klaw

we went here for lunch, the place were very busy. lucky us we got the seat even though the seating wasn't very good. it's uncomfortable i would say. we were waiting quiet long time to get the waiters came to ask us. finally they came and ask what would we eat. we said we don't know whatfoodthey have. waiters said it says on the board which i think it's very confusing, not informative, there is no explanation about the dishes etc (for example on the board it only says "jamaican runover"). the waiters weren't helpful at all so we decided to just order fresh oysters. i think it's a bit pricey, 2.60€ per oysters and i would say nothing special about it. service was poor, even to get us bill and machine to pay. wouldn't come back. just don't understand such a long line up to get into the restaurant. wasn't worth it in my opinion.

the klaw is a very nice but also very small restaurant. i mean the small wouldn't case problems for me because it is romantic 😙😁 but what's a problem for me is that, to get to the toilets for customers, you walk throu the kitchen. not very nice. thefoodwas nice, the jamaica soup a bit to spicy for me. the price/service/food relation is low because i paid 36€ for a soup and a lobster roll (other name for sandwich)
but over all it was ok

nice small restaurant where all what you eat is fresh and prepared in front of you. the staff is friendly, thefoodis delicious and the prices are affordable. i will go back again.

great little seafoodjoint bang in the middle of temple bar! they make lovely chowder and class. i would recommend you a go early as they tend to run out of somefooditems. not a very big or spacious restaurant. hence difficult to accommodate large groups. but definitely worth a try if single or couple!

i wanted to love klaw, i really did. the concept is brilliant: it's amazing to see so many accessible seafood places popping up in dublin, and about time too. this is a long, narrow, casual spot in temple bar serving 3 types of oysters, crab claws, lobster, prawns, salmon and chowder. there were about 8 customers and 3 staff members on a saturday lunchtime and all thefoodwe saw was served cold on ice -- which looked great but doesn't require an awful lot of prep time, i would have thought. seems i was wrong as we waited for over half an hour for our crab claws and smoked salmon and it looked like everyone else had a long wait for theirfoodtoo. when it arrived it was very tasty and well presented but there wasn't actually much eating in it and we were still hungry when we left.

looking for a lunch that was healthy, affordable and quick the wife and i decided to give this new fish restaurant ('shack'?) a go.

it's a nice wee spot in the heart of temple bar, nothing fancy with only a few places for eating in, not dissimilar to the burrito and noodle bars around town. it is, i think, a great idea and probably the best location to execute it given the number of tourists around looking for a taster of irelands wonderful seafood.

the menu isn't huge, chowder, lobster rolls and a range of shellfish platters sold on ice. unfortunately the chowder was off as they didn't have any white fish, which seems to me a fairly big oversight for a busy saturday lunchtime especially as, like i say, there ain't a vast amount of options.

so, i went for smoked salmon and toast. i would have gone for the prawns but the cook seemed reluctant to shell them for me (i'm not squeamish i just find prawns in their shell a pain). herself meanwhile went for crab claws.

then the wait began. i don't know exactly how long ourfoodtook to arrive but it was at least half an hour (i'm being generous here) bearing in mind there were about 7/8 people in the place and nearly all the dishes require no more than to be placed on some crushed ice.

thefooddid eventually arrive and my salmon was fine although for some reason came with toasted white baguette rather than the traditional brown bread, not a terribly inspired change.

the crab claws looked fairly impressive but the eating on them was minimal. my wife doesn't need that much for lunch but there was a serious lack offoodhere and hers didn't come with toast. we've had crab claws before (i'd recommend stoop your head in skerries) so i know you can get enough for a light lunch for this sort of price point.

both dishes were €10 which given its seafood in temple bar is fair enough. but, considering the unnecessary wait and the fact we went away hungry, next time i think we'll just be having a burrito or some noodles.

klaw is my kinda joint - small, perfectly formed and slinging up killer sea-food. but if you ain't into rubbing elbows and bums with your fellow foodies then this place ain't for you - this is social dinning at its very best, a chance to quiz strangers about there day and what they are eating - klaw will attract a certain kind of person...my kind of person...

lobster rolls, prawns, oysters, crab and platters of the same is what klaw does and does very, very well - this is streetfoodbut just off the street in a space where it's difficult to know where the dinning area stops and the kitchen starts. you can sit at one of 3 high tables or shimmy up next to enthusiastic foodies at the long shelf-bar either is good, you're gonna end up touching someone at some point :0)

we lobbed up on a saturday afternoon and were instantly rocked by a stunning waitress with blood red lips and a personality i wanted to take a bath in - she was the physical embodiment of this place slim, exciting and captivating - within 3 seconds it felt like we had known each other for years, i half expected her to join us her enthusiasm was that great...and i was kinda disappointed she didn't.

klaw is a sea-food shack slap bang in the middle of temple bar, thefoodarrives on paper plates or on bed of crushed ice in industrial bowls - there's little to no pomp and circumstance - its pretty 'naked' - and that's good, it means thefoodhas gotta be absolutely knock-out....and it is! my lobster roll was fat, warm and stuffed with sweet fresh lobster bathed in a spiced mayo and my partner in crime had the crab on toast - 3 x inch thick slabs of white, heavily crusted toast with frighteningly fresh dressed crab and diced cucumber.

klaw nails simple sea-food, it is the best place this side of cape cod for it and at 33 euro it was a total steal given we're in temple bar, eating crab and lobster and had a glass of vino and a soft drink.

the foodie landscape in dublin is still suffering from really bad places both from a service point of view and a quality aspect but places like klaw are the antidote - they do one thing really, really well - they walk the walk and the talk the talk with a confidence that is so understated.......they know they are very, very good but they don't care because if you do thisfoodthing you have to be very, very good!

i've been dying to try this place since it opened as i'm a big fan of its sister restaurant rock lobster! so we went here for dinner on friday night and i have to say we were blown away at how good it was. firstly, when i tried to book (lucinda o'sullivan for the irish independent life magazine did a small review on it last week and gave the owners mobile number) niall the owner informed me that it was walk ins only. when we rocked up at about half 8 there were no seats but gladly we were informed by two female diners that they were about to leave. be warned the restaurant only seats 12 people in total and much of this seating is along a bench on the left hand side wall. our waitress lauren was super friendly and informed us that we could have a drink outside, at a small table which sat on the footpath. when our drinks arrived i noticed a sign on the door that said no cards, so you will need to bring cash with you.
when we went inside and took our seats, lauren informed us of their two daily specials; one of which was cockles, i can't remember the other one. then she showed us the huge black board menu that adorns nearly the entire right hand side wall. the choices were plentiful and nearly every type of fish was on offer here. the menu displayed on this site does not represent even a third of what's on offer in klaw. with three different types of oysters: galway, waterford and achill island. each are priced at around€2-2.50 per oyster. the oysters come raw or cooked with different toppings of your choice. we tried two with the bloody mary topping, which were good but i still prefer to have them natural, so we had 16 natural oysters. they also do a special which they call the "torpedo" this is an oyster with bacon pieces on it and then torched. my boyfriend had that and it seemed to be a nice twist on the old classic, because technically the oyster beneath is still raw. they torched it right infront of us, which added a bit of drama to the dish. further, they didn't charge for this oyster it was just offered by the waiter as we were chatting to him about the up coming oyster festival in galway . their seafood chowder seemed to be a hit, which comes in a tin can and many locals seemed to pop in to take it away with them. the staff have a lovely way about them, as one lady popped in to grab a can of chowder on her way home, they offered her an oyster as she was waiting. it was small things like this that constantly went on while we were here that added to the whole buzz and yet relaxed atmosphere of the restaurant. they have lobster rolls (€16) , crab blt, mussels, crab claws, half lobster (€16), a full lobster (€32), prawns, whole crab at €12 and smoked salmon. which the owner niall smokes himself and uses gin to wash and re-wash it during the smoking process. they said he was already taking orders for christmas, as the smoked salmon was so popular and many people seemed to be buying it to take home with them. i went for the whole crab which was amazing, at €12 it's insanely good value! the crab itself was huge and my boyfriend had to finish it for me. he got the lobster roll which came with a cucumber stick and some crisps on the side. all dishes come with brown bread on the side. for drinks they had a variety of flavours from the san pelligrino lemonade collection, sierra nevada, pale ale and house red or white wine. i had a few glasses of the white which was a picpoul wine, this was a perfect wine to go with fish. for desert they had cannoli and a desert they have titled "whoopee", it comes in a multitude of different flavours: carrot cake, salted caramel, vanilla, chocolate etc. my boyfriend went for the carrot cake and it arrived chilled straight from the fridge infront of us, with a little wrapper around it. i had a bite of it and it tasted sort of like a flap jack with a sweet cream cheese centre. they gave us a sample of their smoked salmon and it was delicious, the best i've tasted yet. the addition of chives really added to it and i'll be stocking up on this for christmas day brunch. there were approximately 4 staff in the kitchen, all dressed in nautical stripped tops. they all seemed to love their job and they had a real sense of enthusiasm about the food. each of them served us at some point during our meal and they were great at explaining where thefoodcame from and how to eat the food. this bit of education came in particularly handy when figuring out how to eat the crab. niall the owner, sources the fish all himself. with a little white van he gets up in the early hours of the morning to buy fish from the fishermen just coming off their boats. lauren told us that his enthusiasm was infectious and all the staff seemed to have caught the bug!

you can now order for delivery from here off the deliveroo website. i loved every bit of this place and i love their ethos that fish should be for all and not just a stuffy affair. after all we are an island nation. other places have tried todo this sort of thing such as fish shop in smithfield, klaw far surpasses those places. i can't wait to go back!