Kinara Restaurant

Sister restaurant to Kajjal in Malahide. Since its establishment in 2001, Kinara has succeeded in combining quality eating with a sophisticated atmosphere and picturesque location beside Bull Island in North Dublin. Restaurant Reviews Add Your Review » Your Say Joined Sep 07 25 Reviews 0 Hats Off! loading... antonio (Guru) Credibility Score: 72%   Visited: 04 Jul 2010 | Posted: 2 Weeks ago Had a family meal here on a Sunday evening. Heard good reports of Kinara and were not disappointed. Firstly we were given a table with a lovely view over Dublin bay. The food was first class throughout and seemed to be more subtlely flavoured than some other Indian/Pakistani restaurants. The service was prompt and extremely friendly. The wine list was quite extensive and not too pricey. You will get cheaper Indian meals in Dublin but its worth paying the extra few euros to get food of the quality served in Kinara Joined Jul 10 9 Reviews 1 Hats Off! loading... robespierre1798 (Foodie) Credibility Score: 29%   Visited: 25 May 2010 | Posted: 2 Weeks ago This is my favourite sub-continental restaurant in Ireland. The menu is brilliantly designed and expertly cooked. It takes some skill (and courage) to take on delicate crab claws or lobster. To pull it off as they consistently do in Kinara is a marvellous achievement. To do so using the extreme temperatures of a tandoor is an even greater culinary achievement. I have tried almost everything on the menu at this stage and it is an outstanding menu. Food is not swamped in ghee and oleagenous as can often be the case in poor Indian / Pakinstani restaurants. As to the wine, there is a pretty good list and it has the pinot noirs, grenache and syrah / shiraz combinations often matched with this cuising but I tend to plump for Cobra beer. I have never been convinced by wine with this cuisine. Finally, I am assured that the cocktails are good too. The service is top notch and the atmosphere (especially upstairs) normally a warm burr of satisfied customers warming to the culinary task in front of them. It is the only restaurant I frequent on a very regular basis. '); //--> Joined Jun 10 13 Reviews 0 Hats Off! loading... flight supervisor (Connoisseur) Credibility Score: 34%   Visited: 16 Jun 2010 | Posted: last month I have been eating here for years and it is by far my favourite Indian restaurant. The standard of service is always exceptionally high. In relation to their food it is always excellent with a great selection of dishes offered by their menu. My favourite dishes for starters would be either aloo tikki potato cakes or the beautifully spiced behari kebab. For my mains I love the keema aloo served with chewal rice and paratha bread. For the desert the honey cake is a must. The restaurant is in a very good location the only problem can sometimes be parking but generally a parking spot can be found within a short distance. The sea view afforded by the window seating is lovely too. I always reserve a table in Kinara as it very well attended throughout the week. Looking forward to my next visit here. Joined Dec 06 22 Reviews 0 Hats Off! loading... savourytongue (Guru) Credibility Score: 66%   Visited: 25 May 2010 | Posted: 2 Months ago It's set on the waterfront of Clontarf and there aren't any designated parking spaces so you might have to drive around to find on street parking. We had made a reservation and even though it was a week night the restaurant was busy and we had to wait a little while to be seated. We were seated upstairs by the window overlooking the pier out to bull island and it was a beautiful evening so that was an added bonus. We shared Malai Tikka spicy chicken pieces for starter which was good. We had to wait a little while for the mains, we ordered two popular chicken dishes and both were excellent. I had Makhani Murghi with basmati rice and my boyfriend had Murgh Tikka Masala with pilau rice. We also shared some Dhaina Paneer Nan bread. For dessert we shared some homemade nutty ice cream. A glass of wine and two coffees later the bill came to approx 73 euro. I wouldn't be a huge fan of Indian food in general but Kinara is well worth the visit the food is bang on and you'll leave the place sated and promising to return. '); //--> Joined Dec 07 6 Reviews 0 Hats Off! loading... flinger (Foodie) Credibility Score: 44%   Visited: 20 Apr 2010 | Posted: 2 Months ago Kinara is a beautiful restaurant, overlooking the sea front. I love their food, especially the hot and spicy dishes. Its a lovely place to relax and unwind with some nice wine. The staff are so nice and extremely friendly, which makes it all the more welcoming. One of my favourite spots and the food is always of high standard. The service is excellent also. B Joined Jul 07 43 Reviews 1 Hats Off! loading... mickey121 (Guru) Credibility Score: 90%   Visited: 01 Apr 2010 | Posted: 2 Months ago It had been a long while since we were last here and I had family over from Austria so I thought bringing them here would be a real treat. As I had remembered, the food was great! I never heard so many happy exclamations around the table when the starters were completed which was pleasing! We tried the lamb Champ Kandhari , the tender beef kebab, monkfish spiced just right and the tasty crab claws. All wonderfully spiced. For mains we all love lamb curries so we all had a different lamb dish of which all were as equally satisfying as the starters including the kishmish nan on the side. We were all well full by then so it was espresso's & green tea to finish off. My only gripe on the evening was the service. When we were seated we waited a few minutes before we managed to attract one of the waitresses to bring us the menu which was the way the rest of the evening went with not enough service. We even had to ask if we could please have coffee at the end as we hadn't been asked if we would like desert or coffee when we had finished our main meal. So all in all, the food was great but really poor service. Joined Apr 07 9 Reviews 0 Hats Off! loading... sanu67 (Foodie) Credibility Score: 48%   Visited: 15 Apr 2010 | Posted: 2 Months ago If you are a novice or love Indian food this is the place to go. For a taster of good food then the early bird is the way to go as at €19.99 for three courses it is a great introduction to their cuisine. There is always choices on the menu and it is continually changing which is great as its a way that I have tried dishes I would probably not have known before and the fun is if there is two or more of you then by ordering different items of the menu you get to try even more. The quantity of food that you get for your money is excellent and with three courses it is just about enough before you can roll out of the place. It is one of the nicest restaurants around which includes the friendliness and great service also provided. Everyone should try it at least once and be very surpised if you don't become a fan like me and continuing going back. Joined Feb 10 5 Reviews 2 Hats Off! loading... ShoBo (Newbie) Credibility Score: 25%   Visited: 27 Jan 2010 | Posted: over 2 months ago My first visit to this restaurant and have to say the food was delicious and the service excellent! I had the Malai Tika to start and the spicy Lamb dish as my main, which I would recommend for those who can handle the heat as it is loaded with chilis. The only downfall was that the restaurant was packed with children at the time we went there (around 7) so it was a bit noisy and the children were runinng around, which isn't a fault to the restaurant itself. The service was perfect and we didn't have to wait long. I will definitely be back here, but maybe at a later hour when children are in bed. << First Page < Prev [Results 1 - 8 of 16] Next > Last Page >>