Popular content creator Paul_IsItWorthIt took a trip to Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill on Dawson Street where the price of two items caught him off guard
Paul getting stuck into his steak and chips (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
‘Ireland’s most honest food reviewer’ visited Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse & Grill — but the “crazy” price of his cup of tea and dessert floored him.
The Youtuber, known as Paul_IsItWorthIt, recently tried Jamie Oliver’s Italian in Dundrum, and he said the reaction to it was way bigger than he expected, so he decided to test out another Dublin based restaurant named after another famous chef.
Arriving in the early afternoon, Paul was able to take advantage of the lunch special menu, where a beef sirloin steak and chips, which came with béarnaise sauce and dressed watercress, was €35.
Although Paul claimed the cost was “hefty”, he said Dawson Street was one of the most expensive in Dublin, and so it wasn’t a surprise.
He said the chips were crispy, crunchy and salted but after cutting into his steak, he made an immediate observation.
He said it was slightly overcooked after asking for it to be medium (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
“Let me know,” he said. “I think that’s, I’m just an average Joe, I think that’s slightly over medium. You let me know at home.”
However, he said there was a pleasant chargrilled flavour from the meat, and while he would have preferred peppercorn sauce to béarnaise sauce, he said it was still nice.
For dessert, he got a chocolate fondant, and said the gooey chocolatey inside was delicious, but he claimed the exterior was “a bit stale”.
A closer look at the steak (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
He added: “The ice cream is unbelievable. My face sometimes looks like I’m squinting or something when I’m doing this. The quality of the chocolate is so high, you know, when it just goes everywhere it’s too rich and indulgent.
“I love chocolate, but I don’t love that rich indulgent sort of chocolate as much as I just love normal chocolate.”
He added: “The first bite is nice but I’ve got three bites and it’s already too much for me.”
He summarised his thoughts outside the restaurant, where he analysed the bill, and claimed €25 for the steak would have been a fairer price.
The dessert was not the star of the show for Paul (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
However, he speculated that the extra €10 probably came from the location and the famous name on the restaurant.
He added: “It was really good quality steak, cooked nicely, chargrill is always fantastic.”
But as for the dessert, which cost €14, and his breakfast tea, which was €4.25, Paul was left unimpressed, after it took his total bill to a “pricey” €56.50.
He said: “I would give the price four out of 10. I think it’s really expensive. I think €14 for a dessert is crazy money. It is. And €35 for steak and chips, that’s a special offer in the daytime, so if you are going at night, it’s actually more expensive than that. So I’m taking that into consideration.”
However, he said the experience was good, and he said their server, Alisandra, was particularly accommodating.
The Dublin based food reviewer summing up his thoughts (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
As for his meal, he concluded on the video: “I would give it a seven out of 10. I think the taste is good. It’s good. It’s good quality meat. But it’s not astonishing. It’s not mind blowing. And the dessert wasn’t great for me.”
Although it wasn’t Paul’s most memorable outing, Marco Pierre White Steakhouse and Grill has an average rating of 4.3 out of five on TripAdvisor out of almost 2,000 reviews.
One recent visitor said: “We had a lovely night celebrating a birthday together. Tharyn looked after us so well from the moment we arrived and we couldn’t have asked for better service or a better meal. The porterhouse steak was recommended to us and it was gorgeous.”
Another person who went in March added: “The atmosphere was so nice, we sat at the front window. The food was so delicious and Charlie and the manager couldn’t have been nicer. Well worth the money. We will be back.”