Opinions wanted for Best (X) things in Galway 2013

dinneenp

Hi,
As Biko said Best (X) things in Galway is over 2 years old. So maybe it's time to create a new one.

So if you have a favourite thing in Galway let us know here. After some time I'll add up the 'votes' and hopefully it'll become another sticky.

I'll get the ball rolling with some of my favs-
Best Brownie- Treat cafe (Claregalway and Lackagh)
Best sandwich- Cellar Cajun Spiced Chicken Ciabatta at The Cellar (according to Hellmann's Sandwich Challenge)
Best fast food pizza- Napoli (next to Neachtains)
Best place to sit and people watch: outside Neachtains, Eyre Square

Some other suggestions:
best pub to watch sports ?
Best nachos ?


Cheers,
Pa.

Lapin

Best place to find out stuff about stuff in Galway.

ben.schlomo

Best Pizza-Pizza and Pasta Napoli
Best brownie-La Petit Delice
Best Beer-The Salt House
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Mrs OBumble

Best public transport website

theRB

Best Kebab- Charcoal Grill

The sauces are ridiculously good.

thesandeman

A few which have gone under the radar:
Best Tapas- Lunares.
Friendliest convenience store- Lucks.
Best onion rings- Salthill Fish and Chips.
Best folk/ballad/country session- Wednesdays Padraigs.
Most efficient taxi company- City Taxis.
Best bookies- Brian Fahy.
Friendliest door staff- Monroes downstairs.
Best market stall- Indian food guy on Sundays.

Few more but I can't think how to categorise them.
*am connected to one of the above but my opinions are entirely my own.

2rkehij30qtza5

Best clothing store on a budget: TK Maxx, Penneys Eyre Sq Centre

Best upmarket clothes shops: BT's, Tommy shop, Les Jumelles

Best Pharmacy: WeCare Salthill (beside Mortons)

Best Bakery: Gourmet Tart Company

Best Bars: Dáil, Quays, Townhouse, Salt House, Buskers, Dew Drop, King's Head, Skeff, Cottage in Salthill, Front Door before it gets too busy, Tigh Cóilí, Kelly's, McSwiggans

Best lunch: Coco Salthill, Buskers, Maxwells, Goyas, Kelly's, Twelve Barna, Padraigín's Furbo, Skeff

Best cheap 'n cheerful food: Fat Freddy's, McDonaghs, Napoli

dinneenp

thesandeman wrote: »

A few which have gone under the radar:
Best onion rings- Salthill Fish and Chips.
QUOTE]

will have to give them a try, love onion rings.

inisboffin

Best Trad Sessions - Crane, Coilí's, Western
Best people watching pub - Neachtains
Best Pub Atmosphere for chatting over a pint - Neachtains, The Crane, The Cottage, Townhouse
Best Pizza - Napoli.
Best Pub Grub - Dáil Bar
Best market stall- Indian food guy on Sundays/Govindas Sat/Daniels Doughnuts
Best Place to bring elderly tourists to shop - Treasure Chest.
Best reasonable date restaurant - Rouge (Ard Bia for a bit spendier)
Best hidden karaoke - Old Forge

Guffy

Best thing to do when bored?....

dinneenp

gufc21 wrote: »

Best thing to do when bored?....

Go to any pub and sit, read the paper/people watch (seating outside Neachtains) and have a cup of tea/pint.
Walk The prom
go to the library
jump into Galway Bay

Fixer Upper

Best coffee: Naughtons
Best crepes: Java's
Best lunch: upstairs @ McCambridges
Best pub beer selection: The Salthouse

Although as with other replies, these are always going to be a matter of personal opinion....

ScriptKittie

I was in Galway last weekend. The weather was terrible (wasn't expecting different though), but really loved spending time in Neachtains bar. What a lovely place.

spiralism

Best roll: Lucks. 2.50 for as nice a chicken roll you will ever get. Staff are lovely too.
Best cheap lunch: Homeplate. Most you will spend is 8-9 euro and lovely food.
Best Beer: Salt House, naturally
Best Indian: Eastern Tandoori

thesandeman

spiralism wrote: »

Best roll: Lucks. 2.50 for as nice a chicken roll you will ever get. Staff are lovely too.
Best cheap lunch: Homeplate. Most you will spend is 8-9 euro and lovely food.
Best Beer: Salt House, naturally
Best Indian: Eastern Tandoori

+1million for Lucks. Excellent veggie stuff too as herself is a vegetarian.
Good beers in Salt House but way overpriced except for their own Oslo brews.
Home Plate used to have best vegetarian breakfast in town but I keep forgetting to go down there.

Flynn

Best cocktail bar anyone or is there one?!

Guffy

spiralism wrote: »

Best roll: Lucks. 2.50 for as nice a chicken roll you will ever get. Staff are lovely too.

Where's lucks?

spiralism

gufc21 wrote: »

Where's lucks?

It's on bridge street...small shop just before you go over the bride...down the road from nuthouse and the smaller supermacs

aw

spiralism wrote: »

It's on bridge street...small shop just before you go over the bride...down the road from nuthouse and the smaller supermacs

Just renamed recently.

It will still be known as MacIsaac's for a long time yet!

Guffy

aw wrote: »

Just renamed recently.

It will still be known as MacIsaac's for a long time yet!

Or that shop by Kelly's

thesandeman

gufc21 wrote: »

Or that shop by Kelly's

Or next to The Lisheen!

Strangely enough a few of us locals seem to call it Lucks naturally. I actually find it wierd myself as I still say Roches, Moones, Taylors, the New Bridge etc. and have to rethink when I get a funny look from somebody who wasn't around 'back then'.

Either the pair in Lucks brought a bit of good subliminal marketing back with them or McIssacs was a silly name in the first place.

reap-a-rat

Great full Irish to be got in Feeney's Cafe in Salthill. I'm usually fussy about my sausages and pudidng but their's are spot on. Cheap too. Great feed, great value.

dr.bollocko

Flynn wrote: »

Best cocktail bar anyone or is there one?!

The G. Or the house hotel apparently.

Kelly's do them cheap. Ick.

Seaneh

reap-a-rat wrote: »

Great full Irish to be got in Feeney's Cafe in Salthill. I'm usually fussy about my sausages and pudidng but their's are spot on. Cheap too. Great feed, great value.

There's a lovely view in there somedays as well

Seaneh

Best Steak: Eat @ Massimo

Best Beer Selection: Salt House

Best Full Irish Breakfast: Home Plate

Best Coffee: Galway Roast

Best Chips: Vinny's

Best way to kill a morning/afternoon for free: Walk the prom, then down the path to the caravan park, across the grass towards the bluff, over the hill to Silver strand and then up the road to the woods for a wander and some wild garlic picking and then take the same route back to town!

Best Street Food: Indian Food guy @ Sunday Market.

Best Butcher: Herterich's on Lombard Street for Pork, McSully's in Renmore for Beef.

PJK2013

Best steak - scottys

civis_liberalis

Best Full Irish / Lunch : The Homeplate.

RealExpert

The Girls

thesandeman

RealExpert wrote: »

The Girls

If you were posting this at 2.27 it must be wishful thinking (or sleeptyping).

Gargled

Best ice cream???

dinneenp

Gargled wrote: »

Best ice cream???

have to say I love the one from Ginos on Shop Street.

TadghsMuffins

Best place for a heavy breakfast or lunch: Mr.Waffles (opposite the hospital beside the NUIG)
Best fishing spot: Bearna pier (during Mackerel season, not much to catch otherwise)
Best music: Tig Coili
Best cheap clothes shop: Penneys
Best spendier clothes shop: New Look
Best milkshakes: Shake Milkshake Bar (Oh Jesus what I would do to that place...)
Best posh hotel to chill at: The Ardilaun hotel (Lovely atmosphere, and you can always overhear an interesting conversation)
Best Curry Cheese Chips: Mahons on Threadneedle.Rd

TadghsMuffins

dinneenp wrote: »

have to say I love the one from Ginos on Shop Street.

Gino's is a bit expensive but DAMN It's lovely.

Eeden

TadghsMuffins wrote: »

Best Curry Cheese Chips: Mahons on Threadneedle.Rd

Where's that now? I know where Threadneedle Road is, but Mahons? Do you mean Mahers, and do they do chips? I thought it was just a shop. Although I guess it would make sense, what with the schools around.

TadghsMuffins

Eeden wrote: »

Do you mean Mahers, and do they do chips? I thought it was just a shop. Although I guess it would make sense, what with the schools around.

Ah yes, that's what I meant Yeah, 2 euro, best curry cheese chips you can get. It's handy but it's awful full at lunch times on school days.

ben.schlomo

TadghsMuffins wrote: »

Best place for a heavy breakfast or lunch: Mr.Waffles (opposite the hospital beside the NUIG)
Best fishing spot: Bearna pier (during Mackerel season, not much to catch otherwise)
Best music: Tig Coili
Best cheap clothes shop: Penneys
Best spendier clothes shop: New Look
Best milkshakes: Shake Milkshake Bar (Oh Jesus what I would do to that place...)
Best posh hotel to chill at: The Ardilaun hotel (Lovely atmosphere, and you can always overhear an interesting conversation)
Best Curry Cheese Chips: Mahons on Threadneedle.Rd

You have a very different meaning for spendier i see, as New Look is in no way spendy, average price of mens clothing in there is about €20!

TadghsMuffins

ben.schlomo wrote: »

You have a very different meaning for spendier i see, as New Look is in no way spendy, average price of mens clothing in there is about €20!

Spend(ier) As in, you may be able to get 20 euro bits of clothing in New look, but it's all a fair bit cheaper in pennies ;p

bofinfan

Great advice, thanks.

Guffy

Burrito... Boojam its unreal

ben.schlomo

gufc21 wrote: »

Burrito... Boojam its unreal

That'll be Boojum but you're spot on.

catch--22

Best place to watch the first test in the rugby tomorrow?

dinneenp

Ok, the opinions are in:
FOOD:

Best Brownie- Treat cafe (Claregalway and Lackagh), La Petit Delice
Best Bakery: (2) Gourmet Tart Company
Pub Grub: Dáil Bar
Best fast food pizza-
(2)Napoli, next to Neachtains, Milanos, Pizza and Pasta Napoli
Best Kebab- Charcoal Grill
Best Steak: Eat @ Massimo, Scottys
Best lunch: Eat @ Massimo, upstairs @ McCambridges, Mr. Waffle, Coco Salthill, Buskers, Maxwells, Goyas, Kelly's, Twelve Barna, Padraigín's Furbo, Skeff, Homeplate (cheap lunch)
Best cheap 'n cheerful food: Fat Freddy's, McDonaghs, Napoli
Best sandwich- Cellar Cajun Spiced Chicken Ciabatta at The Cellar (according to Hellmann's Sandwich Challenge)
Lucks. Excellent veggie stuff too. Great value rolls
Best Crepe: Java’s
Best Tapas- Lunares.
Best Indian: (2) Eastern Tandoori
Best Chips: Vinny's,
Best Curry Cheese Chips: Mahons on Threadneedle.Rd
Best onion rings- Salthill Fish and Chips.
Burrito... Boojam
Breakfast: (2) Homeplate, Mr.Waffles (opposite the hospital beside the NUIG), Feeney's Cafe in Salthill, The Homeplate.
Best reasonable date restaurant - Rouge (Ard Bia for a bit spendier)
Best Butcher: Herterich's on Lombard Street for Pork, McSully's in Renmore for Beef.
Ice cream ginos
Best Street Food: (3 )Indian Food guy @ Sunday Market, Govindas Sat/Daniels Doughnuts

DRINKS & PUBS

Best milkshakes: Shake Milkshake Bar (Oh Jesus what I would do to that place...)
Best Trad Sessions - Crane, Coilí's, Western
Best Pub Atmosphere for chatting over a pint - Neachtains, The Crane, The Cottage, Townhouse
Best folk/ballad/country session- Wednesdays Padraigs.
Best music: Tig Coili
Coffee: Neachtains, Galway Roast
Best Bars: Dáil, Quays, Townhouse, Salt House, Buskers, Dew Drop, King's Head, Skeff, Cottage in Salthill, Front Door before it gets too busy, Tigh Cóilí, Kelly's, McSwiggans

Best Beer- (2) The Salt House
Best pub beer selection: The Salthouse
Friendliest door staff- Monroes downstairs.
Best hidden karaoke - Old Forge
Best cocktail: G hotel, House Hotel

MISCELLANIOUS

Most efficient taxi company- City Taxis.
Friendliest convenience store- Lucks.
Best bookies- Brian Fahy.

Best clothing store on a budget: TK Maxx, (2) Penneys Eyre Sq Centre

Best upmarket clothes shops: BT's, Tommy shop, Les Jumelles, New Look
Best Pharmacy: WeCare Salthill (beside Mortons)

Best Free thing to do:

Walk the prom, then down the path to the caravan park, across the grass towards the bluff, over the hill to Silver strand and then up the road to the woods for a wander and some wild garlic picking and then take the same route back to town!
Go to any pub and sit, read the paper/people watch (seating outside Neachtains) and have a cup of tea/pint.
Go to the library
jump into Galway Bay
Best Place to bring elderly tourists to shop - Treasure Chest.
Best fishing spot: Bearna pier (during Mackerel season, not much to catch otherwise)


Best posh hotel to chill at: The Ardilaun hotel (Lovely atmosphere, and you can always overhear an interesting conversation), The G Hotel
Best place to sit and people watch: (2) outside Neachtains, Eyre Square

biko

Great, thanks dinneenp!
I'll copy your collection to a stickied post.