The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

Finally tried the meatball place. Was very pleasantly surprised. Food was simple but good. Quality was high. Staff very helpful and friendly.

Didn't think I'd like it much but I'd definitely be back. €17 for meatballs with sauce spaghetti, garlic bread and a pint.

run_Forrest_run

Had some grub in The Silver Key yesterday evening before the match in Pairc Ui Rinn. I have to say the food was very good and the service was excellent given the fact that the place was very busy due to the match, can't fault it at all, top notch experience.

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Had some grub in The Silver Key yesterday evening before the match in Pairc Ui Rinn. I have to say the food was very good and the service was excellent given the fact that the place was very busy due to the match, can't fault it at all, top notch experience.

Food is excellent in the Silver Key alright, they are doing really well and recently did up the restaurant upstairs and are in the process of doing the same to the bar. Myself and my family go there regularly.

the beer revolu wrote: »

I've had pizza there that I've really enjoyed but my wife was there recently and brought home some osso bucco that she couldn't finish. It was real canteen cooking. The meat had a very strong taste of too much cheap dried herbs and the risotto just tasted of cheap stock cubes. All far too salty, as well. lt really put me off going there again.

I agree. Went once and would be slow to go again. Compared to Gallo and Galetti it was like average home cooking.

Good to hear the Silver Quay is making a comeback they lost us the last time we went there, with a lasagne with an easy single top to it utter rubbish it was and then not following up with like anything not even food after we sent it back

Milly33 wrote: »

Good to hear the Silver Quay is making a comeback they lost us the last time we went there, with a lasagne with an easy single top to it utter rubbish it was and then not following up with like anything not even food after we sent it back

This must have been a long time ago, because there are certainly no cheese single topped lasagnes anymore!

Good to hear, yeah it was about a year ago we left after the experience and never went back as it was bad

Footoo

Hate to say it lads but the Siver Quay is certainly not making a comeback if the last couple of visits there are anything to go by. It's still really bad.. I think it's popular because it's handy for large groups at lunchtime and the portions are big. The food itself is atrocious.

Footoo wrote: »

Hate to say it lads but the Siver Quay is certainly not making a comeback if the last couple of visits there are anything to go by. It's still really bad.. I think it's popular because it's handy for large groups at lunchtime and the portions are big. The food itself is atrocious.

Out of interest, what did you have when you were there?

mmmm do you work there Leahyl!!

Milly33 wrote: »

mmmm do you work there Leahyl!!

Nope, just surprised that people think it's "really bad" and "atrocious". I haven't had everything on the menu so was just interested to know what the other poster had when they were there.

Haha I see!! I see!!

Milly33 wrote: »

Haha I see!! I see!!

??? I don't understand this post. Anyway, back on topic.

I see! I see as in I get what you are saying.....

Milly33 wrote: »

I see! I see as in I get what you are saying.....

Fair enough

mik_da_man

I've been there for Lucy llunch a few Fridays this year and I found the food really good, a definite improvement over what it was.

I've had the steak sandwich, pork burger , Philly steak all very tasty.

pwurple

Was the steak sandwich chewy? I never order those because i always find it hard to eat! The steak on the inside is cooked to the point of needing a knife, so you are gnawing it awway from the bread with your teeth.

mik_da_man

pwurple wrote: »

Was the steak sandwich chewy? I never order those because i always find it hard to eat! The steak on the inside is cooked to the point of needing a knife, so you are gnawing it awway from the bread with your teeth.

Nope, it was tender and easy to eat.
No knife required

Is Palmento still in Douglas, this was the place next to Barrys! Or what is there now.. Thinking maybe of heading to the cinema later and might call for a bit to eat after...

whatever76

yep still there and I saw on facebook during the week that they are setting up shop in the Sextant in town as well !

Thank you, great might pop in there. Jes and the sextant is only down the road handy out

Samhain

Went for the Lunch Thaali in Tandoori nights yesterday. Decent for a fiver, the rice and naan were very good. My dining partners Lamb Balti was among one of the worst things either of us had tasted from an indian restaurant. A very strange sweet tasting sauce which looked like a balti but tasted like Chinese sweet and sour with a bit of curry sauce thrown in. Its a pity as the decor is very quirky and staff were nice but i dont think we will be rushing back, at least not for the balti.

We were in Fenns quay a few weeks back with a group of 6. My Aubergine Charlotte was middle of the road but the blade of beef and "wellie style" steak were both divine. One bugbear I had was the clichéd wording of the menu "Have a lash of the starters" and "The mains are savage cabbage". The dining area could also do with a bit of a spruce up, a lick of paint and re-upholstering the chairs wouldnt go amiss.

run_Forrest_run

pwurple wrote: »

Was the steak sandwich chewy? I never order those because i always find it hard to eat! The steak on the inside is cooked to the point of needing a knife, so you are gnawing it awway from the bread with your teeth.

not at all, that is what I had last week and it was really nice, as mik_da_man said, no knife needed and no fat. Pour some pepper sauce over it nom nom.

Siesta looks like it's closed. The only time I was there it was very poor unfortunately.

kcb

Nonoperational wrote: »

Siesta looks like it's closed. The only time I was there it was very poor unfortunately.

I was wondering if that was the case alright. I was tempted to stop in there for a to-go some Friday evening recently but it was closed, which i thought was odd at 6pm or so.

Odd that a decent Mexican hasn't managed to establish itself in Cork.

Anyone who tries should take a look at Casita Mexicana in Killarney as an example of a nice premises, with fresh tasty simple food on offer.