Category: Restaurants

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

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    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…

  • New Cafe: Peacock Green, Lord Edward St

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    Have you noticed that lots of really, really pretty new places are springing up around Dublin?  I’ve really been impressed by the [PRETENTIOUSNESS ALERT] aesthetic of so many of the new cafes and restaurants around Dublin city centre.  Of course, good design is not always a guarantee of good food, but it does indicate an…

  • Lunch in Odessa

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    Odessa is a bit of a Dublin institution and is very well regarded for its brunch.  I’ve had mixed feelings about it in the past – I’ve had some quite overpriced dinners there, but I like that they constantly offer deals and interesting options on their menu, such as their €11 soul food menu.  Odessa…

  • Tick tock, tick tock

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    After hearing lots of talk about a relatively new restaurant in Dublin we thought it was high time to check it out. I also thought it might be review-worthy! It was, but I’m not going to review it, instead I am going to take this opportunity to have a little rant about Dublin restaurants and…

  • Review: Marble City Bar, Kilkenny (plus: any cheap eats in Kilkenny?)

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    Twitter is only brilliant, did you know that?  It’s great for jokes, for inspiration, for taking the piss out of the RTE Guide, for seeing what your heros are thinking about at random given moments, and for getting tips and recommendations on all kinds of stuff.  Twitter is great for when you need a maddeningly…

  • Food in The Black Sheep pub, Capel St

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    A few of us ate in The Black Sheep, a bar serving craft beer and food on Capel St, one midweek evening back in May.  At the time they were offering a very tempting deal of three courses for €15, available all night. This sounds ridiculously cheap and might make you question the quality of…

  • What are you eating this summer? Neon's Chu Chee Curry

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    Here’s a quick recommendation from my favourite local takeaway, Neon on Camden Street. The Chu Chee curry. F**k yeah. Cheap? Meh, not particularly, takeaways are rarely cheap. But this curry – extra hot, with vegetables, lime leaves, hot chilli paste, and your choice of chicken, beef, tiger prawns and tofu – was a stark and…

  • Review: Bunsen, Wexford Street

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    With two very hungover heads on us, Jim and I made our way into town recently to check out Bunsen, the new burger joint on Wexford St that everyone’s been raving about on social media since early June. Bunsen’s menu is very small, so small, in fact, that it fits on a business card-sized menu.…

  • Bloggers Recommend: Bell & Alex of Wanderlust Marriage

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    Our sporadic but helpful Bloggers Recommend series has a new entry today, from the lovely Bell & Alex, co-writers of the charming Wanderlust Marriage blog. About Wanderlust Marriage Bell & Alex say: Alex is American and Bell is Australian, we met over a decade ago in a dingy hostel in Brugge, Belgium. After living in…

  • Review: Camden Rotisserie, Dublin

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    The former gastronomic black hole that was Camden Street has developed a nice little cheap eats scene. Green19, where all mains cost €10, is well established. Neon‘s take on Asian street food has proven popular. Cafe Sofia deserves more praise, more often. Camden Rotisserie, which serves rotisserie chicken, also struck me as reasonably priced when…