At Your Service

Lady Chatterton

I feel they need a new chef, I have very little confidence in him.

JonathanAnon

They even got one of the bands from The Pat Kenny Radio Show.. Banjo player must have been sick that day though..

Diddler1977

I see they added something else to the curry dish. Was it a Naan bread?

hotmail.com

The carpet, the red chairs...the bedroom furniture - it still needs a bit of work.

amdublin

Oh look an ad for DTTB promising us fireworks and an unhappy bride.

But what are the bets everything comes together on the day.
God bless the production company.

:rolleyes:

Birdsong

I love this programme,for anyone with a hotel / guesthouse business its a great opportunity to get some fabulous advice and mentoring. John & Francis really know their stuff, and they have such a nice way of getting their message accross

twirlagig

'At Your Service' tonight, sees John & Francis visit Adare, Co. Limerick, to help Sean and Bridie Collins improve their three struggling businesses, the Pink Potato Restaurant, Sean Collins & Sons Bar and the Adare Village Inn.

JonathanAnon

"Come in here now"... I'm already laughing at Francis..

Lady Chatterton

Good Evening Folks!

JonathanAnon

"Mixed hangers"... lol ... people have been hung (;)) for less.

Lady Chatterton

I think they're overstretched, they have three businesses. It might be better to concentrate on two of them.

JonathanAnon

"The fast food restaurant's business is being chipped away" ... I hope Joe Duffy is watching this for new material..

twirlagig

Cosy enough looking pub


Did they just say 3000 budget??:eek:

twirlagig

Pink Potato is not a great name and the pink inside is yuck!

Lady Chatterton

twirlagig wrote: »

Pink Potato is not a great name and the pink inside is yuck!

Adare is very touristy, old fashioned village so a traditional name might work better.

Lady Chatterton

That wrap looks gorgeous, I'm feeling hungry!!

Skid

twirlagig wrote: »

'At Your Service' tonight, sees John & Francis visit Adare, Co. Limerick, to help Sean and Bridie Collins improve their three struggling businesses, the Pink Potato Restaurant, Sean Collins & Sons Bar and the Adare Village Inn.

Three business in 27 minutes, that is a bit too much.

I think John Brennan is very underrated.

Francis is more camera friendly, but John is a very shrewd operator.

twirlagig

MrsD007 wrote: »

Adare is very touristy, old fashioned village so a traditional name might work better.

Absolutely MrsD - Oh, can't wait to see what they do with it!

Lady Chatterton

There is a place in Galway called "The Couch Potato" they serve lots of different potato dishes and it is absolutely fab

JonathanAnon

I dont understand why they have a pub selling pub food right beside a fast food restaurant... Surely it's double the overhead, to compete with themselves.. I'd knock through the wall and extend the pub area..

Skid

MrsD007 wrote: »

There is a place in Galway called "The Couch Potato" they serve lots of different potato dishes and it is absolutely fab

I travelled all the way from Dublin to 'The Couch Potato'

I went back Couchless. Not one couch for sale there. Feckin' false advertising :mad:

Lady Chatterton

Skid wrote: »

I travelled all the way from Dublin to 'The Couch Potato'

I went back Couchless. Not one couch for sale there. Feckin' false advertising :mad:

:p:p

amdublin

Hellllooooooooooooooo!
Oh jaysis I'm late for service. Francis is going to bate me.

Sorry guys

twirlagig

Jaysus - that tart looks yummmyyy!!

JonathanAnon

Why those AWFUL pink colours... Are they planning on serving food exclusively to highly dangerous mental patients.. ?

Lady Chatterton

More f**king pink :eek: The pictures are yucky!

twirlagig

MrsD007 wrote: »

More f**king pink :eek: The pictures are yucky!

I know - taking 2 steps forward and 3 back!

Lady Chatterton

Tonight's programme is very dull and disappointing!

Mr.Crinklewood

Skid wrote: »

I travelled all the way from Dublin to 'The Couch Potato'

I went back Couchless. Not one couch for sale there. Feckin' false advertising :mad:

At least you did not travel all the way to Donegal to see Muff. A longer journey and you would have been even more disappointed.

JonathanAnon

MrsD007 wrote: »

Tonight's programme is very dull and disappointing!

The last shots of the premises still look like the "before" pictures..

And those table cloths .. If you went on adverts.ie, somebody would be GIVING AWAY something that awful..

Diddler1977

Do the chips taste of beetroot I wonder?

xsiborg

feckin playboy pink!

Skid

Pink Chips.

No. Just No.

Lady Chatterton

I think the husband should go into the Undertaking business. He has no bit of life in him at all.

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Do the chips taste of beetroot I wonder?

Skid wrote: »

Pink Chips.

No. Just No.

Seriously are they made of beetroot

amdublin

MrsD007 wrote: »

I think the husband should go into the Undertaking business. He has no bit of life in him at all.

The pair of them should :pac:

Diddler1977

MrsD007 wrote: »

I think the husband should go into the Undertaking business. He has no bit of life in him at all.

The musicians look like they are ready to be taken by the undertaker. like the living dead they are....so lifeless and unemotional:(

twirlagig

First time I have watched this and DIDN'T feel like paying the place a visit

jos28

I made a beetroot cake recently, sounds weird but it was yummy

Diddler1977

amdublin wrote: »

Seriously are they made of beetroot

Dyed with beetroot juice.

I suppose Red Velvet cake doesn't taste of beetroot.

twirlagig

Those table cloths aren't much better! Stapled (badly) to the underside of the table :mad:

amdublin

twirlagig wrote: »

First time I have watched this and DIDN'T feel like paying the place a visit

I know And Adare is lovely :mad:

Diddler1977

Bad business in wrong location.

Even this programme couldn't make it look good.

JonathanAnon

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Dyed with beetroot juice. I suppose Red Velvet cake doesn't taste of beetroot.

aha .. I didnt realise we had a chef among us...

Lady Chatterton

twirlagig wrote: »

First time I have watched this and DIDN'T feel like paying the place a visit

amdublin wrote: »

I know And Adare is lovely :mad:

I agree with amdublin, I'm a frequent visitor to Adare as it is not very far from where I live. Please don't let this programme turn you off visiting, it is a really beautiful village. BTW, the Dunraven Arms or the Woodlands Hotel are lovely places to stay in Adare

Skid

twirlagig wrote: »

Those table cloths aren't much better! Stapled (badly) to the underside of the table :mad:

I am no designer but someone needs to have a word with her.

Two attempts at her Tablecloths and that was the best she could do? It's not 1978 anymore.

amdublin

MrsD007 wrote: »

I agree with amdublin, I'm a frequent visitor to Adare as it is not very far from where I live. Please don't let this programme turn you off visiting, it is a really beautiful village. BTW, the Dunraven Arms or the Woodlands Hotel are lovely places to stay in Adare

Just for you mrsd seeing as yup asked so nicely

JonathanAnon

Just saw on the news.. Whitney dead and now David Kelly dead...

*looks over shoulder for Grim Reaper*

amdublin

Skid wrote: »

I am no designer but someone needs to have a word with her.

Two attempts at her Tablecloths and that was the best she could do? It's not 1978 anymore.

Where's patwicklow when you need him eh MrsD?:D

CrowdedHouse

The best kick I got in Adare was jackdaws begging off me when I was sitting at a filling station in my car having coffee and a bun, they came over like a dog looking for a treat !