Applegreen Service Station

I did not think it is possible to rate a garage with 5 stars but after 2 years of filling up and topping up I have to compliment the quality and service they provide. As you leave the sweet smell of fuel fumes on the forecourt you start to get the rich aroma of fresh coffee and freshly baked treat. The staff are very helpful and truly mean it when they ask how is your day going. The café has great food and it’s easy to sit there and watch the world go by.

I never thought I would review a service station. I also never thought I could have such a good experience at a service station!
This petrol station has a huge and lovely café in it. It has a wide selection of freshly baked goods, doughnuts, sandwiches, tarts, you name it. Coffee is great, most creamy latte I’ve had in a while, and a large tea collection including a Puerh teabag. Wonders! I got the blueberry and custard tartlette, biggest sugar rush ever!
This café is inviting to sit and watch the world go by Stillorgan Road. Sofas, high seats and plenty of plugs for the olé laptop. Good to go!

Taid garage has some really good instore offers and petrol price is generally less then most but one thing that lets them down is that their staff hardly ever ask you if you have a loyalty card I have on lots of times forgot to give my card and staff never asked me for it which would have reminded me so whats the point on having a loyalty card if they are no even asking there customers for it and to top that off unlike most loyalty card businesses you cant get the points added after transaction which is a complete disaster

I look down at the fuel gauge… almost empty, I’m running on vapours, my car feels like it is about to heave its last… And I couldn’t be happier!!!
I blissfully whizz past the maxol at the end of my estate, I practically vault past the Esso on beach road and on to that veritable bastion of all things nice and lovely… the new Applegreen on the N11.
The shop is huge and the staff friendly, they have a really nice café in there and a hot deli counter that just screams «relax, have a coffee, maybe try one of these oh so delicious breakfast rolls or perhaps just a warm buttery croissant.
There is the usual array of services outside as well. a carwash, air, water yada yada yada but its all about the inside for me.
So, I pull up at the pumps, open my petrol cap and insert the fuel nozzle. Just before I start the refeueling something niggely at the back of my mind says «check for your wallet»
I did
It wasn’t there
Blast
…true story