This restaurant has a great location in the Temple Bar area.
The Front of House manager was busy but greeted us both promptly and warmly in spite of us not having reservations. We waited a short time and were seated in a second room, more spacious than the front (it looks like there was a downstairs, too).
Think smooth potato pancakes with delicious fillings.
We split the Gaelic Boxty and the Lamb Boxty with a starter of the Pear and Blue Cheese Salad.
The salad hit the spot and I would recommend it as it was the right size for the two of us and didn’t fill us up too much. Plus, the boxty comes with a mini side salad, we found out.
The Boxty was a smooth pancake which becomes a wrap of sorts for the filling. In the case of the Gaelic Boxty, it was two stacked thin, tender perfectly cooked (medium rare requested) steaks and was covered in not too much mushroom sauce.
The Lamb Boxty was more Indian-flavour profile with chunks of lamb and soft but not overcooked carrots, topped with small chunks of cucumber in a thin yogurt tzatziki sauce.
We ordered the trio of homemade ice creams for dessert and they were OK. They excel in the main dishes here.
Really good place. Recommend it.
Enjoyed May, 2015
20-21 Temple Bar, Dublin 2