Ramen in Cork scraps 6before6

Apollinaris

I’m outraged by this, the new 8before8 is just not great value anymore. Make the 6before6 Great Again! Just when college is back, superb timing.

Mardyke

Ramen is muck.

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Mardyke wrote: »

Ramen is muck.

Their pad Thai is lovely, anything else I've tried in there was muck tho.
€8 for a meal in there at 730 in the evening isn't bad value tho, if you like the food. I'd still pay it for the pad Thai, not anything else!

Mardyke

If they had a 1 before 1... I might try it.... If I was particularly hungover..... I might...

bot43

Careful now. Boards has decreed a long time ago thats Ramen is bad and if you like it you are on a par with Hilter.

BeansBeans

Ugh i had a 6 before 6 recently, black bean. How you can get black bean so wrong is beyond me. Bereft of flavour, no chili in sight, dry shrivelled chicken and partially cooked rice that looked like cook in a bag. The peppers and onions were extremely thinly sliced limp items as opposed to the chunky veg with a bite that they should be in this dish.
I would be ashamed to serve any element of it as an amateur cook.

It amazes me this place is still going.
Dull menu you would get anywhere, with worse food than the worst Chinese takeaway.

roundymac

Jackie Lennox in Bandon Rd is your only man,,,,support Irish chippers and not that forgein muck.

Luap

Enjoy the curries they do and for 6 you couldn't go wrong.

fiload

6 before 6 was always too good to be true, since they are extending the he hours its not all bad.
Pretty sure that Ramen is a company that started in Cork.

I'm not from Cork myself but it always surprises me about how cynical some Cork people are about supporting local businesses & people, with the exception of Roy Keane of course

the beer revolu

bot43 wrote: »

Careful now. Boards has decreed a long time ago thats Ramen is bad and if you like it you are on a par with Hilter.

Incorrect.
Boards has decreed that anyone who has eaten in Ramen and claimed to not enjoy the food are, actually, lying. They really enjoyed the food but say that they didn't in an effort to seem cool and sophisticated.

I've never worked out why not liking a particular fast food outlet would be considered cool. But hey, I'm in the cool gang, it seems!

the beer revolu

fiload wrote: »

6 before 6 was always too good to be true, since they are extending the he hours its not all bad.
Pretty sure that Ramen is a company that started in Cork.

I'm not from Cork myself but it always surprises me about how cynical some Cork people are about supporting local businesses & people, with the exception of Roy Keane of course

The only reason I don't support Ramen is because I think the food they serve is really poor quality and doesn't taste nice to me.
Should I still eat there because they are a local business?

j8wk2feszrnpao

As usual, people with no interest in Ramen, must (again) comment on Ramen.

the beer revolu

munstermagic11 wrote: »

As usual, people with no interest in Ramen, must (again) comment on Ramen.

Shock horror.
People on a discussion board discussing the theme of the thread.
What are the conditions for discussing Ramen?I wasn't aware of personal requirements.
Apologies if I posted about Ramen without your permission. Is it only positive opinions are allowed?

rob316

I'll say the nicest thing about a meal there is the ice cream. Their usual main prices of €14 are a rip off for the taste and quality.

JackieChang

roundymac wrote: »

Jackie Lennox in Bandon Rd is your only man,,,,support Irish chippers and not that forgein muck.

Careful now, you'll go blind eating that shyte. Utter muck.

Nicetrustedcup

Like to be fair Ramens 6 before 6 was grand. Its not 5 star its a 3 out of 5 at best but what do you expect for 6 euros?. I don't go in expecting world class food I go in expecting something to fill my belly.

But for 8 It has me thinking and since soba opened up next to it I have just being going therr over ramen since as soba is better food for 7 euros.

TheQuietBeatle

6 before 6 was a good deal in fairness. Their Kao pad and Ramen Fried rice is lovely.

8 euro is slightly too much for it though, 7 wouldn't have been too bad.

We won't be going again unfortunately.

Roger Hassenforder

Dhera 6 b4 6 was grand. A feed for 6 shekels, you couldnt go wrong. And a cone to finish off?
Great value for a hungry student/nit too fussy trencherman

But this:

rob316 wrote: »

Their usual main prices of €14 are a rip off for the taste and quality.

+1

snotboogie

roundymac wrote: »

Jackie Lennox in Bandon Rd is your only man,,,,support Irish chippers and not that forgein muck.

Jasus!

rob316

In there careys lane branch they have alot of competition. Koto is 11 for a main and drink and far superior, sobas daily special is 6.90 and again superior.

MissShihTzu

Tried Ramen once when it first opened on Anglesea St. Food was crap, service worse. I did an honest review of it on Trip Advisor, and the owner invited me to return and try again. Never took him up on the offer. Once was enough.

TBH - I am slightly surprised he opened one in the City Centre. Loads of competition, most of which offer superior food and service with the same value for money.

mikeecho

We stopped getting Ramen a few years ago.
The quality/quantity went downhill.
Often the 6bf6 was a lot of sauce, very little meat or veg.

Much prefer to spend a few extra euro and go to kin kao ! In ballincollig.

Far superior

kingtut

Mardyke wrote: »

Ramen is muck.

I wouldn't consider it muck but you can easily make something just as nice at home with only a few ingredients from the local supermarket. Fraction of the price too once you have the base ingredients.

roundymac wrote: »

Jackie Lennox in Bandon Rd is your only man,,,,support Irish chippers and not that forgein muck.

Never been a fan of it. I used to live near there and tried it 2/3 times after a night out and it was always greasy as fcuk.

JackieChang

kingtut wrote: »

Never been a fan of it. I used to live near there and tried it 2/3 times after a night out and it was always greasy as fcuk.

It's one of the worst chippers I've been to. I think it's riding on a wave of nostalgia with people reminiscing of being sent down by mammy with 20p back in the day.

All the five star reviews are from cork people, and negative reviews are from out of towners. I often drive past it and see tourists outside looking at their ball of greasy food pretending to enjoy it lest they get lynched by the locals.

Cork people get very angry when you say anything bad about it. It's like the Islam and paintings of Muhammad/Allah.

Mardyke

JackieChang wrote: »

It's one of the worst chippers I've been to. I think it's riding on a wave of nostalgia with people reminiscing of being sent down by mammy with 20p back in the day. Cork people get very angry when you say anything bad about it. It's like the Islam and paintings of Muhammad/Allah.

It used to be the best. I doubt if anyone makes that claim now. I'd still probably go there before the likes of KCs, with a queue of kids taking selfies.

TheQuietBeatle

All this blasphemy written about Lennox's!

JackieChang

TheQuietBeatle wrote: »

All this blasphemy written about Lennox's!

If only Cork people like Lennoxes and everybody else in the entire solar system doesn't like Lennoxes, do you not think yee're a little bit biased bai?

the beer revolu

TheQuietBeatle wrote: »

All this blasphemy written about Lennox's!

Born and bred in Cork and never rated Lennox's.
Chips are under cooked and soggy.

BUNK1982

the beer revolu wrote: »

Incorrect.
Boards has decreed that anyone who has eaten in Ramen and claimed to not enjoy the food are, actually, lying. They really enjoyed the food but say that they didn't in an effort to seem cool and sophisticated.

I've never worked out why not liking a particular fast food outlet would be considered cool. But hey, I'm in the cool gang, it seems!

I can't believe <popular local eaterie> is so popular, it tastes nothing like real <ethnic food group> and is so bland.

I've been to <country of origin> and it's impossible to get real <ethnic food group> in Cork.

kingtut

Mardyke wrote: »

It used to be the best. I doubt if anyone makes that claim now. I'd still probably go there before the likes of KCs, with a queue of kids taking selfies.

I'd rate KCs way higher (I've enjoyed most of the stuff I've got was decent) but I definitely wouldn't be up for queuing for an hour to get in there! As for the people who queue before it's even open?! Madness!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

The queue always flies though. I've joined it when it was out the door and down the street and been back out with my food 25 minutes later, which is still longer than I'd generally queue though.

I'm not that into it because the veggie options are pretty sparse but the staff are so on the ball, it's really impressive. If one thing goes wrong or out of order when the queue is like that it could get so chaotic so quickly.

zilog_jones

There's plenty of opportunities to go to KC's without the ridiculous queues.

kingtut wrote: »

Never been a fan of it. I used to live near there and tried it 2/3 times after a night out and it was always greasy as fcuk.

Complaining about fried food being greasy? Lol

kingtut

Amina Wet Blank wrote: »

The queue always flies though. I've joined it when it was out the door and down the street and been back out with my food 25 minutes later, which is still longer than I'd generally queue though.

I'm not that into it because the veggie options are pretty sparse but the staff are so on the ball, it's really impressive. If one thing goes wrong or out of order when the queue is like that it could get so chaotic so quickly.

Still not interested in queuing for 25 mins. The rare time i go it's usually close to closing and so the place usually only has a queue inside

You are right regarding the staff - they are amazing. Some amount of food they cook/prepare!

zilog_jones wrote: »

There's plenty of opportunities to go to KC's without the ridiculous queues.

Complaining about fried food being greasy? Lol

As above I genenerally go close to closing in order to avoid the queues

Yes.... fried food doesn't have to be greasy. I'm guessing you haven't been lucky enough to find such a place lol

rob316

If you think Lennox's is the best then you haven't tried the new wave of chippers like O Reillys and The Fish Wife or the taste of nostalgia is lodged in your throat.

Lennox's is muck, only thing that's fresh is the chips. Burger is as flat as a pancake wrapped in foil and sitting in a box, fish is "fresh frozen". Its 2019 standards should be higher.

Roger Hassenforder

rob316 wrote: »

If you think Lennox's is the best then you haven't tried the new wave of chippers like O Reillys and The Fish Wife or the taste of nostalgia is lodged in your throat.

Lennox's is muck, only thing that's fresh is the chips. Burger is as flat as a pancake wrapped in foil and sitting in a box, fish is "fresh frozen". Its 2019 standards should be higher.

Reillys chips are sub lennox
Burgers excel though.

the beer revolu

zilog_jones wrote: »

There's plenty of opportunities to go to KC's without the ridiculous queues.



Complaining about fried food being greasy? Lol

You are just displaying your ignorance of frying and cooking, generally.

Also, as there is a current Cork chipper thread active, why are we discussing Cork chippers here? (guilty)

zilog_jones

I'll admit I never go to Lennox's because the Golden Fry and KC's are more convenient for me, but I wouldn't describe their food as "not greasy".

mccard

rob316 wrote: »

If you think Lennox's is the best then you haven't tried the new wave of chippers like O Reillys and The Fish Wife or the taste of nostalgia is lodged in your throat.

Lennox's is muck, only thing that's fresh is the chips. Burger is as flat as a pancake wrapped in foil and sitting in a box, fish is "fresh frozen". Its 2019 standards should be higher.

Funny you put O'Reillys and the Fish Wife together. I recently had O'Reillys for the first time and thought it was just as bad as the Fish Wife (very similar). Both places utter muck, can't understand the popularity. You could smell the nasty cheap oil they use as I crossed the road approaching the place. You could bounce the chips off the wall. Never again.

rob316

the beer revolu wrote: »

You are just displaying your ignorance of frying and cooking, generally.

Also, as there is a current Cork chipper thread active, why are we discussing Cork chippers here? (guilty)

Because we take them very seriously, Lennox's is an institution. Who doesn't remember there dad bringing home a take away from there and it honestly tasted like the greatest food ever made.

mccard

mccard wrote: »

Funny you put O'Reillys and the Fish Wife together. I recently had O'Reillys for the first time and thought it was just as bad as the Fish Wife (very similar). Both places utter muck, can't understand the popularity. You could smell the nasty cheap oil they use as I crossed the road approaching the place. You could bounce the chips off the wall. Never again.

O’Reillys do an unreal taco fries. Taco cooked fresh for each one, savage.

j8wk2feszrnpao

BUNK1982 wrote: »

I can't believe <popular local eaterie> is so popular, it tastes nothing like real <ethnic food group> and is so bland.

I've been to <country of origin> and it's impossible to get real <ethnic food group> in Cork.

Many haven’t even been to <country of origin>. Too infatuated with what others choose to dine on.