Mulcahy’s

We went to Mulcahy’s for lunch on a Saturday with some family members home from England. We had to have a good look around to find seating to fit six adults and three children. One of the waiting staff showed us to a corner right beside a projection screen that was showing a match, one of two huge projection screens.
We had a look at the menu on the blackboard and in fairness it sounded really good on the board. Most of the family went for the beef and lamb while I went for the hake. We ordered sausage and chips for my son and a baby bowl for my daughter.
The first comment everyone made was about the stuffing. It looked like someone had got some bread crumbs, mixed some herbs with it and put it on a plate, really dry. Those who got the beef which included my wife said that the yorkshire puddings were extremely dry and overcooked, my sister couldn’t eat hers. Everyone also said that the potatoes were dry and could have done with some butter put through them.
As for my own dish, being a chef I can get very annoyed when simple things are not done right. The first bit of the hake I tried had about six pin bones in it. Anyone who has any standards as a chef should have known to check for bones but this simple step was not done. Fair enough if you found one maybe two you could say they were just missed but most chefs aways know to check the fillet by the head where you normally get a clump of pin bones. The hakes was meant to have come with a sauce but I’m guessing that was put on top of the hake on the hot counter and it evaporated. Once the chef had put my fish on the plate he passed it to the next server who put the veg on. Right in front of her she had chopped lemons for the fish but she seemed to miss the fact that they needed to be put on the plate. The fish also was really overcooked as was the veg.
When we ordered my sons sausage and chip the server told us she would drop them down to us when they were ready. I told her where we were seated so she could drop them down. We were seated and eating for over 20 minutes before my sons food arrived delivered by I presume one of the owners. She said she had looked all over the place for us. Im guess communication is not one of their strong points.
Overall I think the only one who did not complain about their food was my son once he eventually got his sausage and chips.
Not a place I would be visiting again. With the dry, overcooked food, loud shouting from people watching matches on the two huge projections screens and poor service. Not a very family friendly place.

I’ve been to the pub area and it’s one of the better pubs in town. It gets quite busy during the weekend, either at night or during lunch and dinner services. The food is ok and the drink can be pricy. They have a large projector screen that they show sports matches on.