The Vanilla Pod Blackrock

"I went here Christmas eve morning and the place was packed with a queue outside, luckily I had booked a table, which I highly suggest as there always seems to be a queue outside Vanilla Pods, which I always take as a good sign, we got seated at our booked time exactly. The staff are friendly and calm even with the madness of the place and they are quick to serve, which is great. I am a vegetarian and a lot of places only have very limited dishes on the menu, I generally end up eating soup and chips but I was delighted to see quite a variety, I ended up getting Smashed Avacado on sourdough which included feta cheese, rocket, poached or scrambled eggs (I got scrambled) pickled radish, toasted seeds and the most gorgeous roast cashew and peanut dressing, we got potato hashes on the side, it was utterly delicious and it really started off my Christmas on a good note, I would highly recommend."

"Visiting Vanilla Pod for brunch left us feeling like we just had an average overpriced meal. Understandably, the place is quite busy around lunch, so we had to wait outside for 10 minutes to be seated. At the table, the waited wouldn’t acknowledge our presence in the beginning and it took another 10-15 minutes to get water and make an order. Food tasted fine, but nothing spectacular. A friendly advice: pass on the white hot chocolate, it’s not worth €4.50 and tastes like hot milk with sugar."

"Located in black rock shopping centre. Lovely venue, quick and friendly staff. Breakfasts are well portioned and filling so you won’t be need a lunch afterward. Food was nicely seasoned and tasted great. Would definitely go back"

"Delicious French toast with berries! Although I do feel the vanilla pod is a little bit pricey, their food does taste good. Service was good. Only downside is the outside seating which is actually indoor the Blackrock shopping centre, & in summer it can feel really dark & that's why I'd suggest eating at the vanilla pod in carrickmines if you're looking for sun!"

"The place looks very warm and staff are super friendly, however the food has literally no taste, we ordered poached eggs which looked good but no taste. A bit disappointing to what we expected."