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The Counter

3.6 (48 reviews)
ModerateBurgers, American, Sandwiches
Open • 12:30 pm - 9:30 PM

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Good for kids
Outdoor seating
Good for groups

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Kate M.

I really like the counter - its good burgers, with a novelty factor. It's kind of styled on an old school diner - we're not talking kitsch red and leather booths, but its just casual, with a bar where you can just order milkshakes and watch the tv - usually playing The Simpsons etc. When you are seated they give you a little menu on a clip board and a little pencil. Then you tick the boxes as appropriate - whether you'd like a beef, turkey, chicken or veggie burger, what sauce you'd like, what toppings you'd like and so on and so forth. This place is great for a date - as it's fun and gives you both something to chat about! They do great milkshakes and as a starter I'd definitely recommend the 50/50 - half onion rings and fries to share. They're yum! The burgers are big enough to do for a main course in themselves. They also do a yummy cookie for dessert - it's giant, they heat it and serve it with whipped cream!

Bison burger with some sweet potato fries! As good as it looks!
Megan K.

Fast and tasty food, for a reasonable price! The first time I came here, il admit I wasn't convinced! But the boyfriend seems to love it so I decided to give it another shot...very happy that I did!! I went for the build your own burger. I love how the menu for it works. Just tick off what you want and hand it to the waiter - simples! I got the Bison burger with cheddar cheese, onion, egg and BBQ sauce. Oh nelly it was good! For sides I went for some sweet potato fries which where fabulous! But wait! That's not all! The icing on the cake was the "adult shake" I got! Bourbon vanilla cream milkshake. Winning! It was heavenly! Ideal for sharing as it's slightly heavy! Great little spot!

Gluten free diy burger
Florence S.

This place is great ! First, it's open all day long so don't worry, even if it's 3pm you can get an awesome burger there. Second, the service is really nice, not sure if it's because the last restaurant I've noted was so bad about that, but I found the waitress here really smily and nice. She explained us the concept of the diy burgers and answered our questions very nicely. I've decided to do a burger with gluten free buns, organic meat, onions, spinach leaves, goat cheese, green beans, egg and bacon. I've chosen with this apricot sauce and mustard which both came on side, happily, since I didn't really like the apricot sauce which tasted everything but apricot to me, the mustard one was nice tho. The burger was seriously awesome, the goat cheese was great and the meat too, I really enjoyed it. I'm really sad I didn't discover that place before. I had normal fries with that, nothing special to say about that, it was just normal fries. My boyfriend took the one with cheddar and was pretty disappointed about it so I wouldn't recommend these. The cheese came all dry on top of the fries so not melted at all. He also ordered a peanut butter milkshake, this one was soooo good ! The food is worth the price. I'd go back there tomorrow if I could, to try a new great combo !

Parmesan fries
Rachel M.

Went to counter in dundrum over the Christmas period and it was a Q out the door. After a twenty minute wait we got a good seat in the corner. As a party of three we ordered an abnormal amount of food. I noticed a change in the menu which was nice to see, they were keeping up with the latest crazes like quinoa on a burger or a chemical free organic beef but I just went for the usual updated name of a bison beef burger. The change of name got me excited the the quality of meat might to have also been ungraded but it was the same as always. Probably frozen burger meat. The best thing about counter is obviously building your burger exactly how you want it and the toppings are delicious. The crispy onion strings are also delicious. However the wing sauce is my personal favourite. Negative things are the burger itself it's not the most flavoursome hence why you need so many sauces. The Parmesan chips got a bit too much. It was also quite a greasy experience for all of my party. It's a fine place to grab a quick burger in dun drum after a shopping spree. In terms of a quality burger stop, counter is not the one. Staff were polite and friendly.

Chicken bacon burger
Jane D.

Great place for a greasy hangover burger.. The build your own process is very fun and clever. I like the counter a lot, I've been here a few times but it's defo not my fav burger in Dublin. Love THER crispy onion strings but my god get the napkins at the ready cause they are very greasy... Wud reccommend to any hungover person but not somewher i would choose for a meal otherwise...

Build Your Own Burger
Sharon S.

BUILD YOUR OWN BURGER! OK! Ha ha... Never has going out for a burger been so much fun! This place has a great concept; with a build your own burger menu they give you along with a pencil, you can build up your burger however you imagined it in your wildest dreams. From the size of meat, meat type, bun or in a bowl and then, oh man, it just gets better, you select what cheese, sauces, toppings and bun style and then tick off any sides you wanna put with it. Upside is, all of the above, Downside is that I can take awhile to perfect my burger.. ha ha! Although on that note, their main menu does allow you to select from what they call the 'Expert Burgers' these are ones crafted by the chefs and good ole reliable put together for your eating pleasure. Their starter and sides menu is extensive, the portions are great so train your eyes, not to be bigger than your belly!!! They have huge selection of drinks from soft drinks, alcoholic as well as malts, shakes (and yes, you can build your own shake), floats, etc. The service was a little hit n' miss when I was last here, was asked 4 times for our order although we had already given it, the drinks took a wee while to come and also they missed out a portion of sweet potato fries, they did hook me up and were super nice and prompt about it. It's a casual place so hey, it's not the end of the world, just it could be better.

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Great food with amazing milkshakes. Cozy restaurant with great food. I highly recommend it!

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2.9(20 reviews)
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Went here yesterday evening for the second time. I got exactly the same food I got the first time:…read morethai green curry, bread and butter pudding with ice cream and a tea. Last night the curry was far too hot for a thai green curry. It was even hotter than a red green curry. I didn't fancy anything else off the menu as it's quite limited but the chef definitely over did it on the chillis. For what it is this place is quite expensive. I got the 19.95 special menu deal which worked out 15 cent cheaper than if I just ordered the exact same dishes off the menu separately... Not sure who thought up the specials but they obviously didn't put too much thought into them! I finished my main before my partner did and the waitress took my plate while my partner was still eating and she also asked me if I wanted my dessert. I told her id wait. On top of this other staff were hoovering around us which was just really rude and unprofessional. I'm giving it 3 stars as the first time I went the food and service was better but if I were to rate it on yesterday alone is only give it 2.5 stars! I won't be back

Nice decor and relatively friendly staff, but the coffee was absolutely terrible unfortunately -- I…read morehate wasting a cappuccino but it tasted so burnt it was absolutely undrinkable. Also, because the space is so narrow, it gets very, very loud even when it isn't full -- might be ok for a quick work lunch but at a table of four we could barely hear each other over the din. I would have found it ok for a bar, but not for lunch. They did have gluten-free muffins to enjoy with our coffee (or without, in this case) so props for that.

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