Great food! Got the tasting menu... a lot of food! Loved best the hummus, aioli mayo dipping sauce,…read moreand my sangria.

Went to the City Center in Dublin yesterday after work to relax and see the sites with my sales…read moreleaders last night. They recommended The Port House and it was phenomenal! The food options were unique in that everything on the menu are appetizers....everything! Huge selection so we ordered a number of items including duck confit, brisket sliders, a cheese plate, and lots more. The vibe was amazing and I loved the decor inside. The service was spot on! I'm definitely making this a "must" on my next visit!

Galito is a Portuguese restaurant masquerading as a Tapas bar. We're fortunate to have this here in…read moreBray. The food is far better than many tapas bars I have been to, and tastes like they've taken their time to prepare it. Staff is friendly, and always have a smile. Prices are reasonable, and food is top notch. I suggest it.

They have the best oysters! The plan for the day was to drive to Howth and explore the town. But…read moreheavy rains and wind ruined those plans. Since we were on this side of the town, we decided to make the most of it and look for a meal of seafood. I had Octopussy's Tapas bookmarked when researching for the trip, so we decided to stop in for lunch. It was a Thursday at around 1:30, and the restaurant was almost full. It's a very small restaurant and it's mostly high top tables with bar stools, so it wasn't exactly looking baby-friendly, since had our 8-month old and a stroller with us. Luckily, they have a small back room (literally a room that can probably seat 4-6 people) that was available, and they seat us back there. It was nice and cozy, and cute - decorated like you were on a ship. Here is what we ordered: -Carlingford Oysters (served in the shell with fresh lemon) - these oysters were everything! They were big, shucked properly, and tasted super fresh. It didn't need anything but the lemon but they did recommend us trying their housemade hot sauce. We did and we loved it, and ended up buying a bottle to take home. We also ended up ordering some more oysters for dessert (lol) -Seafood Chowder (squid, mussels, smoked coley, & prawns served with homemade brown bread) - this was full of seafood. It is heavy though since chowder is cream-based so I would recommend sharing this, as opposed to ordering one on your own. The brown bread was also very nice -Seafood Paella (paella rice, chorizo, mussels, gambas, squid rings, and smoked coley) - another dish filled with seafood. They don't skimp out here! I could have done without the squid rings (they tasted rubber-bandy, like they're from frozen), and the smoked coley. I'm not a huge fan of smoked foods. I didn't really taste it in the chowder - maybe the cream covered it up, but I was able to taste it more in the paella -Whiskey Scallops (cooked in whiskey butter) - very rich but the scallops were good. You definitely want to dip some of the brown bread in this sauce There were so many other dishes we wanted to try but we had to stop ourselves from ordering too much for two people. Overall, it was a great meal and at these prices for seafood?! You really can't beat it.

2.5/5. They were busy, service was distracted. Nice location by the water. Fish and chips was…read moretasty. Salmon in the tomato broth was very fresh. Unfortunately the pil pil was unseasoned and tasted like tomato paste. No beer, only wine and soft drinks.

I really wanted to try some places in Dublin city centre, where I've (still) never been on a night…read moreout and was initially a bit disappointed to stay in Dundrum but we had a great experience here. I'd realised this place was related to somewhere in the city centre so knew I was getting a little taste of that anyway. A lot of other places in Dundrum are major chains you will have eaten at before so this I think is one of the best evening options that's a little bit different. The wine, sherry and port selection is extremely wide and I was delighted in everything I drank. I had a warming sherry to start and also tried a lychee-like marsala and a fantastic little port taster - literally named for those who can't make their mind up - the white and medium (not the technical term) were brilliant. While nothing food wise was extraordinarily memorable it was highly consistent and arrived at a good pace for us. Definitely would recommend if you're in the area and would return if nearby myself.

Stopped in without reservations during a recent holiday while our teens shopped at the nearby…read moreDundrum shopping centre. Gracious hostess and wait staff seated us immediately (after showing proof of vaccination status) and we enjoyed a fun selection of tapas and a delicious wine. Will definitely come again if we are in the area during another holiday.

I stopped in for a quick dinner.I enjoyed the flavor of the jamon iberico. I also had a order of…read morethe grilled asparagus which was a little too heavy on the butter. To drink I had the classic sangria. I cannot recommend ordering this, the flavor was off and the fruit pieces were just chopped up lemon. Waitstaff were very welcoming to a solo diner.

Seated across from women who was coughing uncontrollably. She's obviously sick and should leave…read morerestaurant. Staff does nothing so I have to leave. Awful.

Got a table right away at 8 pm on a busy Saturday. The till was a bit cranky, but we got the order…read morein. I ordered chicken piri piri butterfly (hot) and the Spier Merlot. They came to my table and informed me the Merlot is no longer available and offered a refund or substitution. I switched to the Cabernet Sauvignon, which stood up to the spicy food. Everything--including green salad and garlic bread--was tasty. Attentive service, vibrant atmosphere, quick food delivery.

Had a takeout order, stated 20 min, took at least 40 to receive food at 9pm. In addition, they…read moredidn't include multiple items in the order. Staff was apathetic and not concerned about takeout orders.

I somehow ended up at Nando's twice in a week. They have a good vegan chicken sandwich that I got…read moreto try the first time and my husband liked his wings so much he needed to go one more time before we left Ireland. I wasn't that hungry on our second visit so I got the tomato salad and garlic bread and they were so good! The tomato salad was a little bit spicy and the garlic bread reminded me of Texas toast, very nostalgic. Pro-tip. Sit on the second floor so you don't have to walk up three flights of stairs to go to the restroom!

I visited Nando's for the very first time on Friday, Jan 17, 2025, before 2:30 PM during my Ireland…read moretrip. I was skeptical about coming here. I heard it was a hyped-up place that was available all over the UK. However, I was surprised and enjoyed my food! I ordered: 1/4 Chicken with Regular Coleslaw and Regular Spicy Rice - €13.20 (as of Jan 2025) - SoOoO their chicken was alright - not too salty. The roasted flavor was decent but the chicken meat was a little dry. The BEAUTY of this dish is the sauce! I tried their Lemon & Herb, which was good - tangy. But you need to try their Peri Peri sauce, which is self-serve. The sauces are made of African Bird's Eye Chillies, lemon, and garlic! I believe I grabbed the medium and it was soOo yummy! The sauce is what made the whole meat elevated. Not too spicy, adds more flavor and punch to the dish, and I can't stop thinking about this sauce! You really have to try it haha. - I picked coleslaw (I needed some 'veggies'!), and the spicy rice was good - nothing spectacular, but they were good. I'm not going to lie; this dish is a little overpriced, but the sauce got me googly-eyed, lol. We ended up ordering online, which was very handy. Here is the link to order, just plug in the location: https://www.nandos.ie/order/search Customer Service: The guy who greeted us and brought out our food was super friendly. Our friend had gone to the restroom and the server offered to place her food back under the warmer when he brought it out to prevent it from getting cold. Very thoughtful! Seating: They have two floors of seating available, and we sat on the first floor. No problems getting seated. All in all, I would recommend that you try Nando's at least once during your trip!

This is an unusual review for me as we didn't nor wouldn't actually dine in this over priced place…read morebecause it's factory processed, antibiotic laden, cheap chicken that ain't my idea of a good meal in or out. It gives me a reason to have a rant on yet another birthday. Boy they come around faster and faster. Still if I joined the choir invisible today I'd have no grounds for complaint. I reached an age I never imagined and it's been a real adventure with the greatest woman on earth with me over 50 years. Back to this chicken shack. I did once try their peri sauces and found them acrid and unpleasant the least they could do is balance the sourness. Most of the sides too are factory made, batch - frozen and delivered in store so there ain't a lot of actual cooking going on. More oven and microwave prep. There was a time when the saving grace of these places was that they were cheap, and maybe even cheerful, very much because it's processed antibiotic laden, cheap flaccid underdeveloped chicken and the factory produced vegetable sides: potatoes (mash & chips) white rice, frozen cob corn (yeuch) peas, coleslaw and white bread were and still are relatively cheap, but production costs have risen (and now are falling back) price gouging is in the mix but they still get away with minimum wages. If you take the two butterfly breast burger meal with two sides on their menu for one person (€21) I can buy two 35 day, dry aged, 10 oz Irish sirloin steaks with two servings of either home made chips, or my own very good buttery maris piper mash, carrots and parsnips for less than €21 for two people say €10 each including cooking and I'd still have left over potatoes, carrot and parsnip to make well seasoned potato cakes fried in butter as part of another meal. This restaurant also sells chicken livers at a whopping €18.25 with 2 sides. Livers retail at €5 a kilo. If I swopped the two steaks above for fresh chicken livers my meal would be about €4 euro a head or 4 such meals for the price of this particular €21 chicken dinner. If you genuinely can't afford proper dine out food why not skip two Nando's and get one from somewhere that actually cooks much of its food from scratch and provided flavour.

Very recent and welcome addition to the food options at Whitewater, Nandos offers exactly the same…read morechicken with everything you'd expect. It does exactly what it says on the tin. On this occasion, however, the chips were a bit overdone, the burger bun was somewhat under baked and the chicken somewhat underwhelming. I know they can do this but, on a first visit, it was somewhat meh!