RedEyes
Active Member
I've just come back from an amazing 10 days on the island, the only downside was Mambo, I used to love the place the relaxed chilled vibe, the old hammocks in the 90's etc. But how times have changed. For a number of years me and the wife go for the first sunset of each holiday and enjoy a bottle of champagne on the rocks and take in the whole vibe of Calo Des Moro enjoying the surroundings and the upbeat nature of the crowd, this year was no different, we had a great night meeting up with friends who are on the island for the season,watching the fire shows, taking in the SHM pre-party, we were ready for a great 10 days. After the pre-party ended we were chilling on the rocks a group of friends enjoying each others company having a laugh anticipating the great night to come, when all of a sudden we were showered with stale ale and broken glass as the Mambo staff cleaned up the beach/rock area in front of the steps, the was no apology when we complained about their abrasiveness, we were just called a "bunch of skanks" and told to "go and drink in a real bar not on the beach you scallies", bare in mind my wife and I are 31 and 34 respectivley and certainly not scallies. We asked to speak to the manager and were told that the person we were speaking to was the manager and had been for "13 years" woopdy ****ing doo...we were then surrounded by "security" who backed off a bit when they realised they weren't dealing with dickheads and might have had a problem on their hands had the tried anything silly. The attitude of the manageress was disgusting we explained that we had cleaned up after ourselves and even put other peoples rubbish in the bin only to abused and called "skanks" again...rather than spoil our night anymore we decided to move on.
We usually spend a number of nights of our holiday each year at Mambo and spend a large amount of money in the bar, I'm glad to say that this year I didn't spend a single penny in there.We returned on our last night to be greeted by the funniest sight of our holiday, a door/beachman telling people they couldn't drink on the rocks outside Mambo, I guess they now own the rocks? Haha. He was telling everybody who had their own carryout they had to drink it the otherside of the boardwalk Del Mar side
even going as far as to tell a group of friends who had purchased cocktails from Mambo to drimk them Del Mar side because one of their friends had a bottle Kas limon
...it was embarrassing to watch the fella telling families with children in pushchairs that they couldn't enjoy one of the great sights of the world on "Mambo's Rock's" because thay hadn't bought anything from the bar and don't get me started on the dickhead glass collector who was acting the tough guy with his new found hardman status directing people from the rocks with his new hard man Terminator sunglasses wearing mate....
I think Mambo forget that people are attracted to the area by the crowds who sit and cheer the sunsets each night outside their bar, they are not losing any money as this has gone on for as long as I can remember, their bar is full every night anyway regardless, perhaps they are getting even more greedy? I hear they had a visit from the Enviromental Police, if this is the case perhaps a few more bins and polite signs asking people to dispose of their rubbish when they are leaving is the answer not the embarrassing sunburned Terminator wannabe that thay obviously think is the answer.
R.I.P. Cafe Mambo.
We usually spend a number of nights of our holiday each year at Mambo and spend a large amount of money in the bar, I'm glad to say that this year I didn't spend a single penny in there.We returned on our last night to be greeted by the funniest sight of our holiday, a door/beachman telling people they couldn't drink on the rocks outside Mambo, I guess they now own the rocks? Haha. He was telling everybody who had their own carryout they had to drink it the otherside of the boardwalk Del Mar side
even going as far as to tell a group of friends who had purchased cocktails from Mambo to drimk them Del Mar side because one of their friends had a bottle Kas limon...it was embarrassing to watch the fella telling families with children in pushchairs that they couldn't enjoy one of the great sights of the world on "Mambo's Rock's" because thay hadn't bought anything from the bar and don't get me started on the dickhead glass collector who was acting the tough guy with his new found hardman status directing people from the rocks with his new hard man Terminator sunglasses wearing mate....I think Mambo forget that people are attracted to the area by the crowds who sit and cheer the sunsets each night outside their bar, they are not losing any money as this has gone on for as long as I can remember, their bar is full every night anyway regardless, perhaps they are getting even more greedy? I hear they had a visit from the Enviromental Police, if this is the case perhaps a few more bins and polite signs asking people to dispose of their rubbish when they are leaving is the answer not the embarrassing sunburned Terminator wannabe that thay obviously think is the answer.
R.I.P. Cafe Mambo.
in which case 'rock people' just need to be responsible and take their empties away ?
only a matter of time now before a formal complaint re rights of use of public rocks is made and this issue blows up into a full-on island ding-dong ? 
