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Oysters

➤ 37 Patrick St, Strabane BT82 8DQ, UK, United Kingdom

Piatti • Kebab • Pizza • Seafood • European

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"Once again a delicious lunch at Oysters with my daughter. The chefs special Beef Hotpot had loads of meat and bursting with great flavours my daughter is Vegan and with the help of the waitress and a little adapting she enjoyed an excellent Mushroom risotto. The service was great and we thoroughly enjoyed our Friday lunch Highly recommend Oysters on our doorstep"

Floyds

➤ 421 Victoria Road, BT82 0AT, Strabane, United Kingdom

Piatti • Steak • Lunch • Chicken • British

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"I took my mother and son there in August this year and had a dreadful experience. It was Sunday and we did not wish to have the buffet which seemed to annoy the staff. We were placed on a table and forgotten about. My son ordered an Irish coffee and I had to ask three times before they brought it. My mother is in her mid-eighties and decided to go after waiting for 30 minutes with no sign of the food coming. As we had paid they gave us a carry out of cold mash and dry chicken, forgetting the chips. I felt guilty as it was my decision to go there but never again, and gave my son a very bad impression of so called Irish hospitality. Perhaps if you are local you receive good service (although mum lives 2 miles away) but we were treated disgracefully. Needless to say the next time I visit mum we will go elsewhere and I suggest you all do the same if you are not a regular."

Caffe Fresco

➤ Unit 7 Pavilion Retail Park, Strabane I-, United Kingdom

Piatti • Cafés • Seafood • European • Fast Food

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"Now, let’s talk about Friska, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham, among tall office buildings right on Broad Street. This spot only opens on weekdays for breakfast and lunch, catering mostly to the office crowd, but don’t let that deter you from visiting. Friska is a self-service restaurant with a spacious layout that includes community seating, individual tables, and standing areas. The staff is young, lively, and genuinely interested in providing great service. They serve fresh coffee, tea, and naturally flavored drinks daily, which means everything is truly fresh! At first glance, you might think it’s a bit pricey, but the portion sizes are generous; my burrito kept me full all day. Aesthetically, Friska radiates positive energy, creating a casual, welcoming atmosphere that I rarely encounter elsewhere. Now, let’s get to what really stands out: the drinks in the refrigerator. Beautiful, rounded bottles filled with vibrant liquids made from delightful ingredients like red berry, mango, melon, and various earthy tea and coffee blends—coconut iced mocha, anyone?—make choosing just one drink a daunting task. The fact that a single bottle serves three tall glasses (with ice) either means you’ll be making multiple trips to the restroom or you’ll have to stick to the one flavor that beckons you the most. Even as I write about the red berry and hibiscus iced tea I had, I can still almost taste its freshness. The strong aroma of hibiscus lingers in my memory, and the flavor has stuck with me long after I finished the drink. Now for the kicker: while the drink was fantastic, it was the Korean pulled pork burrito, recommended by the staff, that truly sent my taste buds into overdrive. This burrito was packed with so much flavor that each bite felt like a mini explosion in my mouth. Sweet, sour, tangy, chewy, spicy, salty, crispy, and soft—every aspect was so amazing that I hardly noticed my surroundings. In fact, Meg Ryan from "When Harry Met Sally" might have had some fierce competition in her iconic food scene! The only downside to this delightful experience is that Friska is located in another city, meaning I won't get a chance to try some of their other mouthwatering options, like the chicken and chorizo wrap, pho noodles, crayfish and mango rice pot, or their tempting breakfast menu. For now, I’ll have to savor the memory of the best burrito and iced teas I’ve ever had. Do you love food as much as I do? Follow my culinary adventures on Instagram @raghavmodi!"

Murphy's On The Green

➤ 9-11 Bowling Green, BT82 8BW, Strabane, United Kingdom

Piatti • Cafés • Kebab • Mexican • Asiatic

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"As the title shows, firstly I must accept and make known the fact that we did not bring any of the following up with staff as we had our meal we could not bring ourselves to, not even though we 're both seasoned professionals in the industry out of embarrassment for what was served. My toes where curling knowing how bad it was and that my guest clearly wasn 't enjoying a thing. Firstly, I 'll start with the menus. I knew well once I seen the menu and it was multiple pages long, with dishes all reusing the same proteins yet rehashed in unnecessary and unsavory ways, we would be getting nothing special but I held out hope. The Starters are the same overused and almost always badly executed things that are very common in and around this part of the country why, I 'll never understand. . Potato Skins, Deep Fried Mushrooms, Prawn Cocktail etc. We wisely skipped past them. I noticed straight away that repeated over a large amount of dishes was a chilli mash but we 'll get to that in a moment. I struggled to find anything appealing, the same as my guest but we decided to make a choice as we where short on time. My first choice was the Breast of Barbary Duck which unfortunately was unavailable that 's disappointing yet understandable, things can sell out . So I ended up reluctantly requesting a 12⁰Z Sirloin cooked medium rare with just mash and pepper sauce on the side as a precaution. My guest ordered soup and a side salad. The food arrived and the first impressions where not good ones. The plates, grimey and smudged up. The soup was splattered on the rim of the bowl showing a lack of care in the kitchen. You can 't tell me you didn 't notice that and didn 't have 3 seconds to clean the rim before sending the dish at least two people had a chance to rectify it the chef and the waitress and opted not to. The side salad was all cramped up on a tiny oval dish and my guest pointed out the dirty marks on the hard boiled eggs whatever that might have been, they went uneaten. My 12⁰Z steak was not 12 ounces, much closer to 8⁰z or 8½ at most. As I said I asked for it medium rare, yet it came out and I was disappointed the second I saw it. Clearly smaller than was advertised, blood leaking all around the plate which can only mean it hasn 't been rested what so ever another display of incompetent cooking. To top it off, the steak was cooked medium well well done a concrete sin for those whole love a properly prepared steak! , lacking in the seasoning area aswell unfortunately. My guest had about 5 spoons of the soup before she decided she couldn 't force herself to eat anymore of it. She likened it to cheap, reheated packet soup. Now I can get to the mash and I am not at all exaggerating when I say this was the worst attempt at mash I 've ever ever had. I know microwaved mash when I see, it 's unmistakable and this was absolutely that. The texture was so displeasing. Gelatinous and lumpy with texture closer to raw bread dough than mashed potatoes. I 'm not joking when I say that I put my spoon into the side order of mash and it lifted up out of the side dish whole! Stuck to the spoon. The mash didn 't even stick to the bowl giving you an idea of how elastic it 's was! The chilli mash that was regrettably under my steak, which unrested, had bled all over and left black grease stains from an unclean grill was just the worst. You CANNOT microwave lumpy, under seasoned, play dough like mash potato with bottled sweet chilli sauce and think anyone would like that. That 's not cooking, not by a long shot and it actually angers me to think there are people working with food who would not only think that this something that works or is even palatable, but that they could repeat it all over dishes on the menu! Simply revolting.As for the Floor Staff, I don 't have all that much to say, though I should mention the very loud doorbell that rings throughout the dining room when they are being called is obnoxious and disruptive. Not much care going on between them, no smiling, not a warming crew honestly a lack of eye contact when they spoke with us. We noticed immediately the lady that served us had a service cloth tucked into her trousers as she walked around and even when she first greeted us. Unhygienic and unprofessional.The young very young man that settled the bill was very monotone and inexperienced but I don 't think he was much older than 14 so that 's a given and a fault of whoever manages the floor staff and not necessarily of the young man. I regret that I spent a very rare chance long traveled to see a close family member in this establishment. We can 't reccomed it and we will not return in future."