I’ll keep this one brief. If you’re shopping in Dublin and need a good value lunch or dinner pitstop, check out Fallon and Byrne‘s food options. The pre-theatre deal is off until January, to be replaced by a much more expensive “…
I’d heard some pretty awful things about Buenos Aires Grill, the Argentinian restaurant off Aungier Street beside the Radisson Hotel. Multiple bad reports, including from people who’d eat pretty much anything and never complain, put me off …
The ever-deadly Irish Times Value for Money feature by Conor Pope featured Nespresso machines this week. I recently had the use of one, and think they’re an interesting topic for a discussion on ‘value’, as the whole concept strikes…
The ever-deadly Irish Times Value for Money feature by Conor Pope featured Nespresso machines this week. I recently had the use of one, and think they’re an interesting topic for a discussion on ‘value’, as the whole concept strikes…
Tesco has been fined €600 for charging more for goods at the tills than the price displayed at the shelves. But much like you or I would be oblivious to a one cent piece at the back of a drawer of odds and ends, Tesco won’t miss this €600. I…
Our pal Rosemary MacCabe, Irish Times journalist and fashion blogger, is looking for your advice. Thanks for the post Rosemary! Hi there! Seeing as I’ve stopped writing my own blog, I thought I’d send you a wee rant from an experience I ha…
Sunday’s newspapers overflowed with big loud supermarket ads, each proclaiming they were cheaper and better and had more magical powers than their rivals. Tesco shouted loudest, with almost every other page harping on about “1000 price cuts…
Sneaky Tesco at it again. From our regular reader Nanazolie: I’ve noticed a large yellow sticker that says “special offer” under the Milkybar and Aero large chocolate bars in my local Tesco. The bars are €1.99. They were €1.59 a f…
My pregnant friend Elaine misses beer. A lot. So she’s on the non-alcoholic variety, Paulaner and Beck’s being the tipples of choice. Last Thursday, I joined her and lovely husband Kieran for dinner at Cortina’s in Dundrum. Why, she a…
Spotted yesterday in Fresh, that overpriced convenience shop on Camden Street. This is possibly the most misleading “offer” I’ve seen in quite some time. One litre of Dawn orange juice is priced at €2.98 in Tesco and €3.05 in Supe…
This week, I’m continuing my hunt for Dublin’s best burger.
A few weeks ago, I decided to give Bobo’s on Wexford Street yet another chance.
I think of Bobo’s as the errant, prison-bound little brother I never had. Oh, he’s…
I’m done with not complaining in restaurants. When the cream in a friend’s recent Irish coffee was horribly sour, she was reluctant to send it back – it was just so embarrassing. So I did it for her.
I thought I’d figured out the tric…
The parenting site Mummy Pages currently has a hair-raising example of being overcharged for a kid’s meal. Kid’s meals are often very poor both in terms of choice and value, but this one is really something. In short, a child-size bowl of…
I knew watching TV was a bad idea. Dettol have just released the No-Touch hand wash system, a new, utterly pointless product to add to your eerily clean and soulless home. Specially designed to play on the fear and ignorance of unsuspecting, never-en…
How much should it cost for a few swigs of fruit juice?
Last week at Dundrum, I craved something healthy to see me through the tedious torture of a day’s shopping in this oddly alluring hellhole. I got a perfectly fine smoothie, full of kiwis and…
I was going to a gig in Whelan’s at the weekend and I popped into Bó Bó’s on Wexford street for a quick bite. As I sat down, a dull alarm bell went off in my head but I couldn’t figure out why.
Browsing over the huge menu, I came …
After my recent unplanned trip across Europe due to the ash cloud where I had to stick to a strict food budget, it got me thinking about the best and worst culinary holidays I have been on in terms of value for money. Obviously it’s only an ove…
Spot the swizz… Thanks to our reader Nicolac for sending this one in.
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I got a pasting last year for slagging off Ray’s pizza, but I was kind of asking for it. My gripe was that the pizza, although delicious, was overpriced. Our reader Nanazolie agreed:
A pizza is cheap to produce. I make some at home for less than …
An caller to Liveline recently complained of being charged €2.90 for dash of Mi-Wadi and some tap water. It reminded me of two seperate experiences on a break in Wicklow last week .
This post should perhaps have a question mark with the Bad Value c…
Yesterday’s Liveline was buzzing with angry callers complaining about an offer from petrol station Applegreen.
Since last year, customers who spend €10 in Applegreen get a stamp on their loyalty card. Once they accumulate 50 stamps, they can ge…
Cocktail offers have suckered me twice now. Last year, I was at a friend’s birthday and we all piled into Alfie’s on South William Street for the €5 cocktail deal. After ordering a round, we found that the alcohol content was pretty puny….
An interesting email arrived from our reader Wendy Cullinane this morning:
I am on a mission because I was very disappointed to discover Lidl is attempting to pull the wool over my eyes. I have been purchasing Lidl’s own brand of plain flour fo…
Yesterday, I posted about some good fruit and veg deals at Superquinn. So good, I thought, that I stopped in the Ranelagh branch on the way home yesterday.
I went with a very specific intention: to pick up tomatoes, onions and peppers for the dinner, w…
When I buy myself lunch in town now, it is usually because I’ve been very disorganised in the morning and not had a ton of porridge or made myself a healthy, nutritious packed lunch. This happens to me all the time, because while my intentions ar…
