Cafe Mao - Dun Laoghaire

Usually very good delivery. Every order we include the Singapore duck. This week it was extremely dry, mostly skin and barely edible. Very disappointing

So you've walked the pier and feel like you deserve some grub, head up to the Pavillion, right opposite the ferry terminal and among quite a few places to eat is Café Mao. Mao bills its self as asian fusion cusine, it really is varied, being a mix of; Thai, Malay, Japanese and hint of Indian foods. Although they've a couple of branches throught Dublin, this is probably my favorite. The main room is funky and bright and especially good for lunch on a Sunday, great if its busy as the place handles crowds very well and is very kid friendly. The portions in Mao are generally huge so make sure your hungry. I can heartily recommend the nsai goreng-which also comes in a smaller lunch portion-chicken satay, five spice and Malaysian chicken are also great and the Naan garlic bread will have u full up too. The staff are generally always fast, friendly helpful, esp if your new to the menu. They also cater for Celiac's and have a new recession busting menu. Even better is sitting outside on a nice day, something we don't get to do much in our damp little Island.

Having been here for last ten years.. Have to say this place hit rock bottom for service.. Waiting staff making rules on the fly. Cleanliness missing and no courtesy .. Better go to Chinese takeaway than coming here.. DON'T waste ur time money... For OK OK service ....

Not suitable for a quick bite; most things on the menu are quite expensive. As said by many other reviews, the service here can be horrible (waitress telling you to wait all the time and you being ignored a lot); my order was taken just before my patience ran out (at the same time five+ customers were waiting by the door to be taken to their seats while a lot of the seats here were not occupied and yet no waiters saw to them at all actually that made me feel I should be grateful that I was seated&had got a menu in my hands)

Have been meaning to go back to this Mao for a while. When I had it before, it was lovely-had a beef stir fry kinda dish. Went back last week and was quite disappointed. I had spring roles to start which were nice enough with butternut squash. But the main really let me down. I had pad thai but it wasn't great. The chicken was a bit chewy and very little of it. It's put me off to be honest so doubt I will be back. If I wanted a bowl of noodles I would have bought a pack of kooka.