Bailey point, Salthill and other stuff

EachSmallChime

Both the Galleon and Salt to close down. Not a great sign for anyone looking to set up a restaurant in Salthill

https://connachttribune.ie/galway-dealt-a-blow-with-loss-of-75-jobs-075/

?Cee?view

EachSmallChime wrote: »

Both the Galleon and Salt to close down. Not a great sign for anyone looking to set up a restaurant in Salthill

https://connachttribune.ie/galway-dealt-a-blow-with-loss-of-75-jobs-075/

Wouldn't agree at all. The Galleon was always a goldmine and only started to fail over the last year or a bit more once the menu was changed and long standing staff were let go. They alienated their hordes of regulars.

Salt was always doomed to failure. Very high prices for food that seemed to think it was high end from the way it was described, but was really just at best average.

Both premises could be goldmines if run properly.

45mhrc7evo1d3n

?Cee?view wrote: »

Wouldn't agree at all. The Galleon was always a goldmine and only started to fail over the last year or a bit more once the menu was changed and long standing staff were let go. They alienated their hordes of regulars.

Salt was always doomed to failure. Very high prices for food that seemed to think it was high end from the way it was described, but was really just at best average.

Both premises could be goldmines if run properly.

Absolutely agree with this. So sad to see a long established restaurant like the Galleon close down. It used to serve a certain market and was loved for that but when the menu changed it felt like it lost its way. Salt could never make its mind up what kind of restaurant it wanted to be. Started out great but ended up going badly downhill. Such a shame all round .

chuky_r_law

someone will get the galleon going again. stick to the old formula and its a winner. the name is very well known

westgolf

One wing of Bailey point scaffolded fairly comphrensively looks like a major job on the decaying plasterwork.

jkforde

>>> here's hoping.. and talking of town vs Salthill, would love to get a campaign going to get a tram from say South Park to Blackrock going... reckon it would be huge draw for local and tourist alike

jkforde

jkforde wrote: »

>>> here's hoping.. and talking of town vs Salthill, would love to get a campaign going to get a tram from say South Park to Blackrock going... reckon it would be huge draw for local and tourist alike

Start with a bus, show its sustainable and has demand year round and then maybe, just maybe, look at spending a few million ripping up streets for a tram line that would still be unjustified due to being poorly routed as to serve only a marginal fraction of the general public

Nothing personal, just "trams" in Galway is a farcical notion for the next 40-50 years and most definitely not until we look at densificaton and eliminating one-off housing

Thegalwayman

The 401 bus service has certainly improved for extension to Parkmore/Ballybrit. One can almost rely on them not skipping services which is a huge step forward

westgolf

Thegalwayman wrote: »

The 401 bus service has certainly improved for extension to Parkmore/Ballybrit. One can almost rely on them not skipping services which is a huge step forward

And the 401 to Ballybrit has what exactly to do with the thread topic ? Bailey point and Salthill etc

Thegalwayman

westgolf wrote: »

And the 401 to Ballybrit has what exactly to do with the thread topic ? Bailey point and Salthill etc

Well the 2 previous replies were about tram and bus service. So the most frequent salthill to town bus service is the 401.

Mrs OBumble

Thegalwayman wrote: »

Well the 2 previous replies were about tram and bus service. So the most frequent salthill to town bus service is the 401.

Agree.

Though in fairness it doesn't do Blackrock to Southpark (an unlikely journey except for anyone who's walked the prom and cannot a***ed walking back - which is not actually something that tourists do that often).

The tourist "train" already does the kitchy tourist seafront service that a tram was suggested for. It doesn't need dedicated space or lines for bicycle wheels to get stuck in. And it turns into a Santa train in town for six weeks in winter, getting use out of the asset.

westgolf

Thegalwayman wrote: »

Well the 2 previous replies were about tram and bus service. So the most frequent salthill to town bus service is the 401.

I withdraw my retort sir


"Gets coat n slinks away, head down"

Prominent_Dawg

What salthill needs is a supermarket

Mrs OBumble

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

What salthill needs is a supermarket

Suggested location?

ronnie3585

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Suggested location?

Pearse Stadium.

?Cee?view

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Pearse Stadium.

:D:D

Bredabe

Work ongoing on the sea front side of the building today.

flazio

Having been a boarded up piece of nothing since the days of the airshow it's great to see some purpose to the building.
Now time to do something about Salthills version of The Corrib Great Southern, The Burren Mount.

westgolf

flazio wrote: »

Having been a boarded up piece of nothing since the days of the airshow it's great to see some purpose to the building.
Now time to do something about Salthills version of The Corrib Great Southern, The Burren Mount.

Only difference is that the burren mount is inhabited. There was a lengthy thread on it here about a year ago.

beardybrewer

flazio wrote: »

Now time to do something about Salthills version of The Corrib Great Southern, The Burren Mount.

Couldn't agree more. Such an eyesore those yellowed curtains really drag down all of Salthill. What is the story of that place? Is it tied up in some estate or legal case?

biko

Burren Mount is in another thread Read that first
The owners wants it to be regarded as a private residence for the foreseeable future.