O’Brien’s Irish Sandwich Bar

I’ve never been a big campaigner for O’ Brien’s food in general but, having received a much needed renovation, it’s now a nice place to eat.
Service is good here and notably better than other franchises around the area.
The Triple Decker is tasty enough but at € 6.95 it’s at the same price point as places like The News Café in Blackrock & Cabinteely who do a far superior club sandwich. Get a coffee too and you’re looking at € 10 for lunch.
They do offer meal deals: a sandwich or wrap with 1 meat, 3 salads (apparently egg isn’t a salad!?) and a small hot drink for € 6. This is better value but it would be nice to see it carried over to more expensive sandwiches e.g. buy a Triple Decker and add a coffee for € 1.50 or something like that.

I quite like this obriens, its in one of the nicer shop spaces of the shopping centre and O briens have always had some of the nicer sandwiches on offer.
It was a little weird to think that they would be out of business considering just hw big they had gotten in recent years, however now that they have been bought out the company should remain an option at lunch time. They had sort of cheapened their ingredients and the cheese for example had become a little plasticy in recent times probably as a cut back… but hopefully they are now a little bit better set up…
Always good for a sambo and a hot choc at break time! yum