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The Restaurant Recommendation Thread

Faith

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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Curb Your Enthusiasm

any good vegan/healthy restaurants in the city centre guys?

Milly33

Silly connection went, right third time round. We called to the Wilton Inn for lunch and must say it was loverly. Just got toasties but it was very nice the salad was really tasty with them. This was around 4 and they still had the carvery lunch going too. Nice spot,good atmosphere to the place.

On the other hand we called to Mount Oval with the intent of a nice pint and a small nibble. All i can say is the place looks and feels dirty... The bathroom was shocking not nice at all, found himself still waiting at the bar and we ended up counting down and just leaving.. Shame as you think they would have a nice deal there with all the local bars being gone now

sporina

rob316 wrote: »

Went to jacobs Saturday. ..oh dear. The food was great but we had to wait an hour for our main course after our starter. Totally unacceptable, very annoyed I made it known to management but I got no satisfaction, they were actually very defensive. Ruined the meal for me I'm afraid, won't be returning.

After reading other reviews it turns out this wait isn't too uncommon.

yep i had the same experience there..

and i am sure they were quick to pour your wine though? well.. that was the case with us anyway..

rob316

bridgettedon wrote: »

Nothing worse than a long wait. Even with the best company it is quite off putting, no matter how nice the food is.

Ya my wife is a quiet enough person so doesn't like hassle so my complaining to them wasn't too much but ill be sending an email later on to them just to register my complaint and see if I get any sort of response. Seated at half 8 and we got our mains at 10 it's just completely ridiculous for any restaurant not to mention the calibre of jacobs.

bridgettedon

Nothing worse than a long wait. Even with the best company it is quite off putting, no matter how nice the food is.

rob316

Went to jacobs Saturday. ..oh dear. The food was great but we had to wait an hour for our main course after our starter. Totally unacceptable, very annoyed I made it known to management but I got no satisfaction, they were actually very defensive. Ruined the meal for me I'm afraid, won't be returning.

After reading other reviews it turns out this wait isn't too uncommon.

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dudara wrote: »

I had lunch today in Jacques before I left Cork. Mushrooms on toast (in a mustard white wine sauce) with some crisp bacon and it was really good. Jacques is a consistently great spot.

Only been to Jacques once. We ordered salads to start, all three of which we found slugs in. They were apologetic-ish and said it was down to the freshness of their food.. Gave us a choice of different starter. The rest of the meal was alright but that experience has kind of put me off going back there since.

dudara

I had lunch today in Jacques before I left Cork. Mushrooms on toast (in a mustard white wine sauce) with some crisp bacon and it was really good. Jacques is a consistently great spot.

the beer revolu

sporina wrote: »

yeah there was a cafe there - had a coffee there once - staff were so rude that i never went back... its not the best spot.. interesting none the les..

must try Ali's Kitchen - though I think that she uses Cork Coffee Roasters Coffee - not a fan - will have a look none the less.. have some lunch perhaps

Nope. She uses cloud picker beans. I've had coffee there - it's very good.

sporina

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's the place between waterstones and The Woodford. Was a café before.

yeah there was a cafe there - had a coffee there once - staff were so rude that i never went back... its not the best spot.. interesting none the les..

must try Ali's Kitchen - though I think that she uses Cork Coffee Roasters Coffee - not a fan - will have a look none the less.. have some lunch perhaps

the beer revolu

curly from cork wrote: »

Saw on facebook there's a new place opening on Pauls street , 21 Paul st to be precise . I didn't recognise the exact location from the FB pics but maybe close to the old bully's restaurant ... It's called Hey Presto and is advertising as fresh, natural food on the go.

It's the place between waterstones and The Woodford. Was a café before.

curly from cork

Saw on facebook there's a new place opening on Pauls street , 21 Paul st to be precise . I didn't recognise the exact location from the FB pics but maybe close to the old bully's restaurant ... It's called Hey Presto and is advertising as fresh, natural food on the go.

Malari

Ah yeah! I was trying to remember where we went before Liberty :-) Bodega is not what it used to be, sadly.

leahyl

the beer revolu wrote: »

The old Bodega was probably the first place in Cork to cop on to the whole brunch phenomenon, a tad before the Liberty Grill, as far as I remember.

Never heard the Bodega for brunch to be honest back then, perhaps it was, but for me it's Liberty Grill anyway.

the beer revolu

leahyl wrote: »

Liberty Grill is the original brunch place I think, they were doing it before it really took off in Cork. Eggs benedict still really good (with a side of Rosscarberry black pudding :pac:)
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The old Bodega was probably the first place in Cork to cop on to the whole brunch phenomenon, a tad before the Liberty Grill, as far as I remember.

leahyl

Liberty Grill is the original brunch place I think, they were doing it before it really took off in Cork. Eggs benedict still really good (with a side of Rosscarberry black pudding :pac:)

Been to Brick Lane once and had the mini irish - it was nice but I don't like when they give you those "fancy" sausages. Whatever happened to the good aul Irish breakfast sausage?!

Had the full Irish in Goldbergs once and it was nice - haven't been back since though.

Hope to try Son of a Bun this week - looking forward to it!

rob316

Treating herself for her birthday (and me really) to Jacobs on the Mall on Saturday, looking forward to it. I'll report back

pwurple

Brandon F wrote: »

I'm all for it. There's not one place in Cork that comes close to some of the ones in Dublin.

Meh. They seem to be wall to wall in london too. I'm over it.

Brandon F

pwurple wrote: »

Like we need another bbq joint..

I'm all for it. There's not one place in Cork that comes close to some of the ones in Dublin.

pwurple

mccard wrote: »

Going to treat the family to breakfast some morning over the weekend. Anywhere in the city good for breakfast?

My favourite places for brekkie in the city are the River Lee hotel, out on the balcony over the river, and Goldberg's.

Serendipity would be next, and then maybe blackrock castle / market lane.

Salt on victoria road is is getting good word of mouth for breakfast, but I haven't tried it myself.

Hayfield manor does an absolutely outstanding breakfast, a buffet with everything you could imagine on it, but it's quite fancy, being 5 star, so not everyone's cuppa. My kids loved the bunnies in the garden.

pwurple

dudara wrote: »

I've heard of a new BBQ joint opening soon, called Holy Smoke. The chef behind it is John Relihan who was one of Jamie Oliver's "Fifteen". Going to open Easter Saturday on Little Hanover Street

Like we need another bbq joint..

jadie

whatever76 wrote: »

hearign great things about Ali's Kitchen
http://www.aliskitchencork.com/#menu-s

Ali's is okay bit expensive for what you get and their coffee isn't hot which is a major bugbear of mine

sporina

don't think that the liberty grill is open on sundays..

Goldbergs is good for b'fast/brunch

SusieBlue

mccard wrote: »

Anyone?

Can't recommend brick lane highly enough for breakfast/brunch. I've been at least 7/8 times and it's been great each time. Check out their menu.

Alternatively Liberty grill is nice too but small portions and I've often left still hungry.

whatever76

hearign great things about Ali's Kitchen
http://www.aliskitchencork.com/#menu-s

kcb

Breakfast: how about River Lee hotel? Or Cafe Serendipity?

gimmick

mccard wrote: »

Anyone?

I vote for Amicus. Great breakfast. Meh everything else.

Malari

My top choice would be Liberty. The Sextant also does some nice brunch options on Sunday, although they can be quite busy too.

Anaiyela

mccard wrote: »

Anyone?

I love Liberty Grill for breakfast

FrasierCrane

mccard wrote: »

Going to treat the family to breakfast some morning over the weekend. Anywhere in the city good for breakfast?

Tara's tea room do really good breakfasts https://www.facebook.com/tarastearoom