The Grand Social, one of the best pubs in Dublin, serves delicious big soup cups of Irish stew, packed with meat and veg and full of flavour and heartiness, with two slices of buttered McCambridge’s bread, for just €5. For €8, you can have stew and a pint of your choice. It’s served all day [...]

Put on your stretchy Christmas pants. Next year, Europe is probably going to pull the world into the abyss once again, so I think people should make an effort to enjoy Christmas as much as they can. Oh yeah, money: nobody has any. Or, to put it another way, a small few well-insulated, and cosseted [...]

I’ll keep this one brief. If you’re shopping in Dublin and need a good value lunch or dinner pitstop, check out Fallon and Byrne‘s food options. The pre-theatre deal is off until January, to be replaced by a much more expensive “Christmas menu”- it’s €38 instead of €28.81, plus a €5 supplement for the steak. [...]

As a kid, I sneered obnoxiously at other people’s Christmas dinners. “We,” I lorded in the boastful voice of a nine-year-old boy, “have turkey, ham, and roast beef.” Surprisingly, my face went relatively unpunched. Even though my folks would have been far from flathulaich, the rules of reason went out the door for the Christmas [...]

Today’s Pricewatch in The Irish Times features a comprehensive article on Ireland’s best cheap eats, with recommendations on the best deals in Dublin, Galway, Cork, Limerick, and Athlone. It’s written by our very own Peter, he of this website. We all know about early bird options, but Peter’s article covers lunches and dinners that stretch into [...]

Next week is is Dine In Dublin, where almost 50 restaurants around the city will offer a starter, main and dessert, from a set menu, for either €20, €25, or €30. There’s some fantastic restaurants taking part, including Fallon and Byrne, The Green Hen, Dada, Koh, L’Gueleton, La Cave, and the Hop House, and I’m [...]

At last! Tomorrow, Aldi are opening up in Sandyford, south county Dublin. If, like me, you refused to drive past several branches of Lidl to get to Aldi in Nutgrove, this will be very good news indeed. Aldi don’t stock the very amazing Fruchtsaft or cheap organic potatoes – until they do, I won’t be [...]

I’ve received some odd packages in my day. None stranger than the single Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, delicately wrapped in a pretty little purple box, that popped through my letterbox the other day, without so much as a note to say who it was from. Em, thanks? Em, eat Dairy Milk, it’s nice? A more substantial [...]

In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope discusses the growth of own-brand products in Irish supermarkets, and points the way towards thousands of euro in annual savings. An interesting and useful article.

I’m always bleating on about how the M&S Dine In for Two for €12.50 offer is the best food deal in Ireland. I’d never found a restaurant that could match it. Until now – and from a rather unexpected quarter. Cheapeats was recently invited to try out The Exchequer’s Sunday roast for four people deal. [...]