Café Novo (Dublin, IRELAND) ★☆☆☆☆

We had some pretty decent meals on this trip to Dublin, Ireland but this last dinner at Café Novo before we headed to London was a major disappointment. Located on the ground floor of the Westbury Hotel, Café Novo is considered as a place for good comfort food. Unfortunately, we didn't get the comfort as expected.



If it's any consolation, I really liked the contemporary decor of this café. The designer chairs, the lovely dinner lamps.....there were a few elements I loved to take and incorporate into my apartment. But that's about the only positive from this dinner.



The food here was awful. Crab cake was our first starter but without much crab meat, it tasted more like a potato cake with tartar sauce.  



Linguini with prawns tossed in a light chili tomato sauce. The sauce was super sour.



We thought dessert could spark things up a bit. Wrong again.

The orange and white chocolate mousse cake had almost no taste to it. If I hadn't read the menu, I probably won't know orange was one of the ingredients there.

Food Rating: 3/10

Price: €€

Address: The Westbury Hotel, Harry Street, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland

Website: www.doylecollection.com/restaurants/caf%c3%a9_novo.aspx



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