Carroll's Gastro Pub in Dublin

29/12/2024: Very pleased with the meal, it was busy and the atmosphere was lovely

23/12/2024: Travelled from the UK, to what was one of our favourites, and was our maybe 8th visit, BUT a huge drop in quality, I know it was Christmas but despite empty tables, a 10 min wait after our booking time, and unusually all the tapas were delivered at once - suggesting pre cooked, flavour was not up to par, and the service was awful, abrupt and not interested. For a table of three an automatic 20% service charge was added which we only noticed after paying. Enough to not come back, they made an ill advised switch post Covid to a Mediterranean restaurant and switched back to Tapas which was excellent but seems attention to detail, service ( which is always patchy) and food quality has taken a dip