Restaurant Recommendation Thread - Anyone for seconds?

MarkY91 wrote: »

Heading to Cork on Thursday and Friday. Where would be a nice restaurant to have a meal in on the Thursday? We stupidly booked an apartment so we have no hotel restaurant to fall back on throughout the two evenings

where are ye based? if the weather is nice ye could sit outside at Electric - nice along the river.. food would be grand I'd say

We're staying in the city centre so walkable to most places. I checked electrics website earlier. Looked nice. Ended up booking Joules for Thursday then for Friday, we will try a new place called "conways yard" that was recommended here. In hoping to watch the England match there so I'd imagine if have to get there well before kick off (8pm) to get a seat bear a TV.

MarkY91 wrote: »

We're staying in the city centre so walkable to most places. I checked electrics website earlier. Looked nice. Ended up booking Joules for Thursday then for Friday, we will try a new place called "conways yard" that was recommended here. In hoping to watch the England match there so I'd imagine if have to get there well before kick off (8pm) to get a seat bear a TV.

Conway's yard is the lane down the side of the Grafton which has been bought by Clancy's. It's grim it's not called piss alley for no reason.

Billythekid19 wrote: »

Interesting spot to seat people to say the least in what was formerly know as pee lane/puke alley and there was a brothel uncovered there on a tv3 documentary from what I recall.

Looks like they've done a fantastic job doing it up, the place was absolutely buzzing when I passed by on Sunday. I hope it does well.

Yeah I love what they've done with the overhead greenery. If they threw down a bit of artificial grass it would be even better.

Can anyone recommend anywhere around the city centre for a sit-out lunch? Looking for a 'meal' (i.e. not a sandwich, nor fast food) but somewhere that's reasonably quick so it can fit in an hour lunch-break. Thanks for any suggestions!

If you check conways instagram, you'll see that the laneway is only a tiny part of their actual premises. They have screens for the Euros too. I'm hoping to get a seat in that area. I won't be taking a seat down a pissy lane with no TV.


If I can't get a seat for the England game in conways, where would you guys recommend instead? Don't need anything fancy. Literally just a TV and a few cold pints.

JackieChang wrote: »

What will happen to all this outdoor table service when pubs / restaurants are allowed to open fully again? How will that work? Any pub / restaurant workers here care to chime in?

Will they be able to handle a full crowd inside, and a full crowd outside?

Did anyone see chambers on Saturday? The outdoor seating was along Washington street, and snaking around the corner and all the way down that street too. Surely that will be gone when pubs open back up.

I hope it does continue, I havent seen Cork looking so well in years, maybe ever. To me it is great for on street safety too, having a more sober constant presence rather than a few lads in a doorway necking a fag makes the city much more hospitable, and have heard the same from my mother in her 60s that she feels much safer around the city centre in the evenings now. With that said we do need to make sure rights of ways are not impeded or made impossible for wheelchairs and buggys etc.

rob316 wrote: »

Ah I see, that looks very cool inside. The closest thing I've seen to a ruin bar

whats a ruin bar?

bingo9999 wrote: »

I hope it does continue, I havent seen Cork looking so well in years, maybe ever. To me it is great for on street safety too, having a more sober constant presence rather than a few lads in a doorway necking a fag makes the city much more hospitable

its nice for sure - but folk will still be in doorways, alleys, etc.. doing lord knows what.. ekk

rob316 wrote: »

They are all over Budapest, its basically a huge open air bar in an industrial setting with a load of mismatched furniture items, greenery, junk, trinkets etc

Really cool, this is the biggest one in Budapest, http://en.szimpla.hu/szimpla-garden

Been to one in Budapest. You'd never know wtf you're going to see in the next room. They're such a cool experience. I bet we will see s few of them popping up in Ireland as they seem like a hipsters wet dream

rob316 wrote: »

They are all over Budapest, its basically a huge open air bar in an industrial setting with a load of mismatched furniture items, greenery, junk, trinkets etc

Really cool, this is the biggest one in Budapest, http://en.szimpla.hu/szimpla-garden

I was there in the early 00's while inter-railing.. don't recall them.. we wer only there 1 night and we wer demented with tiredness.. I do rem going to an outdoor club though - that was really cool - and twas in the height of summer... awe to be young again..

Long overdue another trip there (or 1st one as a proper adult lol)

Pen Rua wrote: »

I've passed it the last couple of mornings. The menus on the boards outside & in the windows are gone, and the chairs are up on the tables. But nothing to say closed, closed.

An update on this - the menus are back in the menu boards and there is a sign in the window looking for staff & drivers.

Went to Sage tonight, honestly I was underwhelmed.
Ordered the dhal, it was not what I was expecting at all it was quite bland.
Made a bad choice and should have known not to get something like that there.
Friend had the hake and he said it was nice but it didnt look that great if I'm honest.

Starter and dessert was nice