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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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Lawrence1895

Am going for a short break to Cork City from Monday to Wednesday next week.

Just wondering, can you tell me about a decent restaurant in the City Centre?

Decent in terms of not too overcrowded, not too expensive and good portions.

Thanks

Gamb!t

Tonys bistro -all you can eat buffet.
Never ate there but heard its ok ?

Backn5mins

Cavanaghs bar does whopping great sandwiches at lunch time.
Also there's a restaurant called the dining room in the Paul St shopping centre that offers great value. I've only ever had breakfast there, but what afeed! A huge full irish with free coffee refills all for only €6.50. I believe they also do a substantial lunch menu for around a tenner. Unfortunately they don't do evening meals.
Finally, if you cross the footbridge at the bottom of the coal quay to the northside, go up the narrow steps all the way to the top, there's a fine restaurant just beside the firkin crane. Can't remember the name but the fare is good. Also try SOHO bar on the grand parade for evening meals. Good daycent grub that won't break the bank!

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Zaks, Marlboro Street is not too bad.

the beer revolu

Try Casa Roma - it's been getting some good reviews on here and on tripadvisor lately:D:D

Or on a more serious note, The Bierhalle, Popes Quay is very good value.

gimmick

Wow, another restaurant thread :rolleyes:

curly from cork

stolenlaptop wrote: »

I'm sick of CafeBarDeli. Anywhere else that has good food for cheap?

The old oak is very reasonable for lunch, menu limited, but grand.staff easy going.service good.

54kroc

Penny Dinners might be worth a shot.

leahyl

Ketchup Grill is lovely - on Paul Street where Bullys used to be. They have really nice burgers and chips for under a tenner, they have other stuff as well - worth a try:)

stolenlaptop

I'm sick of CafeBarDeli. Anywhere else that has good food for cheap?

Dermighty

I have never worked in a restaurant and I don't know any restaurant owners but I'd say owning and running one is hard!

So many subtle changes can **** a place up for the customers, I used to frequently (twice a week) have dinner in a restaurant in town, and I always ordered the same dishes every time and at one stage they changed the ingredients to lower quality stuff and I stopped going there, it was horrible.

Wagamama did the same, I went in one day and got a dish of greasy dark meat instead of the usual breast meat chicken I got there before. Dark meat is grand, but I don't like it and paying 16 euro for a plate of drumstick scrapings isn't really my idea of dining out.

That being said some of them just don't get it. It's hard to look at it from a customers perspective when you're talking about your own place, I don't mind paying a premium if the quality is good, many places change either the price or the quality and usually the quality to be honest.

UpCork

Ah that's a pity. I must say I preferred the one in town to the one in Douglas. Although a few months before they closed they did change their menu which I thought wasn't a great idea - as I thought it changed for the worst

Vego

Electric

Milly33

I used to love going to Bullys but they kinda got a bit sloppy...You cant trust them to be consitant...Still would go there for pizza though

deRanged

UpCork wrote: »

I know Bully's in the city closed some time ago for refurb, but it seems to be closed a hell of a long time. Is it now gone for good? .

it is, they closed the city centre one and the Douglas one is still open.

UpCork

I know Bully's in the city closed some time ago for refurb, but it seems to be closed a hell of a long time. Is it now gone for good? I used to like it in there, also didn't think it needed a refurb.

BanzaiBk

Dermighty wrote: »

Cafebardeli, you'll either love it or hate it. Panfried breast of chicken is excellent. Pasta is ok. Pizzas are really nice. Salads are also good.

Thanks for the rec' Dermighty. Four of us had lunch last week and it was a very marmite experience as you predicted. Two of us loved our salads and side of breads&dips. Lots of fresh veggies and shredded chicken breast. One went for a pasta dish and it was very oily, almost to the point of being slimey. Lastly a pepperoni pizza tasted a bit off, we weren't sure if it was the cheese or the pepperoni but it definitely tasted odd. We were refunded for the pizza so it wasn't a bad experience overall.

Dermighty

BanzaiBk wrote: »

Lunch in the Paul Street area, any suggestions? As much as we love Brackens we'd like a change. Reasonable prices a must along with quick enough service. Thanks

Cafebardeli, you'll either love it or hate it. Panfried breast of chicken is excellent. Pasta is ok. Pizzas are really nice. Salads are also good.

BanzaiBk

Lunch in the Paul Street area, any suggestions? As much as we love Brackens we'd like a change. Reasonable prices a must along with quick enough service. Thanks

okedoke

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
The food was great and maybe they were having an off night or maybe I just expect too much.

Food was very good and the service was very attentive. Posibly slightly over-attentive with wine refills. Some of the staff did seem to be drafted in at the last minute and didn't appear to be experienced waiting staff though. No real complaints from me though, pity they are closing.
I did think some of the courses (we had the tasting menu) were a little unimaginative. Pea and mint soup and the celeriac soup were fairly run of the mill - sea bass and pigeon delicious.

Dermighty

Ronan cork wrote: »

Has anyone tried "n square" ? New place on Camden quay specialising in steaks and seafood...they did a great job decorating it and spent a lot of money on it( it was a Chinese food store a few years ago). They have pics up on facebook but no menu...

It only opened on Friday night :P

Looks good, haven't seen the menu yet.

It's good to see that restaurants are opening up, very much used to seeing them close over the last year or two!

Ronan cork

Has anyone tried "n square" ? New place on Camden quay specialising in steaks and seafood...they did a great job decorating it and spent a lot of money on it( it was a Chinese food store a few years ago). They have pics up on facebook but no menu...

ABajaninCork

Milly33 wrote: »

Ah the restaurant thread..We were only talking about this at the weekend.We travelled all the way to Clare to go to Morans

Oooh! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Moran's!! My first time in Ireland I went there for lunch.... I can still taste that crab!!:D

pappyodaniel

might start thread instead.

the beer revolu

okedoke wrote: »

I'm going there tonight and just saw this. Would it be unfair to think that the 5 staff who agreed to stay on would the those who couldn't get jobs elsewhere? I hope not

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
The food was great and maybe they were having an off night or maybe I just expect too much.

okedoke

garhjw wrote: »

looking at the above article a numkber of the staff have already moved on. that might explain the poor service

I'm going there tonight and just saw this. Would it be unfair to think that the 5 staff who agreed to stay on would the those who couldn't get jobs elsewhere? I hope not

garhjw

the beer revolu wrote: »

The food was really very good - but the service was pretty appalling.
Is it possible that because the staff are all loosing their jobs next week that they just don't care anymore? They were not very friendly, not very attentive and very unprofessional.
Shame to pair good food with poor service.

Still, really enjoyed the night despite the rubbish staff.

looking at the above article a numkber of the staff have already moved on. that might explain the poor service

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

Going tonight!!

Tasting menu.
Third time there but first for the tasting menu.

:D:D

The food was really very good - but the service was pretty appalling.
Is it possible that because the staff are all loosing their jobs next week that they just don't care anymore? They were not very friendly, not very attentive and very unprofessional.
Shame to pair good food with poor service.

Still, really enjoyed the night despite the rubbish staff.

the beer revolu

Milly33 wrote: »

I wish I had got to try Augustines is it gone now....

Open til Sat 25th Feb.

Milly33

Uhh I wouldnt go near Eco's either two bad experiences and tis off the list for me. Or Il Primo i thought it was nice the first time we went then the 2nd time we got was suppose to be lasagne (mad if the chef gets away with serving it) I was more annoyed though when we handed it back and didnt really hear anything else, we asked the chap there what did the chef actually say and he drew a blank..