The Danois is one of my favourite watering holes, you might even call it my local, but until last week I hadn’t taken the time to step into the restaurant and sample the menu that I had heard a fair bit about. We all know that the Danois does a great English fry up, but it’s got a few other tricks up its sleeve that are worth mentioning.
First thing to mention is that the Danois has no hangups as a restaurant. You aren’t going to be turned away because you haven’t got shoes on or if you’re still wearing ski gear. They are a relaxed bunch and that’s the way they like their restaurant.
I took advantage of one of their set menus for €19 and got a starter, a main and a dessert, my apprehension on being able to eat all of the food was soon quashed as I tucked into my Caesar salad. I’m not really a salad type, but this one held my attention, until the pie showed up. The beef pie (made with Danois’ Red Erik beer) was great, and definitely hit the mark. It’s probably at this point I should have stopped eating, but then people offered me bites of their food and I can highly recommend the duck stir fry and the curry as alternatives if you want something different.
But the best thing about the Danois? Well for me it has to be that going as a big group, they aren’t scared of you, and two bottles of wine in, the service was still great with not a hint of resentment from the staff when we got a bit rowdy and started getting into the toffee vodka and bid our farewells feeling very very full.
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