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Never let me hear about kerry hospitality services again

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OK, I know, a click bait heading.

I never want to hear kerry hospitality services moaning about lost customers.

Took a few day trips this week with the family. Went to Clare and today to South kerry.

When I asked the person serving ice cream cones to not handle the cone I was going to eat,all I got was abuse. From him and his boss.

I was apparently being unreasonable asking he pick up the cone with a tissue rather than his bare hands.
The sanitiser he was adamant he had just used (he didn't) he couldn't find.

Went onto another establishment later hoping to get a meal.

Nope, don't serve kids after 5.30 from the restaurant. I was told to go around the corner to their pizza bar which had seats on the street. I couldn't even bring the pizza around to the restaurant outside seating area while my wife and I ate a meal. My kids didn't want pizza.

Anyway, took my business elsewhere and went to the local pub.

Granted seats were on the street. Beer garden was being renovated.

They had a kids menu. My son wanted a burger which was only on the adults menu. To their credit, it wasn't a problem. He got his burger and chips with all the dressings for the kids price.
The adults had a lovely lasagne with salad and garlic bread.

And kerry hospitality businesses are moaning they have no customers. If this is how 2/3 of them treat their customers they don't deserve to be in business
(size of the survey was 3. +/- 0)
Anyway, rant over.

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BPKS

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117638120#Comment_117638120

Giving out about the price of a service you havnt availed of in Dingle is a strange way to boast that you were recently on a holiday in Greece.

embraer170

I was actually looking for something to do for a planned trip to Dingle in the next few weeks... just found it to be a good example of Irish prices.

I can see that something might be double or triple the price, but €90 for one hour?!

whisky_galore

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117639271#Comment_117639271

Not to mention outdoor activities esp water based ones are rode bareback by insurance companies and thanks to those lovely people who break a nail and sue for the resulting anguish caused.

Seems a bit shyte you cant go beyond the harbour, but tbf I wouldn't trust many who walk in off the street with a cream bun, let alone a boat.

HBC08

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643717#Comment_117643717

Totally agree.I run a small activity based business in the summer in the West of Ireland.Our insurance goes up every year without fail ( never had a claim and if we did we'd have to close down the same day) This is the reality of running such as business in Ireland.Similar to pubs,restaraunts,cars,booze,activities,hotels and everything else here the cost is passed onto the customer.

I really struggle to see how people don't understand this,it really shows a lack of understanding and a lack of awareness in general.

embraer170

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117644771#Comment_117644771

Fair enough. I fully agree that the insurance situation in Ireland is outrageous.

whisky_galore

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117644771#Comment_117644771

We can't have nice things, thanks to peoples' greed.

embraer170

A few more Kerry rip offs (sorry).

Murphys Ice Cream in Dingle is now €5 for a small serving (up from €4.50 last year). That's more than what one pays for a an ice cream along the lakeside in Zurich in Switzerland (where you get a huge scoop of Movenpick ice cream, albeit industrial stuff). Murphys is well worth the money for people who like ice cream, but probably less so for parents buying for 3-4 kids.

Kool Scoops across the street is a slightly more reasonable €3.80 for a small serving (but I assume factory stuff), but charge €0.20 for a second plastic spoon.😂

Dingle restaurants seems packed and difficult to to get in anywhere decent without a reservation. The Charthouse booked out until the end of the month. At the simpler end of the scale, got quite good pizza from the Forge (kitchen in converted shipping container with a few covered outside tables). They seem to use a proper wood stove and produce good Italian style pizza.

No chance to do any boat trips with the recent weather unfortunately.

We also enjoyed the Hake Hatch in Ballinskelligs (not far from the Skelligs Chocolate Factory). I am not a fish eater but my partner commented the pan fried hake was some of the best she ever had.

newman10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117721855#Comment_117721855

Murphys was always expensive but like many brands they have pitched themselves as a premium product, thus a premium price. Not sure many locals would go there !!

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117721855#Comment_117721855

Horses for courses, they're kids. Buy them ice creams from Lidl. They won't know which.

5 sounds a bit saucy for 1(presumably?) scoop alright.

It's all 'industrial' albeit, mini industrial. It's not like it's made by a Gaelgoir granny living in a thatched cottage.

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117727485#Comment_117727485

ARGH.

It's a bugbear. I walk around a town near me and see the "homemade" signs outside one cafe and I know the industrial unit where the cakes and meals are made...

black & white

Flew out of Kerry airport over the weekend, do they specialise in only hiring rude people there (except for security who were nice) I don't think I've ever met ruder people outside of Paris.

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118945664#Comment_118945664

What were you demanding they do for you that lead to them being rude?

black & white

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118945673#Comment_118945673

I would never demand anything from anyone, just general attitude and the way they spoke to people as well as me.

Radio5

I will go against the grain of this thread and give credit where it's due. A group of us had lunch at Kate Browne's, Ardfert over the weekend. Good, reasonably priced food (E30 for starter, main & dessert) and excellent service.

embraer170

A small serving of Murphy’s is €5.50 this year (up from €5 last year and €4.50 the year before).

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I’ve never had problems with Kerry airport staff. Maybe a bad day?