Quesada Country Club

We thought we would have a change of venue last night so we went to the Quesada Country Club. I had already phoned up to see who would be entertaining and it was Ricky Powel.

Anyway we arrived - in the pouring rain. Walked into the Venue - very nicely presented - nice tables and comfy expensive looking chairs, Christmas decorations, twinkly lights - nice surroundings.
We had a lovely meal at a reasonable price, except the bottle of wine which our friends bought which was 7.50 euros - which is much more expensive than usually paid !

For most of the evening there were only Ian and myself and our 2 friends, plus another couple on another table. What a shame that was. A few people drifted in at about 9.30 but there was no atmosphere whatsoever. The total in the room all evening was 12 and the majority of these did not have a meal.

After my meal, as usual, I went up to order a coffee only to be told by the miserable owners that the machine had been switched off. I asked them to switch it back on as we would all like a coffee. No, when the main restaurant closes - which I might add nobody had been in there all night - the coffee machine is switched off. I was told that was their policy. In no uncertain terms I told him that it was a bloody stupid policy. Most people enjoy a cup of coffee after finishing their meal don't they? The gentleman owner was more interested in reading his newspaper than being pleasant to the few customers that they had in their establishment - people like that do not deserve to do well with their business when they just cannot be bothered. After all he could even have made our coffee's by boiling the kettle couldn't he, but he just didn't care? We would actually have taken large parties there in the future, but we will not bother now with his attitude !! In future we will go to places where we get a nice warm welcome by owners/staff that are pleasant to us.

I must add that Ricky Powel was truly Excellent. We had seen him many many years ago and liked him then. Although it must have been very sole destroying for Ricky he put a really brilliant show on all the evening. Ricky only had a couple of very short breaks during the evening. He was very concerned that he would not get paid if he was even slightly late returning back to stage. We would most certainly go and see Ricky Powel again, especially if he is in the La Marina area.
SO, any of you bar/restaurant Owners up here on the urb looking for a brilliant singer/entertainer contact Ricky - Very Professional with such a beautiful voice !!