Tried out this place for breakfast over the weekend and quickly became addicted to the overwhelming hispterness of the place. The fact that the food is damn good is a happy plus too. The menu is simple and offers only a few options, my favourite kind of menu as I'm the sort who easily becomes overburdened with choice (first world problems). The interior has a lovely wooden finish to it that makes it feel like it's still a work-in-progress but, that's like, totally cool man. There's a long wooden bench on one side of the room & a few chairs & tables outside, perfect for summer vibes (if it happens to be sunny in Ireland) I went for the *organic* eggs & homemade beans and also a matcha green tea latte. Well the matcha tasted great, but the eggs & beans were really scrumptious. They came out in a cardboard box which actually just worked given the style of the place. It's a good sign when you're eating the food of a place that all you can think about is what everything else on the menu tastes like. I'll update with pics when I inevitably return. In short: A cool place to start your day & my new favourite place for weekend breakfasting. Those eggs though. read more

Cocu - Organic eggs & beans with matcha green tea latte - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

I was here for Cocu's grand opening on friday of last week. Now, I expected mistakes to happen, which did, since it was their first day open. The tills broke as soon as they opened the doors, and we did have to wait a little past when they said they were opening because the staff weren't ready yet. Service was slow, but in fairness, there was a long line of people out the door. When you order, you select a main (the meat or main veggie part of your meal), your base (rice, greens, etc), and a sprinkle topping. I went for the Vietnamese chicken, on brown rice with spinach and crushed almonds. It came with a peanut butter vinaigrette, which was light enough to flavour the dish, but not too oily or overpowering. As someone else posted, the servings do look small. But, that being said, I was fairly full after eating mine, so I think it may just look a bit small because of the container it was in. I do, however, wish there had been more meat on my dish. My serving was definitely less than one full chicken fillet. BUT, the chicken that was on there was SO tender and juicy. Their breakfast menu looks like quite good, and I look forward to going back and checking out the breakfast menu. It's nice having more healthy options available for lunch in this area, and it's a fairly good price for lunch (7.50 for the box of food unless you get extras). The juices and other drinks there are more than I would pay, but price wise their food is pretty much the same as a burrito/bowl at tolteca across the street. This place is good, and has promise. It just needs to work out a few kinks before I can give it more stars. If their meat portions were just a bit larger, and they can get into a groove where they speed their service up, I'd say this place will do great. read more

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I came on a Saturday so it was all day (closes at 3pm) breakfast only which was quite disappointing, but I ordered the breakfast bowl (with smoked salmon instead of bacon and chorizo). It was not bad, and they have a lot of egg based dishes like their egg pots as well as other healthy kind of things like porridge and smoothies. The staff were very friendly and gave me a few recommendations as I was quite indecisive as usual! The inside of the cafe is on the small and narrow side, and everything is served take-away style even if you decide to sit in (i.e. in cardboard boxes with plastic cutlery and takeaway cups for coffee). I also got an Americano which was heavenly, probably the best coffee I've ever tasted! As an add on, I did manage to come here on the weekdays a few times after that and so far have tried the Salmon box, the Mexican chicken and the vietnamese chicken, all of which were fantastic! I liked the Vietnamese box best! I love the customisation available, like adding on things like Tofu (yay!), brown rice, quinoa, egg, sweet potato etc. The tofu is silken and really soft, and a combo of brown rice and salmon is pretty good too. It's open until 8pm, but if you come in the evening most of the stuff is gone, like literally everything. I came at 7pm one day and they only had Mexican chicken and a few of the veggies, but none of the add-ons like tofu, eggs, quinoa etc. Overall, an interesting and healthy menu with lots of room for customisation, friendly staff and better for a take-away more so than sitting in as there's not much in the way of seating. The only cons of this place are that it's lunch menu is only on weekdays, the very small space and the fact that everything is served in paper boxes and plastic cutlery which I'm not really a fan off. Food: 5/5 Coffee: 5/5 Seating/interior:2/5 Service/ Staff: 5/5 Overall: 4/5 read more

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FOOD Healthy, tasty, generous portioned and great value. You order by picking a meat, then 2 salad options and can top it with a choose of 3 things, e.g. seeds, nuts, etc. I've tried many of their options and all impress, my fave is the middle eastern chicken! They do offer a breakfast menu but for me, this hasn't really impressed, over priced and not very flavoursome... For me, it's all about their main salad menu. SERVICE/STAFF Prompt and efficient, great for a quick grab. There's not much seating inside so often I'm ordering to go however they do have some outdoor seating, so when the summer permits you've better chance of bagging a seat. Their menu, for a first time visitor is a lot to take in and I feel the staff could do a little more to help those break it down, I know it makes sense but it's a lot to take in when you're eying up the menu and staff are looking to quickly serve them, if you spot a newbie, why not help them... A quick friendly bit of verbiage could speed things up :-) read more

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With a great lunch spot comes a great queue. Thankfully this one hammers along! Food is great, staff are friendly and plenty of value for money. If you're looking for something reasonably healthy and very tasty, you can't go wrong here! Great coffee too! read more

Cocu - Middle eastern chicken box - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

I saw that Cocu opens till 8 which is pretty late for a lunch/coffee spot so at 6pm on a Thursday I rocked up and they had pretty much ran out of everything. But major props to the guy working there who said he'd throw a few things together for me with whatever they had left. So he makes me this wild concoction of rice, mixed salad, avocado, beef, mint yogurt, tomatoes, herbs, seeds and a few more bits and bobs. Essentially giving me a taste of a decent chunk of the menu. Pretty tasty stuff and a nice change from the burritos I normally get. Could have been a bit hotter but I was pretty much scraping the barrel on this visit. Definitely going to try again a bit earlier in the afternoon! read more

Cocu - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

I'm a big fan of epic salads and Cocu never lets me down. It's very fresh and has a clear, simple menu that lets you build your salad. Their dressings are very tasty, and complement the main ingredients perfectly. The variety of toppings are great quality and have inspired me for whenever I'm making my own salads at home. (I'd definitely recommend the roasted sweet potato) Also don't be fooled that it's "just a salad". It will fill you up and leave you feeling satisfied for the rest of the day. There's a few seats available but it's predominately takeaway, so if it's a nice day head on up to the canal for a picnic or go back home/to the office and enjoy in comfort. read more

Cocu - There's avocado and other magical things hidden in there too! - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

Just adding a quick update - I finally tried their salads and WOW. Vietnamese chicken is so good. You can pick what base you want - I usually go for either spinach/mixed greens, and sweet potato cubes. For an extra 1 Euro, you can get a baked sweet potato with hummus on top. The chicken is perfect - so much flavor. The sweet potato helps to keep you full. The lines get pretty crazy after 12pm. Also, it's not consistent how much food you get - sometimes you get a bigger piece of chicken, sometimes smaller. Sometimes you get more salad base, sometimes less. read more

If you wanna eat in a super green, super clean, super delicious, super original place with super smiley and gentle staff, this must be the place!!! Go for it!!! Really healthy food!!!!! read more

Cocu - Salmon fresh box. Delicious - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

I stumbled upon Cocu on a Wednesday evening, I felt like a light and healthy dinner and Cocu hit just the spot. I got the middle eastern chicken which comes with roasted red pepper, avocado and feta. To this I added baby spinach, brown rice and nutty topping. The serving was a pretty good size and definitely value for money at €7.95 as there was a generous serving of chicken. Everything was very fresh and the flavours were great, bonus points for the avocado being perfectly ripe too! The staff were very friendly and efficient. Will definetly head back here again when over this side of town. read more

My top place in the city to grab a quick lunch! Each is as good as the last! I've tried them all except for the tofu and the vegetarian.... Although, the salmon, there are no words! So tasty! Only downfall is that if you go too late in the afternoon they tend not to have the selection of salads after being so busy, but sure hey, that's a good complaint! read more

Friendly employees, a good choice of salad boxes (beef shin is excellent), and optional extras if you're really hungry. Also delicious coffee from Roasted Brown. read more

Cocu - Beef shin with middle Eastern salad. - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

Nice place for an healthy option for lunch. The place is a bit busy at the moment as it as just opened so at lunch time I had to wait around 5 minutes to order. Tried the baked salmon salad with spinach and sweet potatoes and was really good. After taking my order to take away it was quite fast. They offer wide variety of salad and you can pay a bit extra for some extra ingredients. Each salad costs about 7.95€. read more

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My regular coffee spot ! Lovely little place they have. Staff are always super chatty and friendly. The do some great healthy breakfasts aswell here , and lunches for that matter . But be warned ! These place does be jammers around lunch time! The Q moves fairly fast but it is always out the door. Earlier you can get there the better. There's 2 baristas there one blonde girl and one guy. Both are good but the girl really makes a serious cup of coffee ! So I'd keep a eye out for her. My favourite place to pick one up :) read more

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What a healthy gem spot! i convinced my work-colleagues to go and check it out for lunch, and boy were we positively surprised. Really generous portions! you can actually share a box for 2 people if you are not really hungry. Real, quality ingredients of sweet potato, salad, rice, chicken, pulled pork etc etc. The boxes are around 8 euro and worth every penny! Without a doubt-a new go-to place, and their matcha latte is quite good as well. Well done cocu! read more

Discovered this funky cozy eatery on third day in Ireland. Located in Baggot Road Dublin. Delish Bircher muesli and gronola with yogurt and berries. The best part of breakfast was the coffee. The barista had been in Australia for 10 months learning all about the coffee culture. It paid off as her coffee was perfect. read more

Cocu - Great breakfast menu - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

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Nipping in to this new place on a quiet Wednesday, I was glad to see they were open late, unlike some other healthy food places in the area that shut at five. I do love a good marinade that involves ingredients I am short of, so I chose the middle eastern chicken. From four "bases" I picked mixed greens and spinach, not feeling like rice and already having swey potato that day. The greens were just more leaves, which really should include the spinach and give way to another option. It was like just munching on a bog standard green salad I could make myself out of a few bags. The chicken was tasty but the pieces far too big. The feta and peppers were too sparse and the sumac dressing just tasted of ordinary oil. Completely unbalanced and not worth the €7.95 charged. I also was looking at the blackboards which said their bread was sought locally, but there was none of it on the menu, same with other ingredients. The last who served me seemed reluctant to give me a small glass of tap water. Won't be darkening their door again, too much style and not enough for sustenance. Gah. read more

Cocu - Gluten-Free Near Me - Ballsbridge, D

Great new spot, came here during the week, the food option was great and it was all HEALTHY, and delicious so you still feel great leaving :) would highly recommend for all people looking for something different read more

Fresh organic and plenty of variety here. Staff is friendly and helpful. Recommending you come and eat here! I wish we had this place in Chicago! Fantastic read more

Great food but poor frontline staff. Take far too long to process an order and fill the boxes with food. Seem to want to be the customers best friend rather then actually getting the job done. Must be a management decision to have a "chilled out vibe" to the place but doesn't serve the needs of busy lunchtime customers standing and waiting interminably. No hurry on them at all. Tolteca just down the road do a much quicker job with more customers, as many options and only 1 till aswell. 4 star food, 2 star service. read more

Love this place. They make really good and healthy food at mortal prices. You would typically go here for breakfast or lunch and bring this back to work or eat in the park. They fit 4-6 people in the store, but usually make for take-away. Coffee is great as well, so due head here if you are on Baggot street and need good coffee (3FE can be such a long walk XD) read more

Their lunch boxes are a real treat! I love their vegetarian options, and am impressed with how well their staff handle the long queues during lunch hours. Why not 5 stars? I find their matcha latte and healthy treats could be better value for money, and I'd appreciate it if they wouldn't shut down their hot drinks service at 4 pm. If you are looking for a place with more seating, check out their much larger new location on Hatch Street. read more

I've been to a few salad places now, this is by far the best. A good salad which actually fills you, Plus the lettuce is fresh and isn't withered and old, which I'm experiencing in other salad shops. I got the slow roasted pork it's delicious, brown rice and toasted seeds. You have a choice tho. I ordered my salad through their app so it was ready for me when I went to the shop. read more

Went here for lunch a short while ago. I ordered the flaked salmon which was beautiful! The portions are so generous and the food is healthy but so tasty. Staff are very friendly also! The only down side is the queue is very long at lunch time, I was queuing outside and there was a number of people in front of me but that just shows how good of a spot this is! read more

Cocu's chicken wrap is to die for, feels like you're eating very fresh wholesome food for lunch. The breakfast pots are quite nice also but the eggs can be a tiny bit watery sometimes. A definite favourite for me! read more

Excellent food so tasty very busy at lunchtime but queues go quickly so don't be put off great friendly staff