Best chipper / fast food in Cork

Iliketea · 23-03-2008 12:24pm

GaryCocs wrote: »

Right lads set the poll up so get voting!

I really have nothing to do today!

Why are all the chippers in the southside on this poll?

Us northsiders know better.Murphys in gearld griffan st,Cons next to the parochial hall and knocknaheeny chipper are superior to any of those on the poll

dudara · 23-03-2008 12:31pm

The Bartie's at the top of Ballyhooley Road on the road to Mayfield, on the northside is damn fine too.

Tony255 · 23-03-2008 12:55pm

Iliketea wrote: »

Why are all the chippers in the southside on this poll?

Us northsiders know better.Murphys in gearld griffan st,Cons next to the parochial hall and knocknaheeny chipper are superior to any of those on the poll

i have to agree Cons next to the parochial hall wins hands down

Why is hillbillys not in this poll?????

Kold · 23-03-2008 3:08pm

Tony255 wrote: »

Why is hillbillys not in this poll?????

I'd imagine because Hillbilly's isn't really a chipper.. and it's gross.

Tree · 23-03-2008 5:21pm

hillbillys is savage, but not a chipper

for out of town chippers, taht place on teh main st in midleton that's a fishmongers by day is savage for a battersausage and chips on yer way home

rebecca666 mg · 23-03-2008 9:00pm

dh0661 wrote: »

From my knowledge of Mallow, there are several chippers in the town, so asking for the name of one, when there are several is a bit of a puzzle.

its the one across from the lidl car park. it small but the best. do u no it?

rebecca666 mg · 23-03-2008 9:08pm

Tree wrote: »

hillbillys is savage, but not a chipper

for out of town chippers, taht place on teh main st in midleton that's a fishmongers by day is savage for a battersausage and chips on yer way home

spent a weekend in a hotel there and was in that chipper and it good but my m8t got sick from it!!!!!!!!!!!

Bros123 · 24-03-2008 12:02am

rebecca666 mg wrote: »

spent a weekend in a hotel there and was in that chipper and it good but my m8t got sick from it!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you sure it wasn't the 10 pints he washed it down with?

staker · 24-03-2008 12:08am

went for a fish n chops on good friday in the commons road dino's, well impressed, o briens must have put the fish in the fryer it was so big

rebecca666 mg · 24-03-2008 10:57pm

Bros123 wrote: »

Are you sure it wasn't the 10 pints he washed it down with?

well it was one or the other hard to tell but he wont eat chipper food anymore. i had it and it was grand still puked it up mind!!

bill_ashmount · 25-03-2008 1:17pm

dudara wrote: »

The Bartie's at the top of Ballyhooley Road on the road to Mayfield, on the northside is damn fine too.

I think this one is gone now, if i'm thinking of the right place.

RIP

Kimono-Girl · 27-03-2008 9:14pm

the golden fry all the way! i always eat there when i am in the area.

sonky353 · 28-03-2008 8:26pm

it has to be said Murphy's Chipper on d Northside is just delicious!!!!! mmmm want some now!!!

:D

haunted · 01-04-2008 10:23am

Can anyone tell me if there is any chipper in Cork that does a decent fish and chips. I tried it twice in Lennox's and it was the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten, an inch of greasy batter around some mushy sludge. The only thing that would alert you to the fact that it was fish were the fins that were still in it for some reason.

D-Generate · 01-04-2008 10:15pm

The golden fry does a decent Fish and Chips or at least I remember it doing so.

BanzaiBk · 02-04-2008 12:16pm

dudara wrote: »

The Bartie's at the top of Ballyhooley Road on the road to Mayfield, on the northside is damn fine too.

+1
KC's has meh chips, Parochial Hall is the best all around one imo.

Barr · 07-04-2008 8:11pm

I voted for KC's , I think its miles ahead of the rest ...The Creoles are amazing there

Sephiroth_dude · 11-04-2008 9:05pm

The fry in ballincollig is the best chipper in cork :-) but my girlfriend disagrees and says kcs in douglas :-/ ive never had it so I cant comment

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Mr.Mister · 03-01-2010 3:54pm

Barties for me.

Amtmann · 03-01-2010 6:37pm

dudara wrote: »

Barties, Ballyphehane Road....No arguments.

I ordered there a few times and was appalled by the hygiene standards. One woman accepted money with her hand, put it in the till and gave someone change before putting on a few new burgers, turning other ones, and then going back to the till again. No gloves or desanitizer were used. I left then and there and never went back. Yuck!

akamossy · 03-01-2010 7:29pm

KC's!!

must go there soon, haven't been in ages!

Lollymcd · 03-01-2010 7:46pm

Tree wrote: »

hillbillys is savage, but not a chipper

for out of town chippers, taht place on teh main st in midleton that's a fishmongers by day is savage for a battersausage and chips on yer way home

My OH is from Midleton and swears that the chipper you are talking about is the best in the world! Never misses a chance to visit when down. I think it's called Keoghans or Keohans. I had a yummy thing called a potato pie there, never encountered one outside cork, what a strange thing it was, not even really a pie.... But yummy good!

Oafley Jones · 03-01-2010 7:46pm

akamossy wrote: »

KC's!! must go there soon, haven't been in ages!

Was very disappointed the last two times I was there, nowhere near as nice as they once were. I've heard a few people say the same thing to me as well. Most improved - but definitely not the best in Cork - is Hoggy's on South Main St. Chips are really good there now.

Poor_old_gill · 03-01-2010 8:29pm

I miss KC's, and was in Cork last week and forgot to go!
Ah well that means I must head down again soon

03-01-2010 10:49pm

Furet wrote: »

I ordered there a few times and was appalled by the hygiene standards. One woman accepted money with her hand, put it in the till and gave someone change before putting on a few new burgers, turning other ones, and then going back to the till again. No gloves or desanitizer were used. I left then and there and never went back. Yuck!

Was that recently ? Bartie is back at the helm now for the last few years, he had sold the place to a chap from Kerry, while the Kerry chap owned it the food was fairly ****e. All good now that Bartie is back, still I have to say I prefer Lennox's in Bandon Road. Although if I was ever having chipper food as a main meal rather than a snack I would go to the Golden Fry, fantastic grub there.

As others have said Lennox on Tory Top road is awful stuff.

Kold · 03-01-2010 11:25pm

Bumping this thread has given me some craving. Looks like a Jackie Deluxe for lunch tomorrow when I head back to college.

Amtmann · 04-01-2010 11:08am

RoverJames wrote: »

Was that recently ? Bartie is back at the helm now for the last few years, he had sold the place to a chap from Kerry, while the Kerry chap owned it the food was fairly ****e.

I'd say it would have been in 2007.

Milly33 · 04-01-2010 11:24am

MM KC's defaintly has to win the food i great...Have been going there for years and the staff have always been so so nice, must admit I wouldnt say no either to a few of the male staff in there sweet.....

Cant belive Dinos in kinsale is even on the list what a bunch of tards work in there have been there a few times and everytime tis the same grumpy ass staff inside there..

04-01-2010 1:41pm

Furet wrote: »

I'd say it would have been in 2007.

I have to admit I don't remember when he bought the place back, the Kerry man was definitely the owner in 2006, still as I say, it's fine now that Bartie himself is at the helm again, the Kerry man was rarely there himself, Bartie is in there much of the time serving customers.

discostu1 · 04-01-2010 2:15pm

Does Barties still do the deep fried Mars bars, magic coming home from the Cross after a Cork City win

04-01-2010 2:22pm

Nope, he hasn't done them again since he came back. They do a Pounder burger though !! I've never chanced it, reckon you'd be in a bad state if you managed it :eek:

Kold · 04-01-2010 3:28pm

RoverJames wrote: »

Nope, he hasn't done them again since he came back. They do a Pounder burger though !! I've never chanced it, reckon you'd be in a bad state if you managed it :eek:

Jeez, half pounders are hard enough to keep in the bun. Does it fall apart the second you pick it up?

elgan · 04-01-2010 3:49pm

Lennox, Bandon road only
Kc,
Golden Fry,

But mattie Kiely was the best- unreal

GymJim · 04-01-2010 4:04pm

John Greasies! Ahem...John Graces I mean

But seriously KC's by a mile...Jackie Lennox's isn't even a patch on it.

04-01-2010 6:54pm

Kold wrote: »

Jeez, half pounders are hard enough to keep in the bun. Does it fall apart the second you pick it up?

Dunno, never had one, I reckon you'd need some mouth to tackle it though, obviously there is loads of extra buns in there too, quadruple decker sandwich effect. I suppose if you were after a severe days hard graft one with a knife and fork may be a value feed, iirc they are not too expensive.

Flippyflop · 04-01-2010 7:09pm

Milly33 wrote: »

Cant belive Dinos in kinsale is even on the list what a bunch of tards work in there have been there a few times and everytime tis the same grumpy ass staff inside there..

Couldnt agree more about dinos Kinsale!! The staff are by far the rudest I have ever come across !!

norrie_1001 · 05-01-2010 12:40am

Can't believe this is not on the list, some of the best chips in the northside

discostu1 · 05-01-2010 12:44am

Murphy's on Gerald Griffin Street
My wife is from Blackpool and they swear by Murphys, when we were going out together, we used to stop off in the Sunflower for chips and gravy, at the time it was gorgeous but probably hygenically challenging

05-01-2010 1:57am

discostu1 wrote: »

at the time it was gorgeous but probably hygenically challenging

Did ye no harm

vag77 · 05-01-2010 12:11pm

for all ye guys who voted on this ye missed out on the best take away which is murphys on gearld griffin street there for the last 50 years and still the cues out the door so if ye want 2 drive over the bridge it would b well worth the trip

06-01-2010 12:49am

vag77 wrote: »

for all ye guys who voted on this ye missed out on the best take away which is murphys on gearld griffin street there for the last 50 years and still the cues out the door so if ye want 2 drive over the bridge it would b well worth the trip

I decided to do some research on this subject tonight

Was quite hungry as I had no main meal today, sandwich and soup for teas and a sandwich for lunch (was in bed till noon

). Was in town at about ten and decided to try this Murphy's place as it is only a quick spin out of town. No queue tonight, 2 people in front of me, ordered a battered sausage, potatoe pie and chips. Looked a decent set up, nice proper chips being cooked in clean looking oil. Two people working there, one preparing the food and the other packaging it up and taking the money, neither wearing gloves though so many folks would not be impressed. Particularly if you order anything with grated cheese as the ungloved hand that takes the money goes into the tub to take out a fistfull of cheese

. Also the chap preparing the burgers pulled out a fairly not fresh looking tea towel to adjust the grill things that allow out all the steam, he then went back to doing the burgers.

€5.10 was the charge so quite reasonable. Chips were nice, I was dissapointed with the sausage, it was a small thing, like a Denny sausage not a chipper sausage, not particularly flavoursome either. Potatoe pie was very nice.

Not bad overall, not a rival for Lennox's of Bandon Road though, nowhere near it in my opinion. I could see lots of folks who order chips and cheese or burgers being appalled at the handling food procedures there though.

Wouldn't go out of my way to go there again but definitely would pop in if passing with a rumbling tummy.

I don't want anyone thinking I am biased against the place as I am a southsider either, I've eaten lovely things from the Northside over the years

DamienH · 06-01-2010 12:57am

Lennox's or the Golden Fry for me (when she opens the place).

06-01-2010 1:00am

Apparently she is quite religious so Christmas time the place is often closed for a couple of weeks, great grub though.

grenache · 07-01-2010 4:36am

Watkins on Mardyke St ftw! Beautiful chips and freshly made burgers that go down well. Just a pity they close at 11. Any time i went into Lennoxs on Bandon Road, their chips were pre-cooked and were just horrible. Their burgers are just as bad, all squigged-up and tasteless. Cant understand what the big fuss about Lennoxs is! They make proper sub-standard food. As for Bartys in Ballyphehane, their chips are ultra dry and again very tasteless. You're also taking your life into your own hands going down there, as i found out one nite when i got rocks thrown at me by a group of teenagers who were hanging about in the square.

Papa_Lazarou · 07-01-2010 1:10pm

To be honest i think the standard of take away food everywhere in Cork has went down dramaticaly. With dino's your chips are always either over or under cooked,Kc's food is tasteless a good bit of the time,tory top road is meh. The lennoxes on Bandon road is hit or miss. If the old crowd are there(i.e brian himself and those around his age group) then you will get savage food but when its the teenagers that are on the food turns to dirt. Dont know how many times ive been in there where one of the youngins had forgot to turn on the curry heater things so had to do without.

run_Forrest_run · 07-01-2010 4:48pm

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

To be honest i think the standard of take away food everywhere in Cork has went down dramaticaly. With dino's your chips are always either over or under cooked,Kc's food is tasteless a good bit of the time,tory top road is meh. The lennoxes on Bandon road is hit or miss. If the old crowd are there(i.e brian himself and those around his age group) then you will get savage food but when its the teenagers that are on the food turns to dirt. Dont know how many times ive been in there where one of the youngins had forgot to turn on the curry heater things so had to do without.

I wonder is it time to do a 'Worst chipper in Cork' thread? I could think of one or two.

Outkast_IRE · 08-01-2010 7:29pm

grenache wrote: »

Watkins on Mardyke St ftw! Beautiful chips and freshly made burgers that go down well. Just a pity they close at 11. Any time i went into Lennoxs on Bandon Road, their chips were pre-cooked and were just horrible. Their burgers are just as bad, all squigged-up and tasteless. Cant understand what the big fuss about Lennoxs is! They make proper sub-standard food. As for Bartys in Ballyphehane, their chips are ultra dry and again very tasteless. You're also taking your life into your own hands going down there, as i found out one nite when i got rocks thrown at me by a group of teenagers who were hanging about in the square.

I can tell you for a fact that Lennoxs on bandon road never ever ever precook the chips the chips you eat are peeled in lennoxes from the potatoes , chipped in lennoxes , and are only cooked as people enter as everyone is ordering chips. The only reason the quality of chip changes in lennoxes is to do with trying to order the best possible potatoes for chips which is a lot harder than it sounds as potatoes vary in supply and quality througout the year. To be honest lennoxes is more about the battered food and chicken than anythin else as its all prepared that morning usually . And for hygene they are top notch . I worked there doing every type of job in there its the only chipper i feel safe eating from as they are strict on every form of cleaning, storing foods at right temps and wearing gloves etc .

Oafley Jones · 08-01-2010 7:40pm

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I wonder is it time to do a 'Worst chipper in Cork' thread? I could think of one or two.

Now there's a tough competition. You'd need more than ten options anyway.

rebelontour · 10-01-2010 9:07pm

you can't beat a jackie deluxe with a carton of curry and chips and a can of coke........thst sauce they put on the quarter cheese salad is outrageous - food from heaven.

Buceph · 10-01-2010 9:50pm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I can tell you for a fact that Lennoxs on bandon road never ever ever precook the chips the chips you eat are peeled in lennoxes from the potatoes , chipped in lennoxes , and are only cooked as people enter as everyone is ordering chips. The only reason the quality of chip changes in lennoxes is to do with trying to order the best possible potatoes for chips which is a lot harder than it sounds as potatoes vary in supply and quality througout the year. To be honest lennoxes is more about the battered food and chicken than anythin else as its all prepared that morning usually . And for hygene they are top notch . I worked there doing every type of job in there its the only chipper i feel safe eating from as they are strict on every form of cleaning, storing foods at right temps and wearing gloves etc .

My aunt used to run a bakery, and the health inspector would come in every so often. Her place was so clean that the guy would usually just give it a glance and have a cup of coffee with her. She said one guy they got talking about chippers, and Lennox's came up. The health inspector said there is no better place in Cork, be it a café, McDonalds, five star hotel or greasy spoon than Lennox's for cleanliness and proper practice. And you can tell just by looking at the place, it's bloody spotless in the back with the machines. I'd say working there must be a nightmare when it comes to cleaning.

The other thing that makes Lennox's stand out (apart from the food) is how efficient they are. Even when the queue is out the door, you know you're not going to be too long as long as the two sides are open.

Best chipper / fast food in Cork

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