Eight South — Restaurant in Ireland

My experience at Eight South was less than satisfactory for a multitude of reasons. Initially, we had booked a table for 12 people, and had left a large deposit in order to secure this table, when booking the table, we made it clear that we were a group of Upper 6th students coming out for a meal, which some of us would be drinking at and any of which who were drinking, would've been of age, and would've been able to prove so via photographic identification. Whilst booking the table on the phone there was no mention of there being any problem regarding this matter. However, once we arrived at the restaurant, we headed into the bar as that is where we were told our table would be situated. After walking into the bar, I went to the bathroom, however on my travels I was interrupted by a man who had just left the bar counter after chuckling with his friends, he proceeded to step out in front of me and proceeded to ask me where I was going. I let him know I was heading to the bathroom, in which he proceeded to ask me if I had any ID? I assumed this was a joke as he seemed like a normal customer of the place, and proceeded to ask if he even worked here and why he was asking me for ID. He said "I'm the owner, is that good enough?" I believe the way he carried himself was highly unprofessional, especially in the way he stood out in front of me to block me and most definitely put a dampener on the mood. He proceeded to mention how the bar was "Over 21s" there was strictly no mention of this on the phone, and it was not clearly labelled anywhere around the premises, nor on the Eight South website. I believe this was to be age discrimination as any of us who were buying alcohol would've been of age. I understand bars and restaurants do have this policy, however, it should be clearly labelled to prevent any confusion and misunderstandings. I personally believe that this situation could've been handled far better by the staff and management of Eight South, and it is obvious that this policy was only enforced onto us, and I believe it was wrong doing so. Other than these problems, the waiting staff were excellent and the food was nice, however I will not be back, mainly due to the owner and his lack of...

This place is ok.

The food and drink is of a good quality but for the price I would expect a much better standard. The atmosphere is the same as what you would expect from any other bar and grill.

I went to eight south back when there was a covid restriction of six to a table for a family dinner. Because of the restriction we had to be split across three tables. The older man with glasses servicing is an odd character I cant tell if he says things because he thinks they are funny or he is just blunt and rude.

Before the dinner I tired to order a strawberry daiquiri this waiter then told me 'no'. I am laughing it off I took it as a joke reply he then said ' I can't we are out of strawberries'. Taking him on his word I changed my order to a glass of wine.

30 mins later after a the meal, I see this same waiter bring my sister-in-law strawberry daiquiri at a different but near by table (Again we were split because of the covid thing). For the next 10 mins the waiter seems to dodge our table. When I finally get him over I ask for 'one of what she is having' indicating to the drink my sister-in-law has. He doesn't say anything but simply scuttles off to make my cocktail. When he puts it on the table and says 'seriously that is the last cocktail I can make because we really are out of strawberries.'

I completely get the reason but why is it one thing for me and not another. The way it was handled was so blunt it was boarder line funny. It has completely changed my opinion of the restaurant. I wont be back while this dude...

A bouncer on the door of a restaurant is never a good sign, as soon as we walked in we realised why he was there, very loud and rowdy crowd. We had booked a table but staff had no record of the booking, it really was a horrible atmosphere, loud music and people shouting over it, like a nightclub with food. The waitress offered us a table next door, not quite a loud but we still had to shout across the table to one another, it was a very unpleasant noise level. Staff were pleasant but clueless about the food and wine list. The food arrived in a reasonable time, thats pretty much the best i can say about it, i asked for a "well done" burger, it was far from it, cold and greasy, chips also cold and greasy. We had two steaks at the table, one was fine the other over cooked and fatty. Honestly if i had been there with my wife we would have complained and left but as part if a bigger group we had to grin and bear it. We tried to make the most of it but nobody could really say they enjoyed it. I did attempt to use the gents to wash my hands but the floor was a puddle from a leaking urinal so i didn't bother. I will not be back, its low quality cafe food sold at restaurant prices in a rowdy nightclub atmosphere, honestly i would rather have had a drive through McDonalds. Try the Ivanhoe up the road if your in the area, its is so much better...