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31/07/2025: The chipper is by no means bad and I come here from time to time but I was here recently and I have say the service left me annoyed and feeling short changed. The price advertised for a burger and chip was €6.95 and when I handed in my €10 the change I was given was €3. I know its only 5 cents but if their prices say €6.95 I expect €3.05 back. I doubt I would have been charged anything more than €6.95 if I had used my debit card. Giving your customers their correct change matters!! The other thing that annoyed me, and while I was ok with the outcome, I found the lack of asking problematic. I personally enjoy salt and vinegar on my chips however, I know a lot of people don't. When the staff member was serving the customer ahead of me he poured the batch of chips into the tray and asked the customer ahead if they wanted salt and vinegar to which they said yes, the staff member proceeded to dress the chips accordingly and served them. Then when it was my turn the staff member just bagged the remaining chips in the tray and gave them to me without asking if I wanted salt and vinegar or not. As I said, it made no difference as I personally like salt and vinegar however, many people don't and I found this to be unprofessional. I would suggest that the owner and staff need to review their business practices.

20/06/2025: Ordered in for delivery, the 2 pizzas came an hour late and were stone cold, the pizza dough was also raw and also the pizza we ordered wasn’t correct. We rang for a complaint and the girl on the other end rudely hung up the phone when we demanded a refund. Not happy atall and would not recommend and in future will not be ordering from this place ever again.

11/06/2025: Snowflake rude staff and the food isn't great. Better go to Lucianos just a minute away where the staff are friendly.

30/07/2025: The cakes here are great. I got a lemon meringue and it was the best I ever had. Definitely worth a stop if you’re nearby. Staff are lovely too.

05/07/2025: Lovely area, but food was not great, staff ok, but also not the best. Go across the road.

26/07/2025: Great for a quick bite and a coffee

19/06/2025: Awful . Poached eggs not soft and bacon over cooked on an eggs Benedict , wife got avocado and toast which came 10 minutes later and they got it wrong twice. Soda bread instead of sourdough.

24/04/2025: Staff member Karen was fabulous. Thank you. Brian bread is absolutely delicious.

21/02/2025: This cafe has a comfortable and spacious seating, and the staff was very friendly👍 (especially tht asian staff at the counter on Friday afternoon)

30/06/2025: I was in this McDonald's and the staff didn't call the number loud enough and someone had taken my order. This Is not acceptable.

10/06/2025: Had a Mc Donald's here today ordered a Mc Chicken the sauce must have been gone off it's after making me awful.You should cook from fresh when customers order not under the lights and then give food to customers as food could be sitting there all day 😞

11/05/2025: I went in the store around 5 PM. There was hardly anyone in store. Only one person working, he took my order. I ordered 3 Chicken Kebabs and 1 Vegetarian Kebabs. He said it will take 20 min. but it took more than 30 min knowing the fact that only he was working in store little delay is understandable But , when I reached home there was no vegetarian kebab, all 4 kebabs were chicken. I called store to inform that we did not receive vegetarian kebab, the person on call was adamant to accept that he did not gave vegetarian kebab. He was again and again saying that he made on his own, it’s not possible that vegetarian kebab is not there. I told him that I am opened all the 4 kebabs and all have chicken in it. He was not at all ready to listen to me or accept this let alone apologise for his mistake. In the end I had to hang up call with no apology, no vegetarian kebab and no refund. I was so frustrated but he did not care about it. He was only fixed on he made it on his own. I paid and did not even get to eat anything. I would not recommend this place at all.

05/05/2025: Fast delivery very nice kebab and curry

18/08/2025: AVOID The worst nightclub I’ve ever stepped foot in tried to say I had to much to drink when I’d only just bought my first drink in there security tried to push and shove me down the stairs as I was tryna explain I hadn’t had anything to drink except the one bottle of wkd I bought at the bar very abusive and ignorant just aswell I hadn’t had a load of drink I’d have went flying as was wearing heels would never again step foot in there horrible staff and security!!!!

18/08/2025: Disgrace of a nightclub , security is extremely violent towards women,pushing and shoving women for no reason!! what i seen in there would turn your stomach!! Wouldn't recommend horrible behaviour out of both security and staff !!!

05/06/2025: We had to explain what a rasher was. Then he took the order after 5 times we repeated the order. After all that he said "now wait" and started serving the next person.

29/04/2025: Delicioso 😋 al preguntar al personal minorista de abajo, ¿dónde irías a almorzar acordaron unánimemente Bagel bar. Así que lo hicimos y tuvimos un sándwich de bagel realmente genial. A diferencia de otros buenos puntos de venta rápidos, no hay sensación hinchada rellena después, así que recomiendo este lugar.

23/07/2025: Always quick and friendly with great coffee

11/03/2025: Appalling treatment of customers, my Mum was served a pastry she did not order, and subsequently told by a server called Finnola she could not get the correct pastry due to ‘health and safety reasons’. She then proceeded to debate what my Mum ordered. Rude, unprofessional and disrespectful service from this particular server, who also visibly treated other severs with disrespect. Food was unremarkable. Avoid this place.

27/06/2025: Food was cold. Got the spice cone to share, which is solid value overall but chips was cold, chicken luke warm and sauce barely steaming. Left a poor taste and experience.

17/06/2025: I ordered a wok’n’roll Classic Pad Thai in Malahide Castle. Unfortunately, what I was served could not be classified as a Pad Thai. The “Classic Chicken Pad Thai” that I was served did not consist of the classic flat rice noodles that Pad Thais are meant to have, but a regular egg noodle instead. The flavour profile was more akin to a regular stir fry or a chow mein. Really disappointed given that I ordered a €14 dish with an expectation of getting a Pad Thai and was served a completely different dish.

26/05/2025: Friendly staff always , very kind , very helpful , however I really hope you do something about the entitled ignorant parents who block pumps and wait for their children in your forecourt , unbelievable they refused to move I hope you don't tolerate this

14/05/2025: Don't come here if you re hungry as youll end up paying a fortune, €7 for a breakfast roll is crazy and to top ot off it's not even cut in half. Disguisting behaviour

08/08/2025: Nice food. Fair price. Could use a clean. Glasses are always dirty.

02/08/2025: Had black bean beef there tonight ,tasteless, not one bit of flavour on any part of dish ,left most of it behind ,nor like past experiences of ramen where food is usually very good .

14/01/2025: Never go this restaurant, your hard earned money gone worst 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 I order chicken biryani and i told them please make it spicy like Bangladeshi food .but don't do it the food i get like they cook it before, when i order they put it microwave heat and serve me . very disappointed, worst food ,worst service by waiters.Never go there

17/11/2024: Hi everyone, Just stay as far away from this restaurant as much as possible. This is an honest review. I am writing this review for the welfare of people of Cork. This restaurant is the worst among the restaurants I visited in my life. And it’s the same after 3 years I visited again. Nothing changed. I went out with my friends for dinner, ordered few different curries with beaf and chicken, along with chapati and naan. It was difficult to order because the guy tried to force us to order things according to his choice not ours. Now the order arrived and story started. The food is literally 0.1/5 in taste. I asked the guy to change the chapatis as they were literally burnt. Not eatable. The guy gave his first argument that (we sell chapatis like this, you have to eat them burnt as it is) Then his arrogance kicked in and he stoped serving us, we left the restaurant with worst experience and spoiled night. As I am an asian guy and I know what they are selling to people of Cork on the name of Indian food, Absolutely nothing. Pretty much same curry thing with hundreds of names. You won’t feel a difference in any thing. Long story short. Please stay away. And now I realised that there are loads of reviews of same kind as I am giving. I regret I would have read those reviews before I had given them chance to spoil our night out.