So after a great night in Fade Street Social a few weeks ago, we returned last night. Having ate in the main restaurant on our last visit we ate in the Tapas bar this time.
I love Tapas. I enjoy the ease and familiarity of ordering a pile of food and having it arrive at the table at different times. It makes for sociable eating as everyone digs in and shares the food.
Here's a few pics of some of the food we ordered:
Potatoes cooked in beef dripping
Mini burger which tastes awesome but is grossly overpriced, there should be 3 of these on the plate to make them better value
Large portion of beef cooked medium rare: divine!
Mini lobster roll - cute, adorable, tasty and not seen on many Irish menus
A mini chicken covered in caramelized onions and some type of cured meat
Dessert of chocolate mousse with hazelnut ice cream - this was very good!
Individual banoffee (my favourite dessert)
Overall I love the food and atmosphere in Fade Street Social it is such a buzzy place. However, I do think the tapas menu is overpriced and there is just not enough food on the plate for certain dishes to justify the price (I'm looking at you lobster roll & mini burger).
In comparison, have a look at our dinner in Santiago's Bodega - we generally spend about 100 dollars here (including wine & tip) and leave absolutely stuffed having eaten about 8 dishes between us. In Fade Street we dropped 105 euro, had about 6 dishes between the two of us and were not full at all. I think Fade Street could knock about 30% off the tapas prices which would allow for guests to order a few more dishes. They could also double or triple the portion size of some of the more teeny weeny dishes.
BTW, I should mention we ordered a bottle of malbec which was delicious at dinner but today has given me the typical malbec headache - tannins!!!
