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The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

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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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Karmella wrote: »

Quick question foodies : Gallaghers - there has been many recommendations for it for food - what about noise level? Normal conversation or shouting?

There tends to be music on every night, though generally acoustic/vocals etc. and nothing too loud. In fact some times it has the effect of quietening the crowd a bit. (Other than the Jazz/festival weekends) it's never been very noisy for me.

Outkast_IRE

nerwen wrote: »

Ended up in Soho for a steak the other day (no table in Elbow lane and my brother was dead set on steak), and was really pleasantly surprised with the food! Steak was well cooked to my asked med rare, and had really good flavour. Always put Soho in the thoroughly mediocre food bucket, but this was a really nice surprise.

New chef got in a while back - hopefully they make a go of it again, cause when it first opened the food was good but gradually fell downhill.

nerwen

Ended up in Soho for a steak the other day (no table in Elbow lane and my brother was dead set on steak), and was really pleasantly surprised with the food! Steak was well cooked to my asked med rare, and had really good flavour. Always put Soho in the thoroughly mediocre food bucket, but this was a really nice surprise.

Karmella

Quick question foodies : Gallaghers - there has been many recommendations for it for food - what about noise level? Normal conversation or shouting?

SkySter

Burty330 wrote: »

LaL quila douglas is still open on just-eat. What happens if i place an order , i pick it up at Coriander?

Same place. As said earlier, the name change is likely to do with the food safety order back in September. What I'd like to know is if there has been a change of ownership? I won't be going back there unless I hear positive reports they've cleaned up their hygiene act and improved on take away quality. It used to be decent but standards have been falling over the last couple of years.

Burty330

LaL quila douglas is still open on just-eat. What happens if i place an order , i pick it up at Coriander?

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BullBlackNova wrote: »

Anyone had lunch from Orso? Saw on Twitter that you can order for collection which would be great for me as I don't work in the city centre but can pop in and out on my break!

orso is one of my favourite spots in the city. I go there a lot for breakfast! ive never had a bad meal from there and the service is great. Would deffo recommend

BullBlackNova

Anyone had lunch from Orso? Saw on Twitter that you can order for collection which would be great for me as I don't work in the city centre but can pop in and out on my break!

run_Forrest_run

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

By Albert Road, just up from Shalom Park. A bit of a hidden gem!!

it has a really unique front to it, simple but it stands out. I cycle past there a lot, never stopped but the lure of some nice confectionery might force me into a pit stop

sporina

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

By Albert Road, just up from Shalom Park. A bit of a hidden gem!!

yep thats it - absolutely - they obv do a roaring trade - we got there about 2.30 and there was hardly anything left in the salad bar.. a few cakes and sambos left twas all

Curb Your Enthusiasm

SouthernBelle wrote: »

Where’s Sonny’s Deli?

By Albert Road, just up from Shalom Park. A bit of a hidden gem!!

SouthernBelle

sporina wrote: »

had a lovvvely piece of Peanut Ganache Oreo cake from Sonny's Deli the other day - man it was one of the nicest pieces of confectionary I have had in a while.. and i have had a lot lol.. its up there with the Mixed Berry Almond tarts from Heavenly Cakes in the English Market

Where’s Sonny’s Deli?

rino87

sporina wrote: »

had a lovvvely piece of Peanut Ganache Oreo cake from Sonny's Deli the other day - man it was one of the nicest pieces of confectionary I have had in a while.. and i have had a lot lol.. its up there with the Mixed Berry Almond tarts from Heavenly Cakes in the English Market

That's a great place that I keep forgetting about. Thanks for reminding me!

sporina

had a lovvvely piece of Peanut Ganache Oreo cake from Sonny's Deli the other day - man it was one of the nicest pieces of confectionary I have had in a while.. and i have had a lot lol.. its up there with the Mixed Berry Almond tarts from Heavenly Cakes in the English Market

Seamai

roundymac wrote: »

Was in Monks Lane in Timoleague for lunch today. Excellent quality and value. Will be back.

My brother eats there regularly and has only good things to say about it.

roundymac

Was in Monks Lane in Timoleague for lunch today. Excellent quality and value. Will be back.

Be right back

Had a lovely sandwich in Cafe Gusto. Really tasty and reasonably priced.

JustLen

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

it was a dump well before that closure order.

Just giving some context as to why the name was changed recently.

run_Forrest_run

JustLen wrote: »

Obviously to do with a recent food safety closure order.

I have eaten there twice - food was lovely to be honest but both times especially the second I had a slight upset stomach the next day so decided not to go back.

That was about a week before I seen this article.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Cork-restaurant-closed-due-to-issues-posing-a-risk-to-public-health--c362afc5-2c83-4b7e-8c8e-1411670fe297-ds

it was a dump well before that closure order.

JustLen

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

yes, where Lal Quila was/is, I've given up trying to understand what's going on with that place. Years ago it used to be a nice restaurant, now it's a dump.

Obviously to do with a recent food safety closure order.

I have eaten there twice - food was lovely to be honest but both times especially the second I had a slight upset stomach the next day so decided not to go back.

That was about a week before I seen this article.

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Cork-restaurant-closed-due-to-issues-posing-a-risk-to-public-health--c362afc5-2c83-4b7e-8c8e-1411670fe297-ds

run_Forrest_run

Markcheese wrote: »

One of the Indian restaurants in Douglas has changed its name to coriander as well, noticed a couple of newish (kind of cheapish looking) signs yesterday..

yes, where Lal Quila was/is, I've given up trying to understand what's going on with that place. Years ago it used to be a nice restaurant, now it's a dump.

Markcheese

JackieChang wrote: »

There's a new spot called Coriander in Ballincollig that has a very simple menu.

One of the Indian restaurants in Douglas has changed its name to coriander as well, noticed a couple of newish (kind of cheapish looking) signs yesterday..

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I don’t think much of jam at kinsale road roundabout
Much prefer pavilion, o Dwyer’s or the workshop. Must check out the place in grange

.red.

Popped into Jam in Ballincollig the other day.
Both got scones and tea.
The tea wasn't nice, very yellow and weak no matter how hard I squeezed the teabag in the pot. I like a very strong cup so that could be a personal thing.
The scones were awful, either the previous day's, or they were just defrosted and put out. They tasted like the bulk made prepackaged ones you'd get in a pack of 4 from a supermarket.

The cakes and hot food looked lovely tho.

sporina

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Love the Parlour - haven't been for ages but always enjoyed my food there. Always pleased to see it get recommended here as I think it can be overlooked at times.

i love The Parlour too - superb dishes made with the best of ingredients.. and excellent coffee and cakes.. not been there for Tapas though..

byronbay2 wrote: »

Sorry about the confusion I have caused: the 2nd paragraph should refer to Spice Inn, not Spice of India.

my bro lovvvvvvvves The Spice Inn and he is only eats good food.. (as in, quality ingredients etc)..

byronbay2

byronbay2 wrote: »

Only ate in Spice Of India once (my brother thought it was excellent and gave a big thumbs-up) and thought it was pretty awful! In fairness, that was at least 10 years ago.

Spice of India (as far as I know) is famous for it's terrible food and outrageously rude staff - I have never eaten there!

Sorry about the confusion I have caused: the 2nd paragraph should refer to Spice Inn, not Spice of India.

JackieChang

the beer revolu wrote: »

While it does look really nice, I'm always distrustful of restaurants with such huge menus, irrespective of what the style.

Why aren't there any Indian styled restaurants that serve 4 or 5 starters and 4 or 5 mains like any decent restaurant? Came across one like this in Antwerp some years ago and it was really, really good.

There's a new spot called Coriander in Ballincollig that has a very simple menu.

BullBlackNova

pwurple wrote: »

Popped in to recommend the Parlour cafe on cornmarket street for both brekkie and tapas at night. Had both over the past few weeks and was impressed. Pancakes and cuppas for brekkie were yum, and the tapas, we were here with a group, had loads of stuff... olives, a kind of bruchetta, patatas bravas, croquettes stuffed with ham and manchego. Good raspberry & white choc cheesecake with a kind of gingernut base for dessert.

Also had a poached egg on toast in the Grocers Daughter in Grange, lovely spot. It's the simple things sometimes, the bread was real sourdough, and the egg was just perfectly done. Their scones and croissants looked yum. It's attached to the supervalu there.

Love the Parlour - haven't been for ages but always enjoyed my food there. Always pleased to see it get recommended here as I think it can be overlooked at times.

pwurple

Popped in to recommend the Parlour cafe on cornmarket street for both brekkie and tapas at night. Had both over the past few weeks and was impressed. Pancakes and cuppas for brekkie were yum, and the tapas, we were here with a group, had loads of stuff... olives, a kind of bruchetta, patatas bravas, croquettes stuffed with ham and manchego. Good raspberry & white choc cheesecake with a kind of gingernut base for dessert.

Also had a poached egg on toast in the Grocers Daughter in Grange, lovely spot. It's the simple things sometimes, the bread was real sourdough, and the egg was just perfectly done. Their scones and croissants looked yum. It's attached to the supervalu there.

pwurple

.red. wrote: »

I got a few 10 litre buckets off them about 3/4 years back and the brand was Derrynaflan, which I think is made in Middleton.

Derrynaflann that got closed down with a food safety order? Yipes.