Charlies III

Pros:
— open late, in a convenient location
— chili chicken was crispy and spicy
— order came fast
Cons:
— spring rolls were flavorless and had a bad smell
— the chili chicken was overly battered/​fried; there wasn’t much meat

Being back to Charlie III; and now I remember I missed their great tasting food, quite decently priced too. Great!

Ive always loved charlies all of them, very cheap n huge portions, used to make my husband collect me some for my breakfast when he was working nights when i was pregnant. If i lived in town i would live on charlies, the staff always nice, tho dont know how with all the drunks they deal with. Tasty food at great prices!

Charlie’s is a Malaysian Chinese brand in Dublin. If you go for Chinese food, then they are usually shit. But if you go for Malaysian food, then they are much better (but then again it’ll depend on where the chef is from or whether he’ll take his cooking serious). It is quite popular with Malaysians because they know what they want. The Malaysians are often shocked by what we Irish call «Chinese». If you want a good Irish-​Chinese, then Charlie’s is not for you. But for Malaysian hawker food, then go there. Ask for any dish in the Malaysian corner. The place itself on Westmoreland St is a hole yes — the toilets are a real disgrace. The same for the ones on South George St and in Temple Bar. But we have to realise that Malaysians differentiate between hawker food and proper food — hawker food is basically served from street stalls or food courts so Charlie’s has this hawker food mentality — focus more on the quality of food, not the service, the quality of building etc. The people there, for Malaysians or Mainland Chinese, are very friendly. Not as über-​friendly as the Irish.
Very annoyed that they don’t accept cards. I hate it when my Malaysian boyf asks me to buy him some food when I am in town and I don’t have cash with me…

Browsing through some reviews, came across these about Charlies, which brought back a most unpleasant memory of some months ago.
My colleague and I hopped into Charlies, Westmoreland St., relatively late, 12.30 am or so, after our shift, (we were the only sober ones there). As we stood at the counter to look at menu, and order, assistant/​waitress chewed gum continually, in between sneezes, and then proceeded to go to look into a pot of boiling something or the other, still chewing gum and sneezing, over the pot, and its contents.
We departed with nothing that came from Charlie’s pots, I am surprised that this place has not been sorted by the Department of Health. Yes, most of the people are drunk — it is still no excuse for the disgusting lack of very basic hygiene.
Maria A

Ooh I can’t really say anything better about this place than my fellow Unilocalers.
The food is greasy (and not in a good way) and I felt ill after eating their onion rings, which were too tasteless to finish. My friend’s dish wasn’t much better, although she was starving she still left most of it abandoned on the plate and the Pepsi is basically water mixed with sugar (Yes I know that’s what the real thing is made out of too but at least it has flavour!)
Gazing around at the décor I found it dull and boring and I was constantly thinking longingly of Flash cleaner and paint.
I will say that the girl behind the counter was friendly but they didn’t accept cards (by the way 1800’s called, they want their polices back) which I was amazed.
Can’t say I will be sprinting to visit any other Charlies located around Dublin.

I ended up going here one night after a big session, I wonder if anybody comes here sober? Well, even drunk my taste buds were offended. OK, I know if doesn’t claim to be gourmet food or even the best take away in the area but still, some sort of standard must be applied! The noodles where so slimy it was like sucking up worms and the chips were so soggy they were no help in soaking up the alcohol! The staff really don’t want to be there and I really didn’t either as just being in the place put me on edge with all the yelling, pushing and drunken gob shites in the queue! Try to avoid if you can!

Oh, and you need to check out the caps they wear — one of the words is misspelled. If you can figure out which one it is you’re not drunk enough to be at Charlies…

Oh Charlies 3! You make my stomach turn. The last time I was here, which was at 1 am after a drinking session, I ordered won ton soup and barely finished it. It was like dishwater with some chewing-​gum noodles and gray meat. Yikes! And my friend ate all his black bean sauce rice but that was only because he was very drunk and trying to sober up.
I’m sure that Charlies 1, 2 and 4 are no better. What all these places have in common are the rift-​raft that come in. It’s like a zoo in the wee hours of the morning. People are shouting at each other with dribble coming down their chins and sticky fingers being wiped on the plastic counter-​tops. The poor staff endure all this madness by masking their disgust with a comatose stare.
Never again, Charlies 3!