The best restaurants

28/10/2025: Chicken and chip shouldn't be to hard for The Penguin, a place famous for its chips! After the 2 people in front of me complained about quality and standards, I started to get nervous. I asked "how long will it be?" and was told 10 minutes 45 minutes later I was handed my undercooked and greasy meal. I managed most of the chips as I was starving but honestly couldn't bring myself to eat the chicken. And I'm glad I trusted my instinct there because neither of the (stray) cats would touch it either. So disappointed. "The Penquin" use to mean something.

28/10/2025: Omg the take away is getting worse. Waited nearly 2 hours on the order and then the wrong order came. I rang down and had to tell the lady working about 10 times what was missing from the order she hadnt a clue what i was saying...... absolute joke. Really gone downhill as a business......

01/03/2026: Disgusting food, I wouldn't give it to a dog

31/12/2025: Me and de bird dying with the shits. Chicken balls mad doughey shredded chicken was pink. Rotten stuff wouldnt feed it to the dog.

30/12/2025: A surprisingly quiet place without much footfall during a busy night. The chips were fine, but not freshly cut or prepared.

26/08/2025: I can't eat more than a bite. Got the spice bag, the thing was DRENCHED in sauce. Bits of something ( genuinely don't know what it was) were charred black. The box was nearly falling apart with the sauce. I tasted the sauce it was absolutely disgusting. So so salty just completely inedible.

09/10/2025: Top service from the manager Sal and the team. Food was great too

06/10/2025: After a long day of travel from the UK I wanted something "fresh", Brambles didn't disappoint. Veggie quiche, with carrot salad and morrocan couscous salad with a latte was my choice. Great that the salads weren't smothered in dressing, plain just as I like them. Using a walking aid I was wondering how to get to a table. No problem my tray was carried to an empty & clean table without any asking. The quiche was warm and with the cold salads plus green leaves was just the fresh hit I needed. The latte was still hot when I'd finished eating, bonus. I'd definitely walk up there again, just for the food and service.

17/09/2025: I waited 15 minutes for the most expencive and worst kebap of my life

15/09/2025: The sandwich I ordered was incredibly oily and in poor condition. I was concerned from the start when I saw the food being prepared behind a door. Unfortunately, the quality was as bad as I feared, and the excess oil gave me a stomachache. I suggest following a proper recipe and being more transparent about food preparation.

04/07/2025: Beautiful Indian food, the korma was one of the best I have had.Quick delivery , and food was piping hot! Poppadoms come with the works, very tasty!

22/05/2025: You can trust that the have no care for customer service. Service was tragically disappointing. I made an order through JustEat at 10PM May 4th and only got a call about the food arriving at 1.30AM. The owner as they addressed to me, as Mr Khan hesitantly apologised and said that the next order I make would be reimbursed. I have called since and the person who picked up the phone was not helpful at all. Telling they needed to confirm with the boss and they’d call me back in 10mins. They didn’t. I called them 20mins later asking about updates and the person on the other end just went silent and refused to speak. They further refused to give me their name and said there was essentially nothing to be done.

01/03/2026: Ended up here last night, after a great day around the west. The burgers are goood.....I tried the Bo Burger, very tasty. My friend had the lamb kebab, he was well impressed as well. It was busy but the lads working were great craic, i'll definitely be back next time were down this way.

06/01/2026: The food were good the staff were friendly the place was extremely clean.

20/09/2025: Ate at Dino's 3 evenings in a row while staying in Thomastown. Fast, friendly service every time. Changed it up with fish, chicken and pizza. All were great with very generous proportions. Will be eating there again if I ever get back this way.

30/11/2025: I walked down to wongs garden in the rain with my little sister in the cold I ordered a slice box with a can of coke bear mind I ordered this spice box before leaving my house when I got down the the Chinese it still wasn't don't I came home and opened my spice box and the chips and chicken was burnt I took a bite out of the chicken and it broke half of my back tooth this is a disgrace 🤢this has never happened before

23/08/2025: I had stopped ordering food from her over a year ago because of how downhill the food had gone. I gave it a try again tonight and never again. I got a notification my food was ready via just eat. I went to collect and I still had to wait 10 mins for my food once I got in there. Spice bag was way to salty and wet.

13/03/2026: Ordered a large bag of chips tonight along with chicken and I was an hour waiting to be told there busy I recieved my order and the large bag of chips half filled the plate I rang and asked for a fresh bag as they were freezing cold and I was told no next time you order we will look after you

01/03/2026: 4.90 for a large chips. I'm still waiting for the rest of the chips. That definitely wasn't a large bag.

18/02/2026: I regularly visit mc donalds blackrock, sometimes just for it's beautiful coffee made with a smile. Ruth goes above and beyond and even has her regulars. She makes you feel so welcome. A nice way to start the day or even a nice lunchtime and it doesn't always have to be a burger, I love their wraps. The light choices ✨️

13/02/2026: WORST MCDONALD EVER Always missing items in you uber eat / deliveroo order. Never answers the phone. Their place is always dirty. What a share for Frascati, I advise you to get something nicer in Blackrock center, at least you will have what you paid for. RUN AWAY FROM THIS PLACE

24/02/2026: The food was really good and very nice staff member brillant service best apache

21/02/2026: Pizza was fine but after I ordered, the start didn't call me when the pizza was cooked so I spent 10 min waiting when I didn't have to.

20/02/2026: Buying your own groceries, bringing it to the cabin, seasoning it (which they don’t do here anyway), cooking it, serving it, eating it and cleaning all dishes and pans would take less time than what they take here. It’s borderline ridiculous- we even had a laugh at the fact that our deserts took 45 mins to arrive. It’s also expansive but that’s common here Enjoy…

12/01/2026: So dissapointed ! We had such a lovely stay in Center Parcs but unfortunetly not a good experience for dinner. It took over an hour to recieve food. Pizza was nice but chicken dish boring and not as described by the waiter. No point in complaining or sending back as i was so hungry at the point I would have eaten anything. Glad i had bought snacks at the shop because they were the nicest thing i ate during dinner. Didnt bother getting desert (tiramisu did look lovely) but i wasnt prepared to wait that long again. I really think staff training and better management needed.

19/08/2025: We had lunch in the his bar and found it average at best, we were upstairs over looking the bridge, the view was good but the seating was old, with damaged tember and very uncomfortable, this bar/restaurant would need to take advantage of their location and give the place a well needed makeover. The staff were very friendly and the food was fresh.

06/07/2025: Food was terrible, worst burger I ever had

06/03/2026: Very poor service and food here..I regularly order pizza from Apache and to be honest the service and delivery is just getting worse. Lin who owns the place seems to get involved and is very ignorant when speaking in the phone. It's my second time ordering where items are missing and food is cold when it arrives. I have ordered here for the last few years but it is get worse the longer it goes on..someone who does the franchise for Apache should review Just to add to whom ever replies from Apache Ireland..ringing the restaurant to complain does nothing. They promise things to be fixed or free pizza next time but never do either

28/08/2025: It was good but has completely lost focus on the food that they sent out , the last three pizzas were starting to change my mind . The food is very salty leaving you with a incredible thrist the following morning ( yes the last three so it wasn't anything else that I consumed) the ingredients appear to have way cheaper and not fresh . The last pizza was a nightmare. My honest opinion go somewhere else . especially with response of customer services . See photo that's meant to be half and half ....the premises said sorry but we are busy can we do something for you tomorrow!!! So I get a response from Apache to reach out Management to which I did with the response from them above ...well that says it all and yes I have What's app prove of their response .