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Brought the kids to Wabisabi Japanese place on oliver plunkett street.

its good not brilliant.

Ramen, Katzu Curry and Curry Udon. Japanese street food. we didnt bother with sushi. its better then Sakura but its no Myazaki.

overall a good casual dining option.

Will go again.
 
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I remeber it was run by a husband and husband duo both called Steve or something

Ha I actually know one of them, his name is Chris and he's a Donegal fella who was head chef in The Park Hotel in Kenmare. The hotel is indeed gone, I didn't realise it was in Castletownbere but that all makes sense now.

Kenmare might be worth hitting on the way back actually, I love that town. Thanks for the tip
 
Last time I was in Castletown it was on a day trip from Kenmare. if you get a fine day and are only staying the night get the cable car to Dursey and walk out to the lighthouse. see the cliffs the Brits fucked all the O'Sullivans off during the Dursey massacre. the place is spectacular in fine weather.

we ate in the hotel that time but i dont think it survived the pandemic. I remeber it was run by a husband and husband duo both called Steve or something. Must make for weird Rows shouting your own name at someone.

Dereen Gardens is up by kenmare maybe 30min spin. nice for lunch and such but dont go out of your way. and the gardens are great but prob not for a couple we were running the legs off our kids

the Cafe in the buddest reteat is supposed to be magic but I havent been myself. you cant miss the place on the road into castletown

McCarthys bar. the one from the book is a nice spot. The 99s in the shop across the road from it are fuckin colossal.
Forgot to mention that, but yes it is!

*Hipster alert*

Their beetroot chai latte is to die for.
 
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Went to Da Mirco on Bridge Street last Friday. 4 of us.

Starters of Burrata salads for my buddy and I. The ladies both had a mini-antipasti board (which was not mini).

My friend's wife found a large piece of hard plastic baked into the focaccia made in-house (according to the menu). She pointed it out to the waitress and said "You might want to take it off for the evening in case anyone else gets some" to which the waitress replied with "We'll complain to the people that we buy the breads from" - no apology, no concern. So much for "in-house baked breads".

"Will I leave the rest of the focaccia?" was met with a resounding no.... I mean for fuck sake like.

Anyway...

Mains - Gnocchi with sausage, vegetarian gnocchi, braised beef cheek with lemon potato and bigoli with pork cheek. The latter was mine, it arrived absolutely covered in grated cheese. I like all cheeses but I'd prefer to be asked if I want it draped over the entire serving.

4 x starter, 4 x main, 2 bottles still water, 1 overpriced bottle of distinctly average red, 1 x espresso, 1 x Americano. No desserts.

€206 - rounded to €240 to include tip (which I seriously debated on dropping to €225 given the chronic level of service).

Starters were decent. My main dish was only OK and over-powered by the amount of cheese. Small mains portions when it came to both of gnocchi options. Poor service. Bad coffee. Shard of solid plastic in the bread.

Can't recommend at all. Would not return.
 
Went to Da Mirco on Bridge Street last Friday. 4 of us.

Starters of Burrata salads for my buddy and I. The ladies both had a mini-antipasti board (which was not mini).

My friend's wife found a large piece of hard plastic baked into the focaccia made in-house (according to the menu). She pointed it out to the waitress and said "You might want to take it off for the evening in case anyone else gets some" to which the waitress replied with "We'll complain to the people that we buy the breads from" - no apology, no concern. So much for "in-house baked breads".

"Will I leave the rest of the focaccia?" was met with a resounding no.... I mean for fuck sake like.

Anyway...

Mains - Gnocchi with sausage, vegetarian gnocchi, braised beef cheek with lemon potato and bigoli with pork cheek. The latter was mine, it arrived absolutely covered in grated cheese. I like all cheeses but I'd prefer to be asked if I want it draped over the entire serving.

4 x starter, 4 x main, 2 bottles still water, 1 overpriced bottle of distinctly average red, 1 x espresso, 1 x Americano. No desserts.

€206 - rounded to €240 to include tip (which I seriously debated on dropping to €225 given the chronic level of service).

Starters were decent. My main dish was only OK and over-powered by the amount of cheese. Small mains portions when it came to both of gnocchi options. Poor service. Bad coffee. Shard of solid plastic in the bread.

Can't recommend at all. Would not return.
Thats a pity - I've eaten there a few times and enjoyed it, but its been a while. Mirco himself is a nice fella too.
 
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