A Dublin food reviewer took the three-hour drive down to Cork to continue his hunt for the country’s best roast dinner but his visit was not as memorable as previous ones
The food failed to floor Paul (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
A food reviewer who has travelled all over Ireland trying to find the country’s best roast dinner returned to Cork — but his three-hour drive from Dublin did not go as planned.
The content creator, known online as Paul_IsItWorthIt, previously visited Murphy’s Rock Bar in Ballincolly — and he gave it an impressive 7.7 out of 10 rating.
He recently returned to the Rebel County after his comments were flooded with suggestions to try The Elm Tree Glounthaune. Unfortunately, he found it was closed for a funeral on the day he came so decided to try out The Wilton Pub and Restaurant instead, and his early impressions were good.
“The hunt for the best roast dinner in Ireland continues, today we are at The Wilton,” Paul said at the start of his video, before adding: “The service has been fantastic so far. I love the words they use in Cork — they got like love, honey.”
His roast beef dinner(Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
And before getting into his food review, Paul commented: “Just a little on this place. This place, it looks so old school. There’s such cool things here like a Cornflakes box there. You’ve got a U2 guitar that’s signed beside us here on the walls. As a pub to come to, it’s so cool.”
Cameraman John later added: “I’m like a broken record, but it does look like a top spot when a match is on.”
However, with a reputation as “Ireland’s most honest food reviewer”, Paul’s visit was predominantly about the roast dinner.
When his beef arrived, he said visually it looked “unreal” and the gravy appeared top quality.
And as for the latter, he said: “The gravy is phenomenal. The mash is delicious. The gravy is smooth and silky. Beautiful mash. The gravy is 100% cooked with the juices off the meat, 100%.”
Paul has rated roast dinners all over Ireland (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
Despite being sold by the mash and gravy, he was disappointed in the meat and the roast potatoes, while saying the vegetables were too hard for his preference.
However, during the meal, he said: “We do love Cork, don’t we?”
Cameraman John answered to say they had been to some top food spots in Cork before Paul declared it the “food capital of Ireland”.
On this occasion, Paul was unable to finish his meal, saying “it’s not impressing me”, and he summarised his feelings outside after paying the bill.
And reflecting on the prices, he said: “The roast beef dinner is €19.99 and for two Lucozades it is €8.40. It is €4.20 for a Lucozade? Jesus man, it is so expensive for soft drinks in pubs.”
He added: “The price, €19.99 for a roast dinner? That’s expensive. I’m giving it four out of 10 for the price.”
His search for the best roast in Ireland is ongoing (Image: Paul_IsItWorthIt/Youtube)
However, as for the service, he said: “Shoutout to Lisa in there, our server, she was the best part of our experience, 100%. Lovely woman.
“The experience I’m giving a nine out of 10, simply for Lisa, and then the pub is actually really cool.”
But he gave a lower score regarding the taste of the food, and claimed the roast spuds were too hard and that the beef was dry.
However, he added: “We are here at three-o-clock. I need to stress again. Maybe this is fantastic a few hours earlier.”
With all that being said, Paul, who also made his feelings clear about the word floored on his video, which you can watch here in full, gave it a total of 5.3 out of 10.