Foxy John's in An daingean

27/09/2024: I try not to be mean when I write these reviews, but, I've eaten at Michelin-starred and recommended restaurants in Asia, the United States and across Europe and I look for value for money as well as great, flavorful experiences. Not too keen on this experience. While it's attempting to celebrate local seafood, meats and produce, we found it suffered from what I call the "Jamie Oliver effect". Too much everything that smothered and didn't celebrate the central ingredient. Potatoes bravas smothered with too much salsa brava. A Crab meat brioche that buries the delicate crab flavor in too much sauce (and we nixed the truffle sauce). We ordered the fresh tomato salad and it had an incredible mildly pickled fennel in it, but, I know the season is ending, but the yellow tomatoes were mushy. Rock oysters were great. But that was the only course that celebrated and didn't overwhelm the main event. Great staff and service, but the food kind of all tasted the same towards the end.

19/09/2024: Had a lovely dining experience in @solastapasdingle … Excellent food. Excellent wine. Excellent service. Not far off the Michelin ⭐️ I reckon …