Kenneth R.
Yelp
It's been a few years since I have been to Francis Bogside but I recall finding thier old location charming. When I heard they had moved into the old Smoke BBQ location at St. Paul's square, I was excited to see what they would do in the space.
After some solid St. Patrick's day advertising that continued to make its way on my feeds, I figured what a great time to check them out!
Oops.
We were seriously disappointed. The downstairs was pretty packed so we made our way to the upstairs bar. We asked for a couple of Guinness' and were handed two cans. Okay, no problem, I'll take a glass please. I mean the can literally says best from a glass and let's be honest, it is.
The bartender said he may have a couple of glasses and eventually found two. No problem. He wasn't loving us and seemed slightly annoyed we were there but that didn't deter us.
We decided to order some fries and hang for a bit. The fries that we ordered arrived and as the runner came up he looked very confused, so we signaled to him that the fries may be ours.
That's when the bartender stepped in and insisted they were for a table behind us. Oops! Perhaps we were wrong.
We were not.
The guy behind us hadn't ordered anything and the runner came back to us for delivery. The bartender makes his way over to say "oh guess those were yours" and walks off to pour a shot of vodka for a worker there. Nice.
Then the fries. Somehow both soggy and overcooked.
We closed our tab and left and went to our favorite spot where as soon as we walked in, we were treated like customers again.
Won't make that mistake twice.