Snobs hotel review!

jimthemental · 11-06-2012 02:06PM

It must be a pisstake. What bar only has beer and wine for feck sake. Regarding the accents though, you'd expect all teenagers working in a part time job like this to have polished south dublin accents in this day and age wouldn't you.

Dravokivich · 11-06-2012 02:07PM

kfallon wrote: »

Resident's bar stays open til 4 or 5am.....check
Bed in the room.....check
Jax and bog roll for a dump in the morn.....check
Shower to have a wash.....check
Dressing gown to rob.....optional

What more do ya want from a hotel?

A refined selection of coke and hookers.

fro9etb8j5qsl2 · 11-06-2012 02:11PM

People in Monaghan with strong local accents??? :eek: :eek:

GastroBoy · 11-06-2012 02:16PM

Bad Panda wrote: »

And anyone who says 'amuse bouches' is a twat.

I know, because everyone knows that the plural of amuse bouche is just amuse bouche, right?:D

juan.kerr · 11-06-2012 02:18PM

GastroBoy wrote: »

I know, because everyone knows that the plural of amuse bouche is just amuse bouche, right?:D

I was hoping it would be 'amuses bouche' but we are both wrong (well you only partially):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amuse-bouche

the purple tin · 11-06-2012 02:37PM

We are not amused bouche.

DubArk · 11-06-2012 02:40PM

I thought it was all “a little tongue and cheek” myself! Definitely a he and (quite frankly) he made me laugh my britches off!

Jolly good old bean!!

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 11-06-2012 02:45PM

If you're charging a premium for excellence, you should be delivering it.
Snobby or not, there are certain things that are assumed part of the value proposition when you're forking out that kind of money.

krudler · 11-06-2012 02:45PM

tripadvisor reviews would put you off going anywhere, some of the nicest hotels i've stayed in have gotten horrible reviews on there for nothing but trivial complaints.

CruelCoin · 11-06-2012 02:48PM

Smcgie wrote: »

I wish the world was rid of vermon like this

"Vermin"

Just sayin' is all.

Seriously, it was a seriously written review, so why the hub-bub?

If i was left little change for €500 i'd expect everything to be perfect, and if it wasn't i'd complain too.

Smcgie · 11-06-2012 02:48PM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »

If you're charging a premium for excellence, you should be delivering it.
Snobby or not, there are certain things that are assumed part of the value proposition when you're forking out that kind of money.

I look at the other way, if you're stupid enough to fork out €500 for a stay in a smelly rundown castle (I had a meal in it once) then you're an idiot IMO.

There is nothing special about the castle - only the marketing manager.

prinz · 11-06-2012 03:58PM

Bar the ridiculous personal remarks about spots, braces, accents and the other guests the rest of it is a pretty good review with what sound like valid complaints, bad service, bad food, dirty toilet..

Shreddy Krueger · 11-06-2012 05:18PM

Smcgie wrote: »

Funny review on tripadvisor for castle Leslie estate in Monaghan: :pac:

...AND NOBODY EVEN SAID GOODBYE TO US..HAVE THEY NO MANNERS IN MONAGHAN.?

No

padd b1975 · 11-06-2012 05:27PM

Red wine with scollops is not on.

*rings bell to advise Jeeves*

Tzar Chasm · 11-06-2012 05:44PM

Damm you, I was about to post that about the red wine, thats just shocking lack of knowledge from wait staff.

The Author makes some very valid points, its does come across as a little snide in places but I would be of the same opinion, if I'm going to shell out 500 quid for a Hotel I'd like the room to be clean and the food to be edible, dunno what his/her complaint about all the BMW's is tho, nicest people in the world BMW Drivers, also, and I know it irks some others in polite society, but I do like to drink my Beer from the bottle if thats how its served to me, I'd obviously prefer it to be draught but thems the breaks sometimes

frozenfrozen · 11-06-2012 06:01PM

if i paid 500 quid for a night i would want it to be really nice. no problem about the teenagers and bmws thats just all ****e but dirty toilets no key to the room, and horrible food would make you quite upset about parting with your money. I'd bitch about the teenagers who got paid to give me bad service if that happened to me tbh.

Reviewer still sounds like a prick though.

11-06-2012 06:15PM

Definitely sounds like a male reviewer but you have to laugh ffs ...... The spotty teen, braces, BMWs, red wine with venison how uncouth can you be?

whatdoicare · 11-06-2012 06:23PM

From the looks of the hotel and the price of it I would be wanting a hell of a lot more than gammy food and a dirty room. I'd be wanting my own butler to hold the bog roll!

humbert · 11-06-2012 06:24PM

Local accent means common and unrefined.

The review is a bit pretentious and the writing style wouldn't be to my taste but it seems quite reasonable.

It's a 500 euro a night hotel, do people expect the reviewers to be complaining about the chips being soggy?

500 euro a night for a night in Monaghan is a recipe for disappointment, even during the Celtic Tiger.

Tzar Chasm · 11-06-2012 06:28PM

well Red wine with Venison wouldnt be that bad, depending onthe type of Wine obviously, a good Merlot would be fine.

However Red wine with Scallops thats a no no, Scallops are a Seafood the only Redish wine you would use is a Rose and that would be very palate specific, best bet in that situation is a Sav Blanc or, heaven forbid, a Chardonay

Feathers · 11-06-2012 07:47PM

Smcgie wrote: »

I love my game 'high' but this was awful ..it was tough so not hung properly ,smelled like Tesco's reduced Value chicken just as its turning.

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I'd say if you know the finer points of aged venison, you probably haven't had to slum it on gone-off Tesco chicken too much.

Trip Advisor reviews are mad though. Saw one before, the guy had raved about everthing — value, views, food, cleaniness, great staff; "but the tea & coffee making facilities in the room left a lot to be desired. 2/10" :rolleyes:

Fenian Army · 11-06-2012 08:09PM

Sounds like some foreign snob.

"Local accent" fcuk sake, thats grounds for a refund right there

BattleCorp · 11-06-2012 08:22PM

You'd want to be paid €500 a night to listen to the feckin Monaghan accent

Seriously though, this review has to be a piss take.

As said earlier in the thread, what bar doesn't have gin and tonic.

Sounds like a crock of sh1te.

Entertaining though.

BattleCorp · 11-06-2012 08:23PM

Fenian Army wrote: »

Sounds like some foreign snob.

"Local accent" fcuk sake, thats grounds for a refund right there

Expecting the locals to have BBC accents me thinks.

Chris_5339762 · 11-06-2012 08:41PM

NH Barbizon Palace: Traveler Reviews

"“The worst 5star hotel I've ever seen”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed June 9, 2011
1
person found this review helpful

Very ugly staff, bad rooms, perfect location, bad room service. I've booked a suite in this hotel and was really disappointed by the staff and the cleanlyness of the room. Please, never book this hotel if you want a 5star experience in Amsterdam. Great city!

Stayed June 2011, traveled as a couple"

ringadingding · 11-06-2012 08:53PM

Sat bains ( a legendary chef ) responds to his negative tripadvisor reviews here...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155183/Two-Michelin-starred-chef-makes-cutting-comments-customers-leave-bad-reviews-restaurant-TripAdvisor.html

But for me, tripadvisor has to be taken with a pinch of salt, I work in the restaurant trade and the amount of fake reviews are amazing, and people get so wound up about being number 1 in their town it's unbelievable.
Imagine having your livelyhood pretty much destined by people from the internet, granted most **** places get **** reviews, but some good places are often the victims of smear campaigns by the competition, especially in smaller Irish towns, it's almost impossible to disprove/prove.

I think reviewing sites should take credit cards or passport id's or something before allowing reviews to be published, good or bad, or find someway to make it harder to do fake reviews.

annascott · 11-06-2012 08:59PM

To be fair, apart from the dodgy spelling in places, the only thing that annoys me about this review is the fact that the writer mentioned someone's skin condition (spotty teenager) and another's orthodontic braces - both have absolutely nothing to do with the hotel standards.
If I was paying €500 for a night, I would be pretty upset about a dirty room, frozen food and bad service. Actually, a dirty room and bad service is unacceptable at any price.

the purple tin · 12-06-2012 10:00AM

Feathers wrote: »

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I'd say if you know the finer points of aged venison, you probably haven't had to slum it on gone-off Tesco chicken too much.

Trip Advisor reviews are mad though. Saw one before, the guy had raved about everthing — value, views, food, cleaniness, great staff; "but the tea & coffee making facilities in the room left a lot to be desired. 2/10" :rolleyes:

Thats true. Someone so uber-posh would never admit to shopping in Tesco or Asda, or to watching Eastenders.

prinz · 12-06-2012 11:15AM

the purple tin wrote: »

Thats true. Someone so uber-posh would never admit to shopping in Tesco or Asda, or to watching Eastenders.

Most of the complaints are perfectly valid, what's "uber-posh" about them?

Bad Panda · 12-06-2012 11:18AM

Sergeant wrote: »

What should he/she have called them?

Nibbles.

Snobs hotel review!

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