La Rocha Restaurant Dublin in Dublin

23/07/2025: Fish was great. Chips were not fresh, only lukewarm and soft, but still tasted good. Mushy peas excellent. Excellent service by waiting staff. Only problem was the rude man approx 55 years old slim greyish hair who was making the drinks for everyone at the tables today at around 1345. I advised I had a booking. I was told that is your table there, but “because you’re alone, you can sit at the bar, or you can have your table”. Now I know it doesn’t sound rude, but the tone in which it was said was rude. Are couples told they can sit at the bar because there are only two of them? The logic doesn’t make sense to me to add in a snide comment. My booking was for 1 so clearly I would be by myself. It felt like I was being told to sit at the bar like I was some sort of naughty child being told to go to my room. Of course I sat at the table I had booked, but really didn’t appreciate the attitude. I get people have bad days, but you can’t speak to people like that.

23/07/2025: Charming old pub with good food and live entertainment. We really enjoyed listening to the performers sing the old Irish songs. They even taught us about how/where the songs were written and what the lyrics actually meant. The dancers were amazing too! You have to have a lot of energy to perform like that!