Editor Pick
Nimmo's Wine Bar
- August 1, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Sean Harnett from Galway, Ireland
There are certain places you just get sentimental about. I'm crazy about The Long Walk. A combination of great memories and ecletic ambience, good food and a wide selection of wines, make it one of my favourite places to dine in Galway. It's not to everyone's tastes, but if you like French peasant food served with a minimum of fuss, and can dig idiosyncratic decor, you'll love the place. The last time my partner and I were there, we both had a fabulous basil and tomato soup to start. It was chunky and juicy, and topped with freshly torn basil. Delicious. To follow, I had the aubergine and parmesan quiche, which would have been great, were it not for the fact that the aubergine had been grilled a little too much, and tasted 'toasty'. As it was, it was good, but not entirely memorable. My partner, on the other hand, had a revelatory creamy mushroom pasta dish; it was very generous with the mushrooms and the cream and, while not exactly setting any new standards for culinary innovation, was very well done. It's the kind of dish that exemplifies what The Long Walk does best: simple, generous, tasty. We had a kirsch each to start, a bottle of mild Chilean white to accompany our meal, and lovely, frothy cappucinos to finish. The bill came to just over IR£45.
From journal Galway: Gateway to the West of Ireland