Octopussy Howth

Haven't enjoyed a meal as much as I enjoyed Octopussy in Howth for a long time. Maybe it was the ambiance of eating outside in the sun, the scenery or just great company!

What a gorgeous way to spend a Sunday, walking through the farmers markets, admiring all the food, arts and crafts, and fresh produce, and just chillaxing the day away. Octopussy is definitely on the favorite restaurants list. Excluding the crap, or even non existent service, the food was definitely there to bring it up a notch. Waiting 20 odd minutes for a waitress just to pop out, say hello and give us a menu and taking away the dirty cups and plates on the table, not acceptable by T standards!

Even Suki tired with the wait!

 The idea was just to sit down, have a mocha and a slice of cake, but the tapas menu looked so tempting it was hard to resist ordering something from it. How tempting? Well considering we were too full to get a woodfire pizza to share, hence just a coffee, it seemed like an easy task to give into the tapas.

I opted for 2 medium tapas and a mocha where Mr.C decided on just a berry crumble and americano. Obviously it ended up as a case where we shared everything!

Calamari

Crab claws in garlic butter

The ever so sour berry crumble (never again)

Since waiting to get a menu was 20ish minutes long, it didn't come as a surprise the food took longer, half an hourish for a few tapas? A bit of a long wait no? Yes I'm sure you can sense I'm disgusted with the service, but the food, amazing. Going back again? Hell yeah!