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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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rob316

Idaho owner is the biggest pain and whinge bag on social media too. I'd never darken his door

Mardyke

northgirl wrote: »

Idaho is nothing to rave about IMO. Won't ever go back there. Overpriced, pretentious nonsense.

There's a vocal minority that love blowing on about that place among a few others. The Cork mafia. Up their own holes.

northgirl

Mardyke wrote: »

.....but it's another one of these places that SOMEHOW always seems to draw a crowd, and keep going for ages despite being bang average... (in there with the Cornstore, Idaho and Ramens of this world)

Idaho is nothing to rave about IMO. Won't ever go back there. Overpriced, pretentious nonsense.

whatever76

sporina wrote: »

The Iberian Way is closed for the foreseeable future - they just announced it on FB - i wonder whats happening?

oh that's a shame - always enjoyed myself any night been in there and seemed to be doing well - is it a perm closure ?

smurgen

nlrkjos wrote: »

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"?

Got it a few weeks ago and couldn't get over how bad the pizza and service was.paid for it online and collection.two pizzas and two soft drinks.when i arrived our pizza wasn't ready so waited .when it came they handed the two boxes and i asked for the drinks to which i was told we hadn't paid for drinks.they then rechecked the order on the computer to confirm i had.
When we got it home,literally 5 minutes as we live at the top of rochestown the pizza was stone cold,the toppings were unevenly spread,one was missing one of it's toppings.the pizza was greasy.and worst of all it was a rip off coming in at close to 40 eur.never again.

nlrkjos

sporina wrote: »

oh gosh - sorry but maybe best to ask before booking...

i'd say its ok for a quick bite of lunch but not dinner..

last time i was there my niece, a kid at the time, she had a burger - and it was not for an adult never mind a kid - was laced with black pepper and tough as leather.. she couldn't eat it.. never went back..

its cheap non fast food fast food if you know what i mean, but poor ingredients an dbad service.. so many other places (better) to choose from..

but i hope ye have a nice time - do let us know how you get on..

Lovely evening, food was grand, service was excellent, lovely local girl quick with the banter(deserved a tip of her own!!!) nice atmosphere in there. we went about 6'ish and it was fairly busy but no problem with table. food was just right as to what we ordered and have to say the young girl serving us was a cracker, don't know about going back, but I wouldn't say no, I've had better but I've had worse...one thing, the tiger prawn pil-pil was the best I've had in a while.

Gamb!t

Mardyke wrote: »

.....but it's another one of these places that SOMEHOW always seems to draw a crowd, and keep going for ages despite being bang average... (in there with the Cornstore, Idaho and Ramens of this world)

I always liked going to Idaho cafe if I could get a seat for tea and scones.
I'm not a big salad lover but the the salads in Idaho I found a pretty good along with the sausage and bacon bap.

Mardyke

.....but it's another one of these places that SOMEHOW always seems to draw a crowd, and keep going for ages despite being bang average... (in there with the Cornstore, Idaho and Ramens of this world)

sporina

nlrkjos wrote: »

Daughter has just booked Amicus for me and the auld doll...never been there, looks OK and menus seems OK... is it good or not ? I know preferences are different!!! I'm just looking for a comment or two

oh gosh - sorry but maybe best to ask before booking...

i'd say its ok for a quick bite of lunch but not dinner..

last time i was there my niece, a kid at the time, she had a burger - and it was not for an adult never mind a kid - was laced with black pepper and tough as leather.. she couldn't eat it.. never went back..

its cheap non fast food fast food if you know what i mean, but poor ingredients an dbad service.. so many other places (better) to choose from..

but i hope ye have a nice time - do let us know how you get on..

bee06

nlrkjos wrote: »

Daughter has just booked Amicus for me and the auld doll...never been there, looks OK and menus seems OK... is it good or not ? I know preferences are different!!! I'm just looking for a comment or two

I like it. It would be one of our go to casual dinner restaurants. Plenty of menu choice and I’ve never found an issue with the service like the previous poster.

SusieBlue

nlrkjos wrote: »

Daughter has just booked Amicus for me and the auld doll...never been there, looks OK and menus seems OK... is it good or not ? I know preferences are different!!! I'm just looking for a comment or two

I wouldn't be a fan. The few times I've eaten there, the service has been consistently abysmal.
The food is average, not awful but nothing to write home about.
Its honestly the worst service I've encountered in the city.
Sorry for being so negative, maybe others will have more positive experiences but I've always left there annoyed and frustrated.

who_me

richiepurgas wrote: »

Where's that ?

Tapas/wine bar on Douglas St.

nlrkjos

Daughter has just booked Amicus for me and the auld doll...never been there, looks OK and menus seems OK... is it good or not ? I know preferences are different!!! I'm just looking for a comment or two

snotboogie

northgirl wrote: »

Sorry if this is a duplicate but anyone eaten in Kubo, Douglas? Looks quite nice from what I see online.

Best Asian Street food in the city in my opinion. Miles ahead of Ramen. The Thai chef in there is sound out too

richiepurgas

sporina wrote: »

The Iberian Way is closed for the foreseeable future - they just announced it on FB - i wonder whats happening?

Where's that ?

sporina

The Iberian Way is closed for the foreseeable future - they just announced it on FB - i wonder whats happening?

Water John

Tailgunner, I see your earlier post ' I really like their Prik Haeng.'
Really can't get the phoenetics of it out of my head.

Cherry_Cola

Ate in the Oyster tavern for the first time last night. Had an amazing fillet steak, staff were very friendly. Dessert was banana and rum cake which was only okay but I'd definitely go back.

northgirl

Ludo wrote: »

Yeah been a few times. I MUCH prefer it to Ramen (really don't ike Ramen). Seems to be way more meat in the portions and much tastier.

It looks alot more like Wagamama which I really liked. I arranged to meet a friend to eat in Ramen once but once I saw the food I asked her if we could eat elsewhere. Just looked as though everything was covered in the same sauce. I like to be able to see the ingredients I'm eating..

Ludo

northgirl wrote: »

Sorry if this is a duplicate but anyone eaten in Kubo, Douglas? Looks quite nice from what I see online.

Yeah been a few times. I MUCH prefer it to Ramen (really don't ike Ramen). Seems to be way more meat in the portions and much tastier.

tailgunner

northgirl wrote: »

Sorry if this is a duplicate but anyone eaten in Kubo, Douglas? Looks quite nice from what I see online.

Yep, get takeaway from there the odd time. It's good, I really like their Prik Haeng.

northgirl

Sorry if this is a duplicate but anyone eaten in Kubo, Douglas? Looks quite nice from what I see online.

JohnK

Had lunch in The Bookshelf at The Elysian yesterday, have to say the burger was very tasty

sporina

rob316 wrote: »

Novecento is still probably the best around different style pizza to Palmento though, La Tana can be as good but very hit and miss.

had pizza from La Tana delivered to The Sextant recently and it was good - not as good as Novecento though..

Markcheese

Hoping to go to brunos in kinsale for pizza at the weekend... Really, really really good... (really)

rob316

Mardyke wrote: »

If you are able to pick up a slice of pizza and it keeps it's triangular shape then you don't have a decent pizza!

I haven't been in a while....are Novecento still very good?

Novecento is still probably the best around different style pizza to Palmento though, La Tana can be as good but very hit and miss.

Mardyke

If you are able to pick up a slice of pizza and it keeps it's triangular shape then you don't have a decent pizza!

I haven't been in a while....are Novecento still very good?

rob316

Footoo wrote: »

Palmento pizza is very hit or miss imo - mainly miss. I like a bit of structure to my pizzas but theirs, for the most part, disintegrated when you try and pick up a slice, with zero crunch on the crust.

Also I generally like a plain cheese and tomato pizza so when the only extra topping I ask for is extra mozzarella, it means I want a lot of cheese. They’re unbelievably scanty with cheese in general.

It's neopolitan pizza it's meant to be eaten with a knife and fork. They are generally very light on toppings too.
I've been to Naples it's a very authentic pizza they are serving in palmento. The owner is a 3rd generation pizza maker he knows his stuff.

I know it's not for everybody I brought a friend there once and he was digusted he couldn't pick it up.

I laugh when people call it soggy, it's meant to be!

Footoo

Palmento pizza is very hit or miss imo - mainly miss. I like a bit of structure to my pizzas but theirs, for the most part, disintegrated when you try and pick up a slice, with zero crunch on the crust.

Also I generally like a plain cheese and tomato pizza so when the only extra topping I ask for is extra mozzarella, it means I want a lot of cheese. They’re unbelievably scanty with cheese in general.

bizz213

Palmento use a hand built wood fired oven. It was built in Naples and shipped here and installed.