The Hamlet Balbriggan

starpolestar

Has anyone ever eaten here and complained about the food?
I ate here once and it was awful but we decided to give it a go again yesterday and they served us pure muck. I should have complained because i had an uneaten dinner left over and so did my bf. My bf didn't want us to make a scene so we paid and left.
Never again. Chicken was gone off by the taste of it. Just a word of warning!

Moonbeam

I have never eaten anything besides the potato wedges but others I have been there with have had no complaints.
We haven't eaten there since Feis Garden opened above it.
The food and the staff are lovely.

LouOB

I had lasagne there during the summer, NEVER AGAIN. It tasted ok but you can never get a nice Lasagne anywhere, very hard. The next day was ropey all day, downstairs was v sore by end of day and felt naueous all day.

starpolestar

LouOB wrote: »

I had lasagne there during the summer, NEVER AGAIN. It tasted ok but you can never get a nice Lasagne anywhere, very hard. The next day was ropey all day, downstairs was v sore by end of day and felt naueous all day.

I know, we probably would have been sick judging by the taste and look of the chicken but we didn't eat enough of it. Yuck. The staff in the Hamlet are lovely, just the food that's off.

Fei's garden is a lovely place, the staff are great there and the food is great. We were there the 2nd night it opened and to this day they still give us a free drink or 2 everytime we go in there!

meditraitor

I have never eaten the food but the Guinness is only delicious, and as said before the staff are really nice.

torqdj

i heard its a kip, so it fits in nicely with that end of the town

oceangirl

never eaten there, just had a kopparberg cider there (its so hard to get this kind of cider in balbriggan?!).

did not like it so much - better stick with the traditional pubs (ig. milestone)

Gillo

torqdj wrote: »

i heard its a kip, so it fits in nicely with that end of the town

That's a bit uncalled for isn't it, than again I ain't a local I'm a blow in.

Back on topic and in a more civil manner, I've eaten there a few times and never had a problem with the food at all, the service is great also. Maybe I was lucky, but I'd have no problem recommending it at all.
What day / time did you eat there?

torqdj

gillo wrote: »

That's a bit uncalled for isn't it, than again I ain't a local I'm a blow in.

Back on topic and in a more civil manner, I've eaten there a few times and never had a problem with the food at all, the service is great also. Maybe I was lucky, but I'd have no problem recommending it at all.
What day / time did you eat there?

i was just messing man, just looking for a reaction!

Gillo

You aren't any good at baking then are you, 'cos I need's a big slice of humble pie, only yesterday on a different forum, I was trying to get across how "off the cuff" jokes don't travel well over the internet and often get misunerstood:o

I know it's off topic, but I just went around to the Ice Box 20 minutes ago and it was closed, the lights were on but the shutter (behind the door) was half way pulled down, I thought they closed at ten. Does anyone know exactly what time they normally close?

I was going to enjoy having the house to myself with some Erdinger and a few smokes, now I'm stuck with two bottle's of Erdinger and now smokes. Don't suppose anyone in the Barrons Hall area is feeling charitable......

starpolestar

gillo wrote: »

That's a bit uncalled for isn't it, than again I ain't a local I'm a blow in.

Back on topic and in a more civil manner, I've eaten there a few times and never had a problem with the food at all, the service is great also. Maybe I was lucky, but I'd have no problem recommending it at all.
What day / time did you eat there?

I ate there on a Sunday and it was dreadful, i was so looking forward to a nice sunday dinner all day
And we ate there midweek, think it was a Wednesday evening after work and it was shocking again.
No exaggeration..the worst ever!

meditraitor

If your into the usual pub dinners there is plenty of good ones around the town. The Milestone for good old fashioned pub fair, the Hotel is good, the Harvest is not bad and if you travel just a wee bit the Balrothey is always very good.

liverbird

ah gillo had i of known you were out of cigarettes i could have sent a few around to you.

Any hoo , the hamlet has a new chef now , he started on the 24th

Personally I have not had a bad meal in in there
himself loves the chicken wings, thai noodle dish and the friendly bar staff

Fei Garden is very hit and miss, they could not do enough for you when it first started but the meat in there is very second rate now.

The ice box closes at 11 I think U were unlucky gillo

Gillo

The Huntsman just north of Balbriggan is great also, although it the decor is a bit grotty. I've eaten there many a time.

Bluetonic

gillo wrote: »

The Huntsman just north of Balbriggan is great also, although it the decor is a bit grotty. I've eaten there many a time.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=946 TBH.

Gillo

Fair point Bluetonic, but considering that it is ten minutes drive north, I thought it'd be ok.

And to make things worse, I mixed it up with the pub across the road from it, I actually meant the Cock Tavern.

Moonbeam

It took me a minute to work out the relevance of Bluetonics link there.

The food in The Harvest is nice,and there is a good choice.

sgarvan

Moonbeam wrote: »

The food in The Harvest is nice

once you dont get the platter!!

greatgoal

had dinner in the hamlet once and never again,service was the slowest i ever experienced,food was crap,the mash tasted like instant smash,it wasnt even hot.:mad:

Legend20

sgarvan wrote: »

once you dont get the platter!!

Ah it's only famous that platter!!

Kurumba

liverbird wrote: »

Any hoo , the hamlet has a new chef now , he started on the 24th

I might give it one last chance now you said that!! It would be so handy for us if the food was nice. The Harvest is nice food alright, good hearty dinners!

Legend20

The pints in Hamlet are fairly lovely all the same, ive only ever gotten the wedges and profiteroles in their so i cant really judge on anything else. I think the general layout of the pub is crap, tellys in awkward positions if youwanna see match (which is the main reason I go their cos I work in Dunnes across the road.)

Gillo

Legend20 wrote: »

which is the main reason I go their cos I work in Dunnes across the road.

Now folks, no Dunnes bashing please:D

I've never gone over to watch a match, but yeah. It'd be hard enough to get a good view.

Legend20

Dunnes bashing??
Go right ahead, it's one of the perks of working there! You can get a good inside view of how **** it actually is!!

carlostevez

i have eaten there since i have moved out here and i have to say the old menu and chef
was poor went back last week had the stirfry it was very good also my wife had the fish it was so big she could not finish it they seem to have got it right new chefs food is good and new menu is good as well give it another go you should be impressed

Bluetonic

carlostevez wrote: »

i have eaten there since i have moved out here and i have to say the old menu and chef
was poor went back last week had the stirfry it was very good also my wife had the fish it was so big she could not finish it they seem to have got it right new chefs food is good and new menu is good as well give it another go you should be impressed

What a glowing review from a first time poster. :rolleyes:

carlostevez

i only found out about this web sight the other day one of the guys in the office was showing it to me but as i said i have had no problems up there and the lads and girls are good craic up there and just leeting you know the food has improved in my opinion but im no gordan ramsey also im looking for a good resturant down town if anyone can recommend one

grahamo

Fair Play to the Staff in the Hamlet last night. Great night had by all at their 'customer appreciation night!' Cheers!

Moonbeam

Aww, didn't know about that or I would have gone to be appreciated;)

What did they have on?

liverbird

grahamo wrote: »

Fair Play to the Staff in the Hamlet last night. Great night had by all at their 'customer appreciation night!' Cheers!

twas a good laugh alright, dj free beers and food. and then a snowball fight

sueandjoe

had a bite to eat in hamlet last week, ended up with bad food bad prices bad service and bad attitude of a muppet bar man . dnt mean to be this harsh but thats how it was. im going down town from now on, its such a shame cause it a nice looking place and only 2 mins walk.

starpolestar

sueandjoe wrote: »

had a bite to eat in hamlet last week, ended up with bad food bad prices bad service and bad attitude of a muppet bar man . dnt mean to be this harsh but thats how it was. im going down town from now on, its such a shame cause it a nice looking place and only 2 mins walk.

Ditto, it's so handy and would be great if the food was good. We would be there a couple of nights a week if that was the case!
I haven't been able to bring myself to eat there again since originally posting this, honestly feel like it would be like throwing money down the toilet and being left hungry after!
After reading this I definitely won't be trying it again. Pity!

sueandjoe

I know its a pity, cause it started off very good, but thats life.does anyone know of any good gigs around balbriggan area, you cant beat a good pint and some decent live music:)

blastman

For live music watch out for Randy Roxx in the hotel. Actually it's worth just checking out his poster. Eighties hair-tastic!

Actually, the hotel have a couple of good players in there during the week, couple of different acts, mainly two guys with guitars. Avoid the Monday night "seisun" though.

sueandjoe

thanks blastman, seems like sound advice will check it out soon

Moonbeam

I had forgotten about the session on a Monday!
Is it still loads of guitarists and 3 tin whistles?

The Man O' War has a great Monday session.

kitty kats

hi i went into the kip the hamlet the other day for lunch, as the menu look good ,we walked in and sat down and my partner went to get a high chair for our baby and the so called manger shouted across the pub that we couldnt use the high chair as my partner tryed to say we would like to have lunch tat is why we needed the high chair he kept shouting acroos the pub that there was no chef he all as one told us to get out, so so rude.
we went to the cafe cates instead the food is so nice and the staff dont shout across the room at u in frount of other people.
we will never ever put our feet inside that kid again all thanks to the so called manger KEITH

lisao80

i used live in the apartments above abra when the hamlet first opened and the food was always s**t there. caites cafe for lunch is very nice, and they do lovely coffees etc too. havent been up there in over 12 months .. just stick to godfathers or abra id say, if they are still there.:rolleyes:

rccaulfield

Never had a problem in there foods always top notch and handy to get to- Suppose staff behind the bar cud be friendlier- Floor staff are very nice!

sneem-man

kitty kats wrote: »

hi i went into the kip the hamlet the other day for lunch, as the menu look good ,we walked in and sat down and my partner went to get a high chair for our baby and the so called manger shouted across the pub that we couldnt use the high chair as my partner tryed to say we would like to have lunch tat is why we needed the high chair he kept shouting acroos the pub that there was no chef he all as one told us to get out, so so rude.
we went to the cafe cates instead the food is so nice and the staff dont shout across the room at u in frount of other people.
we will never ever put our feet inside that kid again all thanks to the so called manger KEITH

After reading your prose,I doubt that you not frequenting the aforementioned pub will give Keith sleepless nights.
John D's is opening in a few weeks,you'll enjoy it there...

ParkRunner

On a sidenote to this thread (as I dont think it needs a whole new thread to answer this question)..if I wanted to use the Hamlet, are there any atm's around there? I know there is one in Dunnes but is that the only one around unless you go into the town itself?

Absurdum

EF wrote: »

On a sidenote to this thread (as I dont think it needs a whole new thread to answer this question)..if I wanted to use the Hamlet, are there any atm's around there? I know there is one in Dunnes but is that the only one around unless you go into the town itself?

The one in Dunnes tends to not work on weekend evenings - I don't know if this is done to discourage people just going in to use it or not but it seems to happen a lot. There's no other ATMs around there, nearest one would be in the Sail In garage beside the Garda station.

Morpheus

What is the story with the Hamlet, are they ACTIVELY trying to run it into the ground?
Has anyone else noticed that the place is now full with every scumbag gouger that has been banned from the other pubs in the town.

Its a f**king joke. All the place is short of is a shooting or stabbing. They need to sort it out and get this sort of scum out of the place. I live not too far away and am ashamed that such an establishment exists beside us...

cathy01

torqdj wrote: »

i heard its a kip, so it fits in nicely with that end of the town

Really rude and offencive.Please keep your cruel comments to yourself.
My brother lives up that way and loves it.

Morpheus

Ignore that silly comment, I wasnt mad about the area myself but eventually I purchased a house there and like it. My gripe is with the type of customer that the hamlet is allowing to be served. I know for a fact the people being served are barred in other establishments and for very good reasons, as to how I know well I worked in a few of them through the years and saw what these same people will get up to.

P_1

I've heard similar stories about that place. A friend of mine works in the off license beside it and some of the stories he has told me about the clientele of the Hamlet would put you completely off going next nor near the area though.

Morpheus

Its true and I along with others have TOLD the owner to stop serving these people. The place used to be a nice stop before a night out but now I would rate it as probably the last place I would go to in the town for a pint. shame as I can see the place from my home.

cathy01

I dont drink there, but I do hate seeing young children being roared at by drunken parents.
Also the group of peole you have to pass through wehn going to Feis garden would put you off.I think , in the beginning it was nice.Shame, its gone downhill.

P_1

You could say the same for De Bruins and John D's before the 'incident' too, lovely pubs ruined by the sheer greed of its owners.

rccaulfield

There pubs not creches- people go there to take legal drugs and these days owners are allowing allsorts in to keep there head above water so thats that! I give them a bit of business when i can with ordering trays of food and drinks for special occasions. Place isn't that bad- i pass by it on foot daily!

Morpheus

If they stopped allowing "allsorts" in they would get better customers and more of them.