Best eats in Dublin

shadowcomplex

Have tried the buffolo wings in elephant and castle and the ribs in bison bar , what other places are must try for various types of food?

odyssey06

Confit of Duck Leg in La Cave, South Anne Street.

Scallops in Marco Pierre Whites Courtyard in Donnybrook.

Cataplana (fish stew) in 53 Avenue, Killester (this a special so phone in advance to make sure it's on)

Dublin Bay Prawns in Bistro Martello, Sandycove (sadly temporarily shut due to a fire)

hfallada

Queen of tarts for cakes, pastries. Coffee angel is really good for coffee.

robjones1981

I like Bunsen on Wexford St for a Burger and chips

Scrambled eggs in the Fumbally are very good

Calamari in the Kitchen on South Anne St are tasty - the risottos are excellent also, but I think they are specials as opposed to an everyday menu items

Superfood Salad and the Cabbage Rolls in Alchemy on Grafton St are great (upstairs in BT2)

Viola on Baggot St are great for healthy wraps and their fish specials are delicious too

BadMoonRising

Lolly and cooks in Georges St arcade do amazing cakes etc.
Bald Barista on Stephens Green and 3FE in Grand Canal Dock for coffee.
Green Bench off Harcourt Street for sandwiches

odyssey06

Fish and chips in Beshoffs ... mainly for their fish which is fantastic...

technocrat

odyssey06 wrote: »

Fish and chips in Beshoffs ... mainly for their fish which is fantastic...

+1

Without doubt the best fish & chips in the city centre.

harry Bailey esq

When I'm in town shopping or whatever i always put an hour or two aside and head into the epicurean food hall and have a little bit of everything. I wouldn't be a big fan of Mexican food but the burrito place in there is effin delicious!The Greek place in there does lovely food too,
and all of the other places have interestin grub aswell and and all of them are easy on the wallet

John_Rambo

Good "signature dish" thread Shadowcomplex. Great opener there with E&C chicken wings... classic.

Shellfish Platter, Super Miss Sue. Expensive, but a great treat.

Alaskan king crab, lobster, crab claws, gambas, oysters, mussels and clams.

John_Rambo

Chicken and Chorizo - Market Bar.

John_Rambo

If anyone can point me to a really good noodle bar it would be great.

roadsmart

Doner kebab meals, Zaytoon on Camden St.

roadsmart

John_Rambo wrote: »

If anyone can point me to a really good noodle bar it would be great.

I read "noodie" for some reason:D

anto9

roadsmart wrote: »

Doner kebab meals, Zaytoon on Camden St.

Are they still also on Parliament street ?...i really love there lamb Kebab ,when in Dublin .

hfallada

anto9 wrote: »

Are they still also on Parliament street ?...i really love there lamb Kebab ,when in Dublin .

Yeah AFAIK. I wish you could get kebabs cheaper here. In Germany they were only €4 max and amazing. My favourite was Egyptian style Kebabs. They were so good I queued for 2 hours to get one after the world cup final

chris85

Burritos from Boojum near Jervis.
Burger at the Counter on Suffolk Street.
Brunch or some nice steak from the Whitefriar Grill on Angier St.
Coffee from Bewleys (or Butlers sometimes).
BBQ food from Pitt Bros on Georges St.
Pizza from Independent Pizza Co in Drumcondra or Gotham Cafe off Grafton St.
Sandwiches from Juniors on Bath Avenue (the chargrilled chicken sandwich is the best!).

A few places need to try in the new year so this is subject to change possibly shortly.

roadsmart

Indo pizza Drumcondra is pizza Mecca.

robjones1981

robjones1981 wrote: »

I like Bunsen on Wexford St for a Burger and chips

Scrambled eggs in the Fumbally are very good

Calamari in the Kitchen on South Anne St are tasty - the risottos are excellent also, but I think they are specials as opposed to an everyday menu items

Superfood Salad and the Cabbage Rolls in Alchemy on Grafton St are great (upstairs in BT2)

Viola on Baggot St are great for healthy wraps and their fish specials are delicious too

I will add Ribs from Bison Bar on Wellington St to this list, and a cooked breakfast (all day) from Cafe Sofia on Wexford St

Gongoozler

Two to add to this - Black Sheep on Capel St does a fantastic steak burger. Only downfall is the chips, they're massive and not nice but if you ask they'll do them smaller so they actually cook. And on behalf of my boyfriend, the Smoked Mexicano galette in Lemon on Dawson St. He insists on substituting nutmeg spinach for the tomato though, you should know.

Dancor

Any sandwich from Deli 147 on Parnell Street.

John_Rambo

Gongoozler wrote: »

And on behalf of my boyfriend, the Smoked Mexicano galette in Lemon on Dawson St.

Good one! Coffees good in Lemon too.

robjones1981

Gongoozler wrote: »

Two to add to this - Black Sheep on Capel St does a fantastic steak burger. Only downfall is the chips, they're massive and not nice but if you ask they'll do them smaller so they actually cook. And on behalf of my boyfriend, the Smoked Mexicano galette in Lemon on Dawson St. He insists on substituting nutmeg spinach for the tomato though, you should know.

The Calamari is the Black Sheep are excellent also

Agree on the chips - far too big, middle of them ends up hard and not fully cooked

Large portions in the Black Sheep also

Bluezar

Fillet Steak from FX Buckley's - Pembroke Street!

OldMrBrennan83

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cson

Dancor wrote: »

Any sandwich from Deli 147 on Parnell Street.

They're nice but they're overpriced imo @ min €6.50 per sandwich.

limitedIQ

burgers in Bunsen's.

The breakfast/brunch in brother hubbard on capel str.

Pizzas in Skinflint

jimmii

Gongoozler wrote: »

Two to add to this - Black Sheep on Capel St does a fantastic steak burger. Only downfall is the chips, they're massive and not nice but if you ask they'll do them smaller so they actually cook. And on behalf of my boyfriend, the Smoked Mexicano galette in Lemon on Dawson St. He insists on substituting nutmeg spinach for the tomato though, you should know.

Their fried chicken and calamari is amazing too! Also love the carbonara. Agree on the chips too but my wife loves them.

Go there pretty much every Saturday love the place!

Slunk

Cabbage soup in pifko. Had three bowls of it one day. Absolutely delicious and good for lining the stomach for some great beers in there. Lunch special for soup and sambo @7.95 is great. Usually grilled pork or turkey ciabatta with a handful of chips plus soup.

dudara

BBQ - Bison Bar or My Meat Wagon

Steak - Beeftro (in town or Dundrum Town Centre)

Burgers - Bunsen

Sushi - Tani Sushi (Terenure) or Mushashi (Capel Street)

Chinese/Korean - The Hilan (Capel St)

Indian - Kinara Kitchen (Ranelagh)

Mexican - 777

OldMrBrennan83

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Gongoozler

jimmii wrote: »

Their fried chicken and calamari is amazing too! Also love the carbonara. Agree on the chips too but my wife loves them.

Go there pretty much every Saturday love the place!

I wasn't mad about the chicken. That the one in breadcrumb? Did really like the carbonara though, forgot about that.

In there at least once a week, most weeks we get a steak burger. Can't believe they've gotten rid of the sweet potato wedges!

Trond

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Id say The Bison Bar. The standard imo is far far superior to Pitt Bros. The difference in their respective briskets was insane.

Ate in Pitt Bros last week and their side of burned end bits and beans was very so poor. Wont be heading back.

jimmii

Gongoozler wrote: »

I wasn't mad about the chicken. That the one in breadcrumb? Did really like the carbonate though, forgot about that.

In there at least once a week, most weeks we get a steak burger. Can't believe they've gotten rid of the sweet potato wedges!

Yeh the buttermilk fried chicken I LOVE it! They changed the carbonara from chicken & bacon to just bacon it just wasn't the same still lovely though but now I just stick to fried chicken & calamari with a pint of gentlemens wit.

Gongoozler

jimmii wrote: »

Yeh the buttermilk fried chicken I LOVE it! They changed the carbonara from chicken & bacon to just bacon it just wasn't the same still lovely though but now I just stick to fried chicken & calamari with a pint of gentlemens wit.

:eek: they took away the chicken? But I only had it a few weeks ago and it still had it

artanevilla

+1 for Bison, slow cook all their meat overnight, and once it's gone, it's gone.

Hootanany

My Meat Wagon is the dog's and only a tenner for lunch.;)

dudara

There are 3 main spots - Bison BBQ, My Meat Wagon & Pitt Bros (in order of my preference), although I have seen a new spot, Smokin Bones, on Dame Street. Pitt Bros is probably a good one to start with.

neil_hosey

Hootanany wrote: »

My Meat Wagon is the dog's and only a tenner for lunch.;)

yeah i think the 3 BBQ places ive been to in town go in this order:

1. My Meath Wagon (try the chorizo bbq sausage as a side)
2. Bison bar
3. Pitt Bros


Also, tried that smokin bones at the BBQ festival in herbert park earlier in the year, they were really nice!

Johnny_Fontane

Lunch at Patrick Guilbaud. €50 per head (mon- sat). You can get out of there for €140 for two people with a glass of wine each. Its outrageously good value for 3 courses, amuse bouche, tea/coffee and petit fours.

People always think its too expensive but lunch is great value (all things considered).

Its a lunchtime alternative to going to say a Dax, Pichet etc at night. Same price but whole different ballgame.

Wurzelbert

any thoughts on sushi and japanese in general in the city? best i have had in dublin so far is yamamori sushi in d1 i’d say...some interesting burger and steak places mentioned in this thread that i’ll have to check out...

Johnny_Fontane

In town Musashi is probably the best value. michie sushi in ranelagh is still (since 2006!) the best sushi in dublin imho

Wurzelbert

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

In town Musashi is probably the best value. michie sushi in ranelagh is still (since 2006!) the best sushi in dublin imho

michie sushi rings a bell, think i have been there, about time i check them out again…

Stench Blossoms

Zakuri on Wexford Street or Mussahi on Capel St.

chris85

Have yet to try Bunsen despite hearing so many great things about it. Sat evening I hope to get in and give it a try.

Birneybau

chris85 wrote: »

Have yet to try Bunsen despite hearing so many great things about it. Sat evening I hope to get in and give it a try.

Don't get your hopes up too high.

Johnny_Fontane

Birneybau wrote: »

Don't get your hopes up too high.

harsh!

to be fair, the burgers are fantastic, the chips (some of the very best around- i prefer the handcut fries) and the milkshakes are brilliant.

Ive been there a few times and the mistakes people make are they order sweet potato fries (listen, its a burger joint, forget about your carb intake for just 45 minutes), they want plain burgers (as in they dont like tomato or try to have something different).

I think its the best burger place in Dublin and probably by some distance

Billy86

I actually prefer sweet potato fries to normal ones, there's a lot more flavour to them.



I'm moving to Toronto on Tuesday so finally got around to trying out Bison Bar the other day when I was picking up some woolly socks, thermal vests and such, and meeting a few friends who won't be around on the weekend. Absolutely gorgeous, great value too - up to 5pm on weekdays you can get sandwiches (really burgers by shape) with a good sized side for €8, got the beef brisket one which was easily the best I've ever had in Dublin. Dead friendly staff too and because it's a whiskey bar and is laid out more like a pub, it's a great spot to go for food and stick around for drinks for a good while. Just disappointed I didn't get around to it earlier.

John_Rambo

Brother Hubbards Moroccan Special Breakfast.

One of the best breakfasts in Ireland, let alone Dublin.

mojesius

Sushi - Musashi
Burger joint - Bobos
Good value grub - The Green Hen - 20 euro for 3 course lunch/early bird. Food is always great and it's a gorgeous setting

Corfu for greek food. They also do a good 3 course menu for under 20
Queen of Tarts for tea and cake
Brunch - The Winding Stair
Pizza/Italian - Paulies pizza

Dr. Lollington

Pho - Pho Viet on parnell street
Chicken wings - Elephant & castle
Traditional 'irish' food - The Boxty House in Temple Bar
brunch - The Green hen, gorgeous eggs benny!

I'm starving ;(

Trond

Izakaya Bar on Georges St does amazingly nice duck pancakes.

Think they're called Slow Cooked Duck Pancakes on the menu. Cool bar as well.