Carvery food

Sir Arthur Daley · 20-02-2014 12:19AM

Bull McCabes best Carvery in Cork.

CB19Kevo · 20-02-2014 12:20AM

I think its mainly the smell that puts me off,As soon as you walk in the door it just hits you,Very off putting.
I have nothing against simple or Irish food but the whole concept of carvery does not appeal to me.
Each to there own and all that.

The Master · 20-02-2014 12:24AM

WikiHow wrote: »

I feel alot that hate carvery have had bad carvery experiences where the food is dried out, stick to good places and a good carvery is impossible to beat.

We also think it's crap because you have to que up for it
ask the "chef" what you would like on your plate
then take it back to your table
shovel it down
then fuck off so the next crew can get in

Canteen slop at a premium level

padd b1975 · 20-02-2014 12:28AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I go for the half portion as a full portion interferes with my pinting

Soakage.:cool:

JONJO THE MISER · 20-02-2014 12:32AM

I love my Carvery lunch, nothing like a good feed with plenty of spuds and meat.

D1stant · 20-02-2014 12:33AM

Red Pepper wrote: »

Wedding food is often just poor carvery food and yet people go on and on about it.

Wedding food is Carvery's cousin to be sure. The only discernible difference I have seen is that the slices of meat are thicker.

The business model for wedding food is spectacular though €40 per head for crap they could buy in the hotel pub for €20.

It gets on my tits. If we are going to the trouble of attending your wedding, supplying a gift/cash whatever. Then at least show us a bit of respect by serving good fresh food

eireannBEAR · 20-02-2014 12:35AM

The Master wrote: »

We also think it's crap because you have to que up for it
ask the "chef" what you would like on your plate
then take it back to your table
shovel it down
then fuck off so the next crew can get in

Canteen slop at a premium level

Are you sure you didnt accidentally wonder into a soup kitchen.

o1s1n · 20-02-2014 12:42AM

The thought of eating a carvery as a treat is mind boggling to me. It's just so ... dull.

jobeenfitz · 20-02-2014 12:44AM

Carvery food, reminds me of the Army. Ah indeed, the good old days, food wasn't great but I was young. Would gladly eat the food again if I could go back to the eighties and nineties.

Aphex · 20-02-2014 12:55AM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I'm sure lots of local pubs in Dublin (not ones in areas with lots of countryfolk living in them) provide carvery.
A few of us used to partake of one of a Sunday now and again in the Autobahn, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 (nearly Finglas).

You won't beat The Shamrock for a nice bit of grub on a Sunday :P

20-02-2014 12:59AM

I love the carvery at The Halfway House. Id eat three dinners.:D

big munchy head on me

pockets3d · 20-02-2014 01:08AM

Gotta love when the Americans come into them and think their an all you can eat buffet!

az2wp0sye65487 · 20-02-2014 01:12AM

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

Why why why why why is it so popular here?

On a Sunday afternoon when you feel like going out for lunch, all that can be found are restaurants that have perfectly normal, acceptable menus at other times, serving carvery! And they are always full!

The stuff is awful without exception. Why would anyone want to pay a restaurant for a few slices of meat, mashed potato, and some unidentifiable, overcooked vegetables that the average person could cook better themselves?

What 'restaurants' do this?!?!

az2wp0sye65487 · 20-02-2014 01:15AM

D1stant wrote: »

Wedding food is Carvery's cousin to be sure. The only discernible difference I have seen is that the slices of meat are thicker.

The business model for wedding food is spectacular though €40 per head for crap they could buy in the hotel pub for €20.

It gets on my tits. If we are going to the trouble of attending your wedding, supplying a gift/cash whatever. Then at least show us a bit of respect by serving good fresh food

Couldn't agree more.... which is one of the reasons we booked a restaurant for our wedding meal instead of going for the standard hotel package

Sir Arthur Daley · 20-02-2014 01:17AM

Gracelynn Delightful Radiance wrote: »

Couldn't agree more.... which is one of the reasons we booked a restaurant for our wedding meal instead of going for the standard hotel package

How many are sitting down for the meal?

az2wp0sye65487 · 20-02-2014 01:21AM

WikiHow wrote: »

How many are sitting down for the meal?

Everyone! None left standing....

N'ah - 40 in total

why??

Luap · 20-02-2014 01:34AM

The carvery in O' Gradys in Gort used to be out of this world haven't been in a few years prob gone downhill.

Anyone with any info? Still good?

Sir Arthur Daley · 20-02-2014 01:37AM

Gracelynn Delightful Radiance wrote: »

Everyone! None left standing....

N'ah - 40 in total

why??

A restaurant is a brilliant idea for a small sitting like that but your average 250-300 sit down wedding its hotel package option only.

biko · 20-02-2014 02:00AM

I love a good carvery me. It's like a fast food place but with actual food instead of kept-warm hamburgers.
Frends on Tuam Road make a great carvery.

awec · 20-02-2014 02:14AM

Carvery is terrible. Dull and rubbish. I'm sure any chef who's stuck serving up carvery on a Sunday afternoon must be wondering where it all went wrong for themselves.

It's boring food for people who stick to the traditional meat, veg and potato meal even when they are eating out. The same people who enjoy their beef overcooked - if it's a bit pink then it's clearly raw. Get excited cause there's a bit of burnt honey smeared on the outside of their slice of overdone lamb that's as dry as a boot cause it's been sitting under a hot light.

RollieFingers · 20-02-2014 02:16AM

You food hipsters are gas, so much hate on this thread over a bit of carvery, unreal!

dd972 · 20-02-2014 02:19AM

Yacht in Clontarf has a beast of a Carvery, I've always found the O'Neill's in Suffolk St over rated. too much of a queue and average grub in comparison.

Eutow · 20-02-2014 02:19AM

RollieFingers wrote: »

You food hipsters are gas, so much hate on this thread over a bit of carvery, unreal!

Hipster, now that expression hasn't been used in a while.

dd972 · 20-02-2014 02:20AM

Butterface wrote: »

It's worse in England. There are chains of carvery restaurants that are all decorated the same way, produce the same food and serve the same selection of beverages - all at the same set prices.

I'd prefer to go for a carvery meal in Ireland tbh. The standard of pub grub in England can be shockingly bad.

Ever heard of the joke that in Heaven the Chefs are French and the Policemen are English and in Hell it's the reverse ! :pac:

Dynamo Roller · 20-02-2014 02:26AM

I wish i had the money to spare to be complaining about carvery food ya prick.

shakin · 20-02-2014 02:36AM

Woodstock Cafe Phibsboro, best carvery ever, top quality spuds, good veg and good selection of meats, never once had it too dry there. Well worth a visit!

Oranage2 · 20-02-2014 04:43AM

How much are caverys these days?

I think I paid about 12 quid for one the last time. I would very rarely eat them as sitting in a packed pub on a Sunday afternoon wouldn't really be my thing.

But last time I got corned beef, a mountain of mash and roast potatoes, some veg, all in a pool of gravy. By no means fine dining but I thought it was very nice. A little reminder of a typical grandmothers Sunday roast.

Sir Arthur Daley · 20-02-2014 04:49AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

How much are caverys these days?

I think I paid about 12 quid for one the last time.

€12 would be the average price still.

suicide_circus · 20-02-2014 05:38AM

a lot of carvery's are bollix but on occasion it has hit the spot in the way nothing else could. when I lived alone, there was no practical way of cooking a big mammy style dinner for one so the carvery down in Fagans did the job.

Going back to the OP, I have never seen a restaurant abandoning their usually menu on a sunday in favour of carvery only...is this down the shticks?

in summary 99 times out of 100 I dont want to go near a carvery but they have their moments, particularly after a rake of scoops.

Fred Swanson · 20-02-2014 06:02AM

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