Pity the miserable denizens of that bleak stretch of Dublin I call Middle Baggot Street, a place dominated by the hulking Bank of Ireland headquarters and a series of grey office buildings. Other Baggoty workers looking for lunch or coffee, either on the upper (before the canal) and lower (after Pembroke Street) sides, can head to [...]

The online takeaway service FeedMe.ie has quite a generous offer going on this evening – they will donate 20% of their profit on your order to charity.  You can choose one of their listed charities (including the very excellent Barnardos!) at the checkout when you’re making your order. Feedme.ie always donate 10% of their profit [...]

Just a quick note to say that, following a spectacularly poor performance from Diep’s Blackrock branch, they have redeemed themselves. Last week, Jean and I had a very enjoyable meal from the Ranelagh branch. The manager was genuinely apologetic about the poor customer service I’d previously received, and generously provided two mains and two starters. [...]

Fast food makes me sad, mostly. But sometimes it’s necessary, whether you want it or not. Like a few months ago when I was running late for a gig and jumped off the bus only to remember I’d forgotten to eat. My options were narrow: burger or kebab. As a hoity-toity option I could have [...]

Hen parties, I’m told, begin with a really good meal. Stags have lower, baser desires, demanding little more than stomach lining. I was on best man duty for a stag party recently. After a white water rafting session which consisted of 15 men trying to drown each other – it was brilliant and exhausting and [...]

I fancied some classic fish ‘n’ chips but my beloved Burdocks (man they give huge chip portions) was miles away in the big smoke. Stuck up a mountain and with no option but my local chipper which serves up manky muck, I had to rustle up something myself. My local Supervalu was doing a deal [...]

I’ve posted before about Let’s Eat In, a takeaway with branches in Blanchardstown, Shankill, and Sandyford. The portion sizes are substantial and many of the dishes will feed two people. Last weekend, I picked up one of their best dishes, the Chickpea Chana Masala (€7). I wasn’t enormously hungry so opted for it as a [...]

Just-Eat.ie are currently running a truly excellent promotion: €5 takeaways in Cork. There’s a very impressive range of options if you order through the Just-Eat site, including pizza, pasta, chippers, kebabs, Indian, Thai, and Chinese: Bully’s restaurant: 7 inch pizza, garlic bread or french fries, plus a can – €5 Lennox’s: 2 small chips, 4 [...]

There’s a street in Dublin 8 that runs from South Circular Road at Dolphin’s Barn down to the canal, that has to be one of the most desolate stretches of retail I’ve ever seen anywhere. This street has a closed-down hair salon, a closed-down cobblers, a closed-down butchers, a closed-down shop that looks like it [...]

Thousands of years behind the Aztecs, Mayans, and Western civilisation, Mexican food has finally arrived in Ireland. Lidl is currently promoting Mexican specials, M&S has launched a new range of Mexican food, and the past year has seen the opening of Boojum on Dublin’s northside and Pablo Picante‘s on the southside. Okay, okay. We’ve yet [...]