An Irish restaurant owner wasn’t prepared to take a negative review of his business take it lying down – especially as the complaint was due to a mistake the customer had made himself. It wasn’t so much that the reviewers didn’t like the food or service at the Eala Bhan restaurant in Sligo, but that… Continue reading Restaurant owner maintains his Irish humour in epic response to bad online review
Author: Michael Kehoe
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