The Good Food Store

My favourite place in the city centre to grab a coffee. Staff are super friendly which also helps.
Many options to suit everyone for breakfast and lunch. Their sausage rolls and amazing and also they have so many lunch options available.

This is a great little shop and indicative of the kind of establishment that seems to be growing in this part of town. Kind of indie and cool — I love the fact that they sell soaps and hand-​made Tunisian bowls of all sizes, shapes and colours, plus other interior accessories. I got the take-​away salad box today — it’s weighed so that’s how it’s priced, and it’s reasonable — and two falafel, made on the premises. The falafel were delicious. The salad was excellent, with great raw ingredients (broccoli, feta, walnuts, cherry tomats, roasted peppers, scallions, sweet potato) but if I had a little wish, it would be that they were made without added salt. I will be back though.

Had the hot beef roll here… melt-​in-​the-​mouth goodness abounded!!! Bread was fresh and light, meat was so flavoursome and tender, the coleslaw was dressed to perfection and worlds away from that horrible gloop that passes for ‘slaw on many sandwich counters and the salad was super fresh to boot! My lunch only set me back € 5.90 so it’s both delicious and easy on the wallet… cakes looked awesome too, might be tempted next time!

The new Good Food Store opened up on Georges St and while I’ve popped in a few times to see what’s on offer, I never actually bought anything. (I’m sure they hate me!) Well today that changed because I took the plunge and bought a sausage roll! Well technically it wasn’t a sausage roll, but a roasted tomato and black pudding roll. They also had a feta, spinach and walnut roll along with your tried and tested sausage roll. I was tempted by the feta roll but the black pudding is what sold me. € 2.50 a pop which won’t break the bank but still, I can see some people opting for a more filling € 2.50 breakfast roll from Dunnes next door. The black pudding roll I had was unfortunately somewhat disappointing. While I got a nice initial burst of flavour biting into the roll, sadly the texture was what let it down. It may have been that I bought my roll later on in the morning or possibly the roasted tomato, but the base of the roll was incredibly soggy. Only the top was nice and crispy which I expect my whole roll to be like. I won’t rag on it too much though. The black pudding had a nice, strong flavour, the roasted tomato was a tasty addition and at only € 2.50, they’re definitely worth a try. I’d imagine if I went earlier in the morning I’d have been tucking into a fresh, crispy roll too. Next time I’ll definitely be trying the feta/​spinach option. It looked delicious! And yes, I will definitely be back again. The salad bar had plenty of variety and you can add a chicken breast (pesto/​harrisa) for a little extra too (€ 2 I believe). The staff were incredibly nice and helpful too which is always appreciated.
I’ll update my review in the coming weeks when I try out their salad/​chicken option. I have a feeling I will fare much better the second go around.