Funny Tripadvisor reviews.

lazygal

I read the reviews of the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk after it was featured on Don't Tell the Bride on RTE last night. The manager has some interesting comments on the reviews that are less than flattering:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g212094-d291586-Reviews-Fairways_Hotel-Dundalk_County_Louth.html#REVIEWS

I love the Basil Fawlty approach to handling complaints.

ejmaztec

A review by a satisfied customer - 1 star because he couldn't give any less by the look of it

The legend that is Matt The Thresher at Birdhill.

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186636-d1568461-r119790531-Matt_The_Thresher-County_Tipperary.html

“Fawlty Towers!!”

Absolutely unbelievable!!!! Good God! I saw the owner, publicly, try to seat a couple at a table they didn't want to sit at, in restaurant with plenty of available seating! When they asked if they could sit else where, they were completely shot down. They said they would take their business elsewhere. He shouted after them, 'it's ok, I'll fill the table anyway'! When I go there, infrequently, I am surprised by the owner as he emerges from a shadowy nook, inquiring,'how many are we' and peering about looking for children together with assessing whether or not you are there for the loo only. If you have children he'll frown as he wonders if the children will behave. All this before he brings you to a table of his choice and before a menu is ever proffered!!! The furnishings are nice, the food is good and the place is always clean. The positives are negated though by the presence of the owner. He should relinquish his front of house duties in favour of others that are away from the public eye. Why not let his pleasant wife or one of his very polite staff greet the people that will be spending their money? The place has great potential which is stunted by Basil and his antics. Go along someday when you know he''ll be there. It's a hoot to watch him insulting, humiliating and hurting his customers. It's worth the price of a bowl of soup. Hilarious!!!!

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lazygal wrote: »

I read the reviews of the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk after it was featured on Don't Tell the Bride on RTE last night. The manager has some interesting comments on the reviews that are less than flattering:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g212094-d291586-Reviews-Fairways_Hotel-Dundalk_County_Louth.html#REVIEWS

I love the Basil Fawlty approach to handling complaints.

ha.. when I read the thread title I was gonna mention the Fairways Hotel. They certainly don't suffer fools gladly!

Tim the Enchanter

Not tripadvisor but this one a while back was quite funny -

http://www.joe.ie/uploads/story/27156/owned.PNG

ejmaztec

Another delight, Finnegan's Holiday Hostel in Tralee.



http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Hotel_Review-g186613-d282951-Reviews-Finnegan_s_Holiday_Hostel-Tralee_County_Kerry.html

We travelled as a small group and stayed in this hostel for a few days during the summer. We had dorms booked for a week and ran away after three nights.

The negative bits

The lower part of the bunk beds have a base made of two to three old mattresses, probably an innovative view on recycling old furniture.
The ivy that grows on the facade also grows into the rooms via the cracks in the old windows. This brings a lot of wildlife into your bed so you can feel close to nature again. This is a very good occasion to become part of an exciting ecosystem as your body becomes the feeding ground for all the creepy crawlies.
In one of these very spacious dorms, the door can only be half opened as the nearest bed blocks it. Therefore in case of fire or panic, your chances of survival are greatly reduced. Anyway you won’t know there is a fire as the smoke alarm has been disabled. If you managed to overcome all these obstacles, you will then notice that there is no emergency staircase so if you are the third level, learn to fly.
My bed sheets kept the musty smell of the previous occupant.
The owner is patronizing and borderline insulting when you dare to complain about these far too mundane problems.
There is only one bathroom/toilet for a dorm of 6 to 8 persons. You better get organised!
As the tea rooms are open for customers during the day, there is nowhere to relax during the day. Anyway it is always sunny in Kerry.

The positive parts

The staff are nice and friendly (apart from the owner).
Bathrooms are surprisingly clean.
The hostel is situated in a beautiful late Georgian/Victorian building and is well situated.
The tea rooms are open for the guests in the evening as well as for breakfast.
The double rooms seem a lot nicer than the dorms. The people we talked to were happy about them.

Conclusion

I have heard that Dublin city is going to open a Museum on tenement life in the 19th century. My advice: forget the museum and come and experience the real thing in Finnegan’s dorms!

seanmacc

Reviewed 30 July 2012 via mobile


When arrived at hotel waited over half hour to check in as receptionist was at bar talking to locals and management who were all drinking then eventually when got to my room which none staff knew were it was it was still rotten from last person who stayed there and bed covers looked like they were just throwing on bed hotel would remind u of a hostel in Africa


Fairways09, Public Relations Manager at Fairways Hotel, responded to this review

21 August 2012

Sleekslicer is your contact name , rather apt dont you think. Your comments are obviously a figment of a wonderful imagination. Poor Sybil and Manuel are going this way they spend all their time at the bar drinking and nothing gets done, it drives me insane. You came along and joined them at the bar and were given some keys to a mystery room that had not been cleaned and you stayed in the room all night and did not complain to anyone. You ate breafast and drank cold tea and still did not complain to anyone. You paid for your room and still did not complain to anyone. It wasnt you who boarded a flying saucer in our car park ,was it?
Love Basil Faulty
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That manager is my hero.

I work a lot with the travelling public and there is no pleasing some people at all. Some people will suffer in silence and then just write letters and bitch about it online whereas others will come up when they have misgivings (usually unjustifies) shouting and roaring all in the hope of getting something for free. When you do something for them then it is never good enough. The manager has a point about why there wasn't a complaint there and then.

FouxDaFaFa

I stayed in various low-priced places in the US and some of the reviews are hysterical. My three favourite lines about places I stayed in:

"It's a by-the-hour motel used by prostitutes"

"Looking outside the window was like watching an episode of 'Cops'...without the cops."

"We went outside and some guy PEED ON MY FRIEND!".

irishgirl19

the managers responses are actually so funny but I don't know what he is thinking I think it would just deter someone from staying there