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

flas · 29-07-2018 01:29AM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

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

An Poitín stíl, a Fitzgerald group pub... If one man has brought down the standard of pubs in Dublin its Louis Fitzgerald... A group of accountants telling him how to run his pubs... They even weigh the corn flakes on a weekly basis to make sure nobody is getting a few extra flakes in his hotels...and I wish I was lying about that..

tabby aspreme · 29-07-2018 02:14AM

As I type this, I'm lying in bed still bloated having gone out to a Tapas place at 7 last night, them sweet spuds, cubed spuds, baby spuds, jalapenos, chorizo, chilli beef, calamari, pulled pork, sea bass, avocado, pitta bread, hummus and olives, "I only ordered 3" while delicious are hard to digest. When we came home I had to go into isolation downstairs on the couch and watch telly for an hour and try to deflate myself, not 1 of the 4 cats or dog would come near me. Now if we had gone to a carvery, the mashed spuds, roast spuds, carrots cauliflower and cabbage, with roast beef, stuffing and gravy, would have lulled me to sleep long ago.

the_syco · 29-07-2018 02:36AM

Jennehy wrote: »

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

Not really. A carvery is generally for people who drink alcohol.

branie2 · 29-07-2018 02:44PM

I had a carvery lunch this afternoon

JohnnyFlash · 29-07-2018 02:47PM

branie2 wrote: »

I had a carvery lunch this afternoon

Good man, Branie. What did you have? Did you follow up with a bowl of jelly and ice cream?

goat2 · 29-07-2018 02:47PM

I love the carvery, at least I get to see what I am ordering , and usually the sunday carvery is freshly roasted , But if I am travelling on Mondays, would rather avoid any eating out

OldMrBrennan83 · 29-07-2018 02:48PM

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branie2 · 29-07-2018 02:50PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Good man, Branie. What did you have? Did you follow up with a bowl of jelly and ice cream?

I had breaded chicken, veg and chips. No dessert though

Wanderer2010 · 29-07-2018 03:13PM

the_syco wrote: »

Not really. A carvery is generally for people who drink alcohol.

Massive sweeping statement there. I don't drink alcohol nor do several of my family or friends, and we love carvery dinner. Plus I see plenty of people who get the same carvery every week and only have water/soft drinks with them.

OldMrBrennan83 · 29-07-2018 03:15PM

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ED E · 30-07-2018 05:09PM

What a snowflake....

the_syco · 31-07-2018 04:41AM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Massive sweeping statement there. I don't drink alcohol nor do several of my family or friends, and we love carvery dinner. Plus I see plenty of people who get the same carvery every week and only have water/soft drinks with them.

I take it said carvery was not in a pub, then?

Shred · 03-08-2018 06:45PM

Cumiskey’s Blackhorse Avenue do a lovely carvery, I’ve always thought it superior to the Halfway House personally.

Grandeeod · 03-08-2018 09:09PM

The last time I was in Cumiskeys was the early 1980s as a kid. It was just renovated with an extension. King Pub crisps and a red lemonade.

I must drop in when I'm down that way for an oul carvery. The Half way house, I have done to death, but its good.

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

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