Stella Cocktail Club — Restaurant in Dublin

I booked a table for 4 at 7:30 on a Sunday night having booked cinema tickets at 8:30 after a weekend enjoying fully what Dublin can offer in terms of food and beverage offerings.

Unfortunately, this experience stopped a few minutes after checking in a place only half full.

The 3 stars of this comment were obtained thanks to the good efforts of a nice and hard working waiter trying to save what can be called a catastrophic service by his other colleagues

1. 7:31 The waiter asks us if we want to eat. We answer yes, which resulted on only receiving the food menu.

2. 7:35. We ask the cocktail menu. We receive only one for all of us until we asked for more (it is a cocktail bar with a one page description for each cocktail).

3. 7:45 waiting to order. Our first waiter disappeared.

4. 7:50 we order at the bar as nobody came to take our order

5. 7:55 We ask if we can have tap water to a waitress passing by (our glasses were still upside down on the table). She serves one of us in an agressive manner. I complain. She replies agressively.

6. 8:00 I complain to the nice and hard working waiter.

7. 08:02 He takes the order again

8. 08:05 We receive the cocktail and part of the food

9. 08:10 Prawn tempura arrived. I mention this is a shrimp toastie but certainly not a tempura. No waiter seems to know what a tempura is.

10. 08:30 We go enjoy the movie. The nice waiter offers a pint to each of us to compensate for the bad experience.

11. General comment : this is a cocktail bar, it is expected to have some regular changes in the menu, which does not appear to be the case, or in a very limited way.

In summary, a risky bet before starting a night in a...

I decided to go to this place because I saw great reviews about their drinks and food. Here is my experience: The food: I started with the prawn bruschetta, which was terrific. Then I had the duck salad. It was good, not excellent, but good enough. I was disappointed because their online menu was different from the actual menu. My partner had the burger and the regular fries. The fries were great, and the burger was not bad. I also ordered the patatas bravas, and it was not great. It was not crispy, and it was like a sup of sauce on the bottom. Now, let’s get into the drinks. Firstly, I would like to say that the drink presentation was fantastic. I started with a sidecar. It was way too sour. I can see the intent to have a contrast with the nice sugar rim on the glass, but it wasn’t good. Then I asked for a sweet manhattan. That was way too sour, and I did not drink it. The balance was there, and it was drinkable, but not what I ordered. Then I tried a drink special from the menu called U-lah-lah. This was a punch of sugar in your face. It had all the potential to be great, but it was probably the sweetest drink I ever had. I had 2 sips and abandoned the rest. Then I tried a Mulled wine which took 15m to be prepared. It was OK as the waiter told me that it would take longer to make. I would give it 2 stars. It wasn’t bad, but it was missing spices, and it was on the sour side. It tasted like something out of a bottle And without any further garnishing or enhancements. I was disappointed overall. The place is fantastic, nice ambiance and great staff. Just needs to work on what they are...

If I could give lower than a 1 star I would !! My parents flew from England so I booked this table about a month ago. Never been treated so badly when I have been out in Dublin.

We were sat at a table in the walk way 4 seats not even next to each other so I moved them together so I could sit next to my family when I was greeted by the rudest staff member ( supposedly a manager) who had a go at me and said I can’t move the chairs as it blocks the walk way ?? So why sit us in a walk way ? I asked to move and no effort was made to accommodate my request the manager just kept talking over me in a angry tone of voice! I wasn’t even given menus or offered a drink so I had to sit there away from my family because I got thrown on a table in the walkway!

We got up and left no apology the staff all just starred at us as we left ! I noticed they canceled my booking on open table so I couldn’t leave a review there...