The Alex - Dublin

The cocktails were great, the staff and the ambience were both amazing. The crispy chicken was pretty bland, chewy and a bit too oily for my taste. Other than that it was a really nice experience

Starter of calamari was nice but food was pricy. Restaurant was quite empty so not great ambiance. They were a bit sticky about vaping at table particularly when there was only 4 other people at other end of restaurant.

Only 6 things on the main course menu and two of them they did not have. Ended up eating dry, undercooked, bland pasta. My friend had lamb that was supposed to be served with carrots, she found one little piece lying underneath the dry lamb. It looked very unappetising. Also we 'd ordered wine with our food that did not arrive until wed nearly finished eating. Of course that ended up on the bill which I had to point out. We were supposed to be seated in the secret garden but were placed in the middle of the restaurant floor with absolutely zero ambience. A rather disappointing visit to The Alex unfortunately. I recommend you go somewhere else.

While the brunch menu is on Open Table, the venue does not serve brunch. Wish I knew that before booking.

Location is very pretty. Didn’t get a chance to try the food but the menu looked decent at least. Cocktails were very expensive €13 so we stuck to wine instead; the cheapest bottle of which was €29. Wine selection was very good if also on the expensive side, going by Vivino.