Lack of Lebanese/Ethiopian restaurants?

mr.donkey · 26-08-2019 9:24am #1

Any ideas why Galway has so many Italian/ Spanish/Chinese restaurants but a lack of international options?!

26-08-2019 10:19am

Italian/Spanish/Chinese are international...
I guess it is down to who have moved here over the years to bring it with them and / or to have travelled there and be familiar with the cuisine.

There aren't many Lebanese or Ethopians about.

biko · 26-08-2019 2:05pm

I know it's not Lebanese but High Cafe offers Moroccan dishes

marklazarcovic · 26-08-2019 2:48pm

The place on Munster ave aswell,old four star building..if ya don't mind the spin there is a great one in athlone (Lebanese) .

ronnie3585 · 26-08-2019 2:49pm

Lebanese restaurants are one of the very few things I miss about living in Dublin.

Mars Bar · 26-08-2019 3:01pm

Labenese food would be amazing. Manakeesh...
Yep, gonna have to get me some this weekend!

dinneenp · 26-08-2019 3:35pm

I thought it'd be obvious- with a smaller market restaurant owners go with 'safe' options.

Lebanese restaurant could do well but it could be a big risk.

Paddico · 03-09-2019 12:41pm

I know there was a Jamaican restaurant on Abbeygate Street which I was quite surprised at given there wouldn't be a Jamaican community of any sorts in Galway.

Love Ethiopian food but I dont think there is even one in Dublin given its population size.

Mrs OBumble · 03-09-2019 2:23pm

Paddico wrote: »

I know there was a Jamaican restaurant on Abbeygate Street which I was quite surprised at given there wouldn't be a Jamaican community of any sorts in Galway.

Really? I know one person with a Jamaican parent. I'd expect there are a good few more.

But the restaurant is long gone.

biko · 04-09-2019 11:57am

Yeah, they had a lot of jerky chicken and quite a lot of west Africa food like jollof rice.
I now have to make my own jollof rice, not as nice

Salthillprom · 04-09-2019 11:07pm

Isn't there a Lebanese on Abbeygate St... Or am I dreaming?

worded · 04-09-2019 11:54pm

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Lebanese restaurants are one of the very few things I miss about living in Dublin.

I wonder are there many Irish restaurants in Lebanon

I know I was fond of Lebanese as a teenager

Mrs OBumble · 05-09-2019 3:52am

Salthillprom wrote: »

Isn't there a Lebanese on Abbeygate St... Or am I dreaming?

Sicilian.

Smegging hell · 05-09-2019 3:21pm

Yeah, I've thought for a while that the lack of Lebanese and Ethiopian food is a big omission for Galway, and I loved Jamaica Joe's. The guy behind it suggested a while ago that he was planning to reopen in a different location, but no sign of that since. It joins the Home Plate as one of the closed restaurants in Galway that are sadly missed. U Liotru, the aforementioned Sicilian place on Abbeygate Street, is good, I like the arancini.

Lack of Lebanese/Ethiopian restaurants?

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