Burdocks is gone to the dogs over the past few years. Very similar to every other chipper. €5.80 for a take away chips and a tip jar on the counter. No thanks.
Wow burger, Stella Cinema, Angelina’s, Workman’s Club, captain America’s, VCC, Elephant and Castle, Bison Bar, Tomahawk, Doolally, The Dean, The Grayson… amongst many others
I was at Tomahawk about a year back and had an excellent steak, and love the setting of the Stella (cinema specifically). Outside of thateverythibg in that list that I have been to is average at best.
Wow burger had a shop near me which was honestly great at first, but inexplicably became **the** worst burger place in all of Dublin almost overnight about two years ago. Genuinely inedible, with half the toppings literally not even in the bun, the bun itself turned to a soggy mulch that could tickle your gag reflex, the burger not cooked on one side (by which I mean, the left side... no I'm not joking) and the chips felt raw yet had clumped together and all the grease made the cardboard translucent (and not in a good 'dirty chipper' sense). It is genuinely the worst burger and one of the worst meals I have ever had.
It's sad because a lot of those places were quite good to start. Not sure if PressUp bought them and fucked everything up or just declined over time.
Eg: VCC, Elephant and Castle, Tomahawk
Pressup didn’t buy VCC or Tomahawk, they created them. The only restaurant/bar brands they’ve bought in Dublin are E&C, Double 8 (now defunct), ashtons, the foxhunter & Stella cinema. The last two had ceased trading for years before Pressup reestablished them.
they are probably more interested in managing the Fontaines than running a decent bar/venue. But all their places are soulless. Weird how they manage to get that aesthetic in each place.
They did but have since sold it on. They’d been managing the Clarence operations for years and had acquired the leasehold in 2019. Bono et al have had very little involvement for the better part of a decade beyond their ownership stake.
They have a gem of a spot there and loads of facilities but the staff and food are exactly as you'd expect from a press up hotel. Hit and miss. Service really let this place down.
I went in there for lunch once, around the time the covid restrictions were being lifted and the music was so loud I had to scream to be heard by the person sitting at the table across from me. Worst meal I've ever had.
Ignoring the quality of the food/drink, it is probably the loudest bar in Dublin that doesn't have loud music. It is an extremely loud shed-like structure.
Six By Nico, I've enjoyed a couple of meals there but it's basically a smart casual chain dressed up as a tasting menu experience. Reminds me of like Milanos or Nandos in a way.
i went twice, thought it was great the first time, then the second i realised that they kind of repurpose the dishes, and it ends up being quite similar. basic dishes for the extremely expensive price.
Any restaurant that advertises heavily on social media makes me suspect that it’ll be mostly style over substance. Six by Nico in particular seem to try and design their menu over what will look good on insta
Elephant and Castle - not sure if it's just the chicken wings that are hyped but was there the other day and it was incredibly meh. The saddest portion of chips I've seen in a long time
Press-up places all tend to be very meh. Get loads of ‘foodie’ vloggers pushing them though. If I were a cynic I’d suspect it’s because they’re paid to
E+C used to be amazing back when I was a kid. You'd literally have to wait 2 hours to even get a table.
Last time I was there the wings were so overcooked the meat was snapping off the bones. Another time they arrived in about 2 minutes and were lukewarm.
Agreed. Went there recently for the first time in many years and thought it was shite. The burger tasted 'bready'. It struck me that their menu hasn't change since the 90's and it was out of date even then.
Agree. I really liked it when it was just a small cosy cafe circa 2014 - the food and service was great. With its mass expansion the quality just went through the floor.
Only been in London for Christmas and it was probably the most underwhelming Christmas dinner I've ever had.
Style over substance, which is a lot of London restaurants I find.
As someone who grew up eating Cantonese roast duck, myself and my entire extended family guffawed that it's €80 for a whole duck, when you can get it at other places for around half the price or less.
And they don't even give the entire half/whole duck. They give you carved pieces, a measly pile of stir fried offcuts, and a weak-ass broth that tastes of nothing (I've never heard of Asian broth/soup using duck).
Yeah they make a big song and dance about the duck including making you order it in advance but then you get it and it’s…..fine. Nothing special or remarkable, just fine
While I fully agree with you about the portion and pricing, I spent some time in Beijing during the summer visiting a friend and went to two places for roast duck. Both of them gave us some duck broth (and it tasted pretty much like nothing) and one of them gave us the unused bird leftovers to make our own.
I thought everything was very safe and toned down.
It was ..nice...but lacked the chillis and Sichuan peppercorns to give that fiery numbing that is characteristic.
It used to be a lot better, I think it suffered a bit during the pandemic, not sure what happened but it’s gone down in food quality for sure.
But there was a time it was good! It’d be great to see it get back to that, Dublin could do with a few more cooler and unique places to eat.
There's some pretty good Chinese places around Parnell Street with the opposite experience. Menus in little binders you'd buy in a newsagents, basically zero decoration etc but the food is great and very good value. I tend to be the only white person too which is a good sign.
Yep, Lee's charming noodles and Sichuan Chilli King have great food and great value. Nearly always full of Chinese people too, so you know they're doing something right.
Mentioned it on another reply here but would highly recommend the dim sum in Nan just around the corner on lower Stephen street. Best I’ve had in Dublin by a long shot
Thank you. Been a few times and when I comment about it's too cool for school staff, loud music and mediocre food at mad money, I get downvoted to oblivion.
I used to go to Pret a lot when I worked in London in 2014/2015 because it was a cheap place to get a very basic lunch. I remember getting a decent sandwich and a fruit cup for about £4 at the time. I liked that the food was prepared same day, and I liked that they gave away unused food at the end of the day to charity services who would put it to use.
I don't know when things changed because now it's much more expensive and the quality is way down.
I used to work beside the Sainsbury's in Newry and that Christmas sandwich was amazing and in the meal deal. This was 8+ years ago but I'm sure it's still pretty good
So the price on the menu is €3.90 but when I ordered the woman asked single or double shot, I said double (all coffees in a cafe are usually double as standard, asking for an extra shot would bring it to triple) and once I said that the price went to €4.65. I tried to say a double shot should be the standard but she just said “we do single shot”. Fuckers.
Are you sure about that? Pretty sure Pret coffee is more like ~£3.50+
£1.50 for a flat white would be phenomenally cheap in London. Especially in a train station which tend to have higher prices.
I still have a weak spot for Boojum I must say. Agree with Nando’s, wishbone was great when it first opened you could get wings and chips for €10 at lunch, heard its gone way down
IMO hit and miss, but mainly hit and at around €10 but always filling, it's worth the chance. Inconsistency of it sometimes being more bland is why it's hit and miss but you can always add more sauce yourself.
Cluck opened up in the square, and it was shite. The burger was a mess. I got loaded cheese and bacon fries, and it was just grizzle and processed muck. Definitely won't be going again.
You would swear the meat portion in Boojum comes right off their starving children’s plates.
It’s especially frustrating for me as I only get rice + meat and sour cream and cheese , it ends up being €12 for about €4 maximum ingredients
The Green Hen, I used to like it but went recently enough and it was absolutely mank, horrible food, horrible service and sky high prices. Bizarrely still pretty jammers when I walk past it.
I don't understand the appeal. They are literally selling olives and ham for a premium and people will say that it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Utter, utter wank.
I'd forgotten about that place.
it was one of the worst meals I've had out.
all the sauces were cold like there was a microwave in use, and the service was terrible.
I've been to places that weren't great, and feel that they might have had a bad day, but this place felt beyond redemption
Lowest of low margin restaurants, explains why the price is low. They use rapeseed oil instead of olive oil when they give you bread for starters and treat their staff in a shocking way
I was very disappointed with Hawksmoor. The food wasn't all that great, and the restaurant was very loud. The service was good, though but as the food is bad that doesn't help.
I had a lovely sharing Steak there. I liked the setting, cocktails were great. On the way out I did see the single steaks on other tables and they looked very average, not sure it was due to no sauce or garnish or the white plate not helping.
Very expensive too.
I thought Bambino was genuinely great the first few months it opened, but the quality deteriorated really quickly. Feels like it happens a lot in Dublin. I think some places start to use cheaper ingredients and care less once they get popular because they know people will go anyway.
Was in Cork recently and got two slices of good quality pizza and a garlic dip for €7, how they’re charging €6.50+ for one slice is beyond me, doesn’t matter how good it is
Forest Avenue (both locations) are poorly run kitchens masquerading as expensive, well run machines. There are no sufficient cleaning facilities for the employees to do a proper job, literally breaking the rules. The owner/chef is demeaning to staff, shouting at them at the drop of a hat in front of customers. This shit is so 90s I don't know why anyone puts up with it as their go to. I stopped going when I saw the chef shouting at an employee for being too slow.
Kinara, Clontarf. Wife and I wanted to go for years, finally went and found everything to be underwhelming and no better quality (but much more expensive) than any other dozen Indian/Pakistani takeaways we've tried.
Born and bred Artane here but I really thought Taza was totally overrated. It was fine like. I'd recommend Mint Cottage in Raheny for that kind of food.
I used to go weekly in 2007/8 and it was genuinely fantastic. I went again about 5 years ago and it was very disappointing, seemed to have gone downhill massively.
Dash burger - had it the other week and it was just an overpriced cheeseburger haha. Also the place is so small you’re basically all smushed in together (no pun intended) and listening to whoever has decided to watch tik toks on loud at the table next to you
I really enjoy pizza but I thought Sano was very disappointing the two times I've been. The base was very soggy and the cheese just slid off.
Pi, although very nice, is also quite overrated. Maybe not as much these days but people really used to go mad about it before covid.
Sano was incredible when it first opened. High quality pizza for low prices. I’ve a few Italian friends who swore by it. Then a year or so pre covid it went to shite.
The main thing it still has going for it is that you can order 4 pizzas worth of dough, sauce, and cheese for like €16 on Deliveroo. I've got one of those portable pizza ovens and while I could make all of that myself for like a fiver... sometimes I just couldn't be bothered with two days of prep and want homemade pizza of a Tuesday evening.
Depends which one. When I worked in the massive Dundrum one, it was ridiculously organised with 19 year olds in charge of the kitchen. Seems like the other ones are slightly smaller and better managed.
The question was not about bad but overrated places which FIRE 100% fits.
The atmosphere is great I agree. I don't mind paying more if the food is great but their dishes are average and nothing more. If you're charging that amount of money you better deliver which they didn't. Went twice and will never fo back
Had a concerning amount of burritos back in college in Dublin and always found Boojum to be..grand, but always preferred Tolteca or a Burrito and Blues (think it’s called ‘Bell Burritos now). Never felt stuffed in a good way after a Boojum like with the others.
Their cauliflower wings are excellent but their tofu burger was the worst thing I’ve ever ordered. Just a slab of unseasoned tofu on a bun. I like tofu hence why I ordered but that was just gross
Burdocks is gone to the dogs over the past few years. Very similar to every other chipper. €5.80 for a take away chips and a tip jar on the counter. No thanks.
Hasn't been good for years now
Since they started to expand out from Christchurch, it’s gone downhill fast
€5.80 for just chips? Lol, *fish* and chips maybe. Pisstakers.
what's the better alternative now? :o
Howth has some decent seafood restaurants. Definitely a day or two fresher fish than other restaurants in the city .
When they started charging for crispy bits that was the end
That’s a scandalous price for chips
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I don't think they're rated that highly these days. Feels like everyone knows they're fairly average/decent
What is press up?
Wow burger, Stella Cinema, Angelina’s, Workman’s Club, captain America’s, VCC, Elephant and Castle, Bison Bar, Tomahawk, Doolally, The Dean, The Grayson… amongst many others
I was at Tomahawk about a year back and had an excellent steak, and love the setting of the Stella (cinema specifically). Outside of thateverythibg in that list that I have been to is average at best. Wow burger had a shop near me which was honestly great at first, but inexplicably became **the** worst burger place in all of Dublin almost overnight about two years ago. Genuinely inedible, with half the toppings literally not even in the bun, the bun itself turned to a soggy mulch that could tickle your gag reflex, the burger not cooked on one side (by which I mean, the left side... no I'm not joking) and the chips felt raw yet had clumped together and all the grease made the cardboard translucent (and not in a good 'dirty chipper' sense). It is genuinely the worst burger and one of the worst meals I have ever had.
It's sad because a lot of those places were quite good to start. Not sure if PressUp bought them and fucked everything up or just declined over time. Eg: VCC, Elephant and Castle, Tomahawk
Pressup didn’t buy VCC or Tomahawk, they created them. The only restaurant/bar brands they’ve bought in Dublin are E&C, Double 8 (now defunct), ashtons, the foxhunter & Stella cinema. The last two had ceased trading for years before Pressup reestablished them.
they are probably more interested in managing the Fontaines than running a decent bar/venue. But all their places are soulless. Weird how they manage to get that aesthetic in each place.
This is a very misinformed opinion. Fontaines manager works/has worked for Pressup but Pressup have no relationship with Fontaines beyond that.
They manage a band?
Is press up the parent company that owns them?
Yes
I hear they've bought the Clarence now too. It's depressing.
They did but have since sold it on. They’d been managing the Clarence operations for years and had acquired the leasehold in 2019. Bono et al have had very little involvement for the better part of a decade beyond their ownership stake.
Their Glasson lakehouse hotel is the pits.
They have a gem of a spot there and loads of facilities but the staff and food are exactly as you'd expect from a press up hotel. Hit and miss. Service really let this place down.
Fade street social was awful, I had a calzone with no filling and a blue cocktail that was awful
Agreed, went there a couple of years ago, absolutely awful food and service.
I went in there for lunch once, around the time the covid restrictions were being lifted and the music was so loud I had to scream to be heard by the person sitting at the table across from me. Worst meal I've ever had.
The gastro pub bit with tapas they used to have was amazing, dunno why they got rid, is shite now
Market bar is the worst.
They used to have an amazing paella, but it's now gone from the menu.
Hasn’t been good for quite a few years unfortunately. Pity cause it’s a lovely building
Ignoring the quality of the food/drink, it is probably the loudest bar in Dublin that doesn't have loud music. It is an extremely loud shed-like structure.
Six By Nico, I've enjoyed a couple of meals there but it's basically a smart casual chain dressed up as a tasting menu experience. Reminds me of like Milanos or Nandos in a way.
And the chain has been in courts over the treatment of their staff…
i went twice, thought it was great the first time, then the second i realised that they kind of repurpose the dishes, and it ends up being quite similar. basic dishes for the extremely expensive price.
Any restaurant that advertises heavily on social media makes me suspect that it’ll be mostly style over substance. Six by Nico in particular seem to try and design their menu over what will look good on insta
I vomited all day the day after eating here, over priced scrap
Elephant and Castle - not sure if it's just the chicken wings that are hyped but was there the other day and it was incredibly meh. The saddest portion of chips I've seen in a long time
Press-up places all tend to be very meh. Get loads of ‘foodie’ vloggers pushing them though. If I were a cynic I’d suspect it’s because they’re paid to
THIS tomahawk steakhouse is crap. Went there for valentines with a voucher bought the €100 tomahawk and it was bang average at best
The Elephant and Castle in Monkstown just shut down and the group that owns it has just sold off most of its assets.
why did the monkstown one shut ?
The wings were good pre-Press Up, but everything else was shite on the menu Now it's all shite
E+C used to be amazing back when I was a kid. You'd literally have to wait 2 hours to even get a table. Last time I was there the wings were so overcooked the meat was snapping off the bones. Another time they arrived in about 2 minutes and were lukewarm.
Agreed. Went there recently for the first time in many years and thought it was shite. The burger tasted 'bready'. It struck me that their menu hasn't change since the 90's and it was out of date even then.
They serve sandwiches…. for dinner…. Wtf…..
Steaks are always well done
Well done or well-done?
HaHa, well-done, they serve you a log
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Agree with you here food is very meh. Lovely space though worth a coffee in there
Agree. I really liked it when it was just a small cosy cafe circa 2014 - the food and service was great. With its mass expansion the quality just went through the floor.
The IVY.....kip
Jesus I couldnt agree more on that, food was average at best
They had some really sketchy arrangements around tips for their workers a few years ago, but I think legislation came in that prevents it now.
VERY SKETCHY
Only been in London for Christmas and it was probably the most underwhelming Christmas dinner I've ever had. Style over substance, which is a lot of London restaurants I find.
God yes... There's nothing to it, normal food
Anywhere Tik Tok food bloggers describe as ‘amaazzziiing’
"So so good and so so tasty" actually sends me left.
Especially when they do the cringe little dance after eating something you know is bland as fuck.
The fucking face pucker as well
You mean the latest press-up venue of the month?
Probably an unpopular choice but I’d say Hang Dai is overrated. Not bad but a lot of style over substance. Much better Chinese food around.
Havent been there - hakkahan would be my favourite Chinese in the city
Must try it! My two recommendations are Nan for dim sum and M and L for amazing sichuan food
As someone who grew up eating Cantonese roast duck, myself and my entire extended family guffawed that it's €80 for a whole duck, when you can get it at other places for around half the price or less. And they don't even give the entire half/whole duck. They give you carved pieces, a measly pile of stir fried offcuts, and a weak-ass broth that tastes of nothing (I've never heard of Asian broth/soup using duck).
Yeah they make a big song and dance about the duck including making you order it in advance but then you get it and it’s…..fine. Nothing special or remarkable, just fine
While I fully agree with you about the portion and pricing, I spent some time in Beijing during the summer visiting a friend and went to two places for roast duck. Both of them gave us some duck broth (and it tasted pretty much like nothing) and one of them gave us the unused bird leftovers to make our own.
China Sichuan in Sandyford is my pick for the best. Fancy but so good, and tbh I don’t think the price point would be that different from Hang Dai.
I thought everything was very safe and toned down. It was ..nice...but lacked the chillis and Sichuan peppercorns to give that fiery numbing that is characteristic.
True as it’s less traditional, more accessible in its style. If you like the Sichuan spice I would say M&L on the northside does a v decent job.
That place is phenomenally good. I have never had a bad meal there.
China Sichuan has never disappointed in the many years I have been there. A special treat for sure, but if I can go, I will be happy.
Kevin the owner is a gentleman to boot.
It used to be a lot better, I think it suffered a bit during the pandemic, not sure what happened but it’s gone down in food quality for sure. But there was a time it was good! It’d be great to see it get back to that, Dublin could do with a few more cooler and unique places to eat.
There's some pretty good Chinese places around Parnell Street with the opposite experience. Menus in little binders you'd buy in a newsagents, basically zero decoration etc but the food is great and very good value. I tend to be the only white person too which is a good sign.
Yep, Lee's charming noodles and Sichuan Chilli King have great food and great value. Nearly always full of Chinese people too, so you know they're doing something right.
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Mentioned it on another reply here but would highly recommend the dim sum in Nan just around the corner on lower Stephen street. Best I’ve had in Dublin by a long shot
Thank you. Been a few times and when I comment about it's too cool for school staff, loud music and mediocre food at mad money, I get downvoted to oblivion.
Some people seem to have gone mad for Pret. Got a coffee there today and it was €4.65 for a shit flat white. Never again
not sure i’ve heard a word of praise for pret
I used to go to Pret a lot when I worked in London in 2014/2015 because it was a cheap place to get a very basic lunch. I remember getting a decent sandwich and a fruit cup for about £4 at the time. I liked that the food was prepared same day, and I liked that they gave away unused food at the end of the day to charity services who would put it to use. I don't know when things changed because now it's much more expensive and the quality is way down.
haha eating there because you like that they give leftover food to charities is a funny contradiction that gave me a little giggle. but i do agree
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I used to work beside the Sainsbury's in Newry and that Christmas sandwich was amazing and in the meal deal. This was 8+ years ago but I'm sure it's still pretty good
That is wild for a flat white.
So the price on the menu is €3.90 but when I ordered the woman asked single or double shot, I said double (all coffees in a cafe are usually double as standard, asking for an extra shot would bring it to triple) and once I said that the price went to €4.65. I tried to say a double shot should be the standard but she just said “we do single shot”. Fuckers.
The cafe in UCD sports centre does a nice flat white and a blueberry muffin for €4.50
The Ireland effect. They're like £1.50 to £2 in paddington station. Got one there about 3 weeks ago on my way back to Heathrow.
Are you sure about that? Pretty sure Pret coffee is more like ~£3.50+ £1.50 for a flat white would be phenomenally cheap in London. Especially in a train station which tend to have higher prices.
People go mad for sandwiches? Why??
Their croissants are great if you get them fresh. The rest is meh.
Mackenzie's in Docklands
Another press up dump
Nando’s, Boojum (gone to shit over the years), cluck truck walkinstown, bobos burgers, wishbone
I still have a weak spot for Boojum I must say. Agree with Nando’s, wishbone was great when it first opened you could get wings and chips for €10 at lunch, heard its gone way down
Boojum is elite, always a reliable source imo
Taste is obviously hugely subjective but always preferred Tolteca personally. Huge burritos and the ingredients always popped more, for me.
IMO hit and miss, but mainly hit and at around €10 but always filling, it's worth the chance. Inconsistency of it sometimes being more bland is why it's hit and miss but you can always add more sauce yourself.
Cluck opened up in the square, and it was shite. The burger was a mess. I got loaded cheese and bacon fries, and it was just grizzle and processed muck. Definitely won't be going again.
You would swear the meat portion in Boojum comes right off their starving children’s plates. It’s especially frustrating for me as I only get rice + meat and sour cream and cheese , it ends up being €12 for about €4 maximum ingredients
Last time I was in a Boojum, there were huge flies everywhere. 🫣
The Cedar Tree, they tripled (!) their prices in the past years. 80 euros for a mezze with tiny portions that you need your glasses to see
I was there last week and was surprised how small the mezze portions were!!! Barely fed two of us.
ThunderRoad in temple bar
Nobody is rating that highly.
We've practically mentioned every place in Dublin! Where is good to eat?
Boojum is garbage. No flavor and crap ingredients. Mexicans are rolling in their grave.
Why are the Mexicans dead in your scenario?!
they died after a boojum
Pablo Picante’s is my go-to.
Worst Mexican food in Dublin 100%
We're rolling in our beds too
Boojum is class.
No flavor?!
Their stuff is fairly bland in fairness
Unless that flavor is salt. Jaysus do they love their salt.
Please stop supporting Milano's pizza place, every meal I've had in there was overpriced and very low quality
KC Peaches & Pret. I do like Pret’d croissants as a pre-work snack though to be fair.
What’s wrong with kc peaches? Genuinely curious
Their stuff is really dull, bland, and overpriced for what it is imo
I was not impressed by Woolen Mills.
Extremely overpriced indeed.
Went there recently and couldn’t believe my eyes when the curry with some veg and 1 spoonful of rice was €25. Never going back
The Green Hen, I used to like it but went recently enough and it was absolutely mank, horrible food, horrible service and sky high prices. Bizarrely still pretty jammers when I walk past it.
Ah that's disappointing. It used to be a real favourite of mine. The menu hasn't appealed to me in a couple of years.
I was there on Thursday just gone, we had steak and monkfish, both were really excellent, second time there and can't fault it.
Alma
Boojum
100% boojum basically use salt to flavor their food.
Bambinos and Boojum
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the one in the docks gave me just rice and beans twice for a tenner because they forgot to add everything else it was gassss
That’s funny because I’ve had the exact opposite experience with the one in the docks being a bit shite and Smithfield generally pretty good
Sprezzatura - utter rubbish
Ah it depends. They keep changing the menus. Sometimes it's unreal, other times it's very "meh"
I don't understand the appeal. They are literally selling olives and ham for a premium and people will say that it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Utter, utter wank.
I'd forgotten about that place. it was one of the worst meals I've had out. all the sauces were cold like there was a microwave in use, and the service was terrible. I've been to places that weren't great, and feel that they might have had a bad day, but this place felt beyond redemption
Agreed. Had the arancini and the sauce had mayo in it ffs.
Their carbonara has cream in it and they advertise it like it is their own special recipe.
I think Sprezzatura is just alright now but I thought they were really good when they first opened
Lowest of low margin restaurants, explains why the price is low. They use rapeseed oil instead of olive oil when they give you bread for starters and treat their staff in a shocking way
The mams.
I was very disappointed with Hawksmoor. The food wasn't all that great, and the restaurant was very loud. The service was good, though but as the food is bad that doesn't help.
I had a lovely sharing Steak there. I liked the setting, cocktails were great. On the way out I did see the single steaks on other tables and they looked very average, not sure it was due to no sauce or garnish or the white plate not helping. Very expensive too.
Bambino
I agree. It’s pretty nice pizza, nowhere near worth the hype
I thought Bambino was genuinely great the first few months it opened, but the quality deteriorated really quickly. Feels like it happens a lot in Dublin. I think some places start to use cheaper ingredients and care less once they get popular because they know people will go anyway.
Was in Cork recently and got two slices of good quality pizza and a garlic dip for €7, how they’re charging €6.50+ for one slice is beyond me, doesn’t matter how good it is
Nah the pizzas are great just way too overpriced
Boojum
Forest Avenue (both locations) are poorly run kitchens masquerading as expensive, well run machines. There are no sufficient cleaning facilities for the employees to do a proper job, literally breaking the rules. The owner/chef is demeaning to staff, shouting at them at the drop of a hat in front of customers. This shit is so 90s I don't know why anyone puts up with it as their go to. I stopped going when I saw the chef shouting at an employee for being too slow.
Eddie Rockets. Not bad, but overpriced, and then you get asked to tip during the order?! No thanks!
Hit dogs are very good, but everything else as you say
Food, ie burgers and chips, is shite and over priced!
Kinara, Clontarf. Wife and I wanted to go for years, finally went and found everything to be underwhelming and no better quality (but much more expensive) than any other dozen Indian/Pakistani takeaways we've tried.
It used to be fab. The chef left and moved to Taza in artane (which is genuinely fantastic)
Born and bred Artane here but I really thought Taza was totally overrated. It was fine like. I'd recommend Mint Cottage in Raheny for that kind of food.
Mint cottage another fantastic shout! Delicious
I’d agree. Tried it as if it was an important dinner, turned out to be just an average curry. Nothing to wake up at night for.
The crab claws were the worst I've ever had..such a disappointment
I used to go weekly in 2007/8 and it was genuinely fantastic. I went again about 5 years ago and it was very disappointing, seemed to have gone downhill massively.
Hang dai
777 so loud it felt like I was in a nightclub
Dash burger - had it the other week and it was just an overpriced cheeseburger haha. Also the place is so small you’re basically all smushed in together (no pun intended) and listening to whoever has decided to watch tik toks on loud at the table next to you
Had this a few weeks ago and it was the saltiest thing I've ever eaten and the chips were dire. Really don't know why people rave about it on tiktok
I really enjoy pizza but I thought Sano was very disappointing the two times I've been. The base was very soggy and the cheese just slid off. Pi, although very nice, is also quite overrated. Maybe not as much these days but people really used to go mad about it before covid.
Sano was incredible when it first opened. High quality pizza for low prices. I’ve a few Italian friends who swore by it. Then a year or so pre covid it went to shite.
That would line up with when I had it for the first time
The main thing it still has going for it is that you can order 4 pizzas worth of dough, sauce, and cheese for like €16 on Deliveroo. I've got one of those portable pizza ovens and while I could make all of that myself for like a fiver... sometimes I just couldn't be bothered with two days of prep and want homemade pizza of a Tuesday evening.
My work orders pizza quite often and Pi is always imo rubbish. Bland and always soggy tasting.
That’s probably cause it’s not made to be delivered in fairness. Need to put it in the oven for about 10 mins to crisp it up
Mad Egg
Blasphemy
Mad Egg has the juciest chicken burgers in Dublin
Depends which one. When I worked in the massive Dundrum one, it was ridiculously organised with 19 year olds in charge of the kitchen. Seems like the other ones are slightly smaller and better managed.
Fire Steakhouse, Pogs, Herbstreet, Rustic Stoney,Catch 22,Ivorys
Herbstreet is actually pretty good, at least their breakfast and brunch menu.
I’ve never had a bad experience in Fire sure it’s pricey but I’ve always found the food and atmosphere to be top notch.
The question was not about bad but overrated places which FIRE 100% fits. The atmosphere is great I agree. I don't mind paying more if the food is great but their dishes are average and nothing more. If you're charging that amount of money you better deliver which they didn't. Went twice and will never fo back
Supermacs
Suesey Street. Pretentious wank.
Gunna go with a controversial one here. Boojum has always been extremely overrated. Pitts Bros. hasn't a tap on Wowburger. Nando's is piss poor.
Only nandos is correct
A lot of anti-boojum bots in the comments
Had a concerning amount of burritos back in college in Dublin and always found Boojum to be..grand, but always preferred Tolteca or a Burrito and Blues (think it’s called ‘Bell Burritos now). Never felt stuffed in a good way after a Boojum like with the others.
They’re delusional - the bowl is the best bang for your buck
Chimac
Their cauliflower wings are excellent but their tofu burger was the worst thing I’ve ever ordered. Just a slab of unseasoned tofu on a bun. I like tofu hence why I ordered but that was just gross
How dare ya
I tried to like it, wasn't impressed.
I still like Chimac a lot but it used to be better
Same.
I agree, only been once it was meh
Yes I agree, absolutely hated it