The Mongolian Barbeque

Ambience. B Service. B…read moreFood. B Price. B Found at end of O'Connell. It's advertised as Chinese hot pot and Korean fare. I wanted bi bibimbop to experience lots of ban Chan lost in translation I bibimbop only had shredded marinated cucumbers and I got a side of kimchee. Don't get me wrong. The bibimbop I ordered with sea eel that comes with sweet thick soya. Good flavors. I just wish there more Kim banchan offerings. They did give me a complimentary miso soup. Tasty but I don't think I I want to come back for bibimbop here. Will try for Chinese and Korean bbq next time. Just me.

I ordered delivery and I politely requested to include utensils and napkins as I'm in a hotel. I…read morereceived neither even though the request was printed on the receipt stapled to the bag. The flavor of the ginger onion beef was pretty good but note that they don't give you rice with your entree (may very well be just a USA norm) only one of my items arrived hot, one was missing entirely and the scallion pancakes are like a tough roti/naan..very chewy, a little dry, honestly difficult to eat.

1.4 km•South Circular Road

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2.5(11 reviews)

More 2.5stars, most of the dishes are hit and miss to be honest... Here's my thing, it's perfect…read morefor that random I don't want to human today and you order an ole curry chip tray or spice bag but I wouldn't be going all out thinking I'll get an amazing authentic Chinese dish. Delivery is generally quick which is an added plus for these guys and my reliable from here is shredded salt n chilli chicken

pretty purple interior and nice food we had to wait quite a…read morewhile -- but we got a lot of food and there weren't many employees, so it was to be expected

Mao at Home

3.2(5 reviews)

9.6 km•Tallaght

Got a very good and what I believe a healthy option take away from Mao !! Picked it up and drove it…read morehome food was still piping hot which was great. We got the beef and black pepper and honey and chicken ginger both came with delicious veg and were beautiful!! It was accompanied wit a steamed rice and noodles.. I would highly recommend if like us a trying to eat healthy. Cant wait for January to be over to make a mess of myself again

Love Mao @ home. Great selection of delicious food, lots of healthy options, good portion sizes but…read morecan be a little expensive (Lunch menu is good value tho). Most of the staff are very friendly.

Hong Kong chicken and naan bread

Singapore Noodles. Very tasty

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Nasi Goreng. Very tasty and filling!

Lemongrass Citywest

4.0(21 reviews)

14.2 km•Rathcoole

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I order a little bit of food because I'm on a diet but there gave me extra food by accident and I…read moresaid to them to come back and take the food and then said keep I hate wasting food so I had to eat it and I was on a diet

On July 9th, 2017 my daughter & I decided to come to this restaurant after a long day of driving…read morefrom Belfast to Dublin then doing the touristy thing like whiskey tasting (had to twist our arms for that one. ha ha) as it was conveniently located next to our hotel plus we didn't want to eat the traditional hotel food, whether it be in the restaurant or room service. When we first walked in we were immediately hit by the smell of seafood. It wasn't too overpowering but I don't really like the smell of it as it makes me nauseous. We were contemplating either staying & just dealing with it until the hostess asked if we would like to sit outside which I immediately said yes. The outside seating is not out in the elements but rather in an enclosed patio but you still get plenty of fresh air and for me, could not smell the seafood which was a good thing. The enclosed patio (outdoor seating) was not loud at all, though we were the only ones sitting out there but I don't see it getting loud like the main restaurant as there are only 4 tables out there. With the decor of the of the patio (bamboo, miniature Japanese maples, a Buddha, etc.) it gives you a very calming & tranquil feeling. On to the menu....it is off the charts! So many things to choose from that all sounded so yummy we didn't know where to begin! We decided to start with their Beef Gyosa, which is a Japanese grilled beef dumpling with ginger, garlic, sake wine & soy sauce and oh so delicious! My daughter ordered the Massaman Lamb. This dish is a slow cooked Thai lamb with baby potatoes, red onions & crushed peanuts. It looked like a lamb stew (see picture), and it was served with steamed rice and vegetables. My daughter loved it! I ordered the Spicy Chicken & Basil. It is wok fried chicken breasts with basil, ginger & soy sauce, served with fried rice & steamed vegetables. Loved it! All the food was very light, not heavy on the stomach, and had unbelievable flavor! It actually reminded me of a restaurant in my own town in California that I love and it is also called Lemongrass. I kind of think they forgot about us as we were the only ones sitting in the patio area and it took quite a while and several attempts to get our check. We did speak with a woman who I think was the owner as she came to check on us. She was very nice & friendly. We discussed various food types, the restaurants delicious food and when we got on to Korean food she mentioned a Korean restaurant in the town of Dublin (we were on the outskirts in Saggart which is South of Dublin) that was good and then she started saying she was graving it. Pretty funny & friendly. All in all, it was a very good restaurant and food was great! When we got back to our hotel (next door) we noticed in their room service menu that you can order Lemongrass food from room service & have it delivered. Can't get anymore convenient then that! If you're staying at the City West Hotel & Golf Restaurant I would definitely recommend this restaurant. And if you're not but you want a nice treat I also recommend coming here for some delicious Thai Asian Fusion food. Food pricing is not inexpensive by any means, it's more a mid range to a little expensive but it's worth it in my opinion. The food is delicious and the flavors will pop in your mouth!

Veggie egg roll

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Spicy Bite

3.2(9 reviews)

0.7 km•North Inner City

waste of money,The staff is very rude and unprofessional, don't waste your time.never recommended.read more

food not nice, waste of money , staff is rude, n taste, and they always charge extra then mentionread more

Fried items

Vegetarian dishes

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Ten Thousand World Buffet

1.9(10 reviews)

0.7 km

The food is always nice and hot I wouldn't recommend the ice cream it always has ice bits in it The…read moresushi is great YOU ALSO HAVE TO BUY DRINKS THEIR NOT FREE And children have to pay adult price if their taller than the counter at the entrance which is not fair

My one star might seem a little harsh, but I can only really rate the ice cream as that was all I…read morewas really able to stomach. The restaurant is advertised as an all you can eat Irish, Mexican and Chinese buffet. I didn't see any Irish or Mexican food while there. Of the 'Chinese' selection I tried the chicken curry, the sweet and sour chicken, chicken and black bean sauce, the fried rice and noodles. The only semi-decent food was the rice and noodles. There was a small sushi offering in the corner that had possibly been sitting there for more than a few hours. The wasabi had completely dried up. It was nothing short of awful. What also annoyed me was the lack of free refills on drinks. Drinks are 2e each and the glasses are tiny. Free refills would have earned them an extra star. I had the teppenaki (I had never heard of this before) and it was pathetic. Three tiny pieces of chicken, three pieces of pepper and some onion and mushroom all fried together. Honestly, my husband could do a much better job and that is saying something. The ice cream is the only reason I can think of for awarding the one star. The ice cream was all you can eat, and it was okay. There was also a selection of sauces to put on top. It was just okay, I can't say much more. All in all this is one place to avoid. It's about the same price as Full House but no where near as good.

Decent meal

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Jimmy Chungs

2.6(42 reviews)

0.4 km•North Inner City

Jimmy Chungs is one of the latest Chinese buffets to hit Dublin. There's lots all over Scotland,…read moreand this branch opened earlier this year. I went here with a few friends before a concert in the 02 the other day and it was fine. Not great, but not awful. It's what you'd expect from a Chinese buffet - kinda gloopy food that's been sitting there for a while, but it tastes fine. It is good value - lunch Mon-Thurs is €10.90 per person and all you can eat, but it jumps to €12.90 at the weekend. Then dinner (after 5pm) will set you back €17.90 all week. They have a good variety - 20 starters and 40 main courses. Get this though - kids have to be under 4 foot 5" to avail of the kids rice (€6.50/€7.50 for lunch and €12.50 for dinner). So if you're a really tall kid, don't go here because you'll be overcharged!

Don't go if you're not that hungry. That's like spitting in the face of China…read more Go before five pm and it'll be much cheaper, try and get the student discount too.

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Every kind of chicken imaginable... Fried of course!!

Kung Fu Buffet

2.8(10 reviews)

1.8 km•Broadstone

Pretty good for what you get. So I'm a fan of the occasional Chinese take away. Usually occurs when…read moreI'm working late and don't have much money to spare. When working in the phibsboro area I popped into Kung fu Buffet for a 4 in 1 and found it to be quite pleasant indeed. The food was as you would expect with a Chinese take away slightly greasy but the portion I got was massive and there was an adequate amount of everything within it. Also I didn't feel sick afterwards which was a bonus and it only cost me a mere €4.50 for the entire meal. With huge chunks of chicken and friendly staff I was quite pleased with my experience here!

this chinese buffet has an excellent spot here in the quirky area of Phibsboro and is quite…read moreinteresting with its bruce lee pictures outside which encourage you to look. however and this is a big however for me, the food is mainly greasy, deep fried as in chicken balls, chicken wings etc and i think they need to have much more fresh cooked food, more vegetables and less chips, they are not chinese food! i like to think irish people have moved on from the 3in1 and are ready to explore more choices that chinese food can supply but i just didn't like the look of their buffet. i could'nt imagine eating more than one plate of the grease.

Why oh why is everything fried in batter?

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Nice seating areas that were kept very clean

Buffet 79

2.7(6 reviews)

0.6 km•North Inner City

Horrible horrible food…read more I mean, I really don't want to write a bad review unless it's *really* bad and I think this place falls under that category. The ambience is pretty dingy but I didn't want to "judge a book by its cover" and went on to try out their buffet. They do multi-cuisine and barring the Indian section, most of them were quite bad and extremely oily. The poppadums were fried in reused oil which smells really unappetizing. IMO, you get a much better meal for 7 euros in the same locality (think Boojum).

I went tonight again :-) All you can eat for €6.99 and €1…read morefor a bottled drink (NOT €2 like the other review says) Ok so yes, the chicken is all on the bone, as it often is in countries like India or the Middle East. That means that your tray ends up littered with bones by the end of the meal but when in Rome.... If you like your curries all fancy and well presented this wouldn't be for you - it is an all you can eat, self-service diner after all - but personally I think the taste of all the curried chicken and chickpea and lentil dishes is awesome and this alone makes it worthwhile for me. It is clean? Clean enough. Is it quiet? Not really. Is it super friendly? Well, the staff seem to be one big family and seem to have a lot of friends who come in... It's cheap, you can eat the equivalent of two meals if you're that way inclined and most of the clientele seem to be from Middle eastern countries, which to me is a plus when choosing where to eat my curries. I don't tend to eat the European or Chinese meals, I'd say they're a bit average. During the daytime I'd usually go down into the other buffets beside LIDL on the same street but Buffet 79 stays open later... Whether you'll enjoy it I think will depend on what your priorities are. Me? I love it.

Meat on the bone

Italian food?

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Dessert

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Nyree B.

11 years ago

Popped in here with my son & his girlfriend this afternoon. The place was busy as I imagine there was a rush on before the 4.30pm deadline for the lunch-time special finished. Our name was taken and a table was ready within a matter of moments. For 5.90 each we all enjoyed a large bowl of stir fried fresh food. As my dining companions are both vegetarians they were able to pull together a most satisfying & filling meal. Also as both are college students they got their loyalty cards stamped and we were on our way again! read more

Jeff L.

8 years ago

came in this shithole and there was a bunch of bitch ass kids with their faglord parents so i was pissed off!!!!!!! so i took the fat kids head and slammed it on the grill and his head melted!!! i turned around and kicked his dad in the nuts and blew up the place but ketchupman strolled around the corner and suplexed me into the sewer and now im here writing this review!!! fuck this place and fuck ketchup asshole man!!!!! read more

J D.

11 years ago

I've been there twice and its great value for money. You pick all the ingredients for your meal yourself and you are good to go. Be sure to tell them if you are a vegetarian as they fry everything on the same surface. Great food! read more

Heidi F.

3 years ago

Great, wonderful, I loved it and i had an amazing time!

Alex B.

12 years ago

One of my favourite places to go when I'm hungry.

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