1/5 Sean W. 1 year ago on Google
I've
dined
in
Pier
1
a
few
times
in
the
past
when
visiting
Donegal.
The
food
was
always
great
and
the
service
was
pleasant
and
prompt.
However,
my
wife
and
I
called
in
on
Sunday
for
an
early
evening
meal.
As
the
owners
of
a
hospitality
business
ourselves,
it's
a
fairly
rare
occasion
that
we
are
able
to
get
away
together
for
a
few
hours
for
a
meal
in
another
town.
The
young
lady
in
the
ground
floor
bar
area
greeted
us
warmly
and
directed
us
to
to
the
restaurant
upstairs.
There
were
quite
a
few
vacant
tables,
in
fact
it
was
less
than
quarter
full.
As
we
looked
around
for
a
vacant
table
overlooking
Donegal
Bay
and
half
expecting
to
be
greeted
by
one
of
the
two
waiters,
I
was
amazed
to
hear
a
male
voice
curtly
ordering
us
in
a
loud
voice
to
"
just
wait
there
until
I'm
ready
to
deal
with
you".
I
was
somewhat
taken
aback
by
his
unmistakably
unpleasant
attitude,
and
my
wife
and
I
looked
at
each
other
in
surprise,
a
bit
embarrassed
to
be
quite
honest.
I
looked
around
to
see
who
had
barked
this
order
at
us,
and
I
saw
this
rather
scruffy
looking
waiter
with
an
untidy,
unkempt
growth
of
black
hair
on
his
neck,
taking
an
order
from
a
party
of
about
six
guests
at
a
table,
while
all
those
seated
fixed
their
attention
on
us
as
we
were
left
standing
in
the
middle
of
the
restaurant
like
naughty
children
for
about
a
minute,
while
another
waiter
-
who
didn't
appear
to
be
busy
-
walked
past
us
smiling.
The
waiter
who
had
gruffly
order
us
to
wait
where
we
were
stopped
writing
and
fixed
his
stare
at
me
as
if
to
see
what
my
reaction
would
be.
I
think
the
people
he
was
serving
were
somewhat
shocked
by
his
unpleasant
attitude
towards
us,
we're
both
senior
citizens
over
65
and
were
well
enough
dressed
and
well
mannered.
I
decided
that
it
wasn't
worth
even
entering
into
any
discussion
with
this
ill-
mannered
waiter,
and
my
wife
and
I
were
able
to
agree
using
only
eye
contact
that
we
should
react
to
this
terrible
affront
to
Irish
hospitality
by
leaving
and
taking
our
business
elsewhere.
The
pleasant
young
lady
downstairs
was
surprised
to
see
us
coming
back
downstairs
so
soon,
and
when
I
explained
to
her
what
had
happened,
she
seemed
to
be
genuinely
surprised
and
apologised
profusely.
We
went
to
another
restaurant
along
the
street
and
I'm
pleased
t
o
say
that
we
were
treated
to
the
warm
hospitality
that
Donegal
is
famous
for.
