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After an eventful day of pub crawling in Gallway we ended our evening on 10/15/2012 at The Dail Bar which came highly recommended by our hotel staff and on Foursquare.

Nathan ordered the Fish and Chips for €12.95 to try the traditional Irish fare vs our UK experience at the Hip Chip, and Jessica ordered the Vegetarian Special Quiche for about €9. The menu offered several options for vegetarian and gluten intolerant customers and shared all their local suppliers of meat and produce. Very friendly staff, but very difficult to tip – they tend to run quickly away.

Nathan enjoyed the light and flakey batter on the fish, but the overall flavor of the fish was sub-par to the Hip Chip. The mushy peas were an interesting experience; part of a tradition to serve with fish and chips, but I probably wouldn’t order it again especially not without a little more salt.  

The Vegetarian Quiche was good and filling with nice flavors.

Flavor: 3.5/5

Price: 2.5/5

Service: 4/5

We arrived late to the Glenlo Abbey Hotel but received great service from the belman and receptionist who gave us a voucher for discounted prices at the hotel restaruants.

We visited the Oak Cellar Bar and Nathan ordered the Homemade Beef Burger for €13.25 and Jessica ordered the Pasta Special.

The burger was very good especially in the flavor of the beef; you can really tell a difference between the Irish grass-fed cows versus the standard American beef. The portion size was significantly smaller and left still a little hungry, but it was a decent meal.

Jessica’s pasta was filling and had good flavor, but nothing too exciting.

Flavor: 3.5/5

Price: 2.5/5

Service: 3/5

Overall: 3/5

**Not bad if you’re staying at the hotel, but probably wouldn’t drive out for it.

We stopped off in Sligo for a quick bite around 2:30pm on a Sunday. What we forgot to consider was that restaurants really don’t open until 3pm.. or whenever they feel like it. We tried to go to a traditional pub that came highly recommended on Google Maps but after an hour of circling trying to figure out when they were planning on opening, we finally gave up and went to The Belfry.

We ordered a pitcher of Bavaria beer and the Belfry Combo Sampler for €13.95.  The food was decent for bar bites even if a little pricey, but the beer was a good deal. 

Flavor: 3/5

Price: 3/5

Service: N/A

After a long wet day exploring the exciting city of Dublin in the rain and navigating our way back to our Hotel Area via the local bus, we found one restaurant that was open and serving traditional pub food!

Slevin’s was serving beer and pub food, and we wanted both. Nathan ordered the 10 oz Prime Irish Sirloin for €18.98, and Jessica ordered a quiche from their daily specials board for €6.

The steak was a flat iron flank heavy on the salt with not much else. The quiche hoewever was fluffy and flavorful and came with a side salad. Jessica was nice and shared with Nathan 😉

Review

Flavor: J4, N2

Price: J4, N2

Service: 3

Overall: 3