James Joyce Restaurant in Mullingar

05/03/2025: Three friends and I tried the Asian fusion menu here on a Saturday night for the first time. I opted for the Thai Tom yum soup at €12 which was tasty and filling with a decent amount of prawns. Two of the others chose the Duck bon bons and the other had cheese burger spring roll. For mains I had the pulled lamb Bao buns for €16. You had to order side dishes to add to your main which looked quite skimpy on the plate by themselves. We shared two sides amongst the 4 of us. I expected double the amount for the chicken rice dish and the wok fried noodle and Asian vegetable side which were both respectively priced at 10 euro each. For dessert, a friend and I split and shared the Banoffee spring rolls with toffee syrup and espresso and caramel cheesecake: the latter was the better dish. The banoffee spring rolls were akin to banana fritters. For drinks, I had a Mojito mocktail at €9 as did another of the party. Another had a pink lady mocktail which was the same price as the Mojito mocktail. The non-driver of the group had 2 glasses of Sauvignon which were relatively reasonably priced. 3 of us finished with Americanos at €3.50 each. The total bill came to €208 or so. The staff were pleasant and the background music was very good. Think the portion of the sides need addressing for return visits.

25/02/2025: Absolutely love Red Earth. The food, the atmosphere, the service, everything is amazing. Can’t fault the place. Parking is tight enough but other than that, I love the place! My favourite dish is the Singapore Noodles.