What kind of shop does Galway need?

cfeeneyinterior

Hi all, been a avid reader and thought it'd be about time I made my first post! I was just wondering; people are always complaining about the crappy selection of shops we have in Galway. I'd love to start something.... madness I know the way things are.
What would ye like or what does galway need? Not a big chain but could be a franchise/branded store, food/clothes/homeares/gifts/etc that someone could open.
Thanks in advance. CF

Diabhal Beag

KFC

elyod

Little Shyte wrote: »

KFC

ummm I do love grizzle covered bone deep fat fried.

biko

Glad you asked! We need a Maoz!

Krieg

Id love a mens clothes store that didn't sell nothing but stripey jumpers. A pennys store but a tad more upscale. I dont know if that fits into a particular chain of stores or not. Galway seriously lacks variety in Mens clothes. Im at the point where Im going to have to buy clothes online because everytime I walk into a non-pennys clothes store, I find myself walking straight out again within a few seconds. Im pretty sure im not alone on this one

jayoo

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:TK MAXXXXXXXXXX:D:D:D

elyod

Homevalue Hardware.

DeadSkin

Krieg wrote: »

Id love a mens clothes store that didn't sell nothing but stripey jumpers. A pennys store but a tad more upscale. I dont know if that fits into a particular chain of stores or not. Galway seriously lacks variety in Mens clothes. Im at the point where Im going to have to buy clothes online because everytime I walk into a non-pennys clothes store, I find myself walking straight out again within a few seconds. Im pretty sure im not alone on this one

You are not alone my friend, you are not alone. Not a huge fan of stripes, but am guilty of a few stripey t-shirts.

Most t-shirts I buy online, although you do run the risk of size/fit problems.

LeggyBrunette

H&M.

Madame Razz

A decent shoe shop with shoes I'd actually wear???

Actually that might be a bad thing for my pocket:o

dmcg90

LeggyBrunette wrote: »

H&M.

Theres one in Omagh... why not Galway.

ScumLord

Coffeeshop.

jayoo

jayoo wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:TK MAXXXXXXXXXX:D:D:D

I heard from a reliable source that TK Maxx is coming to Galway. It's going down by Debenhams.

Men's clothes shop. An actual dedicated Men's clothes shop, rather than just some corner with a few rails.

jesterhead

TK Maxx, as has been said would be good.
For mens clothes, something like Unique in Dublin is really needed. Good fitting, quality clothes, low prices.
We badly need a good musical instrument store, with a big selection that at least attempts to compete with online prices, instead of doubling them!
KFC would be unreal, love the place!

witnessmenow

LeggyBrunette wrote: »

H&M.

dmcg90 wrote: »

Theres one in Omagh... why not Galway.

There is even one in Athlone :P . They dont stock mens clothes though, which is a pity since they had some nice stuff when I was in their shop in New York. My Girlfriend used to work there and she said they also dont stock a certain range for women, cant remember what it was called, but she was saying that they were the nicest stuff they had.



KFC is a real case of grass is greener on the other side, the whole town of Athlone could not wait for it to come, when it did it was quickly discovered to be not as nice as we all remembered it! It doesn't do great bussiness as far as I know

(and yes, I can speak for the whole town!)

Sea Devils

ScumLord wrote: »

Coffeeshop.

Town already has enough of them not in a million years would Galway need another one :P

inisboffin

A 'full license' sushi place
A veggie restaurant that's interesting (bring back the Sunflower:D)
Decent Mexican restaurant

An oxygen bar (ok, never tried it at Electric Picnic, now am just curious!):P

Black_Knight

witnessmenow wrote: »

(and yes, I can speak for the whole town!)

You can certainly speak on my behalf, regards KFC. Ate there 2 or 3 times, everytime I thought it was getting better, I ended up nearly vomiting in my mouth!

As for Galway, I do love the sound of a TK max, but sometimes it depends on the store how your experience may be.

Also, (prob not a good idea during the tight wallet times) some decent competition for Square eyes internet and gaming cafe. With wired gone and what I consider high prices (I liked wired where I could build up time and keep it for another day) from Square eyes, theres no where id go. Pub anyone?

redsteveireland

Ditto on TK Maxx. Are the rumours true??????
My Fiance loves the place and is always buggin me to go back to the one in Dublin. For some reason the Dublin shop is better than Limerick

Tawny

dmcg90 wrote: »

Theres one in Omagh... why not Galway.

really? where? (off topic sorry)

mercuroman

Rather than one shop I think Galway actually needs a decent sized shopping centre on the outskirts of the city somewhere, with actual nice shops - decent size, good range - and decent parking rather than than the pokey little holes that we have at the moment.

moonflower

Sushi restaurant that doesn't just do smoked salmon/chicken terriaki/veggie.
A good cafe that stays open late, somewhere with better coffee and service than Java's.
TK Maxx
H&M

businessboy

how about another Mocha beans LOL

im sure theres at least one street in Galway that is lacking a Mocha beans.

inisboffin

Yeah, have to agree. Another late night hangout spot that doesn't just focus on booze (unfortunately that may mean not having booze at all thanks to p-heads). Perhaps that has late live acoustic music? Food that is not fast food or have curry (to avoid the post clubbers!). Could lead to folks just sitting there longer than needed I suppose..

Sea Devils

TK Maxx
An Excellent Mexican restaurant
A Sushi Place
In N Out

JohnCleary

A decent forking Chandlery. The only 2 in Galway are, i'm sorry to say it, but total rip-off merchants.

I do *all* my Chandlery shopping online, for once i'd love to be able to go into a shop and actually buy stuff. In the UK bricks-and-morter shops compete with online prices. Once place I went into even have a PC on the desk with a note above it saying "Found an online deal? Find it and we'll try to match it"

Guess there's just not that much demand there as there's not much marine activity in Galway. I swear though if Galway gets a proper marina i'm going to splash all my savings (all 2 euro of it!) and opening a Chandlery

Seaneh

TK Maxx would be handy for a few reasons, one being that generally, they sell nicer shoes than any shoe shop in this fecking country (if you are lucky enough and then stock your size) and you can get amazing suits in there and even if they don't fit perfectly you can get them fitted properly with the money you'd save on the cost compared to Ryans/BT.

Robbo

Knocking?

SlipperyPeople

Los primos cantina



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LeggyBrunette

A decent restaurant, with decent prices.

I have yet to find a restaurant in Galway where I will leave and say to myself: ''I'll recommend this place to a friend, food was amazing''.

I ate in a restaurant on Quay Street lately, meal was average and the prices were bloody ridiculous. Seriously, if Ihad know I was gonna get screwed, I'd have asked yer wan for a kiss first.

Jamey

Good call on H&M...needs to have a men's section though.

For the poster who said it doesn't have one, there's a great men's section in the one in Dublin.

Went to the Athlone one once, and was hopeful of grabbing something nice, but alas that branch didn't have a mens section, strange.

inisboffin

brmccfc wrote: »

Los primos cantina



http://www.google.ie/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=los+primos+cantina&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

I'd easily settle for these lads too. Technically fast food, and I've had better tamales, but effin nyom nyom fish tacos etc. We needem imo

Sea Devils

inisboffin wrote: »

I'd easily settle for these lads too. )

As delicious as they are unfortunately their recent lawsuit means I don't think they'll be moving here anytime soon. Their Enchiladas are delicious though. The best Mexican place I've eaten at however would be Chipotle

Just to follow on from my earlier post a Baskin Robins would be nice.

inisboffin

Sea Devils wrote: »

As delicious as they are unfortunately their recent lawsuit means I don't think they'll be moving here anytime soon. Their Enchiladas are delicious though. The best Mexican place I've eaten at however would be Chipotle

Just to follow on from my earlier post a Baskin Robins would be nice.

Didn't know that:eek:
They do pretty well even still in OR and WA tho.. and their chips are nyom.
Anything though, anything resembling good Mexican food!

On a related subject, there are at least some NICE staff working at Mainguard St La Salsa now tho, it actually makes the food taste a tiny bit better. Still a blur of odd sauces tho.

dmcg90

Tawny wrote: »

really? where? (off topic sorry)

Sorry its in Ballymena, always get the two mixed up

futura123

a proper everything under one roof shopping centre in the dundrum town centre vein. not gonna happen till the next boom though i guess.

witnessmenow

Jamey wrote: »

Good call on H&M...needs to have a men's section though.

For the poster who said it doesn't have one, there's a great men's section in the one in Dublin.

Went to the Athlone one once, and was hopeful of grabbing something nice, but alas that branch didn't have a mens section, strange.

I was talking about the Athlone branch

Eurochild

Jamey wrote: »

Good call on H&M...needs to have a men's section though.

For the poster who said it doesn't have one, there's a great men's section in the one in Dublin.

Last time I was in the Dublin one a few months ago got majorly annoyed by the Sterling/Euro ripoff on the pants I was going to purchase, so they can stay away from Galway if that's their lark. Reckon Zara have nicer stuff for men anyhow.

citycentre

TK Maxx will be open in galway by the end of the summer

Born is a great addition, really beautifully designed and the cafe will be spectacular when it opens. Pity the clothes are so bloody overpriced...

Zara and H&M would be good but I'd hate to see them opening on Shop St. Galway does need a proper shopping centre somewhere within the city core (docklands or CIE lands maybe) that could soak up all the "high street" type shops leaving the medieval core of the city to have more characterful shops, bars and reataurants. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing so many mobile phone shops, vision express and other boring uses lining what should be the nicest street in Galway.

What Galway REALLY needs is a nice big food market and deli type place. Something like the English Market in Cork or, on a much smaller scale the wildly overpriced Fallon & Byrne in Dublin. The carpark on Market Street would be the perfect spot for it or possibly somewhere down towards the docks. I reckon even now somewhere like that would do really well...

Madame Razz

citycentre wrote: »

TK Maxx will be open in galway by the end of the summer
...

Where will it be?? Knocknacarra??

+1 on something like the English market; I loved that place when I lived in Cork.

Mrs OBumble

Madame Razz wrote: »

Where will it be?? Knocknacarra??

Rumour has it that TK Maxx are the main tenant in the new building in Prospect Hill, just across the road (Bothar Irwin I think) from the County Council buildings.

No idea if it's true or not.

I agree re the need for a 2nd late-night coffee shop, and also a food market.

And given the number of creative types in Galway, some market space that can be accessed on a casual/short-term basis without having to have an annual licence that's really hard to get.

citycentre

Madame Razz wrote: »

Where will it be?? Knocknacarra??

No, they are apparently going into that big new building on Prospect Hill

citycentre

JustMary wrote: »

And given the number of creative types in Galway, some market space that can be accessed on a casual/short-term basis without having to have an annual licence that's really hard to get.

Agreed - someone could make a fortune just by building a really simple, warehouse type structure to house a permanent covered market for both food and crafts/casual traders... In a tourist town like Galway it would be a goldmine. Maybe on the site of the oil tanks when the Volvo Boat Race circus moves on? I can't see anything else being built on that particular site until this recession eases off a bit. it would become a real destination and draw people to the docks all year round.

Of course something like this, the gorgeous Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona would be even nicer but what are the chances!?

moonflower

citycentre wrote: »

No, they are apparently going into that big new building on Prospect Hill

Any idea what else is going in there?

redpanda26

H&M would be good in Galway but isn't anyone else really annoyed that tesco have reduced their prices in all their border shops,yet the rest of us have to pay higher prices in Galway, the midlands, south etc?

aineolach

Another Claddagh Ring shop!

shreksaurus

Galway needs a take away restaurant with items on the menu like, for example, spaghetti bolognese, lasagne, bacon and cabbage, shepards pie, steak, turkey and ham, chicken and stuffing, veg, etc.
Like a cooked meal for take away. There was so many times I was starved and didn't feel like cooking, and the only takeaways are supermacs and chinese (just rubbish really). A delivery service for such a restaurant would be great too.

HomeAccount

TK Maxx is coming to Galway. A very good friend of mine is very high up there and told me so

Mrs OBumble

shreksaurus wrote: »

Galway needs a take away restaurant with items on the menu like, for example, spaghetti bolognese, lasagne, bacon and cabbage, shepards pie, steak, turkey and ham, chicken and stuffing, veg, etc.
Like a cooked meal for take away. There was so many times I was starved and didn't feel like cooking, and the only takeaways are supermacs and chinese (just rubbish really). A delivery service for such a restaurant would be great too.

Riordans (might be spelt a little differently, but you get the idea) on Quay St will do a take-away meal if you ask nicely.

irisheddie85

shreksaurus wrote: »

Galway needs a take away restaurant with items on the menu like, for example, spaghetti bolognese, lasagne, bacon and cabbage, shepards pie, steak, turkey and ham, chicken and stuffing, veg, etc.
Like a cooked meal for take away. There was so many times I was starved and didn't feel like cooking, and the only takeaways are supermacs and chinese (just rubbish really). A delivery service for such a restaurant would be great too.

Whats for Dinner deliver from Fat freddys and scottys, That covers some italian and steaks. The place above zhivago on shop street definatley does their carvery menu to go if you ask

Discodog

Sainsbury's - Then Tescos would have real competition & prices would plummet.