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The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

Faith

There's been a crazy number of threads recently looking for restaurant recommendations, so I'd like to start a specific thread for it. Please post below about your favourite restaurants - why you like them, what price range they are, what type of food they serve, if they have an early bird, opening hours if you know them, where they're located. If you could include a link to the website, that would be great. The more details, the better. This is not a thread to post negative reviews - there's a thread in the main Food & Drink forum for that if you like. Basically, I want this thread to be full of recommendations, not positive and negative reviews. That being said, you can disagree with a recommendation briefly if you really feel the need to, but you must have a really valid reason such as an awful experience, rather than "I don't really like the food" or "It's too expensive".

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dinneenp

Hi,

I was looking for recommendations for a breakfast and pizza-
went to Gallaghers for breakfast (didn't venture further as it was lashing). V nice decor, comfortable & nice food (expect my wife's waffles- slightly burnt and undercooked in middle as they were v thick. Wasn't charged for them), would go back there.

Pizza- ended up in Milanos...I know but after her waffles I let her pick Pizza location in the end.

Thanks for all the tips,
Pa.

the beer revolu

Drdenise75 wrote: »

The beef was not seared... it was cooked! It was big thick slices of rare roast beef! But if you don't believe me then try it for yourself. It was very good it just wasn't seared carpaccio.

Fair enough.
Thick slices!
Sounds like they don't really know what carpaccio is.
I don't mind the idea of seared carpaccio but that sounds way off.

I believe you. It's just when I asked did it mention anything on the menu you said it didn't.

Further cleared up, now.

11214

I love beef carpaccio, I didn't know it can be seared as well though, would that not defeat the purpose?

the beer revolu

11214 wrote: »

I love beef carpaccio, I didn't know it can be seared as well though, would that not defeat the purpose?

Well, it would be a way to appease the food safety nazis.
I'd imagine it could be very nice if barely seared and sliced thin enough.

pwurple

11214 wrote: »

I love beef carpaccio, I didn't know it can be seared as well though, would that not defeat the purpose?

Yes, not really, but people do that kind of thing all the time. Putting seared in there is a clue that it’s not the standard.

Walnut pesto, raspberry tiramisu.

I think it sounds like they take their rare beef sirloin (which is very good) and repurpose it.

Challenge accepted anyway. Will be there for a birthday in the next few wks. Will try it sure.

Gardner

Not really into the whole Irish breakfast thing anymore as I have lived overseas for many years. I used the love the whole Australian vibe around the healthy breakfast. Is there anywhere in Cork City or County that resembles it? Along the lines of smashed avos, poached eggs, spinach, spicy sausage/chorizo/ bacon, olives, roast tomatoes, mushrooms, sweet potato & halloumi fritters etc. etc……

D'Agger

Gardner wrote: »

Not really into the whole Irish breakfast thing anymore as I have lived overseas for many years. I used the love the whole Australian vibe around the healthy breakfast. Is there anywhere in Cork City or County that resembles it? Along the lines of smashed avos, poached eggs, spinach, spicy sausage/chorizo/ bacon, olives, roast tomatoes, mushrooms, sweet potato & halloumi fritters etc. etc……

I think most places now will offer relatively healthy breakfast options. I know that Liberty grill certainly offered you the option to get avocado, extra bacon, mushroom etc. as sides so you could get a veggie breakfast & add some bacon/sausage to it.

Most places will do avocado/mushrooms/poached eggs/spinach etc. - Cafe Velo springs to mind, I know they have an avocado/poached egg combo that was nice but it's a while since I tried it.

There is certainly more need for halloumi, sweet potato and different sausage combos though I'll give you that.

Was in Galway recently and stayed in Corrib House, just outside the city, near the Cathedral - it's a café also so you can check it out if you don't stay. Anyway - their coffee was lovely & their veggie breakfast was top notch - diced fried potato, portabello mushroom, lightly steamed Kale - it's rare I'll go for a veggie option because I'm normally very hungry in the morning but it was very good.

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Gardner wrote: »

Not really into the whole Irish breakfast thing anymore as I have lived overseas for many years. I used the love the whole Australian vibe around the healthy breakfast. Is there anywhere in Cork City or County that resembles it? Along the lines of smashed avos, poached eggs, spinach, spicy sausage/chorizo/ bacon, olives, roast tomatoes, mushrooms, sweet potato & halloumi fritters etc. etc……

Brick Lane have a nice veggie breakfast like this.

igCorcaigh

@EoinBearla

BREAKING: Emergency services are responding to reports of a fire at Rachel’s restaurant on Washington St #Cork

UPDATE: Fire at Rachel’s restaurant #Cork has been confined to extractor ducting. No internal damage. Members of @CorkCityFire standing down shortly https://t.co/Q6SosFlZ8H

Sorry for going OT mods, delete if deemed inappropriate.

Outkast_IRE

igCorcaigh wrote: »

@EoinBearla

BREAKING: Emergency services are responding to reports of a fire at Rachel’s restaurant on Washington St #Cork

UPDATE: Fire at Rachel’s restaurant #Cork has been confined to extractor ducting. No internal damage. Members of @CorkCityFire standing down shortly https://t.co/Q6SosFlZ8H

Sorry for going OT mods, delete if deemed inappropriate.

The extract ducting from the canopy above the cookers is lethal for going on fire if its not kept cleaned regularily. The specificaiton on that duct is to be at least 1hr fire rated so even if the duct internally on fire, it should take over 1 hr for the integrity of it to be comprimised which is usually plenty of time for fire brigade to arrive and action to be taken.

igCorcaigh

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

The extract ducting from the canopy above the cookers is lethal for going on fire if its not kept cleaned regularily. The specificaiton on that duct is to be at least 1hr fire rated so even if the duct internally on fire, it should take over 1 hr for the integrity of it to be comprimised which is usually plenty of time for fire brigade to arrive and action to be taken.

Isn't that what happened in Arois?

Outkast_IRE

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Isn't that what happened in Arois?

Similar incident i am sure. These fires can be traced back alot of the time to the duct not being cleaned at the regular intervals its meant to be, and the extract canopy not being kept functioning 100% correctly. A flash of flame / fire from one of the cooking appliances can be enough to set the grease on fire once its warmed up.

i have not read the report on the careys lane incident but it certainly seems like there was an issue at the roof level with the fire spreading from the duct at that level. All it takes is one weak location on the run of duct.

From reading what happened in Rachel Allens restaurant on the examiner. It sounds like the ducting contained the fire internally - exactly as its designed to do.

ofcork

Planning is being sought for a restaurant on maylor st in former Ladbrokes.

dudara

11214 wrote: »

I love beef carpaccio, I didn't know it can be seared as well though, would that not defeat the purpose?

Carpaccio can often be seared slightly on the outside. Not uncommon.

who_me

ofcork wrote: »

Planning is being sought for a restaurant on maylor st in former Ladbrokes.

Great to hear! Even though I live 100m away I still had to check StreetView to check which building that was.

It's one of the bigger business fronts on the street, if that's occupied it'll help a lot! Especially with Parnell Place starting to get busier too.

ofcork

I see earth is open in the pod on corner of grand parade/south mall.

Markcheese

Bao boi last night, and loved it... Yeah it's not a huge feed, we had three Bao and a large chips between two of us, (the chips were the bomb) the black pudding and egg one was lovely...
Definitely going back...

Markcheese

Dbu

Went to 12 tables in Douglas last weekend
Our 3rd or 4th time there. Food is good but they really need to get the service up to scratch.
15 mins waiting for a jug of water, waiting an age on 2 glasses of wine as well.
Had to ask for the bill 3 times.
Had a shared starter and 2 burgers and we were there almost 2 hours.
As I said the food is tasty though

Gamb!t

Dbu wrote: »

Went to 12 tables in Douglas last weekend
Our 3rd or 4th time there. Food is good but they really need to get the service up to scratch.
15 mins waiting for a jug of water, waiting an age on 2 glasses of wine as well.
Had to ask for the bill 3 times.
Had a shared starter and 2 burgers and we were there almost 2 hours.
As I said the food is tasty though

That's fairly poor service.

who_me

Dbu wrote: »

Went to 12 tables in Douglas last weekend
Our 3rd or 4th time there. Food is good but they really need to get the service up to scratch.
15 mins waiting for a jug of water, waiting an age on 2 glasses of wine as well.
Had to ask for the bill 3 times.
Had a shared starter and 2 burgers and we were there almost 2 hours.
As I said the food is tasty though

Similar experience, I love the food there (don't know how many times I've had the Mick O' burger) but service has always been slow.

hufpc8w3adnk65

who_me wrote: »

Similar experience, I love the food there (don't know how many times I've had the Mick O' burger) but service has always been slow.

I haven’t been but it’s not uncommon for new places to take their time to keep the place looking busy for long periods, with Douglas having lots of competition it wouldn’t take long for word to go out it’s allways busy and therefore must be nice..

Malari

who_me wrote: »

Similar experience, I love the food there (don't know how many times I've had the Mick O' burger) but service has always been slow.

Yeah I've posted about the same poor service here before, but dammit, the food is good! I just make sure I'm not on a tight timeline to get away again if I'm dining there. I've only been at lunch, mind you, so don't know what dinner service is like.

nerwen

Checked out Piri Piri in Blackpool for lunch the other day. It's Nandos with a different name on it, down to the same sauces on the chicken. Was fine though, got a chicken wrap, fries and a refillable coke for 15 euros. Lots of seats in there and service was really fast, which is nice when you're on lunch.

Richmond Ultra

Rendezvous bar and restaurant closed now for renovations.

The real reason is a failure to pay the taxman. Stubbs Gazette coming shortly.

Gamb!t

Looks like there's an Indian restaurant going in where Annies was on Sundays well.
The restaurant sign outside the pub looks awful,really really tacky.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Rendezvous bar and restaurant closed now for renovations.

The real reason is a failure to pay the taxman. Stubbs Gazette coming shortly.

Gone for good or just till they settle up?

igCorcaigh

Gamb!t wrote: »

Looks like there's an Indian restaurant going in where Annies was on Sundays well.
The restaurant sign outside the pub looks awful,really really tacky.

We could really do with a good Indian restaurant in the city, signage aside. But they would want to be good in that area.

I find Thali on pope's Quay OK, my favourite has been Lal Quila in Douglas, but haven't been there for years.

igCorcaigh

Has anyone been to BBQ House on Shandon Street? Their menu looked quite authentic Turkish.

igCorcaigh

MrMac84 wrote: »

Gone for good or just till they settle up?

I hope it's temporary. Decent watering spot in that neck of the woods.