The Irish Way — Restaurant in Sydney

I really don’t take a lot of joy at all in writing negative-type reviews, but my experience here was unfortunately quite disappointing. The staff were lovely, smiley and friendly, although a little slow and inconsistent. At first glance the meal looked good, but many parts were really lacking. Both of the ‘puddings’ were really quite low quality. Over-processed with hardly any texture whatsoever and little to none of that authentic gamey/ earthy flavour. The white pudding itself was mushy and the black not much better. I have had many even store-bought black and white puddings in Australia and some of them are genuinely really decent, these ones were quite honestly some of the worst representations of some of my favourite food items, which was a huge disappointment as they were quite literally the thing that made me come.

The mushrooms and tomato were very underwhelming with absolutely no seasoning. Both were technically cooked fine, but tasted very bland. The fried potatoes were the same and lacked any kind of seasoning or flavour and I’m not sure if they were old or the wrong type but they were also kind of gritty in texture. The fry on them was very light and they were not really crispy at all.

On a positive note, both the bacon and sausages were really fantastic. The sausages were a nice coarse, proper quality English/Irish-type sausage and the bacon also was thick, fibrous and had a great fry and crisp to it. The sourdough was also really nice and fresh and not rock hard like is very common in cafés. The eggs were also perfect.

As much as I did really enjoy the sausages and bacon, it wasn’t enough to save my disappointment from everything else on the plate. It was all a bit bland and lacked love and attention to detail, and although this is simply a ‘fry up’ I was quite shocked that half of it was ‘meh’.

I also ordered a Barry’s tea, which I drink pretty much every day, and I’m not sure if this was a different blend or a little old, but it really lacked that intense, smooth flavour that I’m used to.

At $31.50 I really felt that this missed the mark and a few very small touches could have made this great and worth the higher price tag.

There were a few other little issues with ordering both for me and some of the other diners, but I got the impression the server may have been relatively new and she was alone so I have no desire to be harsh towards her.

Appreciated the design, decor, and staff friendliness, so apologies for the more negative,...

Very disappointing and criminally overpriced. Attended on Saturday morning 14/6. Firstly, we had to wait at least 15-20 minutes before we were served because there was only one person working and they were responsible for taking orders at the tables and attending to the register. This poor girl was doing her best and to her credit was lovely, she just couldn't handle the volume of customers and this certainly wasn't her fault. Several people who were already seated walked out due to having to wait so long to be served. Secondly, the food was absolute rubbish. The black & white pudding serves were so small they gave a 20cent piece a run for it's money and the bacon was thick, undercooked and disgusting. The Irish bread serving wouldn't fed a toddler, and I would've got a bigger serving of baked potato during the famine. To top it all off the Full Irish is $31 (at least $5 more than a nearby competitor and not even in the same league as theirs). The Irish Way you should be absolutely disgusted with yourselves. I would stay well clear of this Cafe if you're after a nice breakfast, there are certainly better options for a full...

Ordered the mini breakfast. Asked to add extra items to each order (happy to pay extra for them). The additional items we ordered were not served. The eggs were raw. Fried potatoes were raw. The mini soda bread was not cooked in the middle and very very hard on the outside. Overall very disappointed and the food was not good. The only positive was that the coffee was really good. When paying before leaving the girl asked how it was to which I replied it was ok, unfortunately it wasn’t great, I told her about the eggs been raw. Her reply - next time ask for them to be...