Rhodes restaurant Dublin 7 - small servings big plates slow service

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Well was here on Sat night and extremly dissapointed

I hate restaurants were you get BIG plates and small portions and this was the case here

However the service was slooooowwwww and it was a good 20-25 minute wait in between starters and main course and then they forgot our vegtables. Table beside us also complained

Wont be back again although the atmosphere was good not sure if we caught them on a bad night?

Was in Keatings pub for a drink before hand and like the look of that anyone ever eaten here ?

Also read some reviews of Rhodes and please just because its on the Northside it does not make it a bad restaraunt

Listen up D4 heads
 
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Hi IrishGunner,

I wouldn't recommend Keatings I'm afraid. Had a terrible experience there - ordered a fishpie that was steaming hot and burnt my mouth even though I let it sit in front of me for about 5 mins before I ate any of it.

Called the waiter over who could see I was struggling with the dish and he said I should have let it cool down - this after it was sitting on the table for over 10 mins!!!

I felt the food was simply precooked and shoved into a microwave on superpower before it was served up...appalling :(

Some fabby restaurants to check out...Yamamori on George's St; Sixty Six next door to the old reliable Yama; Siam Thai on Exchequer St; Chez Max at entrance to Dublin Castle; Elephant & Castle, Temple Bar...
 
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ftb2 said:
Some fabby restaurants to check out...Yamamori on George's St; Sixty Six next door to the old reliable Yama; Siam Thai on Exchequer St; Chez Max at entrance to Dublin Castle; Elephant & Castle, Temple Bar...
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So food not that great in Keatings...hmmmm such a nice pub

Have tried nearly all of the above except Sixty Six but will be there on Wed night, better get our early for the Arsenal match. From reading previous threads heard good and bad things about it. Now its time for me to experience it

Thank
 
I thought downstairs in the sports bar in temple bar was the place to go for arsenal matches midweek. a friend is in the "official supporters club" and thats where they all meet. complimentary finger food.
 
I was in Rhodes the other week and the food, portions and service were fine in my opinion. Mind you somebody else was footing the bill which helped me to enjoy proceedings. :) Somebody ordered a port after the meal and was eventually told that they were out of it which was a small thing that they really should have known in advance. Wasn't mad on the actual restaurant space itself - a bit cold/clinical/noisy for my tastes. And the maitre d' was a bit offputting saying that 9 instead of the originally booked 8 would be very tight at the table reserved even though we ended up at another table with loads of space. A simple "let's see what we can do" would have been a bit more welcoming. Would probably go back and try it again though - even if I had to foot the bill myself this time. ;)
 
car said:
I thought downstairs in the sports bar in temple bar was the place to go for arsenal matches midweek. a friend is in the "official supporters club" and thats where they all meet. complimentary finger food.
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Nah we have gone up in the world and eat and drink in the westmoreland

Me I have tried most food places. Also spoke to a work colleague yesterday and said the exact same re service and portions re Rhodes

Heard that they maybe opening a new Rhodes in Donnybrook?? Should please the D4 heads who wont venture to Capel street

I would rather come out of a restaraunt too full rather than still hungry

Damn to those critics on the restaurant its food not art .Its there to be eaten not to take a picture of so bigger portions please. Although not always.....
Sorry went on a bit there
 
While it's cheaper and more cheerful in my opinion, I reckon that value for money is better at 101 Talbot than at Rhodes for not dissimilar types of food. We ate there a while back and had booked for 19:30 on a Saturday. Turns out that their early bird menu finishes at 19:30 (not 20:00 as stated on their website) but they charged us the early bird price anyway - even though we ordered from the a la carte - and it worked out cheaper. Not sure what the etiquette is in this context normally but we thought that it was a nice touch.
 
Ate in Rhodes last night. I enjoyed it,I liked the space and thought the food was really good and at E28 per head ( ok, light meal and very little wine) not excessive. BUT I don't know what their target or niche market is - up market? Linen and black clad waiters? Or trendy? Or MOR? I like 101 also - but it is considerably more casual, more down to earth and much more buzzy.

Different venues for different outings perhaps?

mf
 
IrishGunner said:
Heard that they maybe opening a new Rhodes in Donnybrook?? Should please the D4 heads who wont venture to Capel street
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There will be a Rhodes D4 but it won't be in Donnybrook, it will be in the Bolands Mill complex down in Docklands D4 (Pearse St/Ringsend Rd), it will be the resturant in the hotel part of the development.

Same owners and developers as the Capel Building where D7 is located.
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ftb2 said:
I wouldn't recommend Keatings I'm afraid. Had a terrible experience there - ordered a fishpie that was steaming hot and burnt my mouth even though I let it sit in front of me for about 5 mins before I ate any of it.
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You're complaining because your food was TOO HOT? :rolleyes:

ftb2 said:
I felt the food was simply precooked and shoved into a microwave on superpower before it was served up...appalling
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Speaking from experience, a lot of pubs will prepare food this way. If you don't want pub grub, you should have gone to a restaurant.
 
IrishGunner said:
.. and please just because its on the Northside it does not make it a bad restaraunt
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and what does that mean ?

Restaurant standards decline the further you move north of the Liffey ?
Restaurants south of the Liffey cannot be anything other than good by virtue of geography ?

The last good restaurant meal I had was in Malahide. That's about 9 miles north of the Liffey. If I liked Cruzzos, what must a restaurant 9 miles south of the Liffey be like ? Gastronomic nirvana ?

:rolleyes:
 
mf1 said:
Different venues for different outings perhaps?
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Perhaps. It's always apples and oranges when it comes to comparing restaurants. I'm just saying that I personally reckon that all told 101 offers better value for money.
 
Chapter One on Parnell Square is possibly the best restaurant in the country but there's no doubt that the majority of good (and bad) restaurants are on the southside. Agree with Clubman about 101 Talbot, a good place, long established and they know what they're doing.
 
A colleague was in Chapter One one night and Rhodes the next and reckoned that Chapter One, while very good, did not merit the significant price differential. It's always good to consider such things with your logical economic man consuming units of utility hat on! :D
 
jaybird said:
I happen to know that they're having a hard time keeping their staff, I don't know exactly why though, I haven't been (yet).
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Maybe it's the smell of cats' weewee off the hedge around their open air section on Mary's Abbey! Seriously... some pong. Seemingly it's the type of hedge and not actually the local cats.
 
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kramer2006 said:
You're complaining because your food was TOO HOT? :rolleyes:
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I would have thought that this was a legitimate reason for not enjoying a meal. You don't expect to have scalding food served to you - you expect food to be served to you in an edible format. Fit for purpose as the legislation would put it.

kramer2006 said:
Speaking from experience, a lot of pubs will prepare food this way. If you don't want pub grub, you should have gone to a restaurant.
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Fair enough, but most pub grub I eat is served at a temperature that is edible once the food is served to me. I don't normally have to wait (or would expect to wait) for 10minutes for it to cool down.
 
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ftb2 said:
ordered a fishpie that was steaming hot and burnt my mouth even though I let it sit in front of me for about 5 mins before I ate any of it.

Called the waiter over who could see I was struggling with the dish and he said I should have let it cool down - this after it was sitting on the table for over 10 mins!!!
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Surely it was cooler after than 10 minutes than it was after 5?
 
Gunner,

Don't get your hopes up for good service fi you're off to 66. I have heard the food is decent but just haven't had the patience to wait for service the two times I did go there. I've just given up now. 20 minutes for even the drinks order is too long. I liked Rhodes, portions were small but very tasy, opted for the confit of duck as the main. Yummy. Off to Darwins tonight on Aungier Street, a hidden gem of a restaurant.
 
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ronan_d_john said:
I would have thought that this was a legitimate reason for not enjoying a meal.
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Let's get back to reality here. The OP claimed he/she had an "appalling" meal, because the food was too hot. He/she was so flummoxed by hot food ("struggling"), a waiter felt the need to approach him/her and explain a course of action.

One solution: blow on it! We're taught this life-saving procedure at an early age. Or, (my favourite) have a beer while it cools down.

If the food was too cold I'd say fair enough.
 
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