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. [...]

Plenty to celebrate at Saba over the next two months. To mark Thailand’s Mothers Day on August 12, the Thai restaurant is running a notable promotion: purchase two meals from the three-course fixed price lunch menu for €19.15 and a third person dines for free. That works out at just over €13 for a three-course [...]

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 [...]

We’ve featured Koh many times on this site, mostly with good things to say. It’s been open for two years now and it’s emerged as one of the best Thai restaurants in Dublin. I went there yesterday for a celebratory lunch with my parents and two friends, and was immediately drawn in by a very [...]

I have a nasty cold at the moment. I could feel it coming on all last week but I had to babysit four of my sisters children for the weekend so I wouldn’t allow myself to be sick. Now I feel like rubbish and can’t even think straight. Well, it turns out that all of [...]

Diep at Home, based in Ranelagh, is perhaps the best value takeaway I’ve found. It’s is one of many good Thai takeouts near me, including Thai Thai in Kimmage, Saba Rathmines, and Tak Tai on Clanbrassil Street. But Diep’s Bangkok street food keeps luring me back. I can’t stop ordering the Kai Yang: a half [...]

Consumed by Consommé On the way to pick up free tickets to an Elvis Presley and The Beatles reunion gig in the Olympia last week I started to thinking about making an Asian broth. So I went into the Asia market on Drury St and I picked up some ingredients what for to make some [...]

I live in the arse end of nowhere in Wicklow which suits me down to the ground because I hate humans and love cows, fields and sheep. One thing I do miss about living in Dublin is the luxury of being able to order a takeaway: a simple act that I once took for granted.  [...]

Our own Maria Crispy sustains herself on Saba To Go, and has written positively about this Thai takeout before. It bears repeating. Saba To Go have recently launched a great midweek special offer – two starters and two mains for €25. Like most specials, the menu is restricted; there’s a choice of four starters and [...]

I’ve reviewed Koh here before – it’s a Thai restaurant in Dublin’s Italian Quarter, and I had very good things to say about the food and the excellent service.  I had a Saturday afternoon late lunch there recently, and it was so nice that I thought it was worth posting about again. I went with [...]