Category: Weekly Roundup

This week we argued about the cost of sushi and admired Irish made Killowen yogurts. Peter ate in Campo de Fiore in Bray and our friend and commenter Junior Box pondered the issue of reusable water bottles. In exciting news for fans of eating posh for cheap, the Irish Times €20 lunch offer is back…

Happy Friday everybody.  This week on CheapEats Peter ate out in Chuan Chinese Restaurant in Capel St, and Jean had two cheap but good curries from food courts.  There was news and ranting about the state of the Irish food market. And now the CheapEats editors get to go on holidays. Holidays!  Jean is off…

Happy Friday, lovely readers.  What have we been up to for the past seven days? We ate out in Bobo’s and Sushi King in Dublin, the overpriced Farmgate Cafe in Cork and the sublime Tea Rooms in Wicklow.  Jean was lucky enough to attend a lovely ice-cream party, courtesy of the Murphys of Ice-Cream Ireland.…

Eh, what happened this week in the tiny, food related world of CheapEats? Well, the nation cheered and raged as the Spice Burger left our lives, Marks and Spencer cut prices on their non-food range, and Bray’s “click and collect” discount warehouse, CheepCheep, set the bar for low-price groceries. Jean popped along to the Hop…

It was a week for outdoor eating here at CheapEats, with Jean and I heading along to the Taste of Dublin Festival and the Marks and Spencer BBQ, and falling in our doors nicely fattened with food and drink. We noticed some good offers at Fresh supermarket and in Itsa Bagel, while some sneaky and…

This week we ate at the Real Gourmet Burger in Dun Laoghaire, and got late night sushi at the Wa Cafe in Galway. Peter went to the Bloom festival and was really impressed with all the great Irish food producers.  Speaking of which, we found out that some Irish food suppliers are really struggling at…

This week we offered one of our best giveaways ever: a two-night break in Renvyle House Hotel.  There’s still a few minutes left to enter, so go for it!  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, so don’t forget to check back to see if you’re one of the lucky ones. We discussed alcohol sales,…

It’s been a monumental week for the Irish grocery sector, with Tesco’s controversial move to cut prices and remove Irish brands from some of their stores. The issue has generated heated debate, not least here on CheapEats. We also debated the rights and wrongs of instant coffee and reviewed two restaurants in Cork. Diner’s (Dalkey)…

It’s been a busy week for us here at CheapEats, with lots of behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings going on, all to aid in our plans for world domination.  You’ll hear aaallll about it in due course.  In the meantime, we’re working on a really great promotion for restaurants, takeaways and hotels.  If anyone out there is involved…

Luxury doesn’t have to cost a fortune, as we found out when using prawns as our ingredient of the week. Peter checked out Porto Belo, while Valerie O’Connor gave us her tops tips for eating out in Limerick. We asked you for information on the cheapest drinks in Ireland. Meanwhile, in the first of a…