Seems most of the low ratings were from a few years back, and today I did had a good experience…read morehere. A fixed menu with many Thai and Southeast Asian classics. Ordered the pad thai and it took about 15 minutes to be served, but meanwhile the open kitchen could be viewed and the cook was hard at work stir-frying the order, so it came steaming hot. Costed me €17 for this bowl, and the portion size was huge, with generous portions of chicken and shrimps, definitely worthed the quid. Taste was nice, my only wish would be the sauce could be slightly thicker.

I have ordered many meals which were very tasty. I ordered Pad Thai a couple of months ago and it…read morewas not great so I stopped ordering it. I decided tonight to try it again and as soon as I opened the carton I knew something didn't smell right. The prawns were gone off... very disappointed to say the least. I called the store in D15 and spoke to the manager who was very apologetic in fairness and offered a replacement meal. She did say she would check all the prawns the have before any more orders go out. So I'm waiting for my Crispy Chilli Chicken to arrive and wondering if that prawn I did eat is going to make me sick. Replacement selection of Chilli Chicken was bland, not sure if there is a new chef but not happy Positive: the staff and management have always been very nice to us.

Ming Garden is a lovely authentic Chinese restaurant with dishes such as dim sum and bok choi…read morevegetables and duck, char su and more. Not a sign of 3 in 1's or chicken balls on the menu which put it up in my estimation. They even gave us proper Chinese tea. Sadly the table was set with delph which was disappointing and it gives me an idea that most clientele expect knives and forks rather than chopsticks but the quality of food is so much better than chinese restaurants of a few years ago when it was chinese food for Irish people rather than Irish people eating Chinese food.

Ming Garden is another great Chinese/ Asian Fusion restaurant in Dublin 15. They do take-away as…read morewell but if you can get a table here- booking isn't necessary during the week- it's well worth it. The staff are very welcoming and the atmosphere is nice and relaxed. The last time I went here I got the Chicken Thai Red Curry, which was delicious and I really like the fact that the waiter put it on a little stove so it would stay warm. Dessert was just a cup of coffee because we were stuffed from our mains. We also got a complementary drink after our dinner, which went down really well.

There are reasons I know I'm getting old, aside from the fact that the birthdays just keep crashing…read morein likes waves. One is my failing sight after years of relying on my eyes and my eyes alone to read. Another perhaps less common garden variety is the internal meltdown I face when confronted with a lot of menu choice in restaurants. If you identify with the latter, you may wish to save yourself a lot of hassle and simply choose the set menu here. If not, be warned, the a la carte alternative is complex, and for your own sake don't arrive tired or emotional. This is a prime mental condition eating experience. Famed Dublin restauranteur Dylan McGrath is an ideas man. His restaurants are as much about concept as they are about food, and though I'm sure there's a big heart in there, the head rules. If you want proof, study the menu. Across the top are taste categories (bitter, salty, sweet, etc.). Down the left are dish categories. So you scale down, then across, to see what combination of taste and texture your dish offers. And there are lots of choices. And a huge variety of prices. But what's less clear is quantity. And I was hungry and wanted to know I'd get an oul dinner into me before that difficult hungry phase that reduces my brain to mush and makes me want to howl like a baby. The very friendly waitress reassured us that though the menu seems complex first time round, after you've done it once, it's a breeze. (That's how I cottoned on to the fact that the wait staff here have post docs in maths.) Full marks for trying though. No less than two members of staff talked us through things, and they really did their best - did I sense concern that people are having difficulty getting it? Whichever - in the end, it was all too much for me - cue set menu. So, to my relief, for forty euros, you can certainly expect to leave full, with sushi starters - ok, it's not called sushi, it's the long one with the piece of fish on top of the rice (though more wasabi, please) -,delicious miso with clams and those delicate long-stemmed mushrooms that definitely have a name, beef skewers with rice (too much rice already) and potato main, and desert. The food presentation is beautiful, served on marble slabs and in delicate ceramics, with a Japanese-influenced simplicity. I thought the restaurant was Japanese from the menu but see from the website there are Spanish and South American influences too - not very obvious to me but then again I flunked the menu test. The sushi that isn't sushi was yummy, especially the turbot which was a smoky hit of flavour, and the sea bass, with a smooth texture that melts on the tongue. The beef is served on a mini-BBQ which, like the mushrooms, has a proper name. (The only problem with this method of on-table serving is being smoked out of it by the table next door who's got too much fuel on the fire.) If you want your steak more than medium rare, just cook on. My steak was a slightly mixed experience being a bit fatty, though my partner didn't have the same issue. Desert was ginger panna cotta, with melon granita, which was light yet intense in flavour and delicious. We had tried to book Rustic Stone, the restaurant downstairs, but it was full and they suggested we try Taste. We didn't know it was Japanese-influenced and I think they took this on board upon seeing our menu-bafflement and offered a glass of wine on the house. Fair enough. If I returned I'd be armed with a more rested brain (like I'd give it a full day off beforehand, take it to the pictures, buy it flowers, tell it it was looking great) and I would square right up to that a la carte menu, look it in the eye and plainly demand to know its tofu options, the brute, and I wouldn't take no for an answer. The Japanese are masters of simplicity, so ultimately I agree if for different reasons that Taste is not a Japanese restaurant. But the food largely made up for it, the service was good, it's a relaxing place to eat, and if the head wins over the heart, there's no denying it's a decent head. If you don't believe me, just look in the window where its image hangs pride of place, presumably so you know who best to talk to if you need anything explained.

In expectation of my arrival in Dublin for a 17 day visit, my sister sent me Taste as a potential…read moredinner option while I was staying with her. Coincidentally, I had a hankering for sushi on the first night and so after snagging a reservation, off we went to Taste. The restaurant was located on the third floor of Rustic Stone. We were seated at the sushi bar for dinner. The bar itself was different from those that I've experienced in the US where the cooking area is lower so you have a view of what the chef is making; however, the bar seating at Taste was also way roomier than most in the US. My sister and I opted for the €60 omakase - I requested the umami miso and the duck broth, while my sister had the regular miso and the salmon broth - and added on some toro nigiri. We also ordered cocktails - the Eastern Promise and the Gin Garden - which were excellent. The meal was excellent! The nigiri combinations were sometimes surprising but they worked well. The quality of the fish was also very good. I loved the broth and cooking the duck breast myself - it was so rich and the flavours were deep and well-developed. For the "light dessert" they brought out three options: a cheesecake, a coconut ice cream, and a ginger flan. The cheesecake actually had this odd cheese (not cream cheese or ricotta) taste but my sister and I were obsessed. Minus one star for the service because although everyone was super super nice, it was slooooooow. Our meal took about 3 hours. Not that we minded but just be wary that you might be here awhile! However, the meal meal was excellent and my sister and I agreed that between us there was nothing on the menu that we wouldn't order.

We ordered 3 mains and 2 kids meals from mao recently using their website and it was a very poor…read moreexperience. Delivery took over an hour and a quarter, no apology or explanation was offered by the delivery driver for this. One dish ordered was Singapore style roasted duck (ordered from main meal section not as an appetiser) this arrived without the accompanying noodles requested. Upon ringing the restaurant they claimed that it was only available as an appetiser and did not include any accompaniment such as rice or noodles etc. When we pointed out that their own website showed otherwise they agreed to provide the noodles and offered a €10 voucher by way of apology. The missing noodles took a further 50 minutes to arrive and the promised voucher and still not been received. The duck was reasonable but certainly did not appear to be a proper half portion of duck, any of our local Chinese restaurants would have supplied a larger portion when just ordering a quarter portion of duck. The Pad Thai was a generous portion with a reasonable level of spice but little true flavour, and a small quantity of chicken and just three prawns. Disappointing. The Hati Ayam was ok but the chicken had clearly been cooked separately and not in the sauce of the dish it should have, as a result the chicken was lacking in flavour and indeed judging by its taste and texture it had clearly been reheated and not cooked freshly for the dish. Kids meals, the steamed chicken came with noodles containing a good selection of vegetables, there chicken itself however suffered from the same issues noted above. The chicken skewer dish came with 2 very meagre and dry skewers of chicken along with an abundance of stodgy boiled rice and a tiny tub (about 30ml) of sauce. Having stayed In Thailand and currently having a Thai resident in our home we can certainly say that the food provided was not particularly authentic and did not meet the expectations of either Irish or Thai standards. Mad for mao? Mad at mao more like. Spent €50 for a mediocre meal, poor service and a broken promise. If we had chosen any other comparable establishment we would certainly have spent less and received better service and far superior food.

Neon is one of my favourite spots in Dublin! Love how easy the self-service setup is, whether…read moreyou're eating in or grabbing takeaway. The menu has great variety, portion sizes are generous, and my favorite was the Thai curry. And of course, finishing with the soft-serve ice cream is always a winner.

Fantastic food spot! We ordered takeout and the food came out really quickly. I got a pad thai jay,…read moreit was pretty good. The staff were helpful, they didn't have the chips that typically come with the meals so they offered us an ice cream cone instead- really nice! The interior was really cute, lots of seating & a cozy vibe. Would love to try more here.

A great and unique find in the Temple Bar area! The food is delicious! It is good to come with a…read moresmall group so you can try lots of different options. It was suggested to order about 3-4 items per person but my group was good with about 2-3 each, with a few sides. We had the pork bao, Ayam satay, Bami Goreng, Javanese short rib, and short rib bao. For sides we had fries, basmati rice, and mixed pickles. They place adorable hot plates lit by tea lights to keep it all warm while you eat. My favorite was the pork bao. The pancake was the perfect texture of fluffiness and dense enough to balance with the pork. The pork melted in your mouth and had a delicious slightly sweet sauce on it. This place is worth it!

Excellent food and a great value! My gf and I came in last night without a reservation and were…read morelucky enough to be seated right away. We ordered the "java" (meat) menu, along with 2 of their tapas (sweet sambal udang and Javanese short rib of beef), and an extra side of rice. We appreciated the variety of flavors in this single meal. Some things that stood out: 1. The noodles in the noodle dish were of a great texture and were spicy (which I loved) 2. You could tell the short rib really had been cooked for 10 hours bc of how it fell apart and melted in your mouth 3. The beef redang and kari Java (lamb) has a generous portion of meat. If you want to enjoy the sauce completely, I recommend asking for an extra side of rice to eat it with 4. The satay was fried! It was my first time having fried satay and hopefully not my last Overall the meal was fantastic and because of that, it made me feel less guilty about getting Indonesian while in Dublin. Definitely check it out!

Where is my order? I ordered through Uber Eats, there was no tracking, no times, now I'm forced to…read moresit outside because apparently it won't even give you a notification and I live in an apartment building. Now it's been over an hour and no one can answer the phone. Absolutely ridiculous. Will be showing up tomorrow.

I ordered with the Uber Eats app, being informed that the order would be delivered between 10-20…read moremins. As soon as I placed the order the delivery time changed to 50minutes. I had to call them as it hadn't arrived after 55minutes. They don't use the Uber Eats app, so there is now way of tracking the order. After calling the the restaurant and being informative that it would be 5 minutes, it then arrived 25 minutes later. So over an hour later than I originally thought. It wasn't worth waiting for. The Pad Thai was very flavourless, bland and disappointing. The egg fried rice was nice, but that's as good as more order was. I do not recommend this restaurant based on my order.

Geez. Upon arrival we were thinking we picked a great spot. They then proceeded to seat us by the…read morefire extinguishers when there was other seating. Our waitress could barely speak English. We suspect she was Polish. The food was 20 euro a plate and was not spicy at all. Overpriced and over poor service. Photo of our view for dinner. If in town go to Thai Orchid instead.

Great place for some good drinks, and a fun atmosphere…read more Even though I was visiting Dublin, I was really craving some Thai food. I saw the good reviews for Koh on Yelp, so I decided to visit for some drinks, and dinner. The restaurant was busy when I arrived, so my friend and I had to sit in the bar area. There are smaller tables, and chairs, but it was still pretty comfortable. To start my evening, I got the Hugo drink. It's made with prosecco, and St. Germain. It was really tasty and refreshing. My friend got the Old Fashioned No.2 and really liked it as well. For a meal I got the Chicken Pad Thai. It was very delicious, and filled me right up. One of the better Pad Thai's I've had. My friend got the Chicken Chilli & Holy Basil and really enjoyed it. It was very spicy, and just how she likes it. Koh was one of the better restaurants I visited in Dublin. The whole vibe was great, and more importantly, the food was excellent.

The epicurean foodhall is not a place where I would sit down for a long leisury meal and enjoy my…read moresurroundings. It's bright, it's loud, it's busy. But it's a handy go to place for a quick bite or take-away. I purchased a deal online for Asian Fusion. 5€ for a main and drink. Dirt cheap. Got a thai chicken red curry on the go. It was freshly prepared and not scooped out of the buffet, which I was glad about. I was hungry, so it satisfied me. Have I had better red curries? definitely. 2 stars for the food. 1 star for the smiley, friendly girl who helped me. While I waited I checked out the menu and buffet. They do a plate for 8€ and an all you can eat for 9,50€ . Thai, Chinese and Indian. There seems to be a good selection there. I would recommend if you are absolutely starving and are minding your budget.

Food too expensive and serving sizes small. The restaurant is clean and neat and the waiters nice.read more

Nice area near Temple Bar and Trinity College. Intended on dining at a different place nearby but…read morewhen we saw that it was empty, walked around a bit. Lots of choices in the area. Saw this place was busy and after checking Yelp, stepped on in. We were seated right away. Pleasant hostess and server. Tried the chicken satay appetizer. Good portion of chicken with a mild, but thick, peanut sauce coating the chicken. I tried the garlic pepper chicken. It had fresh, well cooked veggies with a light sauce. Chicken was ok. Came with white rice but should have ordered the fried rice for more flavor. Son ordered the Pad Thai and the portion size was good. Not bad, not great. Solid four stars.