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Food Room Clontarf

  • 05-10-2020 11:05am
    #1
    Seanachai
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    Anybody know what the Food Room in Clontarf is being converted/renovated to?


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  • #2
    Thelonious Monk
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    Nandos


  • #3
    Billgirlylegs
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    Covid Testing


  • #4
    DoraDelite
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    Lotts and Co. are moving in there.


  • #5
    AngryLips
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Nandos


    I wish


  • #6
    kravmaga
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    Massage parlour


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  • #7
    tomfoolery60
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    Seanachai wrote: »
    Anybody know what the Food Room in Clontarf is being converted/renovated to?

    https://twitter.com/RoryEnglish/status/1312093348476317696?s=20


  • #8
    odyssey06
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    Lotts and Co opening today...
    https://lovindublin.com/dublin/lotts-co-is-opening-a-new-grocery-shop-and-deli-on-the-northside-this-week

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #9
    Tusky
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    The one in Ringsend is excellent, but extremely expensive.


  • #10
    whiskeyman
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    Tusky wrote: »
    The one in Ringsend is excellent, but extremely expensive.

    D3 Clontarf clearly their target market so.
    I presume it's up their like Donnybrook Fair or Fallon & Byrne.

    It'll do well out in the suburbs as many are now working from home and probably happy to pop down for nice quality buys.


  • #11
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,271 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    D3 Clontarf clearly their target market so.
    I presume it's up their like Donnybrook Fair or Fallon & Byrne.
    It'll do well out in the suburbs as many are now working from home and probably happy to pop down for nice quality buys.

    Food Room used to do quite well from East Point lunch times.
    But so many people wfh will probably fill the gap for Lotts.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #12
    KnicksInSix
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    Has anyone been in? Any thoughts? Both times I walked past this weekend it was mobbed with queues down the street! Never been to the original location, is it similar to the Nolan's idea?


  • #13
    Valresnick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭Valresnick


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Nandos

    They’d be run out of the Tarf...


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    [Deleted User]
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    Talguetler wrote: »
    Has anyone been in? Any thoughts? Both times I walked past this weekend it was mobbed with queues down the street! Never been to the original location, is it similar to the Nolan's idea?

    Nolan's wishes it was.

    The one near Lansdowne Road is basically a rip off. Two and three items on a shelf at a time, stuff loaded into wooden crates to make it look cheap and cheerful, and everything triple the price you'd get in one of the asian supermarkets. They do sambos for a tenner, for example. Walked around it once, wasn't impressed. The sort of place that will do well in the 'tarf, probably.


  • #15
    tHE vAGGABOND
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    The food room was always a crazy rip off; stuff was good; but remember stopping to eat there a few years back and being charged 7 or 8 quid for a croque monsieurs [more fool me for paying it!!!]

    Just look at that bank of shops, the [nice] crazy expensive wine shop, a few shops selling fancy ladies clothes, few fancy hair salons etc

    Sounds like what has gone in will fit well so :)


  • #16
    Thelonious Monk
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    I miss Bilash Tandoori


  • #17
    Seanachai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    I've gotten two dodgy coffees in the place since it opened, I thought the first one might have just been teething problems. The lads in the Food Room made great cappuccinos.


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    Roger Mellie Man on the Telly
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    Seanachai wrote: »
    I've gotten two dodgy coffees in the place since it opened, I thought the first one might have just been teething problems. The lads in the Food Room made great cappuccinos.


  • #19
    Seanachai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

    Top lad, might have lost a few fans in recent months though :rolleyes:. The one coffee I have a day is a treat in an otherwise pretty Spartan lifestyle.


  • #20
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Seanachai wrote: »
    I've gotten two dodgy coffees in the place since it opened, I thought the first one might have just been teething problems. The lads in the Food Room made great cappuccinos.
    I only went to the Food Room a few times in my 10 years in the broad area (it's within 2km) and found it grand, but over priced. Is the food any use?
    And are they selling anything unusual in the food line? Hard to get ingredients for example that I wouldn't find SuperValu or Nolan's.


  • #21
    Thelonious Monk
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    I was only in Food Room once I think, and I've never lived too far away. There's something about that particular stretch in Clontarf that I don't like, not sure if it's the traffic or what.


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  • #22
    pm1977x
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    The Food Room was a total rip-off, I knew they were doomed to fail when they once charged me 30c for a bit of mustard on my already overpriced roll.


  • #23
    Seanachai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I was only in Food Room once I think, and I've never lived too far away. There's something about that particular stretch in Clontarf that I don't like, not sure if it's the traffic or what.

    It feels very open and exposed esp when there's a breeze about, the chipper there is very good though.


  • #24
    Seanachai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    ixoy wrote: »
    I only went to the Food Room a few times in my 10 years in the broad area (it's within 2km) and found it grand, but over priced. Is the food any use?
    And are they selling anything unusual in the food line? Hard to get ingredients for example that I wouldn't find SuperValu or Nolan's.

    There's a good selection of hot sauces and spices etc, decent butchers and artisan bread too.


  • #25
    Seanachai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    pm1977x wrote: »
    The Food Room was a total rip-off, I knew they were doomed to fail when they once charged me 30c for a bit of mustard on my already overpriced roll.

    The lads here used to keep a stash of condiments in a drawer for when they'd get lunch there.


  • #26
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Seanachai wrote: »
    It feels very open and exposed esp when there's a breeze about, the chipper there is very good though.
    Yep, that's what I feel as well. Even though they're both equidistant from me, I much prefer going down to Vernon Avenue if I wanted some food.
    Seanachai wrote: »
    There's a good selection of hot sauces and spices etc, decent butchers and artisan bread too.
    I do like a good hot sauce. For those in the area, there's some nice ones on sale in the Market on Saturday's. Bread there too for what it's worth.


  • #27
    Thelonious Monk
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    ixoy wrote: »
    Yep, that's what I feel as well. Even though they're both equidistant from me, I much prefer going down to Vernon Avenue if I wanted some food.


    I do like a good hot sauce. For those in the area, there's some nice ones on sale in the Market on Saturday's. Bread there too for what it's worth.

    The St Anne's market?


  • #28
    pm1977x
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I miss Bilash Tandoori


    what exactly happened there? at the time I remember the barber or someone else around there saying there was an electrical fire in the kitchen? but it never reopened.


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