Platterbylu - Café and Artisan Pantry in Trim

10/08/2025: Dinner for a family gathering, everyone absolutely loved it. I rarely get my steak rare/blue as I like it and they did exactly what I was hoping for. Non meat dishes were lovely too and gorgeous sides. Will definitely go again to try also starters and desserts

08/08/2025: After visiting Trim Castle I wanted to sit outside and Google Maps came up with this place. I went for seabass with honey roast vegetables, a lemon caper beurre blanc sauce, and mash. It was perfect; I'm not a big fan of fish, primarily because it often tastes bland or way too salty, one or the other (this has probably to do with the fact that in the vast majority of Irish restaurants fish is not particularly fresh). Not so here: it was perfect. The seabass was yummy; delicate, fresh, and not too salty but nicely spiced. Everything was lovely, the sauce too. I don't eat sweets at all, but I thought this one day I will and I went for Anna Pavlova, named after one of the dancing partners of the legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who created choreography for masterpieces such as "Rite of Spring" and "Jeux", and whose half-tragic, half-comic diary I'm currently listening on my work commutes. Pavlova was gorgeous too, and not too sweet either. Last but not least, I would like to give a shout out to a lovely couple who attended to my dining needs - this is service as it should be: warm and prompt but unobtrusive. I was joking that I should be coming to them from Dublin for my lunch breaks to find this kind of peace.