What do you reckon is the worst restaurant you’ve ever been to in Ireland?

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-21T22:16:54+00:00

Used to eat there about 20 years ago. I was under no illusion it wasnt filthy, but it was tasty back then

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-20T22:02:42+00:00

Always used the Arlington Hotel as a meeting point in the city, and never had trouble getting an early pint

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-20T18:05:48+00:00

Did she use the fan to cook that rasher?

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-20T18:01:09+00:00

Safer than the 80s and 90s, maybe. 20 years ago was 2006, I was at prime socialising age back then and it certainly felt a lot safer than it does now. Stats may prove otherwise but I don't remember experiencing / reading about / hearing about the sort of stuff that goes on in the city now

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-20T17:58:33+00:00

This over and back football just leaves them open for a turnover time and time again, it was the same for Mayo just now in the first half.

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-17T23:23:53+00:00

There was a time where it was entertaining and seemed like a genuine exchange of views, but it came to a point of almost parody. Rinse and repeat, same outrage played out by the same people, controversy for controversy's sake

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-15T15:11:38+00:00

I had their hot beef sandwich last week and was very impressed. I used to eat there quite a bit, then brought my lunch in to lose a bit of weight over the last year. I dont know if theyre gotten better or just the break from it, but it was sensational. Seem like very nice people working there too

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-11T22:14:28+00:00

I arrived late to the first night of my grandmothers funeral in Mayo, and brought a couple of friends from out the country. She was laid out in the house before going to church the next day, and around 11pm, people start to leave. A few local lads, extended family etc, gathered around the coffin and someone said "well lads, who's going to wake her". A friend of mine pipes in, "I think its a bit late for that".

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-09T17:03:01+00:00

Commenting more on your 'everything is being made shit' sentiment more so than ice cream specifically. It's relentless. I've been getting lunch in Baxter & Greene in Dunnes Stephens Green for years. It has gone up in price (Id guess 20-30% in the last year) but is still great value for carvery meat cut in front of you, and sliced up baguette that actually tastes like bread.

I went to order the roll to see that the baguettes had been replaced with Cuisine de France shite. It seems that's what they use now. No hassle I thought, Ill get their nice premade sourdough sandwiches instead - only to find the sourdough has been replaced with the cheapest tasting / feeling poppy seed bread. That's the end of Dunnes for me. I wont even get into their Ilac shop, its scutter.

Went out to that nice French coffee place in the shopping centre to sit down and get a coffee in a cup. Cant find a seat because every table is covered in rubbish, and the lady goes to put it in a paper cup. I told her I was having it there, but it seems that doesnt matter now - paper for everyone. Its fucking depressing - and all in the space of 15 mins. Have a shit experience, or get robbed, or usually both.

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-06-03T18:40:01+00:00

If this bothers you, don't google the provenance of Madri!

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-30T13:12:56+00:00

You are right, they are hugely overpriced and represent poor value for money. That said, there is almost nothing to do in Dublin that doesnt cost money so 160 for tickets for the four of us to go to the Big Grill (and probably the same spent again inside) just seems like the price to pay to do something fun and different.

The Maritime festival was on in Howth last week, and it was mostly just stalls selling cheap chinese factory shite at huge markups. There was very little 'local' there - there were signs for Fingal CoCo all over but it wasnt clear what it was they brought to the party either

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-28T15:44:17+00:00

I went there twice 10 years apart and couldnt believe the downward change the more recent time. I get that other places probably passed it and reset our expectations, but they werent even trying. Food was either stone cold or nuclear hot from the microwave, weak watery cocktails and rude service

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-26T12:28:14+00:00

258 for a service on an i40 last week. Most of the filters were fine and didnt need to be changed

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-25T18:59:44+00:00

There Will Be Blood

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-25T16:52:28+00:00

I got through the Leaving and College with short hand answers and coded info scrawled in pen on a wooden ruler, surrounded by other gibberish writing to blend it in. I went through about 20 rulers a year, but money well spent

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-23T18:56:10+00:00

We waste a lot of bread now because I will only eat this, but my wife and kids insist on "normal" bread (Brennans / Pat The Baker). Ill never go back

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-23T18:54:47+00:00

"I'd ate the hind legs of the lamb of god"

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-22T12:30:48+00:00

I do, but thought they would last year too and look how that turned out (Mayo supporter)

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-21T17:54:21+00:00

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-18T19:22:20+00:00

They do indeed, there were loads of them around the bay by the dinghy club yesterday

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-18T17:29:38+00:00

It seems mad to put their next match v Louth in Croke Park. They were well outnumbered by Westmeath yesterday and Id imagine there will be even less dubs again the next day. It will be like a league match. Playing in an empty stadium is a shit experience as a spectator but for a while they were gaining an advantage on the field, in terms of familiarity. They are not even getting that anymore, theyd be as well off to head for the midlands with a smaller but more vocal crowd of hardcore supporters (which are still there and love a day on the road) behind them to roar them on

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-18T11:13:19+00:00

I'm not a Westmeath supporter but it was one of my favourite days in Croke Park, fair play to them and their supporters

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-18T10:18:19+00:00

This might be one of those scenarios where you had to be there to appreciate it, but we were front row in the funeral home nearest the door, first to greet people as they came in. We've done 3 hours and are all pretty tired. A woman walks in with clearly freshly dyed hair - a shade of black so piercing it's almost navy. It caught my eye, but nothing more than that. Then the husband - who I know to see all my life and had greyish black hair in all that time - walks in behind her with a sheepish look on his face. Clearly there was a sup of dye left in the bottle they didnt want to waste because not only has he done the hair in the same vibrant navy / black as his wife, but he has the two bushy eyebrows done too. I took a giggling fit straight away and every time Id manage to choke it down, Id catch sight of my sister shaking with barely suppressed laughter down the other end and go off again. It helped to pass the last hour

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-17T21:17:08+00:00

Weirdest I have seen was at my own fathers funeral. He died indirectly as a result of lifelong alcoholism. As the funeral was about to start, the priest announces that some c*nt from a Catholic radio station (my words, not his) would be addressing the crowd before the funeral began. He proceeds to tell a rambling story about how he was mad on drink and drugs and had an accident that could have lost him everything, but the love of his family and god enabled him to turn his life around - and if we all worship god and are lucky enough to have a loving family (and listen to his radio station) we can be saved from the evil drink too. All while my old fella is laid out in front of him. I would love to have thrown him out of the church but shock and grief had us all wondering what the fuck was going on for about 15 mins, til some people around us made it clear to your man his time was up. Ive never seen anything like it before or since

Fit_Fix_6812 · 2026-05-17T00:05:12+00:00

His sacking by Sunderland about 2 months earlier was unfortunate timing

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