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03/06/2025: It's old but still gold, in some ways(esp compared to other gastro pubs). Had not been in years but it did used to be better. Still acceptable but lost its mad busy and bustling atmosphere and homey smell n charm. However gravy still delicious. I wish they were more busy so the food sold quicker for them, otherwise u may get dried up stuff. (U can see some dishes with cold layer of thickened sauce on top, as untouched...). I feel it's a shame. I don't even think they over roast their beef but if left sitting in oven or keep warm, it does not be like the moist succulent roasts I grew up loving. Plus the carving was not great they weren't slices at all, not even thin (versus thick) they were all small bits n clumps??obviously still eaten but presentation was nothg like how it used to be. They possibly give u less rice coz they don't want to go and cook more??(Only wanted rice n cabbage n the rice was half the amt of the cabbage!). Also only asked for chips n carrots for a diff dish n said a few carrots only, but got way more carrots than chips?!?! Can get half portions thankfully (12e approx) as full ones over 17e (depending on choice). Nice ppl but not as friendly as when I used to go regularly so another bit of sadness. We moved away from Dublin to a diff county. We only went as we had a graduation in Helix and didn't want to go back towards city centre due to traffic etc. I don't know if I would deliberately go back but it was kind of nice as we hadn't been in so long...I wish overall we had a better experience. But Everyone should at least have eaten lunch here once. Ppl do need to try to know for themselves and be able to say at least they tried before, imo. I would hate to see it close down...

31/05/2025: Was there with a first Communion party. Great choice on the carvery menu. Portions were huge but there was an option to get half portions. The only issue was the floor tiles in the ladies were quite slippy much to the delight of the 4 to 9 year olds 🤦‍♂️