You've said it yourself you will buy it less often at a higher price. Just not realistic for a business to operate like that. They never catered to the late night crowd, the food is cooked fresh, they just wouldn't wait when they are drunk.
My business just came off a fixed contract for electricity just before the war started, we were paying about 19c, best I could get is 35c a unit so reluctantly fixed, now your lucky if you cant get 60c a unit. Gas must be absolutely ridiculous for commercial customers too.
Yes, I'll buy less often probably, but there could also be people who swap their weekly night out in a restaurant to a weekly take-away as belts tighten. That's more customers.
Not specific to the fish wife, because they made the decision that suited them. but in general, just because a business never opened at certain hours before, doesn't mean they can't change when circumstances change. There are options for food businesses to explore before closing, if they have the ability to try it before being defeated. Yes, it's a risk, if they want to take it and have the financial buffer to try things. There are a few things I can think of off the top of my head could be considered.
We've had inflation before here, we've have very tough recessions. Chippers can be long running successful businesses. Golden fry does that shortage thing with fish, they cross the fish off the list when it's done. KC's are expensive, but still massive q's. The kings of chipper adaptation there! They survived the 80's, floods in douglas, changing tastes. They did loads of those things over the 60+ years they've been around, I remember when they were only a few days a week, for a few hours. They change all the time, taking risks and adapting. Changing menu beyond the traditional chippy, changing hours, changing prices, adding IT, adding delivery.
I was in Sabor Nordestino on Washington St for lunch today for the first time. Very good I thought, given how many Brazilian people were in there it must be like a taste of home for them. Very friendly staff also & €11 for a fairly filling main course. Was tempted to try a dessert but ran out of time.
I have been meaning to go there for some time. Thanks for the review @opus. If I can muster up any of my friends to go, I will take photos and post my review.
Can you make any recommendations for which dish to try? I follow them on Instagram, and am not sure if all of the meals might be to my taste...
Went to Liberty Grill earlier in the week - last few days of holidays - hadn't been there since before Covid and it was as good as ever. In my opinion they do the best Eggs Benedict in the city. Price is gone up to 11.50 but I still think it's good value. I remember a time it's was under 9 euro!
It's a fairly short menu tbh. The dishes we ordered were beef strips, smokey sausage & some chicken thing. All came with rice, a small bowl of beans, chips & a bit of salad. I saw two people share the bbq for one meal which looked like it had a bit of everything.
Just to say, Caroline the owner of the Fish Wife was on NP earlier and said too much uncertainty and the maths didn't add up made them decide close and she wanted to go out on a high.
Nice call on the mimosa with it too! 😋
New Sushi in West Cork - decent reviews with locals till now, but that could be politeness as well 😀
Glad that new options are coming in that are different
@leahyl we went to Gabriel House today for brekkie - wow - thank you soo much for your post about it here... we are both from farming b'grounds... but been living in the city for years.. so it really reminded us of our fab childhoods.. we (our folks) both had hens, home grown veg, home made bread, dogs etc.. food & service wer fantastic.. the grounds are wonderful too and staff invite you to walk around and enjoy - the set up for the hens/ducks and fruit/veg is inspiring.. and in the heart of the city - just wonderful - a big solar panel system too.. loved the wholesome/earthy/environmentally friendly ethos.. I might add pics tomorrow..
In any event - I would highly recommend.. esp to people who are living in the city but originally from the country/farming backgrounds/who appreciate home grown/reared food.. delightful - what a treat..
And, full continental and hot breakfast of your choice for €12.50 - wow
Tis funny - we could see The Dean Hotel in the distance; GH more our cuppa for sure
Ah that’s great to hear Sporina! Yes, it’s really lovely there! 12.50 is great value alright, not sure how long it will stay at that price as it gets more well known though!
yeah I was really amazed at the price..
i think our hot dishes wer bigger than yours?
gee the toasted sourdough with butter and pesto wer friggin delicious - my mouths watering at the thought of it - what a treat
we just had fruit for starters.. and homemade brown bread... yum... didn't touch the cakes etc... was more than satisfied with what I had
lots of tea for me and proper coffee x 2 for himself
part of me doesn't wanna tell people about it in case it gets too busy lol
fab setting too - I just adored it
What did ye actually have for the main breakfast? Sourdough with pesto? Didn’t see that on the menu
oops sorry, I just saw you added pics! Looks good! I don’t think your portions were bigger - I had plenty in what I had anyway!
Much prefer Parma ham to bacon for eggs Benedict, but I can’t get on with toast at all. The consistency is all wrong for it. The texture of the toast crust is just too harsh and just doesn’t work. It just fights against the dish, a problem you don’t have with toasted English muffins.
scrambled eggs with smoked salmon/just scrambled eggs - both came with 2 delicious slices of toasted pesto sourdough bread/crostini..
I only see one slice in your pic - no biggie -pardon the pun - just an observation from our pics
Went to BrewDog for the all you can eat wings on Wednesday. I actually like the venue and love how dog friendly they are. The wings were really awful, they weren't actually wings but processed meat shaped in to wing shape. Didn't realise that you could go wrong with wings but there you go. I managed to eat 2 maximum. The really young staff member waiting on us didn't pass any comment when we told him we couldn't eat them. Having said that, the table of young men next to us got second portions and ate the lot so I guess they have their market.
I'd be sending them back as I'd ordered wings and not nuggets!
I'm amazed they'd do that. The pics on the website show real wings.
How much was it?
OMG thats so bad its almost funny
Well I feel very silly now as we both ordered the Temple of Seitan wings - choosing a flavour at random......a bit of googling shows that we ordered the vegan wings by mistake. In my defense it's doesn't tell you in the actual description on the menu that their vegan but there is a (VE) beside them. What I thought was processed meat was vegan chicken, my mistake. Either way they were awful but I'm not familiar with meat substitutes.
Cost is €15 per person which was pretty sickening.
€15 per person for seitan??
Fair play for explaining your mistake.
It just didn't really make sense as it was told!
That's a pesky trick on the menu!
Seitan is processed gluten gloop, it's absolutely mank.
I find it hard to reconcile the meat substitute products in my brain. If you want something that looks and tastes like meat, it already exists locally in a natural form, without hyper-processing imported raw materials. If you want to avoid meat and be vegan, there are loads of natural foods to do that with.
They have a very popular national dish called Feijoada, but it's not on the menu all the time. It's usually a weekend special or something. It's basically their national dish. Black bean and sausage stew with ribs. You get rice and beans and a few other bits. That's very nice.
I'd also recommend just the plain auld steak, very nice. Their rice and beans are addictive. Very yummy. I could go in there and literally just eat the rice and beans and I'd be happy.
That's the shteak i got. The little bowl of "sand" at the bottom is called farofa. It's a crunchy sort of breadcrumb powder that you sprinkle over the beans and meat etc. for a bit of texture. Weird but I'm after getting used to it and if it was missing now I'd be screaming "hey where's me farofa????". Don't have a photo of the feijoada as only got it for takeaway.
I'd also recommend trying a side of cassava. Very thick and starchy spud sort of thing. May or may not be your cup of tea, but might as well try it out. They do a boiled or deep fried version, both are nice. Obviously as with dry spuds you need a bit of liquid with it so eat it with a bit of beans.
Oh their beef stew is pretty nice too.
Haven't been there in a while but I've noticed that they have upped the price big time, like most restaurants. That's a pity. Their steak used to be 12 euro before the covidation believe it or not.
Went to Moody at the bottom of Summer Hill on Saturday night - really nice! Tapas I thought were good value and the menu was extensive. Staff very friendly, great atmosphere there, place was packed inside and outside. The food was delicious! Bill came to 130e between 4 of us for a number of different tapas, bottle of red wine and glass of rosé. The pics just show a few of the dishes.
a gang of us had brunch at The BakeStone yday - food was good but man the service was all over the place.. major confusion with regards to getting a table - but we enjoyed our time there in the end.. busy spot..
Tried a filo vegan mince pie in Coffee Scape on Pope's Quay.
Very tasty, I thought.
Coffee is really good if you enjoy a more old school Italian style rather than the more contemporary styles that seem to dominate now.
my gosh - another new biz in that building - can't keep up.. whats the deal with it?
Is that place very new? I wonder down by Iyer's, Myo and Bierhaus quite a bit. Nice to see a new business on the street if so.
What are the three round tapa in the middle pic, with cheese on top? Is it aubergine on the bottom layer?
I spy a patatas bravas (love!) in the bottom photo
It's a Croatian couple running it. They're a very pleasant pair.
Homemade cakes seems to be their thing - fairly big selection. They serve sandwiches and these filo pies. Very good coffee and ice-cream, I think. Plenty of outdoor seats.
They seem to be feeling their way somewhat at the moment - perhaps they will offer more food options in the future.
Yeah, that space has hosted El Gaucho, Hardwood, Bierhalle, Charcoal Grill/Uncle Pete's, Thali, Mirch Massala.
(I think that's it, anyone have anything to add?)
