Crocketts

The family had a table booked in Crocketts on Sunday the 13^th July after the wedding in the center across the road from crocketts on the 12^th July 2014, Dinner was fab we just had the main course of Fish & Chips which cost 27 Euro 90 cent great value/​the staff were great and we were looked after really well, we were in there the night before the wedding too on the 11^th July and had a really fun night too, would without a doubt go back again

After discovering that the Ice House restaurant was all booked up, we walked down the river road to get to Crockett’s. It’s what I tend do think of when I think of an Irish pub — dark wood, etc. We ended up being seated in a room away from the bar, which was fine, but it was also in a room that was playing some… out of context music. For example, hearing 50 Cent’s «In da Club» was not expected. Perhaps it was really «In da Pub.»
Food was good — not exceptional, but good. My seafood chowder was a nice medium broth with mostly fish, but good sea food flavor, and seemed thickened with potato for accuracy. Served with some super dense brown bread which was great dipped in the soup. Fish and chips were a very generous cod fillet in nice crispy batter. The fish was tasty, well cooked, and the batter wasn’t too greasy or soggy. Chips were good, but didn’t have much of any flavor. Maybe not the best potatoes?
Others commented that their salmon was… OK. Fried brie (what could possibly be wrong with that) was reported as excellent, as was a special Cajun chicken terrine starter. Service was a little slow, but we weren’t in a hurry. I don’t know how to adjust my service expectations for here vs. the US, but it sounds like it’s just a slower pace, and that’s fine. They were just starting trivia (the pen and paper kind, too, none of this automated electronic scoring stuff) when we left about 10pm, but we left as we figured it might be over the heads of two Americans, a German, a Dane, and an Englishman.
Would I come back? Yes. There are other good looking things on the menu to try, but there are also some other spots in town I’ll probably try first. But certainly nothing bad here.