I definitely second the recommendation for Herbstreet. We went there a couple of weeks ago following a Twitter recommendation on a Saturday morning and was pleasantly surprised.
Service was brilliant and the food very good as well – 2 full breakfasts. Very nice – not your usual greasy fry.
Will definitely be going back – saw the pancakes as we left so they’re next to be tried.
And I’d ‘third’ the recommendation for Herbstreet. Haven’t been in a little while but every time I have been it’s been consistantly excellent. Perfect in the summer for long lazy brunches too.
Wondering if the deal your reader got was a school day one?
Was there at the weekend and was, yet again, flabbergasted a the prices. Where you do that little startled, die-in-your-throat chortle when your outrage is slightly over-ridden by the fact that you’re actually kind of impressed at the unapologetic chutzpah of the person who evidently sat down and consciously put these figures down on a menu in the current economic climate.
Example: Eggs Benedict and Eggs Florentine were 11.95, as far as I remember. 12 euros for Eggs Florentine? And I’m talking a *small* dish here. But, the fun part was that if you wanted to add a sausage or a rasher? 3 euros extra, please. Perhaps you’d prefer salmon and creme fraiche? 4 euros!
That said, the owner seems like a nice guy, the service is good and the food is consistently good in the breakfast department – burgers are nothing to write home about at all – but not something you can easily justify splashing out on regularly when you can get a breakfast bagel from Cafe Java nearby for less than a fiver.
If the deal above is true, then I whole-heartedly endorse it. Didn’t see it myself, though. Otherwise, the price : value ratio is way too high for me and probably a lot of other people at the moment.
Wednesday 25 November, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Chris – is that An Grianán theatre in Letterkenny, or another place?
Wednesday 25 November, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I definitely second the recommendation for Herbstreet. We went there a couple of weeks ago following a Twitter recommendation on a Saturday morning and was pleasantly surprised.
Service was brilliant and the food very good as well – 2 full breakfasts. Very nice – not your usual greasy fry.
Will definitely be going back – saw the pancakes as we left so they’re next to be tried.
Diarmuid
Wednesday 25 November, 2009 at 2:43 pm
And I’d ‘third’ the recommendation for Herbstreet. Haven’t been in a little while but every time I have been it’s been consistantly excellent. Perfect in the summer for long lazy brunches too.
Wednesday 25 November, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Not a fan of herbstreet per se – had a burger there one day that was definitely ‘gone off’ and I am not enamoured of their pricing.
Wednesday 2 December, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Wondering if the deal your reader got was a school day one?
Was there at the weekend and was, yet again, flabbergasted a the prices. Where you do that little startled, die-in-your-throat chortle when your outrage is slightly over-ridden by the fact that you’re actually kind of impressed at the unapologetic chutzpah of the person who evidently sat down and consciously put these figures down on a menu in the current economic climate.
Example: Eggs Benedict and Eggs Florentine were 11.95, as far as I remember. 12 euros for Eggs Florentine? And I’m talking a *small* dish here. But, the fun part was that if you wanted to add a sausage or a rasher? 3 euros extra, please. Perhaps you’d prefer salmon and creme fraiche? 4 euros!
That said, the owner seems like a nice guy, the service is good and the food is consistently good in the breakfast department – burgers are nothing to write home about at all – but not something you can easily justify splashing out on regularly when you can get a breakfast bagel from Cafe Java nearby for less than a fiver.
If the deal above is true, then I whole-heartedly endorse it. Didn’t see it myself, though. Otherwise, the price : value ratio is way too high for me and probably a lot of other people at the moment.
Thursday 3 December, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Your comment made me laugh Vincent, but you’re completely right – €15 for a small portion eggs, bread and bacon is completely outrageous.