New Shops/Businesses in Bray

murpho999

Also, surprised that this has not been discussed here.

Looks like major progress regarding The Florentine Centre.

Link

Good to see that a cinema is included. Miss not having that.

zoobizoo

Yes it will be great to see a cinema again in the town - for a town that used to have three...

That will bring in a lot of visitors from the surrounding areas and a knock on effect on the bars, restaurants and shops.

Creamy Goodness

I'll talk and believe it as soon as the first brick is laid, anything else is just getting my hopes up

murpho999

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

I'll talk and believe it as soon as the first brick is laid, anything else is just getting my hopes up

I think you can get your hopes up.

Council fully behind it.

Bray People.


I predict it will be delivered on time, despite being 12 years late in 2018.:D

Annasopra

murpho999 wrote: »

I think you can get your hopes up.

Council fully behind it.

Bray People.


I predict it will be delivered on time, despite being 12 years late in 2018.:D

12? That site has been much more than 12 in development.
I'd say about 20.

Annasopra

So Blue Castle opened today but Lings are advertising it on their facebook even tough its not Chinese - very confusing marketing altogether

https://www.facebook.com/lingsrestauranttakeaway

Alun

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

So Blue Castle opened today but Lings are advertising it on their facebook even tough its not Chinese - very confusing marketing altogether

https://www.facebook.com/lingsrestauranttakeaway

The current owners of Ling's seem to own it via a company called Cafe de Flore ...

http://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Cafe-De-Flore-Limited-553308

If you click on the two director's names they are both directors of Ling & Ning Ltd. trading as Lings Chinese Restaurant.

They're obviously branching out into other cuisines, good luck to them.

murpho999

This Blue Castle is strange.
Food does not look great to me at all. Fry looked messy and I saw sausage rolls that looked a bit burnt in the pictures.
I'm curious about their menu , just would not expect sausage rolls in a restaurant.

Strange to have Chinese staff doing western/Irish food.

Alun

Where are people seeing menus and the like online? I can't see anything at all on the link Joeytheparrot put up there recently. It's strange in this day and age that a new restaurant doesn't have an online presence from day one really.

Creamy Goodness

Alun wrote: »

Where are people seeing menus and the like online? I can't see anything at all on the link Joeytheparrot put up there recently. It's strange in this day and age that a new restaurant doesn't have an online presence from day one really.

think you need to be signed into facebook, even at that their page is set up wrong, they're set up as an actual person who you send a friend request to, and not as an actual business where you can like, check in to etc.

Alun

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

think you need to be signed into facebook, even at that their page is set up wrong, they're set up as an actual person who you send a friend request to, and not as an actual business where you can like, check in to etc.

Ah, that would explain it! I'm not, and never will be, on FB

murpho999

They're serving a burger with 'Cashual' blue cheese.

It's a strong but relaxed cheese.;)




Looks a bit burnt to me, like their other photos. Normally want to try new places in Bray but I think I'll give this a miss.

murpho999

Alun wrote: »

Where are people seeing menus and the like online? I can't see anything at all on the link Joeytheparrot put up there recently. It's strange in this day and age that a new restaurant doesn't have an online presence from day one really.

Here are the menu photos from their page. No mention of prices.

Alun

murpho999 wrote: »

Here are the menu photos from their page. No mention of prices.

They really need to get someone to proof read that menu

Cerco

Alun wrote: »

They really need to get someone to proof read that menu

Not bad for Chinese, I think you will agree.

The burger looks like cholesterol on stilts! 😧

keano_afc

I hope the cooking is better than the spelling.

marko99

Burritos soon to be available in the (now former) Three Beans coffee place on the corner of Quinnsborough Road.

2011

I was in the Lebanon Cookhouse Restaurant (Bray main street) last night. Excellent food, but the place was almost empty

I hope it works out for them, but I would be concerned.

murpho999

2011 wrote: »

I was in the Lebanon Cookhouse Restaurant (Bray main street) last night. Excellent food, but the place was almost empty

I hope it works out for them, but I would be concerned.

Yes, I was there too a few weeks ago. Saturday lunchtime but only one other table in use.

So far at this location I can remember the following:

Shelby's.
Don Quixote Spanish.
Some Indian
Greek
and now Lebanese.

It's just a bad location for a restaurant, hidden upstairs and no obvious frontage. A pity.

Alun

Same here, we've been a couple of times, including on a Friday evening, when it should have been busy, but again only 2 or 3 tables occupied.

The problems are obvious as murpho999 pointed out, but it makes you wonder how much research potential new tenants do when they look to take over a place like that with a reputation for failing. Surely they'd ask to look at the previous tenant's books, or at least talk to them about why they left. It's a shame really because in each case those taking it over seem to be genuinely nice people.

zoobizoo

True - but that's business for you.

Look at the successes and look at the failures.

Anthony Bourdain, the chef, has written about it in his book Kitchen Confidential - certain buildings will never work, regardless of how good the food/people are.

murpho999

Alun wrote: »

Same here, we've been a couple of times, including on a Friday evening, when it should have been busy, but again only 2 or 3 tables occupied.

The problems are obvious as murpho999 pointed out, but it makes you wonder how much research potential new tenants do when they look to take over a place like that with a reputation for failing. Surely they'd ask to look at the previous tenant's books, or at least talk to them about why they left. It's a shame really because in each case those taking it over seem to be genuinely nice people.

Well how would they get access to the previous tenant's books in fairness?

Clearly the numbers were not good anyway as they have not survived.

Issue is the location upstairs. Other ground floor restaurants in the same are have survived.
Lots of people would walk by without knowing it's there.

Also, I like to be able to see into a place before eating. For example I would never go to the chinese on Quinsboro Road as it's all blocked out. Turns me off it.

vinbo1

Hi Guys

We ate in this restaurant on Sat. night. Overall I'd say that the food wasn't bad (we had fish and it tasted fresh insofar as you can tell) but the sad part was the portion size. Seared fillet of sea trout consisted of, at best, half a fillet. It was accompanied by two baby spuds cut in half to fill the plate out. We mentioned it to the waitress who said she would pass our complaint on to the management. Charging €18.00 for the above is a bit of a joke and would not entice us to return which is a pity as Bray needs a few good restaurants around the Main St.

I agree with the comments about the new Leb place where Don Quixote/Shelby's used to be. Tried it and again the food is good but prices are a bit steep. I know there are overheads etc. but whats the point in fitting out a nice restaurant if you can only fill a couple of tables on a week end night.

fjon

I see Pebbles cafe on the Vevay road has already folded. Sign saying "New cafe opening" soon.
I didn't even last a year.

zoobizoo

fjon wrote: »

I see Pebbles cafe on the Vevay road has already folded. Sign saying "New cafe opening" soon.
I didn't even last a year.

I would imagine that the opening of Costa had an impact

fjon

zoobizoo wrote: »

I would imagine that the opening of Costa had an impact

That, along with high prices, average food and erratic opening hours.
Drove past it again today, the front door was open. Not sure if they're already refitting it for a new shop, or if it's open again or what.

fjon

It has been a while since we've had a Wetherspoons/ Barracuda rumour. I spotted this on a Wetherspoons magazine.

fjon

In other cafe news, I noticed that the Bridge Cafe seems to have closed down. Not to worry, a new Italian cafe has sprung up on the Albert walk, about 10m away from another Italian cafe, and around the corner from Campo and Carpe Diem.

murpho999

fjon wrote: »

It has been a while since we've had a Wetherspoons/ Barracuda rumour. I spotted this on a Wetherspoons magazine.

You wouldn't have a bigger picture by any chance?:D

Annasopra

Wetherspoons latest rumour is where Raven Gym was