Geoff's Cafe Bar — Restaurant in Waterford

Photo for reference, but this review is for the old balding security/bouncer guy hiding behind the fellow in the photo.

We were planning on spending a good chunk of time and money at this location but that was cut short cause of how he chose to escalate and run his mouth. A friend of ours was eating food from outside the establishment (dietary restrictions). No warning no notice of sort he approaches our friend and YELLS at her for having non-establishment food. We tried to interject and explain but he further escalated and essentially told us to shut up and don’t talk back to him which was wild considering we were simply adding information he may not have that could have benefited him in how he chose to interact with us. I myself am Deaf and tried to get him to repeat himself on some things he said which he refused to accommodate so that added to the confusion and overall poor experience. For that I’m giving this a poor review in hopes management has a conversation with this bouncer and reestablish expectations on how one should interact with customers.

To the bouncer directly,

it’s not a matter of what you said but how you said it. Do better or find another line of work better suited for that anger you hold in yourself. No customer, patron, or even female servers there deserve to spoken in the manner that you were speaking today. Fix it as your attitude and actions have further brought disrepute for those who do great security work.

Sincerely,

The customers you...

Updated May 24 Still one of the few pubs that you can visit anytime and have a good crowd in. Early evening visit this time, service is always good with very experienced staff and great manner. Always busy with food service which is fast and good. Might not be as good as in previous times in my opinion but still very good value and choice. My first re visit for a long time. Very busy but still after a medium wait, food arrived and it was excellent. Drinks very good too. Compared to other places, prices are good. Still the best spot in town for the older crowd and young too. Update Nov 24: It's the second time I have got food here since last review. I had an awful experience during the day when I ordered the thai green curry but thought it might be a one off. I had food again this evening and I am very sorry to say, the food has really gone downhill. I don't know why but it has gone from pretty much restaurant quality to chip van standard. I had haddock goujons and chips.... Chips were overcooked and full of grease, they used be the best around. Haddock was overcooked and dry. It was served in a matter of minutes so I assume cooked already and popped in oil again to reheat. Very poor. I don't care about the price but the quality was not even close to acceptable. I hope it improves as I have been eating here for a long time and...

Short version: Drinks: 4.5/5, Guiness was cold double pour and really good. Serving: 0.5/5, not sure it was food.

Long version: Drinks: no notes, very good. Serving: the cold "shoestring potatoes" as they were called on the menu and not fries or chips, are probably called this to avoid any regulatory nomenclature or legislative definition. I do believe that in a previous life they actually were potatoes before what ever unholy event happened to them occurred. The chicken skewers were probably not cooked at the same time or even on the same week, I've microwaved chinese food the day after that came out better than this. The most burnt skewer was the only one close to edible. The salad was a few raw leaves and 3 pickles or possibly cucumber slices picked up from the floor after a day or two, very hard to tell the difference. At least the ketchup was well matured in the half filled paper cups sitting on the warm kitchen counter since possibly last night or week. Idk who hurt these people or possibly who I offended by ordering 1 pint and asking for a menu, but this can probably not legally be called food which is why I, much like the shoestring potatoes, for potential legal concerns choose to call it a serving and not food. In 2023 the food was lovely here,...