Avoca in Dublin

10/06/2025: I want to start by saying the food was really nice here and the staff were really really lovely but the fun ended there. We arrived here 4 mins early for our 4pm booking and were turned away and asked to come back in 10 mins because of a private function. We were not offered any compensation for this, even a drink for the inconvenience. When we got inside, (the place is really nice inside) but we couldn't sit in this seat because there was a private function on upstairs and when I tell you the atrocious noise that came from there was utterly insane. I couldn't' even make out if the musician was any good because the PA was literally the worst PA on the planet. All you could hear was screaming and shouting. I asked was this party here often and I was told it was the first time. I absolutely love Brazilian music and that's what this party claimed to be playing. More like an insult to Brazil. We were moved out the back to the cold, but there were heaters and so we were grand. Then the staff put the house music on through the speakers to try drown out the cacophonous din of hell coming from upstairs, that made it all worse and we nearly left but I had pre bought a living social voucher so I was a bit determined to stay. They EVENTUALLY turned down the house music and all we could do was laugh and vow never to return. I can't understand why management didn't give me warning that the level of screaming down a microphone would be present the same time as me and my party were attending. Forewarned is forearmed and all that. I had my booking for nearly 2 weeks and someone should have given me the opportunity to make alternative arrangements. If i had have had the head's up, I could have said "well at least they told me". I won't be returning here for the way that management run the place. But again, the girls who served us were really lovely and of course the "party" wasn't their fault. Bad management, probably won't last much longer for that reason. Shame, the food was really good.

08/06/2025: Really surprised by the vegana pizza here. It was full of flavour, fresh basil, plus vegan parmesan. Highly recommend. Pints of G are yum too. And not at bad prices either