The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

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.

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

sporina wrote: »

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

Where's that ?

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

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.

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..

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.

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.

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

nlrkjos wrote: »

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.

hmm glad ye had a pleasant eve... albeit not fantastic.. but interesting that you loved the prawn pil pil.. its one of mt fav dishes.. i'll have to give that a go if nothing else.. i hope they have a decent sav nav to go with it lol

and great about the service - good service and make/break a dining experience = they are lucky to have her.. (not sure if matters that she was local though)

rob316 wrote: »

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

I had the displeasure of seeing him and his ilk in full on pomp during the Cork Coffee weekend a year back, it just shows that it doesn't take good coffee or even a basic knowledge of coffee to take part in that weekend as Idaho's offering is tripe and their knowledge is bluff, he wasn't the only perpetrator though, there's a bang of obnoxiousness from the majority of organisers unfortunately because Cork has a really good coffee scene.
The last sighting I had of Mr Idaho was when him and his possie including Eoin Kennedy were on Twitter trying to get the artist on Patrick Street kicked off the street the the filthy tactics like "I wonder what paye he's paying"
I called him out on it and he blocked me.
Good riddance.
Anyway myself and the wife have a hospital appointment in the city today so can anyone recommend anywhere to grab some lunch, I'm looking for somewhere that we haven't tried and nothing high brow maybe like a wings or nacho starter, burger, fajita or pasta main.
I was thinking Gallagher's or spitjack?

As we are talking coffee already
Soma is doing their own roasting now and the coffee is really great, imo now best in Cork.
Three Fools has also great coffee, just not as good as Soma, but has better cakes.

flangemeistro wrote: »

I had the displeasure of seeing him and his ilk in full on pomp during the Cork Coffee weekend a year back, it just shows that it doesn't take good coffee or even a basic knowledge of coffee to take part in that weekend as Idaho's offering is tripe and their knowledge is bluff, he wasn't the only perpetrator though, there's a bang of obnoxiousness from the majority of organisers unfortunately because Cork has a really good coffee scene.
The last sighting I had of Mr Idaho was when him and his possie including Eoin Kennedy were on Twitter trying to get the artist on Patrick Street kicked off the street the the filthy tactics like "I wonder what paye he's paying"
I called him out on it and he blocked me.
Good riddance.
Anyway myself and the wife have a hospital appointment in the city today so can anyone recommend anywhere to grab some lunch, I'm looking for somewhere that we haven't tried and nothing high brow maybe like a wings or nacho starter, burger, fajita or pasta main.
I was thinking Gallagher's or spitjack?

Nosta on Marlboro St. They do a great €10 main with drink. Try the pide! I was in there again on Saturday, great meal, really underrated spot.