Best fry in Dublin (Saturday)?

marti101 · 01-09-2008 12:26PM

Hoggarts in Manor Street the nicest fry you will never get

bealbocht · 03-09-2008 01:46PM

Cafe Sofia , at the bottom of Camden st, ( Kevin St end) does a damn fine breckie for €5. Tea & toast the lot.

has a few other options too..

yabadabado · 03-09-2008 08:18PM

yeah cafe sofia is a good place ,good food and its very cheap.its on wexford st across from the corner stone pub (corner of kevin st and wexford st) beside a motorbike shop u cant miss it the path will be filled with bikes

bealbocht · 04-09-2008 03:00PM

yup sorry, Wexford st, your right.

Always very quick service too.. ( I dont ask how, and I dont care)
good grub!!

Jimmy Bottlehead · 25-09-2008 09:34PM

Lovin'Spoon is awesome - not the biggest fryup fan (mothers wasn't a good fryup) but this is second to none. Also terrific service, and lovely place too.

jdivision · 25-09-2008 10:40PM

yabadabado wrote: »

yeah cafe sofia

Cheapest of the cheap. Nasty. Gerrys around the corner on Montague St is better

1looney · 06-10-2008 09:17PM

therecklessone wrote: »

Bit out of the way, but the White House on the Ashbourne Rd does a lovely fry for €7. Best I've ever had.

i must agree... FANTASTIC breakfast... even for a vegetarian!! Great mushrooms, not soggy/slimey but nice and crisp and tasty and fried potatoes and great eggs...
best breakfast ever!! and great value... worth the trip, especially when hungry- full irish is a massive feed

bealbocht · 09-10-2008 01:23AM

jdivision wrote: »

Cheapest of the cheap. Nasty. Gerrys around the corner on Montague St is better

Cheap.. Nasty... , i didnt realise "Gerrys" slaughetered their pigs in gold plated abbitoirs , smoked their bacon with mahogany, and use prime cuts for thier sausages.

Judging by your attitude , I'll assume Gerrys is for snobs, and avoid the place.

punchdrunk · 10-10-2008 11:57AM

folks,i'm sitting here in swords,saliva dripping on the keyboard (almost!)
any good greasy spoon's out this way? i'm new to the area and willing to go on a "recon" on my day off!

WRENALDO · 10-10-2008 03:43PM

Two best fry-ups in Dublin . 2nd Place News Cafe in Blackrock. 1st Place Kingfisher Parnell Street without a doubt. (Was sitting beside Gerry Adams the last time was in their might scare some people off.)

travellerI · 13-10-2008 07:46PM

My vote goes to the Kingfisher also. I think Gerry Aadams and Co. eat there as the SF Offices are around the corner on Parnell Square. If you are into eye candy some of the waitresses are worth a look - if you are into orientals.

Eglinton · 13-10-2008 09:25PM

Have to agree with Cafe Sofia for the all day availability. Haven't been to Gerry's so I'll give it a go.

My other two would be The Dropping Well in Milltown (The insane but funny middle aged waitress who seems more hungover than you provides some lively entertainment) and The Barge on Charlemont St (when the waiting staff understand you)

Haven't had one good fry in Rathmines or Ranelagh.

dakaiser · 13-10-2008 10:15PM

Fajitas! wrote: »

I'm dissappointed in this thread. Very very much so.

None of you have been to Violets? Noone?

On Dorset Street, towards the Drumcondra end. I save it for my "mother of god" hangovers, it's a divine experience. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

Truth be told though, I've never been able to order the big big fry up... From what I remember, it's a burger with bun, pork chops, sausages, beans, mushrooms, rashers, puddings, chips and toast. Oh, and tea or coffee. Though with a meal like that, it has to be tea.

Don't go near the place if there's a match in Croke park though...

Crazy talk. The Lovin Spoon and Gerry's are way ahead of Violets.
I dont know if it was mentioned yet, not eve sure its still there, but there was a place at the end of Pearse Street, near the corner of Macken St. They done a class breakfast. Don't think it opened on weekends though as most of the customers were tradesmen. One of the best breakfasts in Dublin though

cgarrad · 25-10-2008 09:55AM

Very hard to get a consistently good breakfast in Dublin. There always seems to be at least one item wrong no matter where u go ;-( Anyway the best is Sofia on wexford st, NO waiting, freshly cooked, cheap, huge and always the same all the time. Pot of tea, not a cup.

How people can recommend Matt the rasher is beyond me. I grease is your thing fine but food should not need the flavour of lard to make it taste good. Gerrys in Montague st is not as bad but just does not deserve the glowing comments its getting.

Manhatten should be order by the courts to extend their opening hours.

A few others that are good but a but posh are howards way rathgar, nosh dalkey, odessa dame court and sixtey six on georges st.

Im off to try brendans in Smithfield now (sound of belt being loosened) so ill report back.

Wishbone Ash · 25-10-2008 10:16AM

cgarrad wrote: »

Manhatten should be order by the courts to extend their opening hours

Is The Manhattan not closed for good?

cgarrad wrote:

Im off to try brendans in Smithfield now (sound of belt being loosened) so ill report back.

One of my regular haunts (on Mary's Lane). I was there yesterday morning

. (The decor is not too fancy now!)

Wishbone Ash · 25-10-2008 10:29AM

The Manhattan

Brendan's Coffee Shop

And the much missed Paddy's Place

Wishbone Ash · 25-10-2008 10:42AM

The Restaurant Royale on Stephen Street Upper advertise a full Irish at €5. I haven't had one there but I did have an excellent mixed grill (bacon, egg, sausage, chop, liver, peas and chips) for €8.

(It's a strange sort of place - like an ordinary cafe with a little bar at the front. I think the pints are €3

).

Spread · 24-03-2009 01:59PM

Upstairs at The Swan Centre, Rathmines ......... Any four items plus Tea and toast/bread for E4.99 all day - every day. The black pudding is as good as my Granny used to make.

Quint · 24-03-2009 05:39PM

Spread wrote: »

Upstairs at The Swan Centre, Rathmines ......... Any four items plus Tea and toast/bread for E4.99 all day - every day. The black pudding is as good as my Granny used to make.

Sorry, but "4 items" is not a breakfast. It's hardly a sandwich

admiralofthefleet · 24-03-2009 05:52PM

the manhattan is sadly closed

Spread · 24-03-2009 11:40PM

Quint wrote: »

Sorry, but "4 items" is not a breakfast. It's hardly a sandwich

weyhey bigboy! We are cholesterol-conscious down around here.

admiralofthefleet · 24-03-2009 11:43PM

Spread wrote: »

weyhey bigboy! We are cholesterol-conscious down around here.

the way out of bgrh is that way

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WindSock · 01-04-2009 02:28PM

I saw this http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html and thought of joo.

The Recliner · 01-04-2009 02:42PM

WindSock wrote: »

I saw this http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html and thought of joo.

Damnit woman you beat me too it

I would second what was said about Kingfisher above, great breakfast

pjbrady1 · 17-06-2009 11:23PM

I think this thread proves why Dublin is full of terrible breakfasts. For two reasons. Everyone focuses on quantity and price. Resulting in the last poster recommending Restaurant Royale. Yes a truly odd place - If you like to eat your fry in the company of a bar full of alcoholics. No not one or two alcoholics, the majority alcoholics. They open on Christmas day for Christ sake. I'v been in Cafe Sofia and it was memorably immemorable (n all I got was tea n toast). N chips with a fry, I don't even think hash browns should be in there.

Kennedys of Fairview are head and shoulders above anything mentioned on this entire thread. Premium butcher sausages n rashers n pudding, choice of poached, scramled, fried eggs, choice of breads from the bakery on site. N their price is not bad, it would be bout the same price as Matt the Rashers, n I'v seen the fries in Gerrys as well, n they're nothing fantastic.

Now does anyone know anywhere near the city centre that is open early. I might try that Brendans of Smithfield, but I was in there a few weeks ago n hardly anyone had a fry in front of them.

Degsy · 18-06-2009 12:56PM

Was in the cafe in finglas village saturday(Just beside masons and superquin).
Giant breakfast two bacon,two rashers,two sausage, two fried eggs,beans,mushrooms,toast and tea for 9 quid and it was awesome!

ntlbell · 18-06-2009 02:07PM

Degsy wrote: »

Was in the cafe in finglas village saturday(Just beside masons and superquin).
Giant breakfast two bacon,two rashers,two sausage, two fried eggs,beans,mushrooms,toast and tea for 9 quid and it was awesome!

9 blips for a breakfast is f*cking extortion.

Maccattack · 18-06-2009 02:07PM

me ma's house

Degsy · 18-06-2009 02:50PM

ntlbell wrote: »

9 blips for a breakfast is f*cking extortion.

Soem people wouldnt get two pints for that!

Reg'stoy · 20-06-2009 08:47PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

the manhattan is sadly closed

God I spent many a late night,/early morning there while I lived in Rathmines. It is still the only time and place I ate liver (part of the mixed grill), man that mixed grill, toast and pint of milk was the one way to end a night. The only thing that came close was the half and half beef curry in Gigs place around to the left.
Ah the memories, Slatts the Garda club followed by Auntie May's or Gigs place.

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