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Lack of Lebanese/Ethiopian restaurants?

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  • 26-08-2019 10:24am
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    mr.donkey
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭


    Any ideas why Galway has so many Italian/ Spanish/Chinese restaurants but a lack of international options?!


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    [Deleted User]
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    Italian/Spanish/Chinese are international...
    I guess it is down to who have moved here over the years to bring it with them and / or to have travelled there and be familiar with the cuisine.

    There aren't many Lebanese or Ethopians about.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I know it's not Lebanese but High Cafe offers Moroccan dishes


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    marklazarcovic
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    The place on Munster ave aswell,old four star building..if ya don't mind the spin there is a great one in athlone (Lebanese) .


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    ronnie3585
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    Lebanese restaurants are one of the very few things I miss about living in Dublin.


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    Mars Bar
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    Labenese food would be amazing. Manakeesh...
    Yep, gonna have to get me some this weekend!


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    dinneenp
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    I thought it'd be obvious- with a smaller market restaurant owners go with 'safe' options.

    Lebanese restaurant could do well but it could be a big risk.


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    Paddico
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    I know there was a Jamaican restaurant on Abbeygate Street which I was quite surprised at given there wouldn't be a Jamaican community of any sorts in Galway.

    Love Ethiopian food but I dont think there is even one in Dublin given its population size.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Paddico wrote: »
    I know there was a Jamaican restaurant on Abbeygate Street which I was quite surprised at given there wouldn't be a Jamaican community of any sorts in Galway.

    Really? I know one person with a Jamaican parent. I'd expect there are a good few more.


    But the restaurant is long gone.


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    biko
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    Yeah, they had a lot of jerky chicken and quite a lot of west Africa food like jollof rice.
    I now have to make my own jollof rice, not as nice :(


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    Salthillprom
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    Isn't there a Lebanese on Abbeygate St... Or am I dreaming?


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    worded
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    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Lebanese restaurants are one of the very few things I miss about living in Dublin.

    I wonder are there many Irish restaurants in Lebanon

    I know I was fond of Lebanese as a teenager


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Salthillprom wrote: »
    Isn't there a Lebanese on Abbeygate St... Or am I dreaming?

    Sicilian.


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    Smegging hell
    Registered Users Posts: 460 ✭✭Smegging hell


    Yeah, I've thought for a while that the lack of Lebanese and Ethiopian food is a big omission for Galway, and I loved Jamaica Joe's. The guy behind it suggested a while ago that he was planning to reopen in a different location, but no sign of that since. It joins the Home Plate as one of the closed restaurants in Galway that are sadly missed. U Liotru, the aforementioned Sicilian place on Abbeygate Street, is good, I like the arancini.


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