Alfie’s Restaurant

Alfie’s has a great lunch menu– 10 euro gets you three different dishes from the available lists. The vegetarian options are not extremely impressive, so I had to skip one of the lists and get two from another. This time around, I got the mixed veg, broccoli soup, and mac and cheese. While the soup was delicious, the mac and cheese could have been a bit more flavourful (maybe I’m just a mac and cheese snob). The food came out very quickly but this was offset by the rather slow service. Overall, Alfie’s is perfect for a cheap (esp. by city centre standards) and decent lunch.

Lovely contain bar and great food! Staff are lovely throughout any evenings I’ve been here! It’s just off south William street opposite zeba the hairdresser. It’s worth

Average food, average service, waitress tricked us into purchasing bottled water when we asked for glasses of water. I wasn’t aware we had to specify we wanted it from the tap.
The vegetarian options aren’t great, very bland and boring. Food is expensive for what you end up getting on the plate too.
The waitress was also very much on top of us for our whole meal, and not in a friendly way, so it was just weird. I wouldn’t even put it down to being that they needed the table and wanted us out of there quick, as we went on midweek around 5pm, and the place was empty bar one other table of 2.
I wouldn’t be rushing back to this place, but if I had no other options, I’d probably return.

Came here for lunch. The lunch menu is excellent. 10 euro and you get to choose from three categories. I had the soup, the tower burger, and hand cut chips. A lot of food, for a very reasonable price. And most importantly, it all tasted good too.
Attentive staff and nice atmosphere as well. You could easily miss this place from the outside, but its well worth a visit.

Went here our first night in Ireland. Food was great. Atmosphere is nice. Drinks were yummy. Service was so so slow, so don’t be in a hurry. Drinks took forever to come out. Food followed after a long wait.

Mediocre food but a great outside open space. Their waitress was so nice she was such a sweetheart. We loved the sea bass and the pepper sauce for the steak. The filet was okay and the tri tip was super chewy… drinks were amazing and we got lots of drinks on the house we had so much fun

Walked by this place dozens of times but decided to have a peek in today. I was nicely surprised for my curiosity.
They let you pick 3 items for € 10, I went for the fish cakes, veggie thai green curry & a medley of vegetables. Whilst not too impressed with any single one of them, they were all solid efforts and it was nice to have some variety.
Staff were very friendly and the place was hopping for lunch time. A long narrow restaurant, it just didn’t pack any ‘wow’ factor that makes you want to definitely come back but if it’s a reliable lunch you’re after for a decent price, you’ll be fine.
In short: Great little place to grab a cool variety € 10 lunch deal.

First time here, staff were so nice and genuine. Tablets were too close for my liken but the quality of the food overlooked that. The cocktails are fabulous! My partner got steak which was cooked to his perfection (well done&charcoal). I have chicken fajita, a bit too spicy for me as I have a low tolerance for spice. Slightly over priced for chicken but delicious. Desert was perfect, hot brownie with ice cream! Location is great, it is right beside a lot of bars and nightclubs. Also near the green line Luas. All in all, it’s a great restaurant and I would highly recommend.

A terribly generic bar with below average over priced cocktails.
My latest trip was the Friday before Christmas.
I ordered a Heineken and it tasted like dish water.
I ordered an expensive Old Fashioned and it was served to me in about 2 minutes. I knew it would be bad and it was. Bleurgh.
I have had food here before and it’s not bad.
It’s just an average predictable bar for this area that I always seem to be dragged to under duress every few months.

Visited Alfie’s for the second time! got our seats very promptly !! Waiter took a bit long to take our order! For starter we got the wings delicious and crispy! I then had the chicken in peppercorn sauce overall it was very bland and a bit of a let down. my hunky bf got the chicken supreme he wolfed it down and enjoyed it. I think next time il try the burger as they were being served to the next table and looked amazing! Also a little overpriced but sure what about it boy!

Well talk about customer service this place needs to send most of their staff on a long course ! We where upstairs for drinks and food. Staff threw menu at our table and walked off, not a great start. Ordered drinks beers and cocktail, draft beer very limited on draft that’s disappointing for a bar. High priced as well. Got prawns which where like rubber, I wasn’t even giving a knife and fork ! Staff are so so rude, couldn’t eat the prawns. To top it off there is obviously no age policy at door as was surrounded by under age girls taking selfies and drinking, for sure underage !
Definetly wouldn’t recommend !

Ive been here a number of times and never dissapoints me — its expensive (if you go outside the lunch and early bird menu) but you get what you pay for ! Food is delicious and the portions are huge ! good variety on the menu ! cocktails are fantastic ! your strating to get drunk after one they are that strong ! (€ 12.00 a pop though) really trendy place also ! staff are great as well ! i recommend chicken wings for starters ! ribs are real tasty as well !

First time here last night and have to say was pretty impressed! The bar upstairs was incredibly loud and some people were eating here, so when our table was called I was pretty happy that it was downstairs in the restaurant. The atmosphere was nice and buzzy, and the service was great.
I ordered camembert to start — really nice, good portion but a little cold in the middle. The only downside to the meal. My partner ordered scallops — expensive for two but so tasty that they were worth every penny. Bonus: they came sitting on black pudding!
My main was the symphony of seafood — prawns, scallops, fillet of salmon & a fishcake. Seafood usually inst filling but there was the perfect portion to leave me feeing stuffed. We ordered garlic potatoes between us expecting dauphinoise, but they were actually a patatas alioli which was fine [was still craving some creamy garicky spuds afterwards though!]. The other main was lamb shank which was equally as delicious.
Desserts were cocktails [naturally!] and there’s a large selection in Alfies for a great price [ranging from € 5-​€ 10 with lots in the lower bracket[.
Can’t wait to pop back to Alfies and try out the € 10 lunchbox!

I am by no means a regular at Alfies, but I’ve been there on a number of occasions for lunch & the early bird & absolutely loved the style of their food. I loved the 3 platters coming at once, I loved the reasonably priced cocktails and I loved the quality of the food we were served each time we were there. So natually when a girls night came up for me recently I recommended Alfies for all the things I had experienced before. We were told when we booked that we only had the table for 2 hours, which is great notice to be able to plan accordingly.
Firstly when we arrived in it was too dark to see the menu. I kid you not, one friend with particularly questionable eyesight at the best of times had to turn her back to the table completely in order to get some of the light from our little tealight candle onto her Menu in order to read it. We laughed this off anyway, made a bit of a joke with the waitor & proceeded to order.
A cocktail each while we decided what food we wanted, absolutely flawless but slow to be served (which is fine, they make them up from scratch). For starters I ordered the soup of the day (spicy tomatoe soup). It was quite tasty but came with crutons in it, which no one had mentioned, and as someone who is intolerant to wheat this didn’t suit me. Pulling crutons out of soup is messy business but they were quite big so it was difficult to eat around them.
For mains I ordered BBQ spare ribs which was to come with chips & onion rings. Onion rings were delicious, chips were delicious. BBQ sauce was delicious. Rib left a lot to be desired. They were fatty, gristly, not very easy to eat & I had to resort to picking them up by the bone to eat them. Which is fine for a BBQ but restaurant standard ribs should come off the bone easy enough! I mean when I cook them at home the come off the bone easy enough!
After our mains we waited a VERY long time for our plates to be collected. One waitor asked where we done & when we replied yes he still didn’t bother to take the plates away! When they did evenutally take our plates away they didn’t come with a dessert Menu, we had to ask for one. We then, 20 minutes later, had to ask someone to take our dessert order.
I had the Oreo Cheese Cake, which is delish as always but my friends ordered something along the lines of an eton mess and was described on the menu as having «mixed berries». My friends got 5 berries between 2 of them. The rest of the dessert was just whipped cream & mirangue.
At the end as we were paying the waiter who served us (who by the way was so so charming) asked how our desserts were. My friend explained that she was disappointed with her dessert since there were so few berries & his response was simply «yeah, I would have ordered the brownie or oreo cheesecake»…
All in all, if that was my first visit to Alfies I would not be returning. & in fact I will never return for dinner. But lunches are great so don’t avoid it completely on this account!

Went here for lunch around Christmas time. We were seated and served quickly even though it was busy. I ordered their lunch special which was reasonably priced and arrived extremely quickly. The ribs are delicious, however came served on a bed of mashed potato which was odd and not stated anywhere. The chicken wings were cold and the fries tasted as if they were from frozen. I wouldn’t kick up a fuss if I had to go again but would try and go at a less busy time.

To summarize, because I know I tend towards wordiness in my Unilocal reviews: the service was great, probably the best I’ve experienced in Dublin, and the vibe was fun; the food, however, was sub-​par.
When I made a reservation for 6pm at Alfie’s, I asked if we could be out by 7:15 to catch a show at the Gaiety; they assured me that this wouldn’t be a problem. After a quick reminder of our time constraint upon arrival, our waitress was extremely understanding and our mains came out within ten minutes. Which was great, and we would have been really pleased, had the food been better.
I ordered off of the «Bits & Pieces» menu, in which you pick one item from each of three categories; I went for garlic mushrooms, mini tower burgers, and duo of vegetables. The dishes arrive together, attractively displayed on a little wooden cutting board. This is 20 euros, and also comes with a glass of house wine, a pint, or a cocktail. (I went for the house red, a greasy cabernet savignon.) That seems like a pretty good deal, I think.
When I asked for the burger to be cooked medium-​rare, our (very amiable) waitress told me apologetically that they only came well-​done, as, I suppose, they were premade. (Like in McDonald’s.) They were uninspired: attractively presented, but tasteless and slightly burnt. The garlic mushrooms were tasty enough — they’re smothered in garlic and butter and deep-​fried, so I would certainly hope so. The vegetables (broccoli and carrots, if I remember correctly) were drenched in butter, which annoyed me: if I’m trying to order a side of vegetables, they should taste like vegetables.
All in all: five stars for the service. After our mains, we even had time for dessert and tea before we had to leave to catch our show. The two waiters we dealt with were friendly and professional, and when the manager came over and chatted for a bit, he was extremely personable (and gave me and my mother an excellent book recommendation). Like I said: best service I’ve gotten in Dublin. The food, however, is two-​star material.
Also: there’s not actually a possessive apostrophe in «Alfies», which greatly irked my father. When the manager came over, my dad — of course — asked about the missing punctuation. Evidently the logo was taken from a movie made in the ‘60s, which… okay. (My father was unimpressed.) So, I dunno, if you care about that sort of thing, there’s a data point.

On a late night trip to the fridge, I once discovered that strawberry jam on chicken noodles works exquisitely well. I wasn’t drunk, or pregnant, I simply have a highly sophisticated pallet out reach of most noodle connoisseurs.
I’m also rather on the selfish side. I agree with Joey Tribbiani — «Joey doesn’t share food!». That, however, does not stop me from wanting a ‘taster’ of everyone else’s…
What I’m trying to say is, when I went into Alphie’s, and found that I could order peppercorn meatballs, Thai chicken curry, and mashed potato all on the same plate, without having to share, and without fear of being judged, I thought; ‘this is the place for me.‘
The satisfaction of my gluttonous tendencies in a socially acceptable manor, is the main reason I like Alphies. The mashed potatoes were a tad dry, the meatballs were slightly bland although piping hot (it was a cold day!), and the Thai chicken curry was delicious.
All in all, for € 10 and a € 5 cocktail if you really want to push the boat out, it’s a guilty pleasure worth taking.
Now where’s that strawberry jam…

I went for lunch at Alfie’s with a friend who has a son by that name. So, we were primed to like this place. The attentive service, good-​looking clientele, and gorgeous décor (including a very nice and clean WC downstairs) set the stage. Unfortunately, though, the food really let us down.
Lunch was cheap at 10 euros, but decidedly mediocre (essentially what you might expect from pub food — and not a gastropub either). I would much rather pay a bit more for something a lot better. And easier to order and to eat…
The lunch menu was confusing and over-​reaching. You can select 1 dish from each of 3 categories, but they don’t naturally complement one another. Even our server couldn’t help my friend pick one from the third category that would go with the first two! Furthermore, each choice is served in a small wooden bowl that rolls around such that it’s almost impossible to cut — or eat! — the food. The Chinese «parcels» were OK — essentially small egg rolls on mixed greens. The BBQ chicken salad was topped with two onion rings that were delicious, but the BBQ sauce came on the side, which may have been a good thing because the sauce really wasn’t very good. The veg were what you might expect for Sunday dinner — steamed broccoli and carrots and mashed potatoes all stuffed in the same small bowl (whereas I’d rather keep my veg separate.) Everything was cooked properly but nothing revolutionary.
Alfie’s lunch menu could easily go from good to great by narrowing down the choices, focusing on a few of the best and most complementary dishes, and serving just two such dishes on a conventional plate. It would take just such a new menu and/​or chef to get me back for a sequel.

Went here for Sunday lunch. We went with the Lunch Box menu, in which one chooses a starter, main and side (along with a soft drink) for € 10. The starter and main course are served together… this bothers some people, but I didn’t mind in the slightest. Garlic Mushrooms alongside a steak sandwich is fine by me:-) And my sisters fish cakes really complimented the Thai Red curry, lol. The food was well presented, but as one would expect for € 10, basic enough.
What knocked off a star from my review is the fact that Alfies has a bit of a claustrophobic feeling to it, especially if you are right down the back on a nice day (would be fine at night), as its long dark and narrow. I was dying to be out in the sun by the end of the meal.

So I’m out again to eat for the second night in a row and the first venue is poo-poo’d because someone doesn’t like Thai food. Oh well. So Alfies is mooted and after a quick look at their set menu for 14.95 EUR, it’s settled.
Now the name is familiar and the font used in the signage even more so, but I just couldn’t tell you where this place is… but I know I’ve passed it plenty of times… oh yeah, South William Street! It’s not surprising, the street is full of eating houses.
Up the stairs and the place is full of framed posters from the movie Alfie, both movies that is. There is also lots of framed pictures of a Yorkshire Terrier who I can only assume is called Alfie as well. The music was a good mix of classics with some current chart hits.
We settle at one of the high tables and peruse the set menu, which has three categories and you have to pick one item from each. (There is also a regular menu of individual meals with individual prices). I went for the nachos, mini beef burger and fries.
The burger was a really nice size, girl size. And it was yum to, as were the fries. The nachos however was a bowlful of oily chili, too much melted cheese and a few nachos put on top. If I were Alfies I would use more nachos, putting them at the bottom of the bowl, then spoon some chili and a bit of cheese on top. Emphasis on the word some.
All in all the food was grand for the price, it was good value. We also got a platter of canapes before our meal and two great big slices cake after it to celebrate Alfies third birthday (the business I assume and not the dogs). This was jolly nice of them and a good touch.
We all ordered cocktails too, from the 5 EUR menu. I got a cosmopolitan and for the price it was well good. They also have more cocktails at a price of 8 EUR.
So for the above meal and two cocktails (that weren’t half bad), it came to 25 EUR per head. Good value in my book.
Staff were friendly and attentive too, so a good tip was earned there.