CAFE M - homestyle roots ltd — Restaurant in County Mayo

Have eaten here many times, and I always seem to pick the bad dishes. But then I realised that I am picking the dishes that Cafe M shouldn't be making. Stick what they do best. The good old fashioned plain grub, no frills just good honest greasy spoon cafe food. There is no shame in it, especially when it so good. But sometimes the chefs want to branch out and try something different... And I commend them for trying. On my previous visit I ordered a fish dish, which was ok, but had been over cooked and landing dry. It was nice but not well executed. So this time around I read on the menu a Spanish dish with egg, potato and chorizo. The caption underneath was read something like, try it you'll love it. fair enough. In my mind I was expecting a spanish omelette sort of dish. Instead I got chopped tomatoes from a can, seasoned with a few cherry tomatoes, with fried potato cubes, with packet pre-shredded cheese and chorizo sliced into sticks. Topped with two poached eggs, one over done. My eyes were immediately put off, my taste buds didn't like the acidic over powered canned chopped tomatoes, and I hated the texture of the soggy fried cubed potatoes. The only good thing was the Chorizo. And the good poached egg went well with the toast. But sadly on the whole it wasn't good, but at least I tried it. My fault really, this place serves fantastic greasy food and this is what they excel at here. I would recommend that in a heartbeat. However if you are tempted to go off script, you probably will end up a little disappointed. I couldn't finish my plate and was eyeing my wifeys mini irish...

Very disappointed with this place. We originally went in for a roll they had advertised and we asked if one could be made without the onions but the waitress informed us that as the rolls were prepared earlier they couldn't be changed. When I asked if a fresh one could be made the reply was a simple No. We decided to settle on the beef ribs and vegetables. The first photo is what was brought out the second photo is what we left. The ribs were OK, just not enough of them. The veg was very bland and tasted as if it had been lying a good while as it was inedible. For the price of the food it was very poor. We ended up going elsewhere for food, it really was that bad. Sorry but we...

I discovered this place couple of years ago, and in my opinion they had the best chowder in Mayo. The chowder was the main reason of revisiting this place. Later they changed the cheef and the chowder became good, but not the best. However other foods were still very good and tasty. I have been regular guest here. Recently they changed the cheef again. Now they have tastless creamy chowder with minimal fish content. Terrible experience, I left there. Sorry to see, that this place...