Unfortunately, I am unable to comment on the quality of the food in this establishment…read more
My family was on a camping holiday in Donabate, and decided to get a Chinese takeaway in the village. We found a parking spot right outside the takeaway at no.3, Fairways Mall -- perfect! -- and, with a bit of manoeuvring, got the campervan into the space, well within the road markings (it's a medium size campervan). With that, a man got out of the car in the next space, and proceeded to lambast me for parking there, saying that I was blocking access to the takeaway. It turned out that he was one of the drivers of the takeaway. I got out and checked, and I had left plenty of room, and told him so; and furthermore, informed him that the campervan was taxed and insured, and that I was fully entitled to park where I was, on the public road. I then asked him why he had not negotiated with me when he first saw my initial manoeuvrings. No response.
With that, the lady proprietor of the takeaway came out, and screamed at me to "get that van out of there, it is too big." Attempts at explanation of parking bye-laws were ignored (we would only have been there for the time it took to prepare the meal, after all). All I got was a repeated "Get out, get out", which made me all the more determined to stay put........until my niece told me that her young son was getting an asthma attack, with all the excitement. So, reluctantly, I moved away.
Needless to say, I didn't give them my custom after that little episode, and if you are driving in Donabate in a campervan and fancy a Chinese takeaway, my advice is to look elsewhere. There are plenty of other, more welcoming, establishments in the area.
