Have Johnnie Walkers chipper closed down?

irelandjnr · 30-04-2022 8:43pm #1

Saturday April 30 and Walkers are not open? Have the closed down?

sam t smith · 30-04-2022 8:46pm

What? Seriously?

irelandjnr · 30-04-2022 8:56pm

I don’t eat carbs anymore, just checking for a family member. A couple of people said closed for good, but no proof of final close at this point. Let’s see.

sam t smith · 30-04-2022 9:02pm

A Waterford institution.

30-04-2022 9:06pm

Can't imagine it's a permanent closure.

Weren't they only hiring new staff recently?

A great shame if it is.

30-04-2022 9:15pm

A few people saying on Facebook that it's closed due to retiring and no one from the family wanting to take it on

StringerBell · 01-05-2022 9:13am

In typical walkers tradition it does seem to have just shut out of the blue. Great fish n chips but Jesus what shower.

Where to get the fish from now is the father's only question, had to get it for him there cause he's so picky with it 🙈

Wanderer78 · 01-05-2022 10:41am

thats a surprise!

PTH2009 · 01-05-2022 1:04pm

Yep apparently it's up for sale as the family don't want to run it anymore.

Such a pity going to be a huge loss for Waterford and its hard to see someone keeping the name and suppliers. Could end up becoming a kebab takeaway style place

01-05-2022 1:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119001239#Comment_119001239

A bit like Dooley's buying Cumminghams in Tramore

friendlyfun · 01-05-2022 3:30pm

They were always very tight with their portions.

irelandjnr · 03-05-2022 4:54pm

Cunningham’s especially @friendlyfun

PTH2009 · 03-05-2022 10:31pm

Jesus Cunninghams that's a blast from the past

Wonder could Dooleys do something similar again and buy Johnny Walkers. Could they Fancy Chips in Tramore place move into the city .

Wanderer2010 · 03-05-2022 10:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119001922#Comment_119001922

I agree. The food might be nice but when you compared it to the chippers nearby that give you a heap of chips there really was no contest.

Motivator · 06-05-2022 11:47pm

I never got the obsession with Walkers. I always thought the food was awful, never once enjoyed a bag of chips from there on the rare occasion I ended up eating them over the years.

Wanderer2010 · 07-05-2022 9:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119026279#Comment_119026279

He never evolved to compete with the much superior chippers in the area. Dannys for example would give you a massive bag of chips for a decent price, as well as pizzas and delivery service. Same for Hot Corner, better portions, taste and service.

Meanwhile Walkers have the same menu since 1991, very stingy portions on ancient white paper and sausages you need a microscope to see. I agree with you, i dont get the love for that place at all.

StringerBell · 13-05-2022 11:19pm

I hated the place, but it was more to do with the ownership and the fact that my father wouldn't get a feckin take away from anywhere else when I was growing up.

But there is something to be said for their method of cooking and their use of lard etc. That we have gotten completely saturated with the Italian style chipper shouldn't take away from that.

jimbojazz · 14-05-2022 12:22am

I saw one of the older blondes one night trying to convince a customer she wasn’t a vegetarian, because she asked for a veggie burger, was hilarious to listen to her, Then to watch herself and her fellow blonde constantly eat the head off the younger staff, place was a comedy show,

Only went there for the scallops and definitely not the microwaved burgers

aziz · 14-05-2022 2:08am

I used to love what I called the kamikaze burger,it was nuked and felt only warm to the touch,but when you bit into in ,the piping hot onions would scald the mouth off ya

Smell the glove · 14-05-2022 7:24am

Their chips were gorgeous and the large chip was massive. Couldn't fault them for that or the fish but everything else forget about it

PTH2009 · 07-06-2022 6:20pm

Don't know about ye but id love a few Scallops and Battered Sausages from Walkers right now

psnKOB79LFC · 07-06-2022 9:36pm

Amazing chips, no other chipper comes close.

Wanderer2010 · 09-06-2022 5:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119171535#Comment_119171535

Plenty of them do. Take a walk up Barracks Street and expand your palette if you think Johnny Walkers is the best.

Smell the glove · 09-06-2022 5:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119177202#Comment_119177202

Barrack St. Hot Corner and a sham of a Danny's Takeaway?

Wanderer2010 · 09-06-2022 7:27am

Dannys do proper portions of delicious chips, unlike Walkers pathetic handful of chips wrapped up in paper. The place is stuck in a time warp. Dannys and Hot Corner offer a wider variety and much better quality.

nomoedoe · 09-06-2022 11:35am

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Dannys and Hot Corner offer quality food?,yeah they have more variety but you must be joking in saying that its quality, when the Italian couple ran Dannys it was the best chipper in town since they left its had loads of different owners and the quality went down hill very fast ,and hot corner is up there as one of worst take aways in Waterford.

Valhalla90 · 09-06-2022 12:09pm

Walkers were always a bit mean with the portions the past few years!

Smell the glove · 09-06-2022 5:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119178236#Comment_119178236

No pint argueing with him. He has no taste buds. Danny's 🤣🤣🤣

friendlyfun · 15-06-2022 7:55pm

Johnny Walkers wasn't worth the money for the stinger about of chips you got.

er1983 · 15-06-2022 8:38pm

Johnny Walkers went downhill years ago and they were a rip off

Gavlor · 15-06-2022 10:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119208275#Comment_119208275

Nah you’re thinking of the wrong place, they stayed on mayors walk

StringerBell · 16-06-2022 12:08am

For such a **** place it's thread on it generates an awful lot of traffic doesn't it considering it's been closed a number of weeks at this point.

Wanderer2010 · 16-06-2022 2:27am

About time it got knocked off its strange pedestal. The portions were tiny, the sausages even smaller and it was always service with a scowl. Dont think i ever once saw a smile cracking old Walkers mug!

jimbojazz · 16-06-2022 9:50am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119209311#Comment_119209311

Don't, forget the microwaved burgers and the Bone-in fish, you'd need to be a surgeon to remove them all 🤣

nomoedoe · 16-06-2022 6:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119209311#Comment_119209311

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119012414#Comment_119012414

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119026824#Comment_119026824

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119177287#Comment_119177287

Did Johnny Walker piss in your corn flakes or something 😂

It’s only a chipper boy relax yourself 😉

Wanderer2010 · 16-06-2022 9:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119212381#Comment_119212381

I just never liked them. The time you took to quote all of my replies in the thread and add a sarcastic reply could have been spent enjoying the good weather. Thanks for thinking of me though!

nomoedoe · 16-06-2022 11:05pm

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No worries bro take it easy 😊

friendlyfun · 20-06-2022 7:41am

I visited this establishment.The quantity chips I received was insufficient to satisfy my hunger. I no longer mourn her loss.

psnKOB79LFC · 26-06-2022 5:26pm

I suspect those who are unhappy about their portion sizes eat too much.

friendlyfun · 27-06-2022 7:28pm

Nope, I am actually one of the few Irish people who are a healthy weight.

nomoedoe · 07-08-2022 10:12pm

Sad to see it up for sale will probably be turned into apartments

https://www.daft.ie/commercial-property-for-sale/44-mayors-walk-co-waterford/4000040

BBM77 · 08-08-2022 4:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119442788#Comment_119442788

Pity to see them close. A lot of people probably don’t realise how long established Johnnie Walkers is, started in 1965. Say it is being sold because of retirement, don’t think lack of business is the reason for closing. Has been mentioned already, but their attitude would have cost them a lot of business. If you were not part of the Waterford Golf Club Clique the owner would not even acknowledge you no matter how many times you went in there.

azimuth17 · 09-08-2022 9:14am

Id say Kieran just got tired standing behind that counter. Some very nice foreign women worked there always very pleasant.

StringerBell · 09-08-2022 12:46pm

They wanted to retire, the son doesn't want to run it full time himself - once you didn't make a total **** of it you'd have a little goldmine on your hands there, they never lacked from customers no matter how shittily they treated them.