Category: Queries

  • Best restaurants for a very mixed group booking?

    A pal of ours was in touch, looking for a Dublin city centre restaurant that will fit a particularly challenging set of criteria: Will take a large group of around 12 people Has some kid-friendly options on the menu Is a bit fun and informal Easy right? Oh hang on! Will cater for vegans Yikes!…

  • Best Coeliac-Friendly Restaurants in Dublin?

    Twitterer Vertical Challenger just posed a question to us on Twitter – can we name some good coeliac-friendly restaurants in Dublin? She wants to bring a friend out for a celebratory dinner so we can safely assume it should be somewhere a little fancy and not a burrito in a bowl (delicious as they are).…

  • Query: It's a Christmas Miracle Whip

    We all have our own weird Christmas food traditions. Mine is cream soda, a vile fizzy drink that makes me nauseous any other day of the year but somehow seems like honey from heaven on Christmas day. And we all heartily consume Christmas pudding, a stodgy and sticky and plodding lump of a dessert that…

  • 777: Delicious group meal, shame about the small print

    We’ve reviewed 777 Mexican restaurant here before, so I didn’t have a review in mind when I went for  a group meal there on Saturday last. One of my dearest and oldest friends Clare had her hen party there, and the food turned out to be so tremendous I wanted to quickly post about it…

  • Ellen's Cake Update: The Cake Cafe & The Green Bench

    Our pal Ellen was in touch last week to ask where to buy tasty, tasty cakes in Dublin 2. Y’all helped out like the stars that you are, and Ellen sent on her Big Tasty Cake report today.  Plus some thoughts about the Great British Bake Off. I got a carrot cake slice from the…

  • Where's the Best Cake in Dublin 2?

    It’s a bona fide cake emergency. Our good friend Ellen got in touch to ask: where’s the best cake in Dublin 2? Yesterday at work my mate suggested we buy cakes to bring home and eat whilst watching the Great British Bake Off. She’s evil that one, and also a genius. We tried one cake…

  • Query: Ultra-cheap places in Dublin that don't stink?

    We got an interesting query from Ciaran, a reader who’s about to move from London back to Dublin and is looking for tips for ultra-cheap eats: I have to return to Dublin soon…I’ve been in London. So hopefully I’ll get a job and I presume it will be in the city centre area. Can you…

  • Query: Nice Food for a Big Group Near the Dublin Mountains?

    My pal Audrey got in touch looking for recommendations for a very specific day out. She’s organising a memorial service for a relative, which will involve scattering ashes on the Dublin Mountains.  There’ll be a big family there for this lovely occasion (20-30 people, including children), and she needs to find a nice venue to…

  • Query: Where can I find spanakopita in Dublin?

    Summer! Picnic! Spanakopita! Huh? I love spankopita, a savoury Greek pastry filled with spinach, feta, herbs, and spices. It’s so delicious, and I’ve made it on many occasions, but it’s a bit of a pain, taking the guts of an hour, with 28 and a half million ingredients and leaving a messy kitchen in its…

  • Bring Back Wibbly Wobbly Wonders… and Tiger Tots

    Where are Wibbly Wobbly Wonders?  Easily my favourite childhood ice-pop, combining banana and strawberry ice-creams, lemon jelly, and chocolate on the same stick. Every year, HB take over public spaces with their summer ad campaign, encouraging Ireland to pretend that it’s not going to rain all summer, and to eat copious amounts of ice-cream. But…