We posted a while back about a wine from Lidl that tastes good and only costs €5.50.  Actually that’s pretty much all our original post said so not much need to click on the link. That cheap and tasty 2006 Tarragona Reserva is now on special offer – you can pick up six bottles for [...]

Fans of fancy boozing might want to head along to the Westbury in Dublin on Sunday May 29th for the Summer Wine Fair, organised by Hilltop Treks.  Tickets are €25 and get you an afternoon of wine tasting and discounts on bottles to buy and take home. All proceeds are going to Barnardos Ireland. Find [...]

We rarely write about wine here on CheapEats, largely because we know flip-all about it. However, I recently got this red wine – 2006 Tarragona Reserva – from Lidl for €5.50, and it is very nice. That’s all. Oh hang on – there’s also a special offer where you can buy a case of six [...]

The sign couldn’t have been clearer: the wine was reduced from €10.95 to €7.95. Handy, as I had exactly €10 and not a cent more to bring a bottle to dinner (luckily, Aldi had provided a free dessert). I got to the counter in O’Brien’s off license, where the sales assistant asked me for €10.95. [...]

To mark Bastille day, I’m planning a French feast this evening with some friends. Tucking into French onion soup, a classic Coq au vin and a Crème brûlée; a French three course meal doesn’t have to cost a fortune and this menu contains basic ingredients that won’t break the bank. Incorporating onions, white wine, cheese [...]

Some friends and I had a strange experience in a restaurant recently, and I thought I’d mention it here to see if anyone else has come across this kind of thing.  It was a Friday evening, and five us of were having dinner.  As we were all 1) a bit skint and 2) keen to [...]

Big thanks to our pal Lar Veale of sourgrapes.ie, who has provided us with this guest post about a good wine for only €5 from Aldi.  I’m always on the lookout for the finest cheapest booze, so this tip is very welcome indeed. Bushland Reserve Shiraz – wine for a fiver from Aldi A €5 [...]

One of my all time favourite things to do is while away a Saturday afternoon nibbling food, drinking wine and people watching. Located on one of the Dublin’s busiest corners, The Port House on South William Street is the perfect place for such a whimsical lunch. I love this Spanish tapas bar and regularly feast [...]

Jacqueline Strawbridge has just joined the CheapEats.ie team. She is currently deputy editor of Love Food with the Irish Independent, with articles published in the Irish Times and the Evening Herald Wedding Guide. She loves good food, and is probably happiest when she’s cooking – she’ll be sharing some of her culinary secrets and foodie [...]

I met my friend Marc for lunch yesterday, and we ended up in The Reader’s Cafe in Waterstone’s on Dawson St. Some of you may remember Jean pointing and laughing at a rubbish offer they had a few months back: scrambled eggs and tea or coffee for €6.75. But it got better. A few weeks [...]