Macari Take Away

I love this place. Everything is so fresh. Eat different things every time so nothing i would reccomend. Very popular with myself my boyfriend and our 2 children. We regularly orderfrom here. It cant be beaten.

OMG! Love the chips! Have done since a kid. Have to walk past them on way home from work and its a killer… the smell of them is divine!
Downside — they never have ray anymore!
My brother bumped into Phil Lynott many years ago in there (RIP).

I’ve been going to Macari’s for years, there was a chipper around the corner from my house but when it closed down I had to look elsewhere.
Macari’s has delicious food and for this reason you can expect to wait in line, especially at the weekend. I know of people who come from far away just to try their snack box (2 pieces of breaded chicken and chips)
I change my order all the time, there is plenty to choose from and all for a very reasonable price. The only knock I have on Macari’s are the grumpy lads that run it, if its service with a smile you are after then go to McDonalds.

Macari’s in Raheny is absolutely my favourite take away in Dublin. It is absolutely more than likely that I am displaying bias in my judgement in this instance, as Macari’s is my local chipper, but they are damn good. And, to add credence to the statement above, Macari’s was voted the best chipper in Dublin way back in ’99 or 2000 (though this could have been Raheny people’s irrational civic pride kicking in. For more info, see my review of Raheny).
When I do go to Macari’s, I unfailingly order a batter sausage and chips (just the chips if I’m trying to watch what I eat, rofl). The best thing about this order is that your batter sausage is guaranteed to be split down the middle, one hundred per cent of the time. Big name chippers like Leo Burdocks may like to think that they walk the walk, but do their batter sausages split down the middle, ensuring more surface area contact with the hot oil and thus increasing the square inchage of crispiness? They do in their arse.
A little off topic, but isn’t it strange how so many of the chippers in Dublin were opened by Italians? Look at all the Macari’s, Luigi’s, Forte’s out there. You wonder why all these Italian immigrants decided to renounce their heritage, and instead of cooking magnificent pasta dishes in some restaurant at home, move to Ireland to sell fried crap to drunk people. There’s a sociological study right there.