点评:Since 2005 we have been visiting this beach bar which another Trip Advisor contributor in 2014 correctly rated as a 'Perfect Spot'. As he said at that time, 'a bar to keep coming back to'!
Unfortunately, it appears that the bar has become a casualty of the fall out from the effects of COVID-19, which, combined with a decision by the Government of the Ballearics to ban smoking at all bars, restaurants and similar establishments on the islands has enabled the local fly population to take over!
Firstly, this is a very simply operating business enterprise that provides drinks and basic food in the form of sandwiches, salads and pizzas for the people who visit this safe and beautiful beach in a stunning location.
Secondly, prior to 2020, the bar remained open from about 9:30am to 10:00pm. This enabled the operators to attract customers throughout the day during the time that people stayed on the beach, but it also captured many people as they headed to the beach bar for refreshments before heading home or to wherever they were staying while on holiday.
In addition, towards the end of the day our family were part of a fair number of people who visited the beach bar in the early evening from about 7:00pm to 'book' our place and eat and drink simple honest fayre while watching the absolutely glorious sunsets - see a selection of photographs that my family have taken over the years.
This year (August/September 2022), we had the very disappointing experience of turning up at the beach bar at about 6:30pm and finding it closed! On enquiry, we established that post COVID-19 the new owners had decided to close for one day a week - not a problem in itself as many hard working hospitality and catering staff now get a chance to have a well earned rest during the very busy week-on-week holiday season.
However, we also established that the hours being operated by the new owners were from about 10:00am to 8:00pm on those days that they are open. In the height of summer July - early September the glorious sunsets very often run a good way past 8:00pm so the opportunity to sit and savour a Pomada, Sangria, or Whisky etc while enjoying one of great experiences of mother nature has been been defintely spoiled!
The effect of banning smoking in open places such as this bar means that there are far too many flies appearing around the tables when you are trying to eat food served by the bar.
My wife and I do not smoke but in an open setting, the smokke does not bother us, but it does keep most of the flies away, and it is was generally tolerable twhen we ate food at the bar, but not now!
If the ban on smoking in open spaces such as beach bars is to continue, then the oweners need to invest in a number of strategically placed Electric Fly Killing Machines - they are readily available on Amazon for between GBP £30 - £45 each and I am sure this would help.
Just as important, the current owners need to re-evaluate their business reasons for closing the bar so early. Surely, in the height of the summer holiday season, keeping open until say 9:30pm would enable enough customers to stay on after visiting the beach or arriving early evening, then ordering refreshments and drinks to watch the amazing sunsets.
When we did visit the bar about 3 times during our two weeks holiday, it appeared to us that the waiting staff all appeared to be approaching or at pensionable age. Assuming that it is a 'marginal' business, run by very few individuals, is there not a case to employ one or two young students during the summer months to allow the opening hours to be extended so that once again, Es Grau Beach Bar can claim to be the "Perfect Spot'?
翻译:自 2005 年以来,我们一直光顾这家海滩酒吧,2014 年,另一位猫途鹰网的撰稿人正确地将其评为“完美地点”。正如他当时所说,“一个不断回归的酒吧”!
不幸的是,该酒吧似乎已成为 COVID-19 影响的牺牲品,再加上 Ballearics 政府决定禁止在岛上所有酒吧、餐馆和类似场所吸烟,使当地的苍蝇种群接管了!
首先,这是一家经营非常简单的企业,以三明治、沙拉和比萨饼的形式为游览这个安全而美丽的海滩的人们提供饮料和基本食品。
其次,在 2020 年之前,酒吧的营业时间约为上午 9:30 至晚上 10:00。这使运营商能够在人们留在海滩上的那段时间全天吸引客户,但它也吸引了许多人,因为他们在回家前或去度假时去的任何地方去海滩酒吧吃点心。
此外,在一天结束时,我们的家人是相当多的人的一部分,他们在傍晚 7:00 左右访问海滩酒吧,“预订”我们的地方,吃喝简单诚实的食物,同时观看绝对壮丽的日落 - 查看我的家人多年来拍摄的精选照片。
今年(2022 年 8 月/9 月),我们在下午 6:30 左右出现在海滩酒吧,发现它关门了,这让我们非常失望!经询问,我们确定在 COVID-19 之后,新业主决定每周关闭一天——这本身并不是一个问题,因为许多辛勤工作的接待和餐饮人员现在有机会在非常忙碌的时候得到应得的休息每周假期。
但是,我们还确定新业主的营业时间是在他们营业的那几天的上午 10:00 到晚上 8:00 左右。在盛夏的 7 月至 9 月初,灿烂的日落通常会持续到晚上 8:00 之后,所以有机会坐下来品尝 Pomada、桑格利亚汽酒或威士忌等,同时享受大自然的美妙体验,这绝对是一个绝佳机会宠坏了!
在像这家酒吧这样的开放场所禁止吸烟的效果意味着当您尝试吃酒吧提供的食物时,桌子周围会出现太多苍蝇。
我和我的妻子不抽烟,但在开放的环境中,smokke 不会打扰我们,但它确实让大部分苍蝇远离,而且我们在酒吧吃饭时通常可以忍受,但现在不行了!
如果要继续禁止在海滩酒吧等开放空间吸烟,业主需要投资一些战略性放置的电动灭蝇机——它们很容易在亚马逊上以 30 英镑到 45 英镑的价格买到我相信这会有所帮助。
同样重要的是,目前的业主需要重新评估他们这么早关闭酒吧的商业原因。当然,在暑假高峰期,营业至晚上 9:30 可以让足够多的顾客在游览海滩或傍晚抵达后留下来,然后点点心和饮料观看令人惊叹的日落。
当我们在两周的假期里确实去了酒吧大约 3 次时,在我们看来,侍应生似乎都接近或处于领取退休金的年龄。假设这是一家由极少数人经营的“边缘”企业,是否没有理由在夏季雇用一两个年轻学生来延长营业时间,这样 Es Grau Beach Bar 就可以自称是“完美地点”?