with only Salmon and a small amount of white fish. Cost 6.95.

barryd09

I used to think donnellys in barna was brilliant but the last visit was disappointing.
Very watery chowder, not how i like it

biko

Best I had was in Roundstone so not a city location.
Very chunky with lovely brown bread on the side.

ki

http://ardbia.com/

The best 9 euro ever spend.
It was topped with 4-5 muscles as well.

Thread Closed!!!!!!!!

Space Dog

ki wrote: »

http://ardbia.com/

The best 9 euro ever spend.
It was topped with 4-5 muscles as well.

:eek: Not sure I'd want muscles in my chowder.... I'd rather have mussles

Limerick91

Morans on the weir, chowder and a pint of Guinness, cannot wait for my next visit

beardybrewer

Padraicins hands down

Acidflash

Space Dog wrote: »

:eek: Not sure I'd want muscles in my chowder.... I'd rather have mussles

or Mussels even :pac:

biko wrote:

Best I had was in Roundstone so not a city location.

O'Dowds by any chance? nicest I've had too.

Doc Ruby

The Radisson has the best one I've tasted yet, but to be honest chowder is very handy to make yourself. Pick the ingredients to suit and off you go.

fishy fishy

the Huntsman - hands down (galway city only)

JJayoo

Had the chowder in Ardbia and was very disappointed. Was way to salty and pretty much fish free.

Iwannahurl

Moran's of the Weir is my favourite to date.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61269285&postcount=7

What is a good chowder though?

I dislike chowders that really are nothing but highly-salted fish-flavoured cream with a few bits of farmed salmon and "smoked" haddock thrown in.

Seaneh

the bar in the forster court hotel actually has lovely chodwer.

GalwayGaillimh

The Galleon out Salthill does a nice chowder

The Jaw

Gotta say Donnellys in Barna is brilliant chowder. Went there yesterday for a meeting and a few of the people I was with ordered a chowder between them after they saw a bowl. Bread is class also

gandroid

ki wrote: »

http://ardbia.com/

The best 9 euro ever spend.

€9 on a bowl of chowder is ridiculous. Personally I'm not a fan of muscles or mussels in my chowder.

Had a really good bowl in Donnelly's recently.

ben.schlomo

The fish mongers in the Galway Shopping Centre is unreal, €3 for a good size portion.

finisklin

Salmon in chowda doesn't work...too oily! Plus I'm a chowda snob.

Fey!

I find the chowder in Buskers good. I think that the Dail is good too. The chowder in the Front Door is, unfortunately, not very good (unless they've improved it a lot recently).

topcat77

Had the best Seafood Chowder to date in the Brasserie on Sunday. Was very tasty and full of fishy chunks. The only down side was the bread portion (a slice of mix seed brown bread and a sun dried tomato white bread) both a little stale. At €5.95 it's great value.

jamesdiver

topcat77 wrote: »

Had the best Seafood Chowder to date in the Brasserie on Sunday. Was very tasty and full of fishy chunks. The only down side was the bread portion (a slice of mix seed brown bread and a sun dried tomato white bread) both a little stale. At €5.95 it's great value.

I had that recently too, and agree. Very nice chowder and great price.

Also, Wedn and Fri is chowder day at GMIT canteen its actually not too bad and you should get bread and tea for a fiver. They started making homemade cheese and onion bread too which is nice.

Last nomination has to be Donnellys of Barna.

padi89

Big Chowder fan here, love the stuff.

The best chowder i have had in Galway City is without doubt in Kettle of Fish it was absolutely delicious. Cooked fresh, big chunks of fish and 4 thick slices of browne bread. I highly recommend it and it's great value too!

Morans on the Weirs is very tasty but a bit too light for me.

I really like Paddy Burkes too, it's very rich though more like a hearty meal but lovely at this time of year.

Don't rate Donnellys at all and i think the one at the Galway shopping center is poor.

Tokyo

Limerick91 wrote: »

Morans on the weir, chowder and a pint of Guinness, cannot wait for my next visit

I'll second this, or Paddy Burkes in Clarenbridge has she same quality chowder.

degzs

A bit off the topic but where is the best place for a bowl of soup?

Had soup in a few different places around town and it can be well varied.

biko

No offence but let's stick with chowdery goodness in this thread. Start a soup thread if you like.

biko

Please note that this thread is now 2 years old.
Since chowder isn't a common topic we'll roll with it this time but note that some places mentioned earlier may be closed or changed their menu/chefs.

fishy fishy

haven't had it for a while but the Huntsman chowder was always fantastic.

Birroc

Monks was once famous for chowder but I was very disappointed in a recent visit. It tasted nice but was much too creamy. Sickeningly so.
It is hard to find a nice chowder. People have different tastes too.
I like a chowder you can almost walk across with all the meat inside.

El_Dangeroso

fishy fishy wrote: »

haven't had it for a while but the Huntsman chowder was always fantastic.

I totally agree, was totally surprised with how good it was there. Lots of mussels.

JillyQ

chowder in the Gourmet Tart in Salthill is beautiful.