I reviewed Mayfield Deli and Eatery in Terenure here a couple of years ago and was very impressed. Since it opened I’ve been a happy regular, and was really pleased to hear late last year they were expanding. Union Square @ Mayfield opened a few m…
See? It still looks like I’m here in Ireland, but I actually wrote this in the past and sent it for publication to the future. Right now, I should be somewhere in Japan. Anyway… last month, Kat from The Purple Page blog brought a long-ove…
We’ve been on a minor Mexican buzz here on CheapEats recently, with Peter’s rave review of 777 and my Mexican scrambled eggs. All this chilli and coriander and whatnot reminded me of Cafe Azteca, a lovely little place I’ve been mean…
I took my boyfriend to Seafield House in Wexford recently for his birthday, and we had a wonderful break made even better by our little pit-stop in Gorey on the way down. We decided to stop for a quick lunch before finishing the last few miles of our t…
Eating out in London is astonishingly cheap. It’s very easy to get a decent feed for well under £10: over Patrick’s weekend, we comfortably found a sit-down, table service Thai restaurant serving decent mains at around £6.50-8 (around €…
Today, we launch a new category on Cheapeats: dinners under €10. In particular, we’re talking about proper, sit-down meals, so we’re leaving out fast food options. We’re excluding lunches: it’s easy to find a lunch under €10…
Years ago, I left a rather uninformed comment on this site about the sameyness of Mexican food. After having my pig-ignorant ears clipped, I stand by my statement that Tex-Mex food – basically, things wrapped in bread, such as burritos, fajitas, …
Spring is here! The weather’s getting warmer, there’s a stretch in the evenings and the flowers are blooming! Actually, I haven’t noticed any of the above if I’m being perfectly honest but now that winter is behind us, it’s time to talk froze…
Listen up, somebody. Today, I’m blogging on the Huffington Post about the problem of fake online reviews. My article follows Conor Pope’s excellent article in The Irish Times on the Carlton Group, who were caught red-handed asking their em…
A note from Peter and Jean: We’re delighted to have Rebecca on board as a regular contributor to the site. Rebecca is a full-time massage therapist and a part-time food lover. She’s been a regular commenter here since we kicked off over thr…
Rebecca Flynn, a friend and food lover, is the author of today’s guest post review, about a new cafe on Dublin’s Stephen Street. Myself and my cousins had our inaugural cousins’ Christmas get-together this year. We wanted to make it speci…
Taking the afternoon off work and whiling away a few hours in a top restaurant surely ranks amongst life’s greatest pleasures. For a start, lunch is much, much cheaper, making a trip to an expensive restaurant reasonably affordable. But a long, b…
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 …
I took my tiny sidekick to the Sunday Brunch Club in the Odeon on Harcourt St a few weeks back, when filthy rain put paid to our plans to go to the park. It turned out to be a really pleasant thing to do with small ones on a Sunday afternoon – …
As most of you reading this will no doubt aware, Friday is the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, a once in a century occurrence. By way of celebration for what is a rather neat and tidy number, the fabulous girls at Waxperts in Dun Laoghaire…
Parliament Street is full of great restaurants. There is, of course, Zaytoon, the only place you’d consider eating a kebab while sober. Then there’s Corfu: let’s call this one a work in progress. Cafe Topolis is a lovely Italian resta…
My friend Clare Q and I recently tried out a new(ish?) restaurant on Dublin’s Aungier Street: The Whitefriar Grill. It’s in the spot that was until recently occupied by Conrad Gallagher’s Salon des Saveurs, which in the grand traditio…
Dublin is poorly served by Greek restaurants. Besides Keshk in Donnybrook, which is a bit of a trek outside the city, there’s a Greek buffet called Ramos in the Epicurean food hall and then… well, precisely nothing. In the summer of 2005, I…
Burritos are the perfect midway point between fast food and a reasonably decent meal. Filling and comforting, quick and tasty, and unlike McDonald’s or the worst offender KFC, they don’t leave you squirming in shame when the instant pleasur…
I’m always bleating on about how the M&S Dine In for Two for €12.50 offer is the best food deal in Ireland. I’d never found a restaurant that could match it. Until now – and from a rather unexpected quarter. Cheapeats was recent…
Pity the miserable denizens of that bleak stretch of Dublin I call Middle Baggot Street, a place dominated by the hulking Bank of Ireland headquarters and a series of grey office buildings. Other Baggoty workers looking for lunch or coffee, either on …
Steak, chips, and salad for €13. Bangers and mash for a tenner. Three glasses of red for €16.50. Why, it can only be Le Bon Crubeen on Talbot Street. It’s easily one of the best cheap eats in Dublin, and a very pleasant place to dine too. Geo…
Somewhere cheap. Check. Somewhere you can sit down. Check. Somewhere with decent food and friendly service. Check. If you didn’t already know – sheesh – Cafe Bliss, down a little lane between Camden Street and Harcourt Street, has one…
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…
