Man orders Dublin's 'best' roast dinner and is left floored when plate arrives
Ireland’s self-proclaimed “most honest food reviewer” visited what he described as “Dublin's most talked about carvery” – and one key item blew him away.The content creator, known online as Paul_IsItWorthIt, took a trip to Clonsilla Inn where he tried a turkey and ham roast dinner.And setting the scene before going inside, Paul told the camera: “This is meant to be incredible… spectacular some will say. This place has been serving up carveries for over 50 years. We have seen videos, the gravy looks almost like tar, it looks beautiful, nice and thick… tar in a nice way!”He later added that “this is meant to be one of the best carveries in Ireland” before cameraman John replied: “Oh, I’ve heard people raving about it.”Sitting down with his meal in front of him, he said the food looked “tremendous” and one particular item left him floored.Commenting on the sauce, John said: “I think the gravy is like the curry sauce to a spice bag. You know what I mean? It has to be done.”And trying the gravy with a roast potato, Paul said: “That gravy is thick, rich, salty and just the perfect consistency. That gravy is amazing, you can tell that’s coming from the juices off the meat. That’s no packet gravy.”The carvery also came with carrots and tender stem broccoli, both of which were described as deliciously sweet.He also dubbed the mash potato as “spectacular” but was a little underwhelmed by the ham and turkey.Paul said: “My criticism is the meats are slightly dry. I’d down them in that (gravy) so it wouldn’t be that much of a problem to me. That would be my one criticism.”The cost of his carvery was €16.95, something he described as standard, and at the end of his video, which you can watch in full here, he rated it out of ten.Summing up his thoughts, he said: “I thought the meat was slightly dry if I’m being honest. I thought the gravy was one of the best I’ve had and that actually helped because I just poured the gravy on everything.“The mash was beautiful. The veg was nice and sweet. The roasties were average. They were ok. So with all that being said, €17 is about average, I’m giving this place a slightly above average score, price, taste, experience, a 7.5 out of ten.”As Paul and John made their way out, they were stopped by the manager, who said they should have told him they were there.However, to make their reviews as fair as possible, Paul purposely goes under the radar and lets his cameraman order the food.And speaking about bumping into the manager, he said: “He said his daughter was on TikTok and she saw us on there. But he brought us around and showed us the place.“They’ve got an interactive darts out the back, a pool table, a huge screen, sounds like an advertisement, it’s not! We would definitely go back and drink there, it’s a class spot. It’s huge. It’s a Liverpool supporters club so if you’re a United fan maybe don’t go there.”After posting the video, one person replied: “Wow, it's about 15 years since I was last in the Clonsilla Inn and used to have a couple of pints in it regularly when I lived in Blanch. The pub looks fantastic since I was last there.”
