gimmick wrote: » Myself and my friends, we do a Christmas dinner night in the week between Christmas and New Years. I am left to book it this year. I contacted 4 places asking them that if I were to make a booking for 25 people would they throw in a free beer/glass of wine for all. Not a single reply from any of them. Considering last year we left approx €600 behind us at La Dolce Vita (who gave us the above), I think this is pretty short sighted of the restaurants.
sporina wrote: » went to Kethners a few weeks ago - they have a lot of work to do unfortunately..
Malari wrote: » I was there a couple of months ago. Dreadful. Really standard fare and not even done well. I like to try new restaurants when they open in the hope I'll find a new gem! Last attempt was Flamenco, that place on North Main Street what used to be Casa Nova. We sat down, looked at the menu and walked out again. The place was dead, the food descriptions were poor and just didn't seem in any way authentic (tapas served with chips?!) and the waiting staff were unfriendly. I'm looking forward to trying the fish restaurant in the Clarion though!
ABajaninCork wrote: » I'm shocked at this. About a grand guaranteed dosh at a quiet time of the year (No more Christmas parties, and most people Boracic Lint after Christmas!!) and they don't want to give you a glass of water for free???:eek: In London, they would have your hand off! Which places did you try?
sporina wrote: » ah that is sad for the new spanish place - why open a new restaurant and not go to any effort? I am mad to try Oysters too - just looking for an excuse to do so. It would be an expensive affair. And apparently Electric is gonna be exclusively a fish restaurant and and An brog is gonna be something of a mexican offering. Interesting - Thats for the new year.
Malari wrote: » Really!? I don't know if that's going to work. You usually have to offer some alternative for those who don't eat fish
sporina wrote: » i guess it works for fishy fishy..
Malari wrote: » Yeah, true, but even they are not exclusively fish. Plus they are pretty renowned and you go into a restaurant called Fishy Fishy you know what to expect! I love eating fish when I'm out, but I've suggested to a couple of people that we should go to Oysters to try it out and the response is less than enthusiastic :rolleyes:
Faith wrote: » No, I think Electric are just opening a fish bar. I think they're still going to serve other food.
Hogzy wrote: » Will this mean they are going to have 3 menus? One for the bar, One for the restaurant and one for the fish bar.
gimmick wrote: » Banna Thai, Bombay Palace and Cafe Mexicana. Dolce Vita have replied this morning.
Nonoperational wrote: » Was in Oysters last week. To be honest I was pretty disappointed. It was nice, very nice, but I got the feeling it was trying too hard. The service was friendly but not at all polished. I would be slow to go back.
Nonoperational wrote: » We ate from the €35 menu and had a bottle of a French Chardonnay. Don't get me wrong, it was very nice food and wine, but for €130 for 2 I thought it was missing that something special.
Nonoperational wrote: » €35+€35 + 2x Coffee + wine (around €40 I think) + tip. I suppose your right, maybe for €35 I was being a bit harsh. I suppose the point was I didn't think it was excellent. I thought it was good but not excellent. I'm going to stop now because I sound like an idiot!
gimmick wrote: » Went to Mexicana during the Christmas break. Thumbs firmly in the middle. Good service, but slightly expensive and the food was decidedly meh. Ditto with Amicus re the food, but I ordered a steak sandwich which was just not nice. The wife ordered some sort of creole creation and it was very nice. Service was very good and quite reasonably priced.
sporina wrote: » My brother has his 40th here and we asked the staff if they would keep the other half of a very big delicious birthday cake and a present of 6 personalised cup cakes in the fridge for us and they said of course. I was told that the cake had been put in the fridge. We wanted the other half for a family tea the next eve.When we went back the next day to get the cake, the cake was no where to be found and the cup cakes were given to us in a now chocolate stained box and minus 2 cup cakes with the cake cases still in the box. They said that they did not know where the cake was. I called the manager the next day and she said that the cake was thrown in the bin the next morning as it had not been in the fridge (there was cream in the cake). But she was sooo snotty about it and didn't even offer to replace the cake or anything. We left a lot of money there. I will never go back. I am not mad about the cake - the point is that the manager should have been more sympathetic. Poor customer service - and from a manager!
ABajaninCork wrote: » Why didn't you take the cakes with you when you left?
