Best breakfast in Dublin City Centre ?

errigal

Am tired of microwaved anaemic bacon, and eggs that have been sitting under a hot lamp for an hour. Where does a really good freshly cooked fry/grill up in Dublin City ?

rainglow

I've heard Graham O'Sullivan's on Dawson St is pretty good (corner of Dawson and Duke Street if my geography is right). I know a lot of lads who work on Dawson St and would be out boozing a lot and that's where they always head for breakfast the morning after!

fred funk }{

Matt the rashers in crumlin is defo the best brekie in town by far.

sailorboy

in malboro street behind clearys theres a litte cafe.. on the corner.. cheap clean and good food.
and the waitress is a little spanish cracker too hehe.

AdrianII

The cafe kylemore on OConnnell street is up there too

fattax

cafe sofia on wexford street is quite good, as is gerrys, just off camden street

angeldelight

rainglow wrote:

I've heard Graham O'Sullivan's on Dawson St is pretty good (corner of Dawson and Duke Street if my geography is right). I know a lot of lads who work on Dawson St and would be out boozing a lot and that's where they always head for breakfast the morning after!

I've been there when sober and it was horrible. They do keep everything under hot lamps for ages and everything was swimming in grease! Maybe I was in on a bad day but the thought of it still makes me feel sick!

There's a place on Lower Abbey St that does gorgeous breakfasts, they cook them as you're waiting and the service is great. Prices are reasonable too. I can't remember the name though! As you stand with your back to O'Connell St it's on your left not very far down

PunyHuman

The Alpha Cafe on the corner of Clarendon and Wicklow Streets. If it's still open.

Slightly off topic but the breakfast in the Mezzanine at Dublin Airport is fantastic if outrageously expensive.

eclectichoney

alpha cafe? i think it might be a butlers now ????

PunyHuman

Isn't that Butler's on the corner of Wicklow and South William streets?

Alpha might be gone though, been ages since I was there and the folks who ran it were pretty old and may have retired. It is/was on the first floor, opposite Tower Records.

deedee lepoopoo

alpha is now a restaurant (Moraccan) boohoo!

Gerrys off camden street for a fry or the place beside the motorbike place on wexford street or hobarts in ranelagh is yer only man

*Page*

The italian connection on talbot street!!

monkeyfudge

deedee lepoopoo wrote:

alpha is now a restaurant (Moraccan) boohoo!

Gerrys off camden street for a fry or the place beside the motorbike place on wexford street or hobarts in ranelagh is yer only man

It is a very nice Moroccan restaurant though... But I do remember being in there before it changed... and it was pretty good.

deedee lepoopoo

The Alpha, it makes me upset that it is gone. Where else in Dublin would you get Jelly & Custard? Spagetti Hoops on Toast? Bacon & Cabbage? rice Pudding?

True the Moraccan is good, but when they took over first they had the Moraccan restaurant on the 2nd floor and left the Alpha as it was, but now it's all gone

Milkman

As title says
try the breakie roll in Cristophs (sp?!) in the epicurian center off abbey st.
They do them all day sat/sun, and up to 1 weekdays.

mhh I want one now!

M.

wrafter

I am well pissed with the conversion of Alpha into a Moroccan - surely there was some contravention of preservation laws there? I used to go there every Saturday morning, and can't believe what they ended up doing to the place.

My favourite brekkie place in Dublin right now is the Shack just opposite the Temple Bar Bar Temple Bar. Nice spot. Good food.

bug

the best breakfast roll Ive had in a long time was from a little cafe run by an olw pair accross from the blackpits on patricks street. Lenards corner end.

Them two know how to cook a runny egg mmmm.

For sheer entertainment though, I recommend the fruit tree on Wexford street.
The staff are mad. Best cappuchino in the area too....Just thought I'd add that.

deedee lepoopoo

Where is the place beside blackpitts??? It is the 'Ocras' place?

Stark

pub on the corner of o'connell street and aston quay. Had the most gorgeous fry-up ever there the other day. Mmmm, I want more of it now...

bug

deedee lepoopoo wrote:

Where is the place beside blackpitts??? It is the 'Ocras' place?

oh god no, not that place. I wouldnt venture.
This place is on clanbrassil street lower

Easily_Irritated

Cafe Sofia, just across the road from Whelans. OR quizzsub in stevens green centre!

Swarfboy

The Manhattan
Classic... where the cabbies go in the middle of the night... and the home of 3 o'clock breakfast Dublin style... kidneys etc ... Pots of Tea the size ya haven't seen in years...

HelterSkelter

Matt the Rashers on Sundrive Road in Crumlin. You get a savage full Irish for about a fiver.

Even the name tells you you're about to have the best fry up ever!!

deedee lepoopoo

bug wrote:

oh god no, not that place. I wouldnt venture.
This place is on clanbrassil street lower

Is it the place opposite the MACE on Clanbrassil Street?

stag39

the breakfast club.. at least i think thats what it is called... ranleigh..does the best breakfast in dublin...the oz cafe in cork before it changed the menu was the best down south...

arrietty

Swarfboy wrote:

The Manhattan
Classic... where the cabbies go in the middle of the night... and the home of 3 o'clock breakfast Dublin style... kidneys etc ... Pots of Tea the size ya haven't seen in years...

Where's that?

Davey Devil

So what do you people like in your fry up? I usually go with:

2 Sausages
2 Rashers
1 White Pudding
1 Fried Egg
1 Potato Cake
1 Corn Fritter(Like a thick pancake with corn)
Baked Beans
Toast
Covered in Red and Brown Sauce.
Cuppa Tea.

tammy

oh god no, not that place. I wouldnt venture.
This place is on clanbrassil street lower

I've had many a grand roll at ocras, nice coffee two.

xzanti

Im told Eliza Blues on the quays near the millenium bridge do a lovely breakfast... never been myself but have friends from the country who go there everytime they visit dublin for their all day breakfast...

ObeyGiant

Odessa does some pretty good breakfast stuff, even if it is slightly up its own hole.

LoneGunM@n

stag39 wrote:

the breakfast club.. at least i think thats what it is called... ranleigh..does the best breakfast in dublin

I'm not a fan of their breakfasts ... there's a place a few doors up [think it's called hobarts] that does a much better breakfast!!

There used to be a place in near Grafton st. called the Wed Wose Cafe ... the builder's breakfast was fantastic ... I went in there every Friday when I was in DIT on Aungier st. nyom

If you are in Dun Shaughlin, you've gotta try the breakfast in Fidelma's just across from the Fire Station ... I've yet to finish the small breakfast [& I'm a big b@stard ] & it's well cheap too!

edit/

I forgot to mention this about Fidelma's ... I was in there about 2 weeks ago with the better half! She normally orders sausages & toast [which usually consists of 2 sausages & 2 slices of toast] ... She got 9 sausages & 4 slices of toast!!

LoneGunM@n

Davey Devil wrote:

So what do you people like in your fry up? I usually go with:

2 Sausages
2 Rashers
1 White Pudding
1 Fried Egg
1 Potato Cake
1 Corn Fritter(Like a thick pancake with corn)
Baked Beans
Toast
Covered in Red and Brown Sauce.
Cuppa Tea.

I must be a very odd lard ass... I couldn't eat all that!

My perfect breakfast would be:

2 slices of toast
2 sausages
1 egg
pudding
Beans
& of course the mandatory cuppa cha

37

Best posh fry is Expresso Bar off Baggot Street. No competition...

andymad

I've been trying to find the best irish breakfast for a few months and have been posting my findings to rashers and eggs dot com (http://www.rashersandeggs.com)

Check it out for lots of irish breakfasts in dublin reviewed (see the archives too).

If any of you would be interested send a review along with a photo (phone or whatever) to sausages @ that domain dot com.

Cheers
Andy

Zaph

There's a whole thread here in the BGRH forum about the best fry-ups in Dublin.

Laslo

Java Express in Fairview does a very tasty fryup.

reddyreddy

The best fry up ive came across is opposite that Setanta Car Park off Dawson Street/Nassau St. A daddy breakfast definitly set me up for the day. Its in Renards. Cooked fresh while you wait and not so expensive either. Worth a try.

CodeMonkey

Buy quality bacon and sausages and make your own? It's a fry up, it's not hard.

olaola

deedee lepoopoo wrote:

The Alpha, it makes me upset that it is gone. Where else in Dublin would you get Jelly & Custard? Spagetti Hoops on Toast? Bacon & Cabbage? rice Pudding?

True the Moraccan is good, but when they took over first they had the Moraccan restaurant on the 2nd floor and left the Alpha as it was, but now it's all gone

It was a class establishment. We'll never see the like of it again.

Brasserie Sixty6 does a good fry - all in one skillet.
http://www.brasseriesixty6.com/breakfast.asp

Noopti

Woodstocks in Phibsboro.

It was something like €6.50 last time I was there:
Rashers
Sausages
Egg
Mushrooms
Beans
Fried Potatoes
Black & White Pudding
Toast
Tea/Coffee

You won't eat for the rest of the day! There is usually a big queue, and avoid when there are any games on in Croker!

andymad

Davey Devil wrote:

So what do you people like in your fry up? I usually go with:

2 Sausages
2 Rashers
1 White Pudding
1 Fried Egg
1 Potato Cake
1 Corn Fritter(Like a thick pancake with corn)
Baked Beans
Toast
Covered in Red and Brown Sauce.
Cuppa Tea.

I'd have to have 2 fried eggs. add black pudding (clonakilty if possible) to what you have listed and we're on our way to a good one..

Lina

Gilli cafe on Marrowbonw Lane, D8.(just in the small lane opposite the Lidl on Cork St)
It is a small cafe, also the location not that good, however they have the best breakfast ive ever had, no matter from the money value or service, it well worth!

Full breakfast:

2 sausage,
2 fried rasher,
1 fried egg,
1 large white Denny pudding,
2 hash brown
beans
fried tomato
toast
Tea or coffee

Also free tea/coffee/ toast re-fill for 7.95euro.

spongeman

The earl on Talbot Street (down from kylemore)

hot plates
eggs perfectly cooked
toast just right
served by traditional dubs. with a smile.

Mr. Fancypants

Honest to Goodness do a great brekkie in Georges St Arcade. Really great breakfast in Roly's Bistro Cafe in Ballsbridge for under 10 euro which is reasonable enough considering!

craggles

AdrianII wrote: »

The cafe kylemore on OConnnell street is up there too

Lads cop on, this place is a bloody kip and survives only because of its location.

I'd nominate the Boxty House in Temple Bar and Cafe Seven around the corner from Perfect Pitch on Exchequer st.

Most decent pubs will do whopper breakfasts as well.

poisonated

lonegunm@n - yeah that place is called Hobarts.I was just about to advise people to go there actualy.I think they do a really good breakfast.The staff there are very friendly also.It is in Ranelagh,a few doors down from Ulster bank.