Mauzac Tapas Gone?

postmanpat69

Just walked by the place and everything is gone, furniture and all, nothing in the window saying what the story is. I walked past it last night and they were definitely open. Any know what the story is?

matt-dublin

haven't heard anything, they might just be doing a big clean?

did you notice any of the decorations on the walls (pictures mirrors etc) or any glasses behind the bar?

LEIN

was down there 2 weeks ago and the place was hopping mad busy!
A strange one if it is closed!

matt-dublin

real pity if they're gone, it was the business!

Annasopra

no, absolutely everything is gone

Mitch Connor

anyone know if it is open/closed?

Been trying all day to ring to book a table but the number just keeps ringing out.

(Been there 3 or 4 times and loved it every time)

EDIT: Never mind, saw the thread below.... (went straight to this one from Google)

Charlie-Bravo

not sure if this is related: saw a big self-drive rental truck outside the Pub unit in Charlesland at lunchtime today - perhaps, like with the furniture from Woodlands Lodge, TonyD123 is storing his stuff there! I am just speculating - I may have put 1 & 1 together and got 3.

LEIN

astrofluff wrote: »

not sure if this is related: saw a big self-drive rental truck outside the Pub unit in Charlesland at lunchtime today - perhaps, like with the furniture from Woodlands Lodge, TonyD123 is storing his stuff there! I am just speculating - I may have put 1 & 1 together and got 3.

lol not again! :pac:

Please astro don't bring it up! I can see the new thread already! :pac:

mikedragon32

We were supposed to be eating there on Friday, table booked.

Off to Hungry Monk instead.

matt-dublin

Would be nice if he opened it up down in the charlesland pub!!

vinpaul

matt-dublin wrote: »

haven't heard anything, they might just be doing a big clean?

did you notice any of the decorations on the walls (pictures mirrors etc) or any glasses behind the bar?

All is bare. Nothing left only light switches. Furniture, pictures, glassses etc all gone. A sudden departure during Tue night/Wed morning. This is the same team that opened in Woodlands Lodge and went wallop after a short while. Looks like this will be another vacant site to blight the street for some time to come.

Two Boys

matt-dublin wrote: »

Would be nice if he opened it up down in the charlesland pub!!

Hope tehy open in Charlesland!! That would be great

hamstervision

vinpaul wrote: »

All is bare. Nothing left only light switches. Furniture, pictures, glassses etc all gone. A sudden departure during Tue night/Wed morning.

That's really mental. My wife and I were there on Tuesday night, only ourselves and another table of 4 in the place, but it was a Tuesday night. In fact, she asked him how the place was going and he said great, though there may have been some sarcasm there. We were saying we'd have to go back because there was more stuff we wanted to try off the menu, never thought we'd be 2 of their last customers! Shame.

Mitch Connor

Got an email from the manager yesterday who confirmed that the restaurant has indeed closed. Said the weather we had in November/December saw a huge decrease in the number of customers and a massive hit to cash flow, which is the primary reason for the closure.

Personally, I am sad to see this restaurant close - had quickly become one of my favourite restaurants around and I had been really looking forward to going there this weekend.

vinpaul

Passed by about 12:30 and there is some activity going on. Door open and could see some sweeping up. Maybe a new operator is moving in. Will keep a watch. All other restaurants seemed to have done a good trade despite the inclement weather in Nov and Dec.
To me it has something to do with the management team. This team didn't last very long in SCRIPT. Lasted less than a year here. Opened end of March as far as memory serves me.

GingerDave

Nothing to do with the management team. Cash flow is king and if you haven't got any, and as a business your burning cash you won't last long!

This was a tapas bar not serving tapas! It didn't even attempt to serve authentically spanish dishes. No real loss.

Some people are still delusional and playing at shops. The IMF are in town, it's going to get worse not better for some time to come. I'd say there will be many more busines shut down in Greystones this year, most of them aren't sustainable.

People are only just getting a kick in the balls, with the January pay packet reduced significantly by tax to help pay for the bail out. Many local business will struggle to survive as rents, utilities and wages are still way too expensive!

The Bishop Basher

Agreed and on topic I thought the food was poor. It was pre cooked as confirmed to us one night by a new waitress. The meat balls were bland, the calamari was tough and the wine list was a tad short.

I also know people who booked for a table of five and turned up only to be told there was no booking. No attempt to fix the mistake and no apology. An offer of a couple of bottles of wine with their next meal would have sorted it.

I'm sure the review they got some time ago didn't help either. They might have had local trade but anyone who read that review certainly wouldn't have travelled to try the place.

You can't run a business like that and last especially the way things are now.

Annasopra

he treated his staff like crap as well - one of the chefs walked out of the place because he was treated badly - the next night the manager had to cook the food himself because there was no chef and this was the night that the reviewer was there

Gerrystones

I liked the food and the place,it was different.Was there last w/e and the credit card machines were down so cash only.I had a gift voucher(a swipe card) they could not take that.Very disapointed the way it was handeled.:mad:

Welsh Wizard

Hadn't they just opened a cocktail bar...

Hope it hasn't closed as it was the best place to eat in Greystones...

P.S. Charlesland still needs a pub...!!!:mad:

pixbyjohn

Welsh Wizard wrote: »

Hope it hasn't closed as it was the best place to eat in Greystones...

It is closed since last Wednesday

luapenak

Scandal

matt-dublin

Never a good sign when places can't accept cards, remember that furniture place in carrickmines???

ciaran67

Welsh Wizard wrote: »

Hadn't they just opened a cocktail bar...

Hope it hasn't closed as it was the best place to eat in Greystones...

P.S. Charlesland still needs a pub...!!!:mad:

You can have one of ours, we've got 8 or 9. Mind you, there's nobody in'em!

Blandpebbles

No loss and no surprise. Shocking service and crap food.

Mitch Connor

Blandpebbles wrote: »

No loss and no surprise. Shocking service and crap food.

I love how people come online to post such stuff as fact.

WEnt there a number of times. Service was always fine and friendly, and I always loved the meal. It is a loss, to some at least, you don't get to decide whether people do or should miss it.

dr ro

i only ate there once. Food was great, as was the service. Would have gone back.

Blandpebbles

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I love how people come online to post such stuff as fact.

WEnt there a number of times. Service was always fine and friendly, and I always loved the meal. It is a loss, to some at least, you don't get to decide whether people do or should miss it.

Went there, food was crap so was service, never mentioned your ability to choose or others, simply stating the facts as I experienced them.

Decision made anyway, no one will be going there again.

I hadn't realised it was the same fellas as Script and the Bakery, with this knowledge it really doesn't surprise how quickly they moved on.

ciaran67

Blandpebbles wrote: »

Went there, food was crap so was service, never mentioned your ability to choose or others, simply stating the facts as I experienced them.

Decision made anyway, no one will be going there again.

Blandpebbles wrote: »

Redundant thread - closed, opened, wouldnt eat, would eat... and so we move on

ooh sorry i got mixed up with the Chinese restaurant thread

Blandpebbles

It's a fair comment, it's gone, debate on it's merits are pointless.

However if we are going to debate businesses that have gone... how about that Stanley Stores, ol Missus Stanley used to have some lovely candy in there.

ciaran67

Blandpebbles wrote: »

It's a fair comment, it's gone, debate on it's merits are pointless.

However if we are going to debate businesses that have gone... how about that Stanley Stores, ol Missus Stanley used to have some lovely candy in there.

Have to say, i did find it weird that someone was having a pop at you for your comments about how poor it was, when you did in fact visit the place and found it to be poor.

The Bishop Basher

Must have been going to a different place. After 3 chances we gave up. The food was consistently well below par. If you're happy paying those prices for crap food fair play to you. You probably kept the place going for longer then it should have. But one man's meat is another mans poison I suppose.

Having said that I hadn't darkened the door of that other kip the cherry blossom since i was a kid. I thought everyone from Greystones knew to avoid that place like the plague.

Either way, neither of them are any loss to the town.

darter

ciaran67 wrote: »

Have to say, i did find it weird that someone was having a pop at you for your comments about how poor it was, when you did in fact visit the place and found it to be poor.

Blandpebbles found it poor because the food didn't have the "copious rat droppings" that he's so clearly fond of...

Blandpebbles

Redundant comment, no relevance to me or the Tapas bar, move on.

Charlie-Bravo

Jeez darter, ease off on the comments - the fact of the matter is that tapas are small portions; Blandpebbles clearly enjoys larger portions - nuff said :pac:

darter

astrofluff wrote: »

Jeez darter, ease off on the comments - the fact of the matter is that tapas are small portions; Blandpebbles clearly enjoys larger portions - nuff said :pac:

Ok. Eased off... Just glad that crap places are justifiably closing.

doylerd

Ohhhhhhhh I heard a very very different reason for it's closing, though it sounds a bit dramatic and anyway is too controversial to publicly post. In any case the manner in which they closed (i.e. Cleaning the place out overnight) points to something along the lines of extreme personal differences, or avoidance of creditors. Pretty bizarre.

For what it's worth I thought the place was ok, and it was cheap at least by Irish standards. Fact of the matter is it's pretty worrying that greystones (15,000 people now?) can't support a startup for at least a year. Even atrocious restaurants usually last at least 12 months.

mikedragon32

doylerd wrote: »

Ohhhhhhhh I heard a very very different reason for it's closing, though it sounds a bit dramatic and anyway is too controversial to publicly post. In any case the manner in which they closed (i.e. Cleaning the place out overnight) points to something along the lines of extreme personal differences, or avoidance of creditors. Pretty bizarre.

For what it's worth I thought the place was ok, and it was cheap at least by Irish standards. Fact of the matter is it's pretty worrying that greystones (15,000 people now?) can't support a startup for at least a year. Even atrocious restaurants usually last at least 12 months.

So it's OUR fault it closed? :eek:

darter

doylerd wrote: »

Ohhhhhhhh I heard a very very different reason for it's closing, though it sounds a bit dramatic and anyway is too controversial to publicly post. In any case the manner in which they closed (i.e. Cleaning the place out overnight) points to something along the lines of extreme personal differences, or avoidance of creditors. Pretty bizarre.

For what it's worth I thought the place was ok, and it was cheap at least by Irish standards. Fact of the matter is it's pretty worrying that greystones (15,000 people now?) can't support a startup for at least a year. Even atrocious restaurants usually last at least 12 months.

Please don't come here and spout innuendo and rumour. Give us facts, or stay silent.

Enough good restaurants already in Greystones without a bad one taking custom away. Yes, a proper tapas bar, as in Spain, I think would be very well received for post-work snacking prior to dinner. One that serves sort-of Spanish tapas at inflated prices with indifferent service does not deserve to survive.

doylerd

darter wrote: »

Please don't come here and spout innuendo and rumour. Give us facts, or stay silent.

Darter, don't come online to try and exert authority over and belittle people. It's immediately obvious that you're an example of a person who wouldn't dare speak to somebody like that in person, so don't try to be someone else just because you're invisible. It's a little bit pathetic.

MikeDragon32, I'm not sure why you took that so personally. It was a reference to the fact that people aren't going out to eat as much as they used to.

Very odd reactions lads. Get a grip.

darter

doylerd wrote: »

Darter, don't come online to try and exert authority over and belittle people. It's immediately obvious that you're an example of a person who wouldn't dare speak to somebody like that in person, so don't try to be someone else just because you're invisible. It's a little bit pathetic.

MikeDragon32, I'm not sure why you took that so personally. It was a reference to the fact that people aren't going out to eat as much as they used to.

Very odd reactions lads. Get a grip.

doylerd, rest assured that I do speak my mind personally.

I am not trying to exert authority or belittle you, but gently letting you know, as you are a newbie with only 4 posts to date, that this board looks for facts in posts. Your post was bereft of facts.

We have a grip.

doylerd

"We have a grip". :p

garden_snapper

darter wrote: »

doylerd, rest assured that I do speak my mind personally.

I am not trying to exert authority or belittle you, but gently letting you know, as you are a newbie with only 4 posts to date, that this board looks for facts in posts. Your post was bereft of facts.

We have a grip.

Darter with 90 posts you are hardly Mr. Boards yourself! The tapas bar is gone big deal. Does it state on the charter that all posts must be backed up with facts?

As for you being the all conquering "speak my mind" commentator sure we will just have to take your word from that and hope you are not a poor mans bully belittling others opinions behind your pretend profile.

For my tuppence worth having worked in pubs for 10 years the woodlands was the worst run pub I ever had the misfortune of having a drink in. A general lack of hospitality experience was the problem and if that was transferred to the tapas bar which I think it was from conversations with friends then the tapas bar was always doomed!

doylerd

Oh and "newbie". Haha!! You're an entertaining man Darter!! Can I be in your club?

matt-dublin

garden_snapper wrote: »

Darter with 90 posts you are hardly Mr. Boards yourself! The tapas bar is gone big deal. Does it state on the charter that all posts must be backed up with facts?

As for you being the all conquering "speak my mind" commentator sure we will just have to take your word from that and hope you are not a poor mans bully belittling others opinions behind your pretend profile.

For my tuppence worth having worked in pubs for 10 years the woodlands was the worst run pub I ever had the misfortune of having a drink in. A general lack of hospitality experience was the problem and if that was transferred to the tapas bar which I think it was from conversations with friends then the tapas bar was always doomed!

i completly agree.

they were both crap...
PS darter has 5 posts now!

LEIN

Why do all threads have to end in such a mess.