Comments on: Marmatiece Restaurant Bandon

By: Ev

Ev — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:17:34 +0000

Was treated to birthday lunch by my good friends in Marmatiece’s during the week as always it was fab, two of us had the seafood pasta dish it was so so good, my other friend had the smoked chichen yummie too, my pear tart was to die for !!! Brendan was so pleasent as always even wished me happy birthday, Food was delicious it really is d place to eat out n Bandon for lunch & dinner, WELL DONE MARMATIECE, Marks scored 20 out of 10, yes I mean 20 out of 10

By: KC

KC — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:37:06 +0000

I have eaten in Marmatiece a number of times recently, mainly for lunch. I had a goat’s cheese, mushroom and rocket tart with salad which was superb. I had a wonderful pasta dish another day. The seafood chowder is the best in town. In my opinion, one of the best places to eat in Bandon at the moment!

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:21:03 +0000

@Jesse – We haven’t been back since so no idea what it is like now. Hope the flooding didn’t hit them too hard.

@mary We were in Malthouse twice in 2009 and both times it was superb.

By: jesse

jesse — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:00:50 +0000

have you eaten lately in marmatice would like to know please

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:46:41 +0000

That’s an awful pity Mary. I ate once in the Malt House several years ago and it wasn’t really my thing. I found the food very heavy and stodgy whilst still of good quality.

By: mary

mary — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:35:43 +0000

have you eaten at the Malt House in Clonakilty lately. The previous chef that had the place that was Ian and Elaine returned all were delighted the Malt House was going to be revived to the brillant standers it had when Elaine had it. So myself and my husband couldnt wait to go back to the Malt House when we heard Elaine OH MY GOD what a disaster, starter was just ok mussels no bread with them i thought brown at least. Mains I had duck asked for medium and skin crispy got tough as leather with soggy skin all veg cold and would need magnifying glass. My husband had venison and the grease coated our mouthes it was disgusting complained and was told there was no other complaints. 1 starter 2 mains 1 bt of white very ordinary white wine. Cost 95 euro never go back ther again disgrace……..this was 1st jan 2009

By: conor

conor — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:38:55 +0000

It’s a very consistent story from everyone sadly. Simple simple things that could be fixed with a bit of effort and humility.

By: dc

dc — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:54:08 +0000

i live in bandon, and will boycott Marmatiece always. i’ve eaten there twice now since it opened.. second time was to ‘give it a chance’ to see if things had changed. they hadn’t.

for years now they seem to have this very odd system where you MUST sit down on the sofa (even if there are loads of tables available) and order everything BEFORE you get to sit at the table. it has a real feel of assembly line efficiency. also the guy overseeing the meeting and greeting and seating has sub zero customer skills. he was perturbed that i even suggested that he seat us at our table right away, get the wine we wanted (or a cocktail), and then review the menu.

everyone i know who has been to the restaurant gets the same treatment – and has the same reaction.

in my opinion, and i have been to many many restaurants in my life, going out to a nice restaurant is an event. i should be able to sit down at my table and leisurely review the menu with the other people at my table… it’s part of the experience.

the food was okay … but the employees/owners put me right off the venue.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:26:08 +0000

Conor,
Take your family there! They’ll love it. It’s so clean! Litter is practically non-existent. The company we are doing business with (microbiological airsampling… long story. If you ever get to organise a Bandon pints get-together of http://www.conoroneill.com fans I’ll bore you all about it. Seriously. I can go on for hours!) are a pleasure to deal with. Nothing is too much trouble. Even the Customer Service department are serious about their roles. I fear for Irish companies after this trip. We had a meeting in my office here this morning and will probably change our day-to-day office model as a result of some ideas garnered in Switzerland. Of course technology is kingpin there. They were shocked at our broadband setup (both in work and home).
Even my Blackberry worked in Switzerland – it has failed to do so in England and Wales on a recent trip!

By: conor

conor — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:10:19 +0000

The only bit of Switzerland I’ve ever seen is the train station in Basel whilst going from germany to France. Some day I’ll get there!

By: JD

JD — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:45:19 +0000

Disappointing to hear this about Marmatiece again. We did go back during the late summer but not much had changed. Pity. It is a nice location.
Just back from working in Switzerland for a few days. I hadn’t been there in 20+ years since a school-tour thingy. I am still in shock at the cleanliness, orderliness and all-round healthy place it is. It is very expensive though. What a place.

By: Seán

Seán — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:42:19 +0000

I agree with Ann, I had a meal in Marmatiece lately and was very disappointed by the whole experience. The waiter was very rude, we had to wait over an hour to get our food, and when it came (when we were just about to leave) itwas horrible.

By: conor

conor — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:37:22 +0000

Ah that’s a pity. We were considering a re-visit to see if the wine selection had improved.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:09:02 +0000

We have just eaten in Marmatiece last night to celebrate a friends engagement and did not enjoy the experience at all. The waitor was snobbish and arrogant and I believe this was especially because we were of a younger clientele (25-27). Our meal was supposed to be at 7.30 and even though one of our party did not arrive until 7.45, we were not seated or served our food until 8.45 which was totally unacceptable. They even served a larger party who arrived after us, about 20 minutes before us. When we asked ‘him’ if our order would be ready soon, he was very rude in his response. Whereas I enjoyed the food, the rest of my party did not. I do admit that the interior of the restaurant was lovely and the presentation of the food was good but….
Everyone at our table agreed that they were not happy with the service or experience, and they will definately not return to this restaurant any time in the near future.

By: john

john — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:50:15 +0000

our motto is at the brogan
hospitality comes natural

By: Gourmet Burger gone already! Bugger. » Conor’s Bandon Blog

Gourmet Burger gone already! Bugger. » Conor’s Bandon Blog — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:31:21 +0000

[...] crap. JD posted a comment here earlier letting me know that he went to Gourmet Burger in Portlaoise the other day and they have [...]

By: conor

conor — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:26:22 +0000

Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, Burger, Burger, Burger, Burger, Burger, Burger, Bugger.

Did they even advertise once? How many people passing-by knew they were there? Ach I despair.

What are the chances of anywhere else opening up now? Or if they do it’ll be BK, KFC and Abrakebabra.

They knew I’d blogged about them but never made contact or posted a comment. I think they need to get some basic training on marketing in the 21st Century.

Packed lunches from now on I think.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:06:00 +0000

Oh dear, not my week. We had arranged to meet friends in the Brogan last nite for food but food was off due to chef breaking his leg. Not good. I wish him a speedy recovery!!
Secondly, (& I hope you are sitting, Conor) I popped into the Food Court in Portlaoise for a gourmet burger only to find a small notice to say they had closed and would be concentrating on their operations in the greater Dublin area instead. Bah! Had an O’Briens inedible sambo instead.
Now in Dublin sulking.

By: conor

conor — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:39:07 +0000

Still haven’t made it up there and I’m only hearing good reports. Thought about it for the christening but just did food at home. Will get there soon!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:33:54 +0000

Me and my wife ate in the Brogan Inn Back in the start of Jan very tasty she had the Chicken Dish with Baileys aswell loved it, I had the Sea Bass from the seafood specails very, very good.
The chef there is very in to his food hats off