Favourite Restraunt?

MiCr0

whats any one's favourite restraunt?
atm my fav has to be mao's (2 in dublin).
excellent food (oriental fusion) and not too dear.
www.cafemao.com

but i'm looking for any other places!!

reply's with area plz

TwoShedsJackson

Pizza Stop in that lane beside McDaid's (around the block from Little Caesar's).

Best pizza and pasta in Dublin, by a mile, and great value too.

kayos

Hmmmm lets see I know most of you are in dublin but I'll post my Galway/Cork ones way way.

The Thai Garden in Galway is always a great place to eat if you can get a booking great food and a good selection of wines and its lovely spot if you get the windows tables as you have a view of the spanish arch.

Cookes Wine Bar and Resturant Galway. Nice place and lovely food at a good price as well.

The White Gambles in Moycullen,Galway. A bit pricey but the food makes up for that a very nice spot to eat.

O'Callahon Walsh's in Rosscarberry, Co. Cork OMG what a brilliant place to eat. It looks a bit pricey but the portions are huge and the quality is second to none. The main stay is seafood and all of that is baught fresh from the near by village of Union Hall (big fishing place in Cork) so the prices tend to vary depending on the time of the year from fish to fish. Also the wine selection is nothing but excelent.

Hmmm and I wonder why I'm putting on weight

kayos

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AYA

Pitty it has no more competition on the sushi front, but its great none-the-less

Draco

I like the Bistro on CastleMarket St. (behind the Powerscourst centre). Nice friendly staff, excellent food and a good choice of wines.

Kolodny

The Good World restaurant on George's Street. Top quality Chinese food (most of the customers seem to be Chinese which must be a good sign!). The Dim Sum lunch with a pot of green tea is great value and an amazing hangover cure.

MiCr0

i've been to the good world a load of times.
excellent food
and if you speek mandarin/cantonese you can get a "proper" menu

MiCr0
appols for bad spelling

Bard

I'd strongly recommend Luigi Malones in Temple Bar, Dublin (dunno about their Stillorgan or Munich branches ) - lovely stuff...!

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wintermute

The Safron on Stephens Green (on the corner for the turn to Ely Place) is where I go for good Indian dishes.

Kitty's next door for the more general western European stuff. Really nice atmosphere and a decent enough wine list.

And, if Kitty's is full then I pop across the road to the Rubicon; nice food, great wine list but a very minimalist décor.

As for the Good World, I have had some of the most amazing dishes in there, however, I think that the Imperial on Wicklow Street comes very close to beating it.

I think the "real" menu in GW is more of a style thing but I've never really examined the "regular / western" one so perhaps I'm wrong?

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Xenophobic

Hi all,

Must make mention of the fabulous Belgo (down the lane beside Olympia theatre in Dublin). It fits well into this section thanks to its wide variety of Belgian beers (including the wifes favourite Framozenbier - which for some unknown reason they call Frambooz ). Being a veggie I go for the Wild mushroom ragoute (excuse spelling)

The nicest touch of all is that all the beers come in the correct glasses (and some of them are quite outlandish - the Pawl Kwak Coachmans glass is probably the strangest one)


Xeno

Shinji

Aya in Dublin is nothing short of fantastic.

Failing that, Wagamama - the one in Dublin isn't all that great, although still a good eat, but I frequent the one off Bond Street in London with a few other Japophiles, and it's bloody fantastic.

Of course, the best of the lot is the restaurant in Yaohan Plaza out in Colindale, but it's a bit off the beaten track and you need to speak some Japanese to be able to order... argh

MiCr0

every time i go to wagamama's i get more and more disappointed....
i doubt i'll ever go back

btw there's an ace pakistani restraunt just round the corner from mao's, its the one with the guy with the odd headdress outside.

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kayos

Hmmm ya Wagamama's in Dublin is good but its just doesn't cut it when compared to those in London (I've been to the one in Lexington Street I think it was Well Soho anyway) and it rocked. But the best resturant I've been to in London is on Warsaw Street I never got the name as it was all in really funcky writing anyway it had touch screen menu's outside and food to die for once you got inside. Shinji maybe you could put a name on it it on you right hand side as you head torward Oxford St. It's not far past the Intreped Fox. Any ideas??

kayos

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Shinji

Mmm, doesn't ring any bells kayos - that isn't really my stamping ground to be honest, as is probably shown by the fact that I don't know the Intrepid Fox either

kayos

Hmmmm you cann't miss the fox its the one with half a car over the bar and the metal music blaring out

TwoShedsJackson

The Intrepid Fox is the kip to end all kips, full of bleedin' Goths too

K!LL!@N

I've been to Luigi Malone's, in templebar before and it was really nice. Make sure you go during happy hour, the ****tails are lovely!

My favourite restaurant is Yamamori's, it's beside walton's on sth. great george's street( i think that's the name of the street ). The food is excellent! Chopsticks rule!

Kali

I dont eat out much in dublin, but Da Pino on parliment st. are one great italians, not too expensive and the food is absolutely gorgeous (and the chocolate mousses mmmm), perfect for groups of four or so.. not so much for two people i'd guess.

Victor

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by wintermute:
The Safron on Stephens Green (on the corner for the turn to Ely Place) is where I go for good Indian dishes.

Kitty's next door ............

And, if Kitty's is full then I pop across the road to the Rubicon .........</font>

Kitty's Kaboodle (you get crayons) and Rubicon (designer food) are on Merrion Row. Both good restaurants.

Which is Saffron?

Is the Bang cafe still there (keep eye out for managers girlfriend - nearly caused a multiple food faux-pas when i saw her).

As regard AYA - I preferred when Yoichi (I used to work next door to Ayumiya in Baggot street and once saved his mobile phone) had a more, eh, cooked food menu - I must drop in again. Om, nyom nyom - japanese style fried rice (rice, egg, beef, chicken, peppers, peas, sauce)

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monroe

La Mere Zou besdie the Shelborne Hotel Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...................

wintermute

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Victor:

Which is Saffron?
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Red door just before the corner. I think they might call it Saffron 2000 sometimes.

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Is the Bang cafe still there ...
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Yes, never really took to it. Prefer the Ely around the corner.

kayos

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Castor Troy:
The Intrepid Fox is the kip to end all kips, full of bleedin' Goths too </font>

Yep thats the one. Its not the sort of pub I would go to but I was pulled along to meet up with some folks the last time I was over there (seemingly it was my brothers watering hole when he was living over there and his friends though I should see it). I much prefer the free houses at least you can get a nice pint of a drink you have heard of before although Cafferys did the job most nights......... but ahhh the head in the morning

kayos

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Coyote

One Pico on camden street. not cheep about 14-16 quid for a main course, but some of the best food around.
has anyone been in it other than me ?

Coyote

Magwitch

Trentuno on Wicklow street. Imaginative and high quality Itlaian food at kind prices. Highly recommended.

Da Bounca

top 3 in my book are
1. casanovas in stillorgan a few doors down from the cinema, italian kind of job, lovely stuff, good prices also. may want to bring your own beer though, last time they had none
2. luigi-malones stillorgan. great assortment of foods(and drinks) from all over the world.
pity the waiter spilt water on me.
3. bistro-1 in foxrock village. pretty much flawless place. has one lots of awards. smallish place superb food, great staff.

bonkey

I dunno about "best", but heres a few thoughts...

1) Tante Zoe's - Temple Bar. Good creole/cajun food. Not world-beating, but very good.

2) Dobbins Bistro on Stephens Lane. Has to be my all-time fave place for non-locale-specific food, although its a bit pricey. Used to have an absolute stunner on the door who usually wore a black catsuit.

For those who may not know - the rastaurant in Educating Rita is Dobbins. Yes - they really do have sawdust on the floor and red/white checked tablecloths.

On a negative note, ever since Mr. Gallagher moved his Pea**** Alley to the new hotel on Stephens Green (name escapes me at the mo) the place has gotten too snobbish, and apparently the quantities have grown too small. Not one to rave about any more....although in its old location it was incredible.

Which reminds me - has anyone eaten in the Rankin's rasto up in Belfast...whats it called....Roscoffs.

entropi

Kali, thats a good idea there, eat out in a good restaraunt in parliament street and be full up for the lan in dnc around the corner, nice 1 mmmmm.....food

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MiCr0

new thai place open in town
www.tks.ie/
any one been?

Tazz T

La Cave on South Anne St, great wine, good fun, nice and cosy for a romantic midweek meal and dead handy for Bruxelles for a headbang with your beloved afterwards.

BTW I've spent many a happy Saturday in The Intrepid Fox.

Kix

In Galway I don't think that there is anywhere to rival Nimmo's for food or atmosphere. I believe that Terry Sheridan (of Sheridan Cheesemongers in Kirwin's Lane) is the chef. I know that anytime I've gone there I've been absolutely delighted and so has my girlfriend. I swear that she says that she dreams about the place.

For those who don't know where it is, Nimmo's is situated in a fairly ancient building just behind the Spanish Arch and beside the Corrib. It's pretty and unpretentious inside. Atmosphere-wise, the place is very relaxed.

On the food side there's a nice selection; always a vegetarian dish or two, and the menu changes daily. Generally a main course for two and a half bottle of wine will knock you back about £30. The staff are very good, relaxed, friendly and efficient. Often Harriot, the owner, will pop over to see how your are doing.

I love it and I can't reccomend it highly enough. Definately a place for "those in the know".

K