Are Carvery Lunches a thing of the past? (Someone can't handle their portions!)

Jennehy

Is it because the boom is back or because of all the sit down deli at petrol stations. €15-€20 seems to be the average now for a sit down lunch.

Ginger83

Jennehy wrote: »

Is it because the boom is back or because of all the sit down deli at petrol stations. €15-€20 seems to be the average now for a sit down lunch.

Tenner for carvery where i am.

JustJoe7240

Jennehy wrote: »

Is it because the boom is back or because of all the sit down deli at petrol stations. €15-€20 seems to be the average now for a sit down lunch.

You should see the crowd for Carvery In Diceys at lunchtime.

Atlantic Dawn

Less and less of them around alright.

yogi37

JustJoe7240 wrote: »

You should see the crowd for Carvery In Diceys at lunchtime.

Ah Diceys. €6 for a mountain of food and 20c for a glass of water

tabby aspreme

Paid €10.50 for a carvery dinner in the Talbot in Wexford last Friday, didn't eat again till brekkie on Saturday, can't beat a dinner in the middle of the day

gmisk

Ó Neills in Suffolk Street do one

Pawwed Rig

Halfway House on Navan Road side of Phoenix Park used do a savage carvery. Anyone know if it is still going?

An Poitin Stil used to be nice but last time I was in there it was sheet

Jennehy

The drive through KFCs and Macdonalds too have killed the carvery industry.

Jennehy

sugarman wrote: »

Serious feed, they do it until 11pm every night of the week too.

A carvery until 11pm are you sure? You would get a great start on the following day having a carvery at 10.30 at night.

MadDog76

To answer the Op's question, carvery lunches are very much a thing of the present.

Ipso

Jennehy wrote: »

A carvery until 11pm are you sure? You would get a great start on the following day having a carvery at 10.30 at night.

You'd need an epidural after it.

Walter Sobchak III

Pawwed Rig wrote:

Halfway House on Navan Road side of Phoenix Park used do a savage carvery. Anyone know if it is still going?

The Halfway House is still the dog's danglies for your aforementioned dining experience.

Franz Von Peppercorn

MadDog76 wrote: »

To answer the Op's question, carvery lunches are very much a thing of the present.

Carverys. They haven’t gone away, you know.

gormdubhgorm

The Yacht in clontarf is booming they cannot dish out the food fast enough.

Most don't even bother getting a full portion because a half portion is so big.

There maybe a snobbery about some people these days who prefer to go to a place to be seen, rather then get a decent feed.

Those who say this place is 'to die for' in some fancy restaurant so they can tell thier friends they were there.

A place where you see plenty of plate a little bit of sauce drizzled on it.

But unlike a carvery you might leave the place still hungry with a much lighter pocket!

The carvery's are always there the same popular ones are still going strong as far as I can see.

Noveight

Carvery is the business.

beauf

Any pub I know that didn't do carverys now does them big time. A lot of oaps use them too.

Kitty6277

I work in a hotel that does carvery on Sundays and it's always fairly busy. Having said that, it's mainly older people who come in

GMSA

When I saw the thread title I knew it had to be the OP. Guaranteed to start a carvery thread every so often.

ttenneb

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I work in a hotel that does carvery on Sundays and it's always fairly busy. Having said that, it's mainly older people who come in

Older and wiser

Samuri Suicide

Carverys will die out like mass with younger people. Within ten yrs I reckon they'll be gone. Too much choice and food education around.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

Carverys will die out like mass with younger people. Within ten yrs I reckon they'll be gone. Too much choice and food education around.

Yeh, but no but.

ConnyMcDavid

Jennehy wrote: »

A carvery until 11pm are you sure? You would get a great start on the following day having a carvery at 10.30 at night.

9pm

gormdubhgorm

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

Carverys will die out like mass with younger people. Within ten yrs I reckon they'll be gone. Too much choice and food snobbery around.

I fixed that.

I don't think this will happen there will always be a place for the carvery as the hipster's get older they too will want a decent amount of food at a relatively cheap price.

Mass is dying out because it is too fancy all that ceremony, and all you get is a small wafer thing.

No variety in it

Then they expect you give money twice during your stay there
It is not good value food wise, at mass.

Samuri Suicide

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I fixed that.

I don't think this will happen there will always be a place for the carvery as the hipster's get older they too will want a decent amount of food at a relatively cheap price.

Mass is dying out because it is too fancy all that ceremony, and all you get is a small wafer thing.

No variety in it

Then they expect you give money twice during your stay there
It is not good value food wise, at mass.

People will want decent food at a decent price. A large cut of meat kept warm for hours with boiled veg and gravy is appetising for the those who give money in a church...twice.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

People will want decent food at a decent price. A large cut of meat kept warm for hours with boiled veg and gravy is appetising for the those who give money in a church...twice.

Plenty of meat and other food is kept warm behind the scenes. Do you think they cook a chicken each time someone wants a chicken dinner in a non carvery restaurant. That every stew is created from scratch? That the soup is specially prepared?

Some carverys - the slow moving ones - can be crap. I won’t mention any names. The ones that let the food go cold. On the other hand the fast moving ones (both O’Neills) tend to be fine.

And they are actually healthier than most.

freshpopcorn

That's one thing I find a little funny about carvery's I know certain people and they'd refuse to eat from one at lunch time. However they'd go into the same restaurant and order the dinner that evening. Essentially the carvery is moved to the kitchen.

Samuri Suicide

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Plenty of meat and other food is kept warm behind the scenes. Do you think they cook a chicken each time someone wants a chicken dinner in a non carvery restaurant. That every stew is created from scratch? That the soup is specially prepared?

Some carverys - the slow moving ones - can be crap. I won’t mention any names. The ones that let the good go cold. On the other hand the fast moving ones (both O’Neills) tend to be fine.

And they are actually healthier than most.

If you want decent food then it will be cooked to order....otherwise you are describing fast food places and carverys etc.
Eating healthy food that is tasty and decent doesn't revolve around the Irish method of loading a plate with warm meat and soggy veg telling each other its a "good feed" Thankfully this attitude is dying out....like mass and double collections.

JupiterKid

A good carvery lunch is worth its weight in gold. The key is to have it fresh and not dry under a heat lamp.

The alleged death of the carvery is greatly exaggerated.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

If you want decent food then it will be cooked to order....otherwise you are describing fast food places and carverys etc.
Eating healthy food that is tasty and decent doesn't revolve around the Irish method of loading a plate with warm meat and soggy veg telling each other its a "good feed" Thankfully this attitude is dying out....like mass and double collections.

You have literally no idea how most restaurants work.

This moronic snobbishness about carverys is an indication of tuppence half pence looking down on tuppence. Ms bucket.

Franz Von Peppercorn

JupiterKid wrote: »

A good carvery lunch is worth its weight in gold. The key is to have it fresh and not dry under a heat lamp.

The alleged death of the carvery is greatly exaggerated.

Yes. Get in early.

ozmo

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Halfway House on Navan Road side of Phoenix Park used do a savage carvery. Anyone know if it is still going?

Still there - and very nice it is too- I always ask for a “Half Plate” - smaller plate, few quid cheaper, but still way more than I should eat.

There’s a separate sandwich bar there also- recommend the beef sandwich - basically carvery on bread.

ozmo

yogi37 wrote: »

Ah Diceys. ..20c for a glass of water

Whao- Is that even legal? I know it’s only a few cents- but I’ve never been asked to pay for tap water - even when it has lime or whatever in it it’s still generally complementary.

Samuri Suicide

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

You have literally no idea how most restaurants work.

This moronic snobbishness about carverys is an indication of tuppence half pence looking down on tuppence. Ms bucket.

No moranic snobbery involved just common sense...and no rose tinted views on the mammy and daddy carvery either.

enricoh

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

If you want decent food then it will be cooked to order....otherwise you are describing fast food places and carverys etc.
Eating healthy food that is tasty and decent doesn't revolve around the Irish method of loading a plate with warm meat and soggy veg telling each other its a "good feed" Thankfully this attitude is dying out....like mass and double collections.

Meh, take a photo of yer sushi n stick it up on Instagram for the wannabes to like. I'll stick to me carvery ta

Noveight

The Red Cow Inn and Gullane's Hotel, Ballinasloe both do an unreal carvery.

gormdubhgorm

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

If you want decent food then it will be cooked to order....otherwise you are describing fast food places and carverys etc.
Eating healthy food that is tasty and decent doesn't revolve around the Irish method of loading a plate with warm meat and soggy veg telling each other its a "good feed" Thankfully this attitude is dying out....like mass and double collections.

I think you are only seeing what you want to see.

Regular carvery's are still extremely popular.

Maybe you or your circles don't go but plenty of others do!

Sure there was this type of talk about Cravery's during the Celtic Tiger as well....
Carvery's are dying etc...

If anything I think carvery's are getting stronger.
Great value in an otherwise overpriced food industry 'cafe culture' and the likes.

You may not like it.

Although you seem to equate carvery's with backwardness (for some odd reason only known to yourself).

There will always be a market for good value and practicality, and not just passing fads.

Couscous and avocados would not really set me up for the day.

Stephen15

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I fixed that.

I don't think this will happen there will always be a place for the carvery as the hipster's get older they too will want a decent amount of food at a relatively cheap price.

Maybe in twenty years time carverys will become hipstery. Hipster restaurants might also think it's trendy to serve food on plates while regular restaurants will still serve food on slates and chips in baskets. We all know how hipsters love all things old school

gormdubhgorm

Stephen15 wrote: »

Maybe in twenty years time carverys will become hipstery. Hipster restaurants might also think it's trendy to serve food on plates while regular restaurants will still serve food on slates and chips in baskets.

Yeah people are funny you could be right.

Carvery's are good value wholesome food
Maybe the poster in question who seems to be horrified by a carvery got sick at mass after he ate one too fast?

Is that why he/she equates it to mass and it is going to die out?

It is almost like someone saying

'Oh look people enjoying themselves:

Tsk they are enjoying themsleves incorrectly how dare they!?'

Personally I think life is too short for an attitude like that.

If someone prefers a few avocados and a latte, instead of a pint of stout and a carvery it would not make me descend into a rage.

Smirk slightly maybe, but I would not be overly fussed.

James Bond Junior

Noveight wrote: »

The Red Cow Inn and Gullane's Hotel, Ballinasloe both do an unreal carvery.

Gullanes do plain, honest to goodnes food well. It's no wonder it is a funeral factory.

facehugger99

Carvery food is one step up from prison food.

Pawwed Rig

facehugger99 wrote: »

Carvery food is one step up from prison food.

Never tasted prison food. Is it nice?

The J Stands for Jay

gmisk wrote: »

Ó Neills in Suffolk Street do one

Yes, a mediocre one.

Omackeral

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Never tasted prison food. Is it nice?

It's honestly not that bad. It's unadventurous but fine. Chicken curry is good. They serve coddle sometimes and the looks it gets from foreigners is a bit of craic... and lads from the country.

yogi37

ozmo wrote: »

Whao- Is that even legal? I know it’s only a few cents- but I’ve never been asked to pay for tap water - even when it has lime or whatever in it it’s still generally complementary.

I presume it must be legal although I reckon Diecys is the only place in Ireland that charge for tap water. They introduced the 20c for water when the water charges were coming in. That was even though businesses already pay water charges as far as I am aware. There was a whole furore about it in the press. Every article in relation to it also mentioned that the cost of a full carvery dinner is only €6. Was a pretty impressive marketing ploy for all that free advertising. I'm sure business increased after all those damning reports about charging customers for tap water.

Ush1

Red Cow is decent, Cuckoos Nest used to do a lovely one before they closed down. Poitin Still also good.

murpho999

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I think you are only seeing what you want to see.

Regular carvery's are still extremely popular.

Maybe you or your circles don't go but plenty of others do!

Sure there was this type of talk about Cravery's during the Celtic Tiger as well....
Carvery's are dying etc...

If anything I think carvery's are getting stronger.
Great value in an otherwise overpriced food industry 'cafe culture' and the likes.

You may not like it.

Although you seem to equate carvery's with backwardness (for some odd reason only known to yourself).

There will always be a market for good value and practicality, and not just passing fads.

Couscous and avocados would not really set me up for the day.

I think in general it's only people who like meat and two veg type of food that would really enjoy carveries (Not carvery's) and I think eventually they'll become less popular as Ireland's taste of food has changed and there are lot more options around than carveries which was you could get years ago.

Noveight

O'Grady's in Gort used do a fine carvery, ages since I've eaten there. I'd rate the Peppermill just outside Ennis highly too.

whisky_galore

murpho999 wrote: »

I think in general it's only people who like meat and two veg type of food that would really enjoy carveries (Not carvery's) and I think eventually they'll become less popular as Ireland's taste of food has changed and there are lot more options around than carveries which was you could get years ago.

I'd rather a carvery than an expensive, artistic, microscopic splodge on a plate, or hipster food served on timber boards and bits of slate.

LostArt

Fagans in Drumcondra, magnificent.

gormdubhgorm

murpho999 wrote: »

I think in general it's only people who like meat and two veg type of food that would really enjoy carveries (Not carvery's) and I think eventually they'll become less popular as Ireland's taste of food has changed and there are lot more options around than carveries which was you could get years ago.

I am not sure I think you are underestimating the power of rural Ireland, and a lot of those end up moving to Dublin the cycle continues.

Also as people get older I think they will move towards carveries (I was wondering was 'carvery's' wrong you think I would know since I eat the things).

There is too much value in a carvey they have special rates for OAP's in most places so they can spend about 7/8 euro.

I can't think of anything of anything else that is of such value and healthy too.

I think what has more chance of changing carveries is people who are in Ireland from other countries.
Once the balance becomes more mixed there might be more of a change in eating habits.