The best restaurants in Dublin

18/08/2025: Rude and they give you a hand full of chips terrible value

18/08/2025: This chipper can’t be for real the portions are tiny. You make me ashamed to be Irish

26/05/2026: Went there before 8 pm no staff at the counter waited for 10 mins staff returns and says we are not serving I could see online orders being prepared store is supposed to be open till 10 pm if the staff isn't in a mood to work or server customers due to work fatigue or any other reason try at least to be a bit pleasant to other human being.

11/05/2026: Went there and your one didn’t have a lick of English and couldn’t work her own shop. Disgusting food won’t return…

13/04/2026: Got a severe dose of food poisoning from here last wed Avoid

09/02/2026: Chips were horrible and the hole lot in general was cold waited over an hour for delivery

29/09/2025: The breakfast is good, but the lunch menu is terrible and the same thing every day: pasta, pizza, sandwiches. They look good, but the taste is hard to describe... Why can't there be a proper restaurant on campus? Is it difficult to offer different dishes every day or a semi-buffet restaurant?

05/09/2025: The food is very bad! The problem with Gather&Gather is that we make beautifully looking food, but unfortunately it tastes bad. Also, why don't we have normal food menus like all the other universities? TCD has different lunch menus everyday with at least four options including chicken curry, grilled beef, fish and chips...lots of options and true lunch food!

20/01/2026: Food was unhygienic and staff was uninterested in taking order.

11/01/2026: Went here for a sub, asked for lettuce, tomato, red onion and chipotle and they only had onion. My partner asked for a sub with just bacon on it and they put 3 strips of small bacon on it and then they said they would have to charge extra for more (first time I ever seen this) Staff were rude and argumentative especially considering their slogan is ‘eat fresh’ yet they have no salads… we told them we didn’t want the subs and left. Went to airside subway instead and we got a completely different experience. Won’t return to this location ever again.

18/04/2026: Horrible, we were served late and kicked out before we even finished our meal. Unacceptable.

16/04/2026: I recently got a pickle burger meal from here. There was TWO PICKLES. The only good part were the fries and Pepsi. The chicken patty was cold and dry, and the bun tasted stale

19/04/2026: Very small portions considering cost. Staff are friendly and helpful.

24/01/2026: Very poor experience. We were given a voucher as a gift to use at this restaurant. We arrived to the Gibson at 7.45 for our reservation at that time - got seated etc. We got our menus and waited for someone to come back to take our order or even drinks order. We had to get someone’s attention (at this stage it was after 8pm). She came back to us and asked us if we wanted “the good news or the bad news”. She told us the bad news was the kitchen is now closed (??) so we can’t order but she can bring us to the bar and we can use our voucher there. I told her i thought this was absolutely outrageous because someone just sat us down and never told us about having to order before 8, nor did anyone try to get our order in before the deadline, and she said she agreed with me but that she wasn’t the person who greeted us at the start. Food in the bar was fine. We eventually got our first drink at 8.30 - 45 mins after we arrived. When the bill came they knew nothing about our gift voucher which we handed to the initial lady, and they had to go searching around for her and the voucher. We couldn’t help but laugh at how poorly this night had gone. If you’re getting dinner in the area before a concert, would recommend Ruby’s, the Mayson or Cill Airne over this establishment.

30/01/2026: Southern fried chicken was awful, bland. Curry sauce not the best. Chips were nice though

16/01/2026: Got a smoke cod and not jocking a i had bigger fish fingers.what a rip off

09/11/2025: Hi recently brought a fudge brownie and I bite into it and to my surprised I bite into a nail. The shop assistant was very accommodating. She replaced the brownie and gave another from a new batch and gave two But she didn’t throw out the old batch which is why I’m writing this review and when I spoke about it , the concern was about other people hearing. She did apologise and said the cake comes out another store. And said they would investigate. I ended up throwing out the two brownies because I was scared to eat them and kinda feel sick thinking about it. Thinking about it has me so disgusted about It. It honestly has turned me off buying from them again. I wish I took a picture but just was so shocked

26/09/2025: I have been a regular costumer in mannings blanchardstown but my experience today was very disappointed I bought 1slice of lemon cake and 3 slice of red velvet but the new young girl staff give me 2 and 3/4 slice of red velvet and 1 slice of lemon cake and I told the staff to change the 3/4 slice of red velvet cake but instead of changing the 3/4 slice of cake she change the perfect slice one. Hoping next time that they will make the costumer very satisfied she is not friendly as well. I paid for the full price amount but not satisfied for the cake that I received.

24/09/2025: This place is gone to the dogs! How can you get a simple bag of chips so wrong!!

14/09/2025: A fantastic chipper, very friendly staff, great food.

03/04/2026: The worst spicy bag ever🤮🤮🤮🤮 There is not chicken only dought🤮🤢🤢🤢

16/03/2026: It is very dry and very spicy, you can't eat it, I don't recommend it at all.

21/09/2025: Went for lunch with my 85 years young mam 20-9-25, mam had the bacon, mash, veg, roasties, i had mash, veg, roasties, as im coeliac, was happy with this, food was really nice and very warm, Just perfect, the guy that served us was very helpful with my gluten free needs, lovely guy, didnt catch his name, lovely place and spotless clean, great price to, staff are brilliant, thank you all and will defo call again soon 👐👏👏👏😊

13/09/2025: €25 I was charged for 4 sausages 2 rashers and some pudding with 4 toast and a coffee and a coke . Rasher whete like bricks couldn't be eaten . Same with pudding . Toast was soft and not toasted . And the glass was filthy ..never again will I eat there again now about 2 hours later I feel sick !

26/04/2026: Ordered pizzas which took two hours to be delivered. App said 'nearly there' for about forty minutes. Very hard to contact anyone. Will avoid in future.

10/04/2026: Terrible experience. Ordered direct with this shop. Phone 20 minutes after the advised delivery time… ‘it’s on the way’ 20 minutes later, they dont answer their phones. Food arrives 90 minutes after ordering and was cold. Horrible

16/11/2025: Yesterday I visited this place with my partner and ordered oat milk coffees. While waiting, I noticed the barista using cow’s milk instead of oat milk. When I asked politely if cow’s milk had been used, both staff members became defensive and insisted it was oat milk. My partner tasted his coffee and also confirmed it wasn’t oat milk. He asked for new coffees to be made, and the second time the barista used a different milk jug (the correct oat milk one). Unfortunately, the interaction escalated because the staff continued to deny the initial mistake. This is concerning, as many people have allergies or intolerances to cow’s milk, and accurate milk handling and labeling is extremely important for customer safety. I hope the management addresses this to avoid similar situations in the future

01/10/2025: I ordered a cup of cappuccino to drink inside, I received it in a paper cup and the coffee wasn't tasty. The atmosphere was very unpleasant, the tables and floors were dirty.

15/05/2026: Chicken fillet baguete was very poor........ Im still chewing the chicken....same piece, 7 mins in

12/04/2026: Absolutely 💯 per cent awful man this evening bald man and (Polish maybe) ORDERED 10 bags of chips online got a call to ask if salt and vinegar was wanted....great customer service from a female! Went to collect the man tried to joke about the amount ordered my husband said it was for the guys protesting.....the man didn't take kindly to it and told him 20 mins to wait! 30 mins on still waiting and left with no food husband demanded a refund and left we spent our money elsewhere!!. This place was always amazing the food was wonderful for the last 20 years!! Management need to look at who they're hiring! Never again will I or family members revisit