New shop in Blanchardstown Retail Park

garysully1986

Hi Guys Just thought I would let you know that they are currently renovating the old Currys site beside the Qbuilding, Just found out that DFS will be going in there, I think its the first one in the south.

Always good news if your shopping for furniture

glossy

garysully1986 wrote: »

Hi Guys Just thought I would let you know that they are currently renovating the old Currys site beside the Qbuilding, Just found out that DFS will be going in there, I think its the first one in the south.

Always good news if your shopping for furniture

Thanks was meant to ask the other day,what going in when i seen building work going on,

garysully1986

Yeah they put up a sign this morning, I was wondering myself, I think it would have been a perfect location for a tesco or asda

January

garysully1986 wrote: »

Yeah they put up a sign this morning, I was wondering myself, I think it would have been a perfect location for a tesco or asda

There's a Tesco and a Tesco Express two minutes down the road in either direction (Roselawn and Mulhuddart). The unit is probably too small for an Asda, and they probably wouldn't have been interested anyway.

Rangi

January wrote: »

There's a Tesco and a Tesco Express two minutes down the road in either direction (Roselawn and Mulhuddart). The unit is probably too small for an Asda, and they probably wouldn't have been interested anyway.

I heard Mulhuddart closed a while back. Unsuitable building for a supermarket.
Any ideas when it could be open?

ThisRegard

It closed because it was flooded during that bad spell we had, opened within a couple of days again.

January

Tesco Express in Mulhuddart was reopened within a week when it flooded...

glossy

Rangi wrote: »

I heard Mulhuddart closed a while back. Unsuitable building for a supermarket.
Any ideas when it could be open?

6th April

garysully1986

Still, I think a rival supermarket to Dunnes would do great business in the shopping centre, honestly like how often would you be purchasing something in a furniture store as opposed to a supermarket?

I Think the Tesco in Roselawn looks very dated and could do alot better business in the shopping centre.

Good to see another empty unit being filled all the same, with the new Boots flagship store coming in and this maybe we will finally see more profits in the area

knick_knack

Shame since I'd have loved a tesco extra somewhere close by. Roselawn is a bit of a state at the moment in my opinion

glossy

would of liked to seen Aldi going in,

Zaph

I think parking would be a major issue if they put a supermarket in. I would have preferred to see a decent bookshop going in myself. The browsing opportunities in a furniture shop are somewhat limited.

January

Any word what's going into the unit where Argos used to be beside McDonalds?

MrJoeSoap

January wrote: »

Any word what's going into the unit where Argos used to be beside McDonalds?

Nando's is what I've heard.

jmcturk

Mmmmmmm Nando's I hope so:D

glossy

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Nando's is what I've heard.

heard that as well

Toto Wolfcastle

Nando's chocolate cake on my doorstep? That wont end well.

Arciphel

I love Nandos, please let it be true!!!

Gaspode

What's this Nandos then?

January

Gaspode wrote: »

What's this Nandos then?

http://www.nandosrestaurant.ie/

ThisRegard

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Nando's is what I've heard.

jmcturk wrote: »

Mmmmmmm Nando's I hope so:D

Nandos, the most over rated fast food joint in the history of fast food joints.

Zaph

ThisRegard wrote: »

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Nando's is what I've heard.

jmcturk wrote: »

Mmmmmmm Nando's I hope so:D

Nandos, the most over rated fast food joint in the history of fast food joints.

Reaches for banhammer...

Zapp Brannigan

Nando's is awesome. Better than anything that's currently there for food in the Centre.

Pat Dunne

ThisRegard wrote: »

Nandos, the most over rated fast food joint in the history of fast food joints.

Have to agree, I have eaten a couple of times in Mary's St and it way over priced and nothing out of the ordinary.

fletch

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Nando's is awesome. Better than anything that's currently there for food in the Centre.

Better than Wagamamas?

glossy

fletch wrote: »

Better than Wagamamas?

much better.... i had my first Nando peri peri burger was their first one ever opened in joburg,

MugMugs

Zaph wrote: »

I think parking would be a major issue if they put a supermarket in. I would have preferred to see a decent bookshop going in myself. The browsing opportunities in a furniture shop are somewhat limited.

Agreed.

For the size of that unit and the space available beside Liberty for parking it would be chaotic to say the least.

Remember folks, people doing a weekly shop would be VERY reluctant to take their trolley across the road to the Dunnes Car Park (O'Briens Entrance) Their first port of call would be directly beside the supermarket and that would be chaotic !

I'm told there is an Apple store going in too !

Zapp Brannigan

MugMugs wrote: »

I'm told there is an Apple store going in too !

Very unlikely it'll actually be an Apple store. Maybe a re-seller.

gadgetman

yes, nandos is going into the old argos store in blanch centre ,also there is a new ALDI store to open in mullhudart village this year it got planning permission in january on the grounds of the old national school.

January

gadgetman wrote: »

yes, nandos is going into the old argos store in blanch centre ,also there is a new ALDI store to open in mullhudart village this year it got planning permission in january on the grounds of the old national school.

Really, have you got a source for this?

Found one - http://www.davidmcguinness.ie/council-decision-paves-the-way-for-new-aldi-store-in-mulhuddart-village-mcguinness

garysully1986

I'd love a borders type store to come back, even though I now have a kindle I used to spend hours in their browsing! Was devastated when they closed!

Diddler1977

garysully1986 wrote: »

I'd love a borders type store to come back, even though I now have a kindle I used to spend hours in their browsing! Was devastated when they closed!

Me too.

I loved Borders.

Unfortunately Physical Bookshops aren't sustainable businesses anymore unless they also embrace online selling and ebooks, etc.

As print on demand becomes more common we will see lots more traditional bookshops go to the wall......or not - but only if they change with the times.

garysully1986

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Me too.

I loved Borders.

Unfortunately Physical Bookshops aren't sustainable businesses anymore unless they also embrace online selling and ebooks, etc.

As print on demand becomes more common we will see lots more traditional bookshops go to the wall......or not - but only if they change with the times.

I Completely agree, Easons is a nightmare to find anything in, Unless your looking for a magazine or the latest bestseller.

Vinta81

Yup 2 more Nandos are opening in Dublin this year

MrJoeSoap

Vinta81 wrote: »

Yup 2 more Nandos are opening in Dublin this year

Any links? The only one I can find is outdated regarding the two that have already been opened late last year.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0810/breaking36.html

Toto Wolfcastle

Nandos is coming but I just saw that Pizza Hut has closed.

MrJoeSoap

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

Nandos is coming but I just saw that Pizza Hut has closed.

I can live with that.

Toto Wolfcastle

The staff in there were great. I feel bad for them.

MrJoeSoap

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

The staff in there were great. I feel bad for them.

Hopefully some of them can get jobs in Nando's or other locations around the centre.

Hilly Bill

Sure its Nandos? The picture on the front looks like a wigwam so thought it might be Apache pizza .

Nolimits

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Sure its Nandos? The picture on the front looks like a wigwam so thought it might be Apache pizza .

Well nandos are advertising on jobs.ie for a new restaurant opening in Blanchardstown, or they were about 2 weeks ago anyway

Arciphel

Feel sorry about people losing their jobs and all, don't get me wrong, but the comments about the staff in there being great, well... I must have been going to a different Pizza Hut

jack presley

Arciphel wrote: »

Feel sorry about people losing their jobs and all, don't get me wrong, but the comments about the staff in there being great, well... I must have been going to a different Pizza Hut

Me too. My only experience of the Pizza Hut in the centre was about a year ago and we were sat at a table that still had the previous customers' plates/cups/leftovers on it. After about 5 minutes they were finally cleared but tables on either side of us were left uncleared for the whole duration of our meal.

Hannibal

the shop opening in the old Currys unit is DFS isn't it? haven't seen it mentioned anywhere on this thread yet

Toto Wolfcastle

We ate in Pizza Hut a good few times and I always found the staff to be friendly and efficient.

athtrasna

Dotsey wrote: »

the shop opening in the old Currys unit is DFS isn't it? haven't seen it mentioned anywhere on this thread yet

garysully1986 wrote: »

Hi Guys Just thought I would let you know that they are currently renovating the old Currys site beside the Qbuilding, Just found out that DFS will be going in there, I think its the first one in the south.

Always good news if your shopping for furniture

Just the first post

glossy

seen in the Blanch (free paper) Nando's to open Oct,

Arciphel

glossy, any chance you could take a pic and post it up here

sandleman1979

glossy wrote: »

seen in the Blanch (free paper) Nando's to open Oct,

I heard about this a while ago! Am delighted, no need to head to Swords or Dundrum anymore....

I believe it will be placed where the Argos was, at the main entrance.

Gaspode

sandleman1979 wrote: »

I believe it will be placed where the Argos was, at the main entrance.

Yup, saw the planning permission notice there at the weekend

glossy

Arciphel wrote: »

glossy, any chance you could take a pic and post it up here

went out with the green bin today sorry ...