Restaurant Recommendation Thread - Anyone for seconds?

They’d want to do a lot more than humble pie to pull me in. Bragging about raking in 800k of taxpayer money into his back pocket while paying staff zero. Rejoicing in a pandemic that caused so much suffering. And this from the same fella who laid off the whole staff of Clancys by text.

Wouldnt darken their door in a fit. Showing his true character in public there.

whats the story with The Silver Key guy? And are you talking about the old Clancy's?

Waterside in Cobh on Sunday was the same - all done properly.

Lovely location, friendly staff - godawful food!

That’s the video

honestly, I think bringing up the deaths of loved ones as an excuse, actually makes it worse.

While secretly filming someone a publicly posting it is a **** thing to do, this guy is doing himself no favors with his excuses, I think.

I don't believe that he is sorry or that he believes he was wrong in what he said - he's just sorry that he got caught.

Dined in Market Lane over the weekend; normally I think of it as an ok, safe-enough choice; but OMG had the pork-belly starter and it was awesome. Had a half a mind to just cancel the main and ask them to keep the starters coming. The main (steak) was great too.

Not a huge fan of the location (the 'side alley') but the food and staff are still great.

Well the backlash worked, my daughter sent home today albeit paid along with 12 staff due to lack of bookings. She's lost tomorrow and Monday as well unpaid

serves him right - i'm sure your daughter will have no trouble finding work else where

Liberty grill are still doing Dine at home on the weekends for anyone not confident about going out with the rising infection rates at the moment. We ordered for a family celebration yesterday and the quality was outstanding. Crab cakes, duck, sole, desserts. All delicious.

It was very simple to prep. Everything (starters, mains, veg, potatoes) was 15-20 mins in the oven , same temperature for everything, and microwave the sauces.

Add a couple of nice drinks and you could be on hols.

Unfortunately he was laughing about how much the staff were making him through their misfortune, so tales of concern now ring pretty hollow. Ask the ex Clancy’s employees too?

I am a local as well, and see his circle of drinking buddies the last few days, soaking up the sob stories. He has some of them hoodwinked, hiding behind his deceased family and anything else he can think of for sympathy.

Local people don’t like being taken for fools. There are enough neighbours who bought vouchers for example to support them in the pandemic. Plenty of those vouchers were then refused in recent months with the proprietor claiming pandemic poverty and barely scraping by. It’s a slap in the face to those customers to see him bragging about hauling in money after trying to support them in good faith.

Add to that the litany of other problems there, with both criminal and civil cases pending. Gardai on his back, probably revenue now too, business sinking, some of his pals have even had enough, given they released that video. It’s a pure mess, but it’s of his own doing. It isn’t the locals fault, or the govt, or the taxpayer, or the customers, or the family etc etc etc.

Perhaps a break would do him and the business some good.

that area has a great bus service - no bother to your daughter or any of his local staff/customers to go else where.. he said "he hopes that covid 19 would continue for another 10 yrs"???!!!! there are no words for that - drunk or not - thats when the truth comes out - sure, many in his position have taken the supports - but doesn't mean they wish that the pandemic would continue!!! I assume you have not suffered or not lost anyone as a result of covid - lucky you - so many have not been so fortunate! ...do you realllllly wanna drink in his place? or have your daughter work there? I'd rather sweep the streets.. I think you need to reexamine the situation with a much greater circumference of vision!

who said I didn't respect your opinion? - I am merely advising you to have a serious rethink!!! how you could drink in his place is unfathomable - esp when he is laughing behind your back essentially (as you too have suffered at the hands of Covid {RIP to your mate})... your on a super bus route if living near by..

The Silver Key isn't all that far from me and I've always thought of it as a local pub very much for local people and not a place you'd go out of your way for.

So if there is a boycott surely it's by local people who've decided enough is enough (until such time as they decide the convenience of staying local trumps everything else ) ?