Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

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Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby country boy » Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:26 pm

The Franchise for Bar and Restaurant which used to be O'Learys, just past duty free, is now a Giraffe holding.
It is atrocious, avoid at all costs. Quite unbelievable. Bad service and poor food. Anybody else suffered?

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby Wicksey » Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:08 pm

I never usually buy anything at airports. I take through my water bottles to refill airside and take my own packed lunch! It's not just the money saving, I don't generally like the food on offer and prefer my own.

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby costakid » Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:45 pm

country boy wrote:The Franchise for Bar and Restaurant which used to be O'Learys, just past duty free, is now a Giraffe holding.
It is atrocious, avoid at all costs. Quite unbelievable. Bad service and poor food. Anybody else suffered?
Thanks for heads up. I was going to use it Thursday afternoon but it was mobbed with a golfing party. I didn’t fancy the expected wait.
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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby scotty » Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:25 pm

You'd have to have some "neck" to eat there :-)

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby katy » Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:01 pm

Why do people feel the need to scoff on a 3 hour flight. :?

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby chrissiehope » Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:15 pm

Depends on the flight time & possible medical needs (e.g. diabetes)
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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby olive » Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:22 pm

katy wrote:Why do people feel the need to scoff on a 3 hour flight. :?

Two hour journey to airport, security queue, wait to board, flight, half hour get luggage and hire car other end and two hour journey to destination?

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby Wicksey » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:11 am

Exactly! Door to door is 6 hours for us and even on shorter flights we are often in the air around lunch time and I need to eat :crazy:

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby country boy » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:58 am

Katy, that was a very arrogant question.
Time spent at an Airport is only part, of what can entail, a whole days travel as others have pointed out.
What was your motive for asking the question I wonder?
The point I was making was that the Giraffe in Malaga Airport is best avoided, whether you just want a relaxing drink, or to "Scoff" as you so delicately put it.

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby chrissiehope » Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:16 pm

I see that Giraffe are struggling & are planning to close one third of their restaurants in UK !
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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby Evelyn » Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:35 pm

I never eat at Malaga Airport, the food is not very nice and exorbitantly over priced. However, I would eat at or buy food from Gatwick for the return trip

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby katy » Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:36 pm

Country Boy. Not arrogant, a genuine question as I have often wondered when I see all the full restaurants at Gatwick (night or day) I accept the point about people with health conditions. I think all airport food is vile, some worse than others. If leaving from UK usually grab some M&S sandwiches. In February I had two prawn ones on a 10 hour flight, don't usually touch the airline food either. Flying back bought a pre packed Tuna salad bowl from a deli. As for Costa coffee etc. yuk.

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Re: Giraffe Franchise Malaga Airport Airside

Postby katy » Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:41 pm

chrissiehope wrote:I see that Giraffe are struggling & are planning to close one third of their restaurants in UK !
Yes. Grandson said they had been in Brighton he said he had better and that I would have hated it. Perhaps they are rubbish everywhere.


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