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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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beer enigma

JohnK wrote: »

Well, they used to have a video on their Facebook page showing a pizza get cooked in something like 40 or 50 seconds

They use a MerryChef pizza oven, 50 seconds for a standard pizza

JohnK

Water John wrote: »

So you can bake a pizza in 3 minutes???

Well, they used to have a video on their Facebook page showing a pizza get cooked in something like 40 or 50 seconds

Water John

So you can bake a pizza in 3 minutes???

the beer revolu

mccard wrote: »

Maybe they take their time because the pizza is made as it should be, fresh from scratch.

Which takes about 3 minutes.

northgirl

Didn't find it slow at all. I'd say our pizzas were served up within 10 minutes.

mccard

nlrkjos wrote: »

Nice pizza there, we go fairly regular, but they seem to be slow to serve, I wonder is the take-away service a bigger earner for them, to the detriment of the "sit downs"?

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

maybe they take their time knowing that the sit-down customers might have another drink etc while waiting. How many seats are in there?

Maybe they take their time because the pizza is made as it should be, fresh from scratch.

run_Forrest_run

nlrkjos wrote: »

Nice pizza there, we go fairly regular, but they seem to be slow to serve, I wonder is the take-away service a bigger earner for them, to the detriment of the "sit downs"?

maybe they take their time knowing that the sit-down customers might have another drink etc while waiting. How many seats are in there?

nlrkjos

northgirl wrote: »

Ate in Palmento at the weekend. The pizza and wine were very nice. Lovely spot for a cosy chat.

Nice pizza there, we go fairly regular, but they seem to be slow to serve, I wonder is the take-away service a bigger earner for them, to the detriment of the "sit downs"?

northgirl

Ate in Palmento at the weekend. The pizza and wine were very nice. Lovely spot for a cosy chat.

leahyl

Cedrus wrote: »

I finally made it to Ramen yesterday. My culinary guardian angel must have been steering me away. Sweet and gloopy is a compliment.

Q. How could it be possible to mess up Singapore Noodles?
A. Use a sweet sauce instead of curry powder, use thread noodles better suited to soup, fire in a load of sweet jammy sauce, serve it in a "cool container like in the movies" but is too small to eat out of, charge 1.5 times what the nearest Chinese restaurant charges.

The sheer number of school uniforms in the ""restaurant"" is the only possible explanation for this abominations survival.

The one time I ate there certainly didn't encourage me to go back; I thought it was awful but was thinking maybe it was just bad luck the first time....from reading your post, maybe I'll think again...

Cedrus

byronbay2 wrote: »

.......The menu is almost identical to Ramen (which I don't like) up to and including the "make your own" icecream cone, and the food tastes the same; sweet and gloopy ...........................

If you like Ramen, you will definitely like Camile but I will not be returning.

I finally made it to Ramen yesterday. My culinary guardian angel must have been steering me away. Sweet and gloopy is a compliment.

Q. How could it be possible to mess up Singapore Noodles?
A. Use a sweet sauce instead of curry powder, use thread noodles better suited to soup, fire in a load of sweet jammy sauce, serve it in a "cool container like in the movies" but is too small to eat out of, charge 1.5 times what the nearest Chinese restaurant charges.

The sheer number of school uniforms in the ""restaurant"" is the only possible explanation for this abominations survival.

rob316

sporina wrote: »

wow

hard to beat Sago Asian Bistro - its my go to for Asian/Thai

Find soba in Blackpool the best.

sporina

byronbay2 wrote: »

Went to Camile at the weekend and have to say that I was not very impressed at all. The menu is almost identical to Ramen (which I don't like) up to and including the "make your own" icecream cone, and the food tastes the same; sweet and gloopy with the various main courses indistinguishable from each other. The chicken skewers starter was cold and tasted like it had been cooked a looong time before.

The service was awful as well, with staff basically walking around asking people if they had ordered the particular item(s) they held in their hands.

If you like Ramen, you will definitely like Camile but I will not be returning.

wow

hard to beat Sago Asian Bistro - its my go to for Asian/Thai

byronbay2

Went to Camile at the weekend and have to say that I was not very impressed at all. The menu is almost identical to Ramen (which I don't like) up to and including the "make your own" icecream cone, and the food tastes the same; sweet and gloopy with the various main courses indistinguishable from each other. The chicken skewers starter was cold and tasted like it had been cooked a looong time before.

The service was awful as well, with staff basically walking around asking people if they had ordered the particular item(s) they held in their hands.

If you like Ramen, you will definitely like Camile but I will not be returning.

richiepurgas

who_me wrote: »

Ate at Spitjack's for the first time last weekend. Not sure what I expected, had it in my head it was more akin to a gourmet burger spot.

It actually was very good, chicken croquettes for starters, hake main and sorbet dessert. The service was ridiculously quick - one waitress would ask me if I wanted a dessert menu and before she'd even returned to the counter another would have brought it over. (Not, necessarily a good thing. I HATE being rushed while eating; but I didn't get that sense here. They were just really efficient).

It's definitely being added to the regular roster!

Agreed, they are a class act, have a really good value offer at lunchtime, 2 courses for, I think, €14.

who_me

Ate at Spitjack's for the first time last weekend. Not sure what I expected, had it in my head it was more akin to a gourmet burger spot.

It actually was very good, chicken croquettes for starters, hake main and sorbet dessert. The service was ridiculously quick - one waitress would ask me if I wanted a dessert menu and before she'd even returned to the counter another would have brought it over. (Not, necessarily a good thing. I HATE being rushed while eating; but I didn't get that sense here. They were just really efficient).

It's definitely being added to the regular roster!

byronbay2

Rfrip wrote: »

Was at mews during the summer and loved it
Must try the place in Ballydehob next year.

Going to be hard to get a booking there (Chestnut) from now on! Only 6 tables in the whole place, 18 covers per night.

Just so you know, a booking at Mews requires a credit card and if you cancel within 48 hours of your booking time (or don't show up), you will be charged full whack (cost of tasting menu) for everyone on your booking! Ouch!

Markcheese

limnam wrote: »

Raging the few times I tried mews it was booked out.

The price will probably double now :pac:

You'll have to keep going all the way to ballydehob so...

limnam

Rfrip wrote: »

Was at mews during the summer and loved it
Must try the place in Ballydehob next year.

Raging the few times I tried mews it was booked out.

The price will probably double now :pac:

pwurple

Oh well deserved, all of them. Delighted for Takashi Miyazaki in particular.

[Deleted User]

Was at mews during the summer and loved it
Must try the place in Ballydehob next year.

whatever76

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Michelin stars for Ichigo Ichie, Chestnut in Ballydehob and Mews Baltimore.

Woohoo great news for Cork !!

Toto Wolfcastle

Michelin stars for Ichigo Ichie, Chestnut in Ballydehob and Mews Baltimore.

richiepurgas

Icsics wrote: »

Where would he nice for lunch tomorrow in town, casual but not fast food ish, 2 kids in tow. Thanks

Market Lane is always good, but also very busy and I don't think it takes bookings except for large numbers.

Icsics

Where would he nice for lunch tomorrow in town, casual but not fast food ish, 2 kids in tow. Thanks

richiepurgas

Mardyke wrote: »

Question... how much of a cafe closure is down to bad luck and how much is down to insufficient management and general business skills?

Maybe this is unfair, but I never got the vibe from Serendipity that they were serious operators in a tough market.

The fact that their website is still active without any message of closure tends to back up the above for me. It may be a small thing but I think if any sort of business that relies on customers these days does not have the online and social media thing down, then they are going to struggle.

Saw stats many years ago about the huge failure rate in cafés/restaurant. Usually down to poor business skills. Food enthusiasts often lack the expertise needed to run a business.

leahyl

I liked Serendipity originally as we went there a good few times with work but then their portions started getting cheeky and expensive for what you got so I kind of went off it. They did evening meals from a Thursday to Sunday I think and initially, again, the food was lovely (my friend had a meal there in the early stages and was raving about it) but then I went with a group of friends last year and they had changed all the menu and it was only ok.

I think it's bad form not to even say you are closing. I agree with the poster who said that it seemed like it was almost a hobby for them, not a serious business. Their opening hours were strange.

northgirl

Mardyke wrote: »

Question... how much of a cafe closure is down to bad luck and how much is down to insufficient management and general business skills?

Maybe this is unfair, but I never got the vibe from Serendipity that they were serious operators in a tough market.

The fact that their website is still active without any message of closure tends to back up the above for me. It may be a small thing but I think if any sort of business that relies on customers these days does not have the online and social media thing down, then they are going to struggle.

Never a fan of the place personally although lots of my colleagues were.

Mardyke

Question... how much of a cafe closure is down to bad luck and how much is down to insufficient management and general business skills?

Maybe this is unfair, but I never got the vibe from Serendipity that they were serious operators in a tough market.

The fact that their website is still active without any message of closure tends to back up the above for me. It may be a small thing but I think if any sort of business that relies on customers these days does not have the online and social media thing down, then they are going to struggle.

opus

Slim Charles wrote: »

Is it closed down now?? That's a shame :mad: we were there as recently as May I think ?

Yup it's closed, I work fairly close to there so walk past a fair bit.