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Mauzac Tapas Gone?

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  • 12-01-2011 2:41pm
    #1
    postmanpat69
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭


    Just walked by the place and everything is gone, furniture and all, nothing in the window saying what the story is. I walked past it last night and they were definitely open. Any know what the story is?


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    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    haven't heard anything, they might just be doing a big clean?

    did you notice any of the decorations on the walls (pictures mirrors etc) or any glasses behind the bar?


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    LEIN
    Registered Users Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    was down there 2 weeks ago and the place was hopping mad busy!
    A strange one if it is closed!


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    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    real pity if they're gone, it was the business!


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,066 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    no, absolutely everything is gone

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,856 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    anyone know if it is open/closed?

    Been trying all day to ring to book a table but the number just keeps ringing out.

    (Been there 3 or 4 times and loved it every time)

    EDIT: Never mind, saw the thread below.... (went straight to this one from Google)


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    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,663 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    not sure if this is related: saw a big self-drive rental truck outside the Pub unit in Charlesland at lunchtime today - perhaps, like with the furniture from Woodlands Lodge, TonyD123 is storing his stuff there! I am just speculating - I may have put 1 & 1 together and got 3.

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    LEIN
    Registered Users Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    astrofluff wrote: »
    not sure if this is related: saw a big self-drive rental truck outside the Pub unit in Charlesland at lunchtime today - perhaps, like with the furniture from Woodlands Lodge, TonyD123 is storing his stuff there! I am just speculating - I may have put 1 & 1 together and got 3.


    lol not again! :pac:

    Please astro don't bring it up! I can see the new thread already! :pac:


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    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    We were supposed to be eating there on Friday, table booked.

    Off to Hungry Monk instead. :)


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    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Would be nice if he opened it up down in the charlesland pub!!


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    vinpaul
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭vinpaul


    matt-dublin wrote: »
    haven't heard anything, they might just be doing a big clean?

    did you notice any of the decorations on the walls (pictures mirrors etc) or any glasses behind the bar?

    All is bare. Nothing left only light switches. Furniture, pictures, glassses etc all gone. A sudden departure during Tue night/Wed morning. This is the same team that opened in Woodlands Lodge and went wallop after a short while. Looks like this will be another vacant site to blight the street for some time to come.


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    Two Boys
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭Two Boys


    matt-dublin wrote: »
    Would be nice if he opened it up down in the charlesland pub!!
    Hope tehy open in Charlesland!! That would be great


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    hamstervision
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭hamstervision


    vinpaul wrote: »
    All is bare. Nothing left only light switches. Furniture, pictures, glassses etc all gone. A sudden departure during Tue night/Wed morning.

    That's really mental. My wife and I were there on Tuesday night, only ourselves and another table of 4 in the place, but it was a Tuesday night. In fact, she asked him how the place was going and he said great, though there may have been some sarcasm there. We were saying we'd have to go back because there was more stuff we wanted to try off the menu, never thought we'd be 2 of their last customers! Shame.


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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,856 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Got an email from the manager yesterday who confirmed that the restaurant has indeed closed. Said the weather we had in November/December saw a huge decrease in the number of customers and a massive hit to cash flow, which is the primary reason for the closure.

    Personally, I am sad to see this restaurant close - had quickly become one of my favourite restaurants around and I had been really looking forward to going there this weekend.


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    vinpaul
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    Passed by about 12:30 and there is some activity going on. Door open and could see some sweeping up. Maybe a new operator is moving in. Will keep a watch. All other restaurants seemed to have done a good trade despite the inclement weather in Nov and Dec.
    To me it has something to do with the management team. This team didn't last very long in SCRIPT. Lasted less than a year here. Opened end of March as far as memory serves me.


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    GingerDave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭GingerDave


    Nothing to do with the management team. Cash flow is king and if you haven't got any, and as a business your burning cash you won't last long!

    This was a tapas bar not serving tapas! It didn't even attempt to serve authentically spanish dishes. No real loss.

    Some people are still delusional and playing at shops. The IMF are in town, it's going to get worse not better for some time to come. I'd say there will be many more busines shut down in Greystones this year, most of them aren't sustainable.

    People are only just getting a kick in the balls, with the January pay packet reduced significantly by tax to help pay for the bail out. Many local business will struggle to survive as rents, utilities and wages are still way too expensive!


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    The Bishop Basher
    Registered Users Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭The Bishop Basher


    Agreed and on topic I thought the food was poor. It was pre cooked as confirmed to us one night by a new waitress. The meat balls were bland, the calamari was tough and the wine list was a tad short.

    I also know people who booked for a table of five and turned up only to be told there was no booking. No attempt to fix the mistake and no apology. An offer of a couple of bottles of wine with their next meal would have sorted it.

    I'm sure the review they got some time ago didn't help either. They might have had local trade but anyone who read that review certainly wouldn't have travelled to try the place.

    You can't run a business like that and last especially the way things are now.


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    Annasopra
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    he treated his staff like crap as well - one of the chefs walked out of the place because he was treated badly - the next night the manager had to cook the food himself because there was no chef and this was the night that the reviewer was there

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Gerrystones
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    I liked the food and the place,it was different.Was there last w/e and the credit card machines were down so cash only.I had a gift voucher(a swipe card) they could not take that.Very disapointed the way it was handeled.:mad:


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    Welsh Wizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Welsh Wizard


    Hadn't they just opened a cocktail bar...

    Hope it hasn't closed as it was the best place to eat in Greystones...

    P.S. Charlesland still needs a pub...!!!:mad:


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    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    Welsh Wizard wrote: »
    Hope it hasn't closed as it was the best place to eat in Greystones...

    It is closed since last Wednesday


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    luapenak
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭luapenak


    Scandal


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    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Never a good sign when places can't accept cards, remember that furniture place in carrickmines???


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    ciaran67
    Registered Users Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭ciaran67


    Welsh Wizard wrote: »
    Hadn't they just opened a cocktail bar...

    Hope it hasn't closed as it was the best place to eat in Greystones...

    P.S. Charlesland still needs a pub...!!!:mad:

    You can have one of ours, we've got 8 or 9. Mind you, there's nobody in'em!


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    #25
    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    No loss and no surprise. Shocking service and crap food.


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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,856 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Blandpebbles wrote: »
    No loss and no surprise. Shocking service and crap food.

    I love how people come online to post such stuff as fact.

    WEnt there a number of times. Service was always fine and friendly, and I always loved the meal. It is a loss, to some at least, you don't get to decide whether people do or should miss it.


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    dr ro
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭dr ro


    i only ate there once. Food was great, as was the service. Would have gone back.


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    #28
    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    I love how people come online to post such stuff as fact.

    WEnt there a number of times. Service was always fine and friendly, and I always loved the meal. It is a loss, to some at least, you don't get to decide whether people do or should miss it.

    Went there, food was crap so was service, never mentioned your ability to choose or others, simply stating the facts as I experienced them.

    Decision made anyway, no one will be going there again.

    I hadn't realised it was the same fellas as Script and the Bakery, with this knowledge it really doesn't surprise how quickly they moved on.


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    ciaran67
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    Blandpebbles wrote: »
    Went there, food was crap so was service, never mentioned your ability to choose or others, simply stating the facts as I experienced them.

    Decision made anyway, no one will be going there again.
    Blandpebbles wrote: »
    Redundant thread - closed, opened, wouldnt eat, would eat... and so we move on

    ooh sorry i got mixed up with the Chinese restaurant thread :D


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    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    It's a fair comment, it's gone, debate on it's merits are pointless.

    However if we are going to debate businesses that have gone... how about that Stanley Stores, ol Missus Stanley used to have some lovely candy in there. :)


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    ciaran67
    Registered Users Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭ciaran67


    Blandpebbles wrote: »
    It's a fair comment, it's gone, debate on it's merits are pointless.

    However if we are going to debate businesses that have gone... how about that Stanley Stores, ol Missus Stanley used to have some lovely candy in there. :)

    Have to say, i did find it weird that someone was having a pop at you for your comments about how poor it was, when you did in fact visit the place and found it to be poor. ;)


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