Moon Asian Restaurant — Restaurant in The Municipal District of Kilkenny City

This was genuinely one of the worst dining experiences I’ve ever had. If you have any dietary restrictions, allergies, or ethical values around food, you need to avoid this place.

I ordered the vegetarian tofu ramen and only discovered after eating most of it that it contained a piece of beef. As a pescatarian for ethical reasons, this was deeply distressing. I felt sick, both physically and emotionally. I never would have knowingly eaten meat, and they completely took that choice away from me. It felt violating and disrespectful.

It is clear they use the same meat-based stock for both meat and vegetarian dishes, including the ones labelled vegetarian. This is incredibly misleading and completely irresponsible. It could be dangerous for someone with allergies, and for people like me, it shows a complete disregard for values and personal choice.

When I flagged the issue, I calmly explained that I did not feel comfortable paying for the meal, which is entirely fair. I was polite and respectful throughout. The waitress initially offered a basic apology, but when I went up to settle the rest of the bill, her tone changed entirely. She became rude and defensive when I asked about a confusing charge labeled “pistachio” which turned out to be for a beer I had. I was simply double-checking the bill after a serious error, and was treated as if I was being difficult.

What shocked me most was when she said, “Well, you ate most of it anyway.” That comment was dismissive and completely inappropriate. I only discovered the beef at the end of the meal. I was horrified. I had been calm and understanding, and to be met with that kind of attitude after they served me meat in a vegetarian dish was unacceptable.

The chef never came out to apologise. He was clearly visible behind the curtain near the till, watching us, and still said nothing. When we asked about him, we were told he was too busy. There was no ownership and no accountability at any point.

I left feeling genuinely upset, disrespected, and angry. No one should walk out of a restaurant feeling like that. People deserve to feel safe, heard, and respected when dining out. I would not trust this restaurant with any dietary needs. They clearly do not take them seriously and do not handle serious...

Even after the standard in Nori has dropped/changed chef, their food quality is still higher than Moon Asian restaurant. It really depends on, whether Kilkenny people accepts this kind of standard.

1a. I lost appetite after putting the soggy rice into my mouth. It is half porridge/congee form. No idea what sauce they have added as topping (mixture of 2 or 3 gloopy sauces). Crispy Chicken rice (Chicken Cutlet rice), I was expecting Oyako Don, hoping to have sweet onions and sweet soya sauce and egg on the rice with chicken cutlet. 1b. I saw Curry rice with Cutlet pork chop or chicken in the menu (a photo). The staff started reading out all the names under the rice menu to ask me to pick from them. I can do a way better job than them! Please remove any images that the 'restaurant' does not serve! A-ge Tofu. The type of tofu the've used is right. But, the coating is not glutinous rice flour, which is supposed to give it a slurpy gooey texture. The sushi-s. Disappointment for the price. Rice is japanese rice, but no sushi rice vinegar on them. California roll's low quality (doesn't pop like caviar/boba tea) 'fake' fish eggs weren't even covering the outer layer of the sushi. There is no sweet egg omelette in it too, only avocado and crab sticks, no cucumber. Don't know if there is any Kewpie Japanese mayo in it. Vegetarian roll. No sushi vinegar. No mayo. Only flavour I can taste is the seaweed salad's sauce (which originally came from a bag). At least they made the effort to use marinated white radish (most likely store bought) and marinated fried tofu skin (from a packet, since it is hard to make them).

Is it worth the €40 euro price? I rather visit the Wexford restaurant and give them feedback to pick back up the standards, at least they did not air-tight the hot crispy a-ge tofu (my...

A little Asian food restaurant in the heart of Killkenny town,situated at John Street. Lovely environment, you will be spoiled for choices as you may find quite number of items in the menu. We went there in a group consists of adults & kids. Kids loved their sushis,gyozas and the tofu. A good place to go to those who loves sushis. It was absolutely delicious and fresh.

We had a lovely platter of hamachi,sashimis,nigiris,seafood tempura,bento & ramen.Everyone was happy with their food and definitely we would go back again. All the...