Cracked Nut

On a bright, sunny day in the city, I headed to Cracked Nut.
After barely an introduction and a confusing greeting, I sat down. ‘Hi! (Sees people cleaning and the place relatively empty) are you still open?’ ‘Yes’ ‘OK…can I sit down’ ‘yes’ ‘OK. Are you still serving food?’ ‘No’ I decide to just put my stuff down at a table and then go back up to the counter since the place wasn’t closing and the back and forth was making my stuff even heavier.
Good news — they were still serving coffee so I order a flat white and a berry Danish. A nice Danish and a nice enough flat white.
It’s a great spot for people watching and decent for a quick snack!

I grab my lunch from here at least three times a week! The salad selection is great; not heavy on the meets but they recently introduced a chicken and bacon caeser salad that does the job nicely. Take away salad is a very reasonable 3.99÷4.99÷5.99 for small/​med/​large.
The sandwiches are already made up and there are some really nice choices — not just your average ham and cheese!
Highly recommended.

Super chouette petit café avec une jolie sélection de soupes, sandwiches et un salad bar super healthy. Le lieu est cosy et charmant, bien que tout petit.
J’ai choisi une soupe pois cassés, courgettes et menthe vraiment délicieuse et un sandwich avocat, cheddar et pommes. Le sandwich m’a moins convaincu, un peu sec et pas assez équilibré entre le sucre des pommes et le cheddar un peu fade.
En revanche le latte était délicieux, et pressée par le temps j’ai demandé à la serveuse de le mettre dans un gobelet à emporter, ce qu’elle a accepté sans soucis. Service au top bien sûr. Ah et ils font également des jus maisons avec des noms qui font rêver du style «cleanse», «energy», etc. J’ai jeté mon dévolu sur le «super cleanse», marketing quand tu nous tiens… Mais c’était frais, et vraiment vitaminé avec des carottes et du céleri entre autres.
Très réussi comme lieu !

Wow what a lovely little place! And they serve yummy food too:-)
I love the blue walls, the tiny tables, the big windows and the cute wooden shelfs filled with delicious treats like teas and chocolates.
I had a delicious tomato soup and a big salad. You can chose from the salad bar and simply fill your plate and the salads are really amazing.
I also had the spicy chai latte which could have been a bit more spicy but all in all I had a lovely stay and can definitely recommend coming here for a healthy, delicious and easy meal!

Very cute and friendly place that I visited for lunch today in Dublin. Places that have a good variety of healthy options are never a bad thing in my book as it gives you that moment of feeling pleased with yourself amongst and load of Guinness and fast food guilt while getting involved with the local scene here ;)
I had the salad bar option which was a selection of mixed salads and rice dishes served with a range of dressings which came with a cup of pea and mint soup. The salad was the star for me, it was fresh and really flavourful and did not feel at all boring which some salads can suffer from. Shout out to the caesar dressing which seemed home made and really amazing.
The prices here seem decent, the vibe is cool a the the staff are smiley and up beat. A great afternoon lunch spot o can recommend especially for those on a health kick.

Fantastic! I’ve come here from the United States and had a terrible time finding fresh veges and juices. Was great to break away from the tourist traps and find a place where I could grab a kale salad, unique sandwich and some juice. After going for some many days on rugby and whiskey and eggs, my body immediately felt so much better from this delicious food. Thank you! I can feel my body healing wonderfully.

Nice coffee
Sausage and bacon sandwich made with Ed Hicks products, very tasty.
Other food looks good, granola fruit and yoghurt looked very nice
I will be back

This is the perfect place to grab a healthy lunch in clean, minimal surroundings and for reasonable prices! I got the pre-​made BLT ciabatta and had it toasted. As far as «BLT» goes it’s a bit of a stretch, it’s really more of a gammon & greens & relish sandwich, but it was delicious nonetheless!
There are nice seats outside when it’s sunny and it’s nice and cool inside with a few tables and bar seats around. There’s also a random selection of teas and essential oils should that take your fancy.
The selection of sweets at the counter is hard to resist as someone below mentioned, and I tried some of the lemon drizzle cake. It was perfectly lemony and not too sweet but the cake was a little dry for my liking. Still an enjoyable lunch overall.

Yum. If you’re looking for healthy food at a really great price, with comfortable surroundings and very pleasant staff, look no further.
They seem to have rejigged the lay out a bit as well — it used to be a little cramped inside, but now it’s lovely. Really bright and airy, with big windows to look outside if the weather is bad, or little tables and chairs out front if it’s not.
I got a mixed salad which was fresh and delicious — they do them to eat in or take out. My favourite thing about it were all the sauces and dips that you can get with it — gorgeous homemade hummus, spicy ketchup and chunky chutney.
As I said, yum.

Finally made it into here today, was dying to check them out. As I did not have that much time today I went for the take away option but while scanning the shop defo will be back for a sit down meal soon.
As I had a matcha latte earlier on today I continued my going green food theme for the day and ordered a cup of their spinach kale soup and a little match orange raw ball to go along.
I loved seeing that almost all their sweet treat were GF and vegan friendly, defo big plus on my behalf and I still cant stop thinking about this amazing tempting looking vegan chocolate raspberry cake which is stuck on my mind ever since I left the shop in the afternoon.

This review is only for their fresh pressed juice. I got their beetroot and ginger one to go. It was lightly sweet and satisfying. Not sure if be able to sub this for a meal on a juice fast, but that’s probably just me. I know you can order ahead to do their juice fast. It was a little pricey though.

Found this place on Unilocal and it was even better than I hoped for. The weather was nice so we sat outside on a small table. Coffee was biiiig and strooong and just perfect. Had a grilled sandwich for breakfast which was absolutely delicious and as already mentioned their pastries look so fresh and yummy we couldn’t resist and shared one. Biiig mistake… I could have eaten it all by myself!!!

The cracked nut is a goodie near my company’s Dublin office. I needed a salad (due to recent extreme cake excesses) so I Unilocaled it and this café came out as a clear winner. I had a small takeaway salad box, I think it was 3.95 euros. As many different salads as you want within your box. I had a variation but the Beetroot and apple sliced salad was good, as was the ‘lentil wannabe’ (‘my own name for what I can only presume were beans of some mysterious type).
Really good spot if you’re dieting, as nothing is drowning in oil. Good, healthy food with a reasonable price tag and friendly staff.

My new place for lunch :) it’s nice, I can actually say Eco friendly place with relaxing music, and cozy atmosphere.
Tell the truth I was little confusing with menu. Don’t get me wrong I like this place and would come here again. Just was confusing with timing. I would love try their scone and coffee for € 3,50 until 11am or home made juice for € 3,20 small bottle and large for € 5,95.
I’ve got sandwich for € 5,90. Tuna with onions, eggs, salad leaves.
I like their shelves with Eco friendly products like shampoo or candles, tea, honey and some other stuff.

Now this is one the places that serve healthy hearty goodness. They have a decent range of delicious and fresh salads, ready made sandwiches and you can also make your own!
The only real downside to this place is the difference of prices for when you’re sitting in or taking out! You could end up paying an excess of 3 euros to have your salad at the place rather than takeaway. Not nice.

One other review speaks of over saturation of places to eat and get coffee and I also feel it has become one big ensemble of places to eat in Dublin. Its mind boggling and how the hell can you choose where to go?
However I was brought to The Cracked Nut and so was forced to discover a new place. Very good value salad box to go. At 5.95 € the large salad box is great. Salads are honest and tasty, a natural taste, without piles of salt and sugary dressings. You taste the herbs and salad and so on.
The cracked nut should not panic and put up their prices or give less of a portion. It is the market that is all out of kilter. We pay too much for salads, coffee, bread, and food and wine in this country to begin with. So what I found is special about this place is that it is normal, or at least it should be the norm. Friendly service, good food and selection and keenly priced. In a sea of cafes they are bobbing along nicely.

Absolutely love discovering top notch places to go in Dublin and this my friends is TOP NOTCH! Situated on Camden St, it’s everything cool and hipster ye need!
Cute seating inside and some outdoor seating when the sun decides to shine on us dear dubliners… Line up of some super fresh organic and free range ingredients making up some amazing salad, sandwich and soup options and hey the coffee counter has everything you want of a barista, so ye got your regular options of coffee coupled with teas and the new must have drink, matcha green tea latte — OMHoliness!
Thumbs up peeps… Get yourselves skipping here asap

Super impressed with this place, i never knew a place like this existed in town.
The offer a wide variety of milks from soya, skimmed and even almond. I opted for a coconut matcha almond latte. Wow!
The staff were great and super helpful.
The salads looks delish, I’ll be heading there for lunch shortly to try them out. I headed down at lunch time and the place was jammed! Always a good sign!
Definitely my new favourite coffee house!

The coffee was divine and the salads were delicious. I was able to choose my salads which were beetroot and rocket salad, mashed potato and chive salad and butternut squash salad which was served with a side of roast pepper and tomato soup. Just hit the spot. Its just a pity im not around the area too often as it certainly would become a favourite spot of mine. But i will be back!

Oh the amazing smell of good food that hits you when you walk in here is intoxicating. They have lovely healthy food and drinks for sale along there walls including the now trendy Matcha as well as other lovely teas. There salad and sandwich display is so tempting, but that is all too healthy for me, what I come here for is their excellent coffee. Umm, it is good and cheap only 2euro for a good sized to go cup. But it is nearly impossible to resist the sweet tempting goodies they have conveniently placed by the coffee counter. Their scones are some of the best I have tried, and again, I have tried a lot, their apple cinnamon scone is a particular favourite and they have been doing an early morning coffee and scone/​cake deal for 3euro. Bargain!
This is the best place to pop in for a lovely treat or something a bit more virtuous if you are that way inclined. Next time I am in I am going to try one of their delicious looking and sounding soups and artisan bread. Just what is needed this weather!

The Cracked Nut really has the code cracked for a solid casual dining experience.
I wasn’t sure which choice of delish sambo-​combos I wanted, so the lovely girl behind the counter let me make my very own sambo-​combo combo. and good god was it sensational.
I have nine words for you people; smoked-​salmon-​with-​roasted-​pear-​and-​goats-​cheese-​salad sandwich.
Do it. Relish it. Smother it. Savour it.
The staff were great, the food was great, the only slightly negative comment I have to make is that there wasn’t really enough seating (and I’m not a fan of sharing a big table with other people, but that might just be my problem).