Are Carvery Lunches a thing of the past? (Someone can't handle their portions!)

Jennehy · 26-07-2018 11:13PM #1

Is it because the boom is back or because of all the sit down deli at petrol stations. €15-€20 seems to be the average now for a sit down lunch.

Ginger83 · 26-07-2018 11:15PM

Jennehy wrote: »

Is it because the boom is back or because of all the sit down deli at petrol stations. €15-€20 seems to be the average now for a sit down lunch.

Tenner for carvery where i am.

JustJoe7240 · 26-07-2018 11:16PM

Jennehy wrote: »

Is it because the boom is back or because of all the sit down deli at petrol stations. €15-€20 seems to be the average now for a sit down lunch.

You should see the crowd for Carvery In Diceys at lunchtime.

Atlantic Dawn · 26-07-2018 11:18PM

Less and less of them around alright.

yogi37 · 26-07-2018 11:18PM

JustJoe7240 wrote: »

You should see the crowd for Carvery In Diceys at lunchtime.

Ah Diceys. €6 for a mountain of food and 20c for a glass of water

tabby aspreme · 26-07-2018 11:21PM

Paid €10.50 for a carvery dinner in the Talbot in Wexford last Friday, didn't eat again till brekkie on Saturday, can't beat a dinner in the middle of the day

gmisk · 26-07-2018 11:23PM

Ó Neills in Suffolk Street do one

Pawwed Rig · 26-07-2018 11:26PM

Halfway House on Navan Road side of Phoenix Park used do a savage carvery. Anyone know if it is still going?

An Poitin Stil used to be nice but last time I was in there it was sheet

Jennehy · 26-07-2018 11:30PM

The drive through KFCs and Macdonalds too have killed the carvery industry.

Jennehy · 26-07-2018 11:33PM

sugarman wrote: »

Serious feed, they do it until 11pm every night of the week too.

A carvery until 11pm are you sure? You would get a great start on the following day having a carvery at 10.30 at night.

MadDog76 · 27-07-2018 12:08AM

To answer the Op's question, carvery lunches are very much a thing of the present.

Ipso · 27-07-2018 12:08AM

Jennehy wrote: »

A carvery until 11pm are you sure? You would get a great start on the following day having a carvery at 10.30 at night.

You'd need an epidural after it.

Walter Sobchak III · 27-07-2018 12:14AM

Pawwed Rig wrote:

Halfway House on Navan Road side of Phoenix Park used do a savage carvery. Anyone know if it is still going?

The Halfway House is still the dog's danglies for your aforementioned dining experience.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 27-07-2018 12:16AM

MadDog76 wrote: »

To answer the Op's question, carvery lunches are very much a thing of the present.

Carverys. They haven’t gone away, you know.

gormdubhgorm · 27-07-2018 12:20AM

The Yacht in clontarf is booming they cannot dish out the food fast enough.

Most don't even bother getting a full portion because a half portion is so big.

There maybe a snobbery about some people these days who prefer to go to a place to be seen, rather then get a decent feed.

Those who say this place is 'to die for' in some fancy restaurant so they can tell thier friends they were there.

A place where you see plenty of plate a little bit of sauce drizzled on it.

But unlike a carvery you might leave the place still hungry with a much lighter pocket!

The carvery's are always there the same popular ones are still going strong as far as I can see.

Noveight · 27-07-2018 12:22AM

Carvery is the business.

beauf · 27-07-2018 12:28AM

Any pub I know that didn't do carverys now does them big time. A lot of oaps use them too.

Kitty6277 · 27-07-2018 12:31AM

I work in a hotel that does carvery on Sundays and it's always fairly busy. Having said that, it's mainly older people who come in

GMSA · 27-07-2018 12:36AM

When I saw the thread title I knew it had to be the OP. Guaranteed to start a carvery thread every so often.

ttenneb · 27-07-2018 12:37AM

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I work in a hotel that does carvery on Sundays and it's always fairly busy. Having said that, it's mainly older people who come in

Older and wiser

Samuri Suicide · 27-07-2018 12:39AM

Carverys will die out like mass with younger people. Within ten yrs I reckon they'll be gone. Too much choice and food education around.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 27-07-2018 01:19AM

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

Carverys will die out like mass with younger people. Within ten yrs I reckon they'll be gone. Too much choice and food education around.

Yeh, but no but.

ConnyMcDavid · 27-07-2018 01:20AM

Jennehy wrote: »

A carvery until 11pm are you sure? You would get a great start on the following day having a carvery at 10.30 at night.

9pm

gormdubhgorm · 27-07-2018 01:21AM

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

Carverys will die out like mass with younger people. Within ten yrs I reckon they'll be gone. Too much choice and food snobbery around.

I fixed that.

I don't think this will happen there will always be a place for the carvery as the hipster's get older they too will want a decent amount of food at a relatively cheap price.

Mass is dying out because it is too fancy all that ceremony, and all you get is a small wafer thing.

No variety in it

Then they expect you give money twice during your stay there
It is not good value food wise, at mass.

Samuri Suicide · 27-07-2018 01:37AM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I fixed that.

I don't think this will happen there will always be a place for the carvery as the hipster's get older they too will want a decent amount of food at a relatively cheap price.

Mass is dying out because it is too fancy all that ceremony, and all you get is a small wafer thing.

No variety in it

Then they expect you give money twice during your stay there
It is not good value food wise, at mass.

People will want decent food at a decent price. A large cut of meat kept warm for hours with boiled veg and gravy is appetising for the those who give money in a church...twice.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 27-07-2018 01:44AM

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

People will want decent food at a decent price. A large cut of meat kept warm for hours with boiled veg and gravy is appetising for the those who give money in a church...twice.

Plenty of meat and other food is kept warm behind the scenes. Do you think they cook a chicken each time someone wants a chicken dinner in a non carvery restaurant. That every stew is created from scratch? That the soup is specially prepared?

Some carverys - the slow moving ones - can be crap. I won’t mention any names. The ones that let the food go cold. On the other hand the fast moving ones (both O’Neills) tend to be fine.

And they are actually healthier than most.

freshpopcorn · 27-07-2018 01:47AM

That's one thing I find a little funny about carvery's I know certain people and they'd refuse to eat from one at lunch time. However they'd go into the same restaurant and order the dinner that evening. Essentially the carvery is moved to the kitchen.

Samuri Suicide · 27-07-2018 02:02AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Plenty of meat and other food is kept warm behind the scenes. Do you think they cook a chicken each time someone wants a chicken dinner in a non carvery restaurant. That every stew is created from scratch? That the soup is specially prepared?

Some carverys - the slow moving ones - can be crap. I won’t mention any names. The ones that let the good go cold. On the other hand the fast moving ones (both O’Neills) tend to be fine.

And they are actually healthier than most.

If you want decent food then it will be cooked to order....otherwise you are describing fast food places and carverys etc.
Eating healthy food that is tasty and decent doesn't revolve around the Irish method of loading a plate with warm meat and soggy veg telling each other its a "good feed" Thankfully this attitude is dying out....like mass and double collections.

JupiterKid · 27-07-2018 02:05AM

A good carvery lunch is worth its weight in gold. The key is to have it fresh and not dry under a heat lamp.

The alleged death of the carvery is greatly exaggerated.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 27-07-2018 02:09AM

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

If you want decent food then it will be cooked to order....otherwise you are describing fast food places and carverys etc.
Eating healthy food that is tasty and decent doesn't revolve around the Irish method of loading a plate with warm meat and soggy veg telling each other its a "good feed" Thankfully this attitude is dying out....like mass and double collections.

You have literally no idea how most restaurants work.

This moronic snobbishness about carverys is an indication of tuppence half pence looking down on tuppence. Ms bucket.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 27-07-2018 02:09AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

A good carvery lunch is worth its weight in gold. The key is to have it fresh and not dry under a heat lamp.

The alleged death of the carvery is greatly exaggerated.

Yes. Get in early.

Are Carvery Lunches a thing of the past? (Someone can't handle their portions!)

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