Captain America’s the balloon guy rocked

People might think I am making this up but the highlight of our lunch in Captain America’s today was the balloon guy.
B1

b2

The rest was a joke
Me to server, whats the soup? “ehhh, uhhhmm, I don’t know” whilst she rolled her lip piercing with her tongue
Coke arrived instead of diet coke.
Soup was mushroom, pretty good actually but accompanied by those little par-baked buns which someone had forgot to move beyond the par-bake stage.

Chilli Con Carne was nuked and had rice under it whilst being nuked, not only shocking but reheated rice is a really bad source of salmonella
2 burgers both untouched
Scampi out of a bag deep fried
Mrs Phelan’s tea again came with mains, at least the cup was clean.
balloon guy
all mains were left there as you can see from below, waiter asked did you enjoy your food whilst lifting plates full of food off the table.
What do you think Sherlock?
Burgers

Roll on next week, suggested venues appreciated.
scampi

This might sound all rather fun if it wasn’t almost €100 for a lunch with no alcoholic beverages

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12 comments...What do you think?

  1. Posted by Debbie 22nd June, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    O.M.G. Scary stuff. Thanks for the warning!

  2. Posted by PaulSweeney 23rd June, 2008 at 9:57 am

    it’s now just scary how many “bad sunday lunches” I have been getting. I take Charlotte, my dad, and my niece out to Sunday lunch. Cost is about €60 usually. How hard is it to do these simple meals? How hard is it to tell someone this is the menu, this is what it means, this is what the customer is likely to ask?

  3. Posted by Conor Reidy 24th June, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Everything in Captain America’s ranges from the average to the terrible. Eddie Rocket’s across the street is fairly good for a burger, if a tad overpriced.

  4. Posted by John P 24th June, 2008 at 8:08 am

    Definitely suggest the following:-

    The Rising Tide, Glounthane
    The Bosun, Monkstown
    Mount Oval Bar, Rochestown

    Tried, tested and approved by the Peavoy quality control inspectors…..

  5. Posted by emordino 24th June, 2008 at 8:28 am

    I love Captain America’s in Dublin, never had a bad experience there. Well, except for that time I ordered tap water. But that was my own fault.

  6. Posted by The Bad Ambassador 24th June, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Did you complain to the staff or manager or just do the typical Irish thing and complain to the everybody after you had left the place?

    If you didn’t complain, you essentially paid just shy of €100 to not be fed. I’d happily not feed you for half that if you want to swing by my place sometime :o P

    That’s outrageous though – Irish people need to complain more. About everything!

  7. Posted by David 24th June, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Oh no! We’re regulars at the Dublin restaurant and were planning a visit over the weekend to the Corkonian variation.

    Will give it a wide berth now – any other suggestions for somewhere nice in Cork City??

  8. Posted by Mr T 24th June, 2008 at 9:30 am

    I’m a big fan of il Padrino’s, on cook street.

  9. Posted by Pat Phelan 24th June, 2008 at 9:35 am

    @thebadambassador
    I should be entitled to good food not an argument every time I go to eat Sunday lunch

    @Mr .T food is good in il Padrino if overpriced especially for Sunday Lunch, what I don’t like is being served by a bunch of pre-perostrika Georgians with grumpy mutts.

  10. Posted by the bad ambassador 24th June, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    Quite – but you should also be entitled to value for money and food provides nourishment as opposed to salmonella..

    To each their own – I don’t mean to judge, belittle or antagonise – but if they aren’t told their food is unacceptable they aren’t likely to change as long as the bottom line is good.

  11. Posted by Count Johnny 8th September, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    Opened Capt A’s on Grafton St. Dublin in 1971 with Mark Kavanagh and ran it for the next 15 years.Horrified to hear your remarks re Cork. That wouldn’t have happened in my day, Pat. If you want a really good burger give me a shout and I’ll cook it personally….

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