I found myself needing to eat something quick in town two days last week.  Being strapped for time and fond of curries, I thought I’d try both times for something quick from a food court. Food courts used to mean a few depressing fast food stands (KFC, some weird baked potato place) circled around some [...]

I recently bought a large tub of tamarind paste in order to make Nigella Lawson’s amazing Keralan Fish Curry. The tamarind paste is cheap, only about €2.50 for a tub that will last for ages. I’m hoping to use up the paste before it goes all horrid in the fridge, so have recently been scouting [...]

Our reader Joanne of Stitch and Bear got in touch to recommend Sweet Basil Thai in Rathmines: Just wanted to give a shout out for the Sweet Basil Thai restaurant in Rathmines where you can enjoy a starter and main course for €12.50 every night. Food is really flavoursome and compares very well to some [...]

Review by Jean McGuire: Diner’s, a Thai and Chinese restaurant in Dalkey, south Dublin, is pretty dull inside. However, the food more than made up for it. The service was excellent and the staff are friendly, while the early bird menu – a three course meal for €17 – was delicious. To start, we shared [...]

I went for a meal in Siam Thai in Dundrum recently, a chain restaurant which serves, as you would expect, Thai food…but not the kind of Thai food I remember having in Thailand. To say the experience was underwhelming would be to understate things to the point of underminding all credibility. The good news is [...]

The very lovely and friendly Koh Thai restaurant in Dublin’s Italian Quarter is running a pre- and post-theatre menu offer at the moment.  The times and prices are: Pre Sunday – Thursday 5pm – 7pm Friday* – Saturday* 5pm – 6pm *must vacate table by 7pm Post Sunday – Thursday 9pm – 10.30pm Friday – [...]

Everything about Let’s Eat In seems wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. For a start, this takeaway serves Chinese, Indian, Thai and Italian food. From experience, that kind of mixed “international cuisine” usually sends me running. Secondly, something as basic as rice or noodles costs extra. These are normally included in the price of most takeaway meals, [...]

Koh is a relatively new Thai restaurant in Dublin’s ‘Italian Quarter’, which is just off the Quays by the Milennium Bridge and is a very pleasant little street indeed.  I went to Koh on a Thursday night with two friends, ostensibly for cocktails and food but I managed to miss the cocktails.  Never mind.  I [...]

The Thai restaurant Koh in Dublin’s Italian Quarter is offering a Six Nations special: you can get a curry and a pint for €11 between 2 and 5 pm, for all Six Nations Matches.  Unfortunately, they will also be showing the match on widescreen tvs, but I suppose that won’t be a drawback for those [...]

Welcome to a new series here on CheapEats.ie, where our friend Maria Crispy will be writing from the perspective of someone who doesn’t really cook.  Maria will be teaching herself to cook and blogging about how it goes, and also recommending takeaways and other options for the kitchen-phobic. Jean Here on Cheapeats.ie, I am an [...]