New shop in Blanchardstown Retail Park

Diddler1977 · 01-03-2012 02:46PM

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 · 01-03-2012 04:15PM

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 · 02-03-2012 02:22PM

Yup 2 more Nandos are opening in Dublin this year

MrJoeSoap · 02-03-2012 02:40PM

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 The only one I can find is outdated regarding the two that have already been opened late last year.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 · 23-03-2012 08:29PM

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

MrJoeSoap · 23-03-2012 08:33PM

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

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

I can live with that.

Toto Wolfcastle · 23-03-2012 08:34PM

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

MrJoeSoap · 23-03-2012 08:36PM

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 · 24-03-2012 01:58AM

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

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Nolimits · 24-03-2012 04:06PM

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 · 25-03-2012 09:43PM

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 · 26-03-2012 08:48PM

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 · 26-03-2012 08:52PM

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 · 26-03-2012 08:55PM

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

athtrasna · 26-03-2012 10:26PM

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 · 11-06-2012 04:01PM

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

Arciphel · 11-06-2012 04:06PM

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

sandleman1979 · 11-06-2012 04:11PM

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 · 11-06-2012 04:30PM

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 · 11-06-2012 07:37PM

Arciphel wrote: »

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

went out with the green bin today

sorry ...

Nolimits · 12-06-2012 12:40PM

Arciphel wrote: »

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

If you're just looking for general evidence that Nandos is opening

I took this picture a few weeks ago as I didn't see where it said Nandos at the top, and I was going to ask here what it was for

amdublin · 18-06-2012 10:15PM

Yay! Nandos

Must check out DFS

A V A · 24-06-2012 02:01AM

when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon

jack presley · 24-06-2012 09:51AM

A V A wrote: »

when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon

I don't get that post at all. You like Nando's but don't want them there because people will go there to be trendy? What about the other 95% of us who would go there because they like it or fancy something other than TGIs or whatever? Should we have to go into town or out to Dundrum where there are no bandwagon jumpers?

amdublin · 24-06-2012 11:13AM

A V A wrote: »

when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon

You like Nandos but you are not happy that we will now have one in D15

Is this post for real

Arciphel · 24-06-2012 12:11PM

A V A wrote: »

when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon

leggo · 24-06-2012 12:22PM

jack presley wrote: »

I don't get that post at all. You like Nando's but don't want them there because people will go there to be trendy? What about the other 95% of us who would go there because they like it or fancy something other than TGIs or whatever? Should we have to go into town or out to Dundrum where there are no bandwagon jumpers?

I get that post, to be fair. It's put me off trying the place so far (though if it's on my doorstep I probably will).

It's become the done thing for all the 'trendy' kids to go on and on and on about how good Nandos is. I remember a couple of months ago my Facebook feed was absolutely destroyed with people either checking in there or saying "mmm so hungry want a Nando's!!!!" It's like The Wright Venue in that it's more about saying you're going there like it's a sign of social status, or part of a club, than actually just eating (or having a good night out, in the case of Wright's). It's quietened down a bit (for now) but it absolutely wrecked my head a few months back.

amdublin · 24-06-2012 12:28PM

God forbid they might just like Nandos :rolleyes:

gabsdot40 · 24-06-2012 12:32PM

Years ago I went to Nandos in England somewhere. There was about 10 of including some kids and when we ordered we just piled all the chips together on a plate in the middle of the table. one of the kids noticed that they were plain chips and didn't have the special Nando's seasoning so we asked for it.
The waitress came over with a salt shaker thing shook a bit of the seasoning over our pile of chips and then asked for 17p.
I have never been back to Nandos since!!!!

leggo · 24-06-2012 12:35PM

I'm not having a go at everyone who likes Nando's. For example, in this topic? It's appropriate, since it's largely about Nando's.

It was more the Facebook trend that emerged a couple of months back. I like Eddie Rockets but don't feel the need to tell the world every...single...time I step into one. I also like being fellated, it doesn't mean that every time I'm not being fellated I need to advertise it to the world just to show how much I'd like it to be happening right now.

And yet there's something about Nando's that makes (well, made, like I said it's calmed down a bit) people feel the need to broadcast whenever they're eating or craving it. Maybe it's because everyone else was doing so and they wanted to show they were part of the 'Nando's crowd' too?

New shop in Blanchardstown Retail Park

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