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Sometimes a dish just sings on the plate! This one

Sometimes a dish just sings on the plate! This one so much so it almost makes you want to dance (maybe that’s just us😂)! John Dory with clam chowder- Friday night Special🌟🎶🐟
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#themooringsjersey #goreypier #fishspecial #johndory #bythesea #jersey #visitjersey

As we head towards our second season, our opening

As we head towards our second season, our opening hours continue to extend! ⏰ Whilst the café is now open seven days a week, the bar is also stretching into the evenings every day, with the addition of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights! Come May, the restaurant too will stretch itself right onto the tips of its tippy toes- opening both Sunday and Monday evenings (Tuesday being the only night it’s closed!) and bookings are open already🌟
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#themooringsjersey #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey #jerseyrestaurant #summernights #summerseason #hospitality

Well today is definitely a day for champagne!🥂

Well today is definitely a day for champagne!🥂 a listing in the @michelinguide🌟
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#themooringsjersey #michelinguide #restaurant #bistro #familybusiness #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey

Knekkebrød🌟 Since we opened it’s been a Moor

Knekkebrød🌟 Since we opened it’s been a Moorings favourite! It’s a Scandinavian staple and literally translates to ‘cracking bread’! Eaten as an alternative to bread, full of seeds and goodness for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Delicious with cheese, pâté or just plain simple butter!
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#themooringsjersey #goreypier #scandinavian #scandi #knekkebrød #jersey #visitjersey

To all the women who make our business across all

To all the women who make our business across all areas and all levels, Thank You- for being you, for being here (whatever your reason), for choosing our business, for choosing us🌟 What strikes me, time and time again though on International Women’s Day is the constant reference to ‘strong’. Of course we are strong, just like men can be strong, but it’s actually the qualities that enable us to feel weakness, or perceived weakness, to acknowledge and celebrate emotion in business, in teams, in human relations that often gives women strength in business. It’s changing the conversation and the landscape of business. Alpha male is no longer something to aspire to in a leader. Alpha male is only half a person, half a leader, half an inspiration. In today’s world that’s a huge part of why female qualities are entering and gaining ground in every workplace, every government, every area of leadership. And that’s not because we are all strong- it’s because we have the ability to acknowledge and connect with the wider elements of being human. It’s our innate ability to ‘feel’ openly that actually gives us the strength to be US in business- in turn giving men the ability to be more ‘them’ too…💪
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#themooringsjersey #internationalwomensday #femaleleadership #inspire #support #grow

Breaking news❗️From next week (27/28th Feb) th

Breaking news❗️From next week (27/28th Feb) the café, bar and terrace will be open seven days a week! Mondays and Tuesdays we’ll be serving breakfast and lunch- so you can now have a Moorings breakfast or lunch every day if you want to😊 Breakfast 9-11am, lunch 12-2.30! Walk-ins only! Yay!👏
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#themooringsjersey #openinghours #breakast #lunch #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey

We don’t share our reviews enough… certainly n

We don’t share our reviews enough… certainly not in terms of full blown posts, but this one- well, we just couldn’t help ourselves😉💕 It’s a tough gig, hospitality- but feedback like this makes the path, even the one not yet trodden, soft and fluffy. The ultimate reward every time is hearing people describe The Moorings in the way we always envisaged it and with the words we ourselves used as we built our dream from a tiny seed. That’s magic🌟🙏
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#themooringsjersey #review #familybusiness #staycation #weekendbreak #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey

A quick wave from us! 👋Currently on a little ha

A quick wave from us! 👋Currently on a little half term break with the kids- leaving our wonderful team to run things all by themselves for the first time in the 18 months we’ve been operational! A big moment in business, but also a moment of reflection on the human scale. The landing beaches of Normandy are something else… and right on our doorstep! Perfect stop off for anyone travelling through Europe to get to us!🌟
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#themooringsjersey #jersey #visitjersey #normandy #normandie #worldwar2 #dday #veterans #pegasusbridge

Today was a great day- by all accounts. The sun sh

Today was a great day- by all accounts. The sun shone, people were happy, they ate, drank and were merry. But- and there was only ONE but for me today, and that hung over me for the majority of what should have been an exceptional day. One table of three women for breakfast. One bill for £38.20, ended up being one of my worst experiences in hospitality to date. I’d taken an incorrect payment so their order had disappeared off the till. For five minutes we tried to correct it then realised we couldn’t. I went to the table, apologised, explained and asked them to recite their order so I could create a new bill. That was met with a complaint over the fact they’d already sat there freezing for ten minutes as the door was open. The terrace was full, people were sitting outside enjoying the sunshine! And she’d not asked anyone to close the door. I inputted their order again, and asked how they wanted to split it. They wanted to pay cash. We don’t take cash. For many reasons. More rolling of eyes, huffing and puffing with reference to- ‘well everyone else seems to manage it’- that was not just a reference to the cash payment, it was a reflection of her overall experience and a direct message for me about how she felt about me. Two part payments later, and they walk out with the ‘pack leader’ loudly exclaiming- ‘well, you’re not going to get repeat custom like that are you!’ It was only on my way home in the car 5 hours later I realised what I should have done- I should have just cancelled the bill, told them it’s actually not worth the trouble, that I didn’t want their money and ask them not to come back. We don’t live in a world anymore where ‘the customer is always right’. We live in a world where humanity and kindness counts, and where rudeness, and bullying has absolutely no place at all. So I’ve learnt my lesson today. Sometimes custom quite simply isn’t worth it. Sometimes zeroing a bill and taking the hit financially is much better than being hit emotionally the way I was today. Every day is a school day…and we are so, so proud of every member of our team who has chosen to do their best for us every single day❤️ #hospitality #customerservice

Oyster lover?💕 Introducing: The Moorings Oyster

Oyster lover?💕 Introducing: The Moorings Oyster Happy Hour! 🦪 Between 5 and 6pm Wednesday to Sunday you can have an oyster for a £1 a pop with any drink! 🥂 Straight out of the sea- shucked and served on a bed of ice with shallot vinaigrette and lemon- life doesn’t get fresher than that 💦 🌟
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#themooringsjersey #oysters #oysterhappyhour #bythesea #seasidehotel #weekendaway #jersey #visitjersey #laurentperrier #romance #seafoodlovers

Room 4 is a favourite of ours as well as guests. I

Room 4 is a favourite of ours as well as guests. It’s called a ‘Small Harbour Double w balcony’, not because the room is small- but the bed is cosy! Some mind it, others don’t- quite the contrary! It’s a simple double- perfect for snugglers (Valentine’s??) or luxurious for one! For those who like to make snow angels in bed- we have another four King Size beds and four Superkings available too. Not to forget 3 single rooms as well. Something for everyone!🌟
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#themooringsjersey #cosy #weekendaway #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey @collectiviste

OMG… Chilli fried egg, halloumi, onion & tamarin

OMG… Chilli fried egg, halloumi, onion & tamarind chutney with lambs lettuce on a pretzel roll. New veggie breakfast… rockin’ into 2023…just saying! Oh and breakfast is served in the café Wednesday to Sunday 9-11🌟
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#themooringsjersey #breakfast #veggiebreakfast #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey

For many Jersey is a bit of an anomaly…⁉️It’s true we are closer to France than we are to England (just 23km from the coast of Normandy). Yet as a Crown Dependency (but without being part of the United Kingdom) the island is loyal to the English Crown 👑 🇬🇧It has its own self-governing parliament, with its own financial and legal system. The £ is our main currency, we drive on the left and speak English. But the closeness to France and the historical bond is visible across the island. And that’s because Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy until its Duke, William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066, retaining it as part of his Norman possessions until Normandy (but not Jersey!) was eventually returned to the French King in 1204 (although the Duchy remained disputed territory until 1259 when the English eventually surrendered their claim to it)🇫🇷 Whilst Jersey remained in the possession of the English Crown it was never incorporated into England. It was during this latter period that Mont Orgueil was built as a defence post against the French and it remained so for over 400 years, when Elizabeth Castle eventually came to supersede it 🏰 Even then it continued to be used as the island’s only prison until the 17th century when another was built in the capital. And we, well we sit right at the foot of that castle and all those centuries of history. That’s quite something…when you think of it🌟
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#themooringsjersey #goreypier #montorgueil #jersey #history #heritage #visitjersey @visitjerseyci @jerseyheritage @sawdaystravel @mrandmrssmith @themooringsjersey

We’ve had a wonderful Christmas followed by a fa

We’ve had a wonderful Christmas followed by a fabulous week in London! Ready for the return and getting back to work on Friday. Excited to see all our team and all of you at the weekend!😊 Our highlight food wise was @fischerslondon where we started and finished the week!🌟
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#themooringsjersey #familybusiness #family #christmas #hospitality #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the ha

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the hardest and most rewarding year of our lives❤️ Here’s to a wonderful 2023 and lots more happy times spent together!🙏

Christmas Eve is the big one in Scandinavia. But C

Christmas Eve is the big one in Scandinavia. But Christmas Eve for us is also a particularly big one because we made it our wedding day 💍Ten years ago today we became the first in Jersey to marry on Christmas Eve… 🎄 in Matthew’s childhood home, with just our families around us. For me that meant three people in attendance plus Florence, who was ten months old and farted loudly mid-service (!). For Matthew it was Jasper and Oscar, his best ‘boys’ (they were MUCH smaller!) and the rest of his core family of 30 (all much better behaved!). I started the day with a perfectly regular blow dry, whilst Matthew sorted food and wine with the boys. The hairdresser nearly collapsed when she asked if I had a party to go to and I told her I was actually getting married four hours later. Not a regular occurrence it appears! I did my own make up…. 💄 There was no fuss, only love. And just one focus- to get married 👰‍♀️ And we did- 10 years ago today💕
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#themooringsjersey #anniversary #weddingday #weddingphoto #love #family #hope #dreams

It’s been a somber and shocking December in Jers

It’s been a somber and shocking December in Jersey so far…we try to treasure the everyday, not to sweat the small stuff… but then something happens that makes it all really hit home. Today we had a table in for lunch, they pointed out it was booked in the name of one of the people who died in the Haut du Mont explosion last week. They decided to come anyway- and enjoy their Christmas get together, as he had intended. Life continues… We see so many people. And sometimes it’s clearer than ever that every single person is just that, a person with a story and a life and a family, people who care about them. And when you start to think of it like that you realise also the reach of what we do. The impact of the memories people make with us, but also how quickly one such memory can become the last. That’s also happened in the last ten days. As sobering as today was, and the last week has been, the sun shone, it looked like summer, people sat on the terrace again, and the kids broke up for Christmas. It was a good day- one of ‘those’ days you know. And that’s just it isn’t it- life is in the little things- in the every day- the bits we take for granted… Enjoy your weekend everyone, do something to make you happy, and something to make someone else happy- because it’s so simple and it means so much! Carpe Diem❤️
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Well you guys… as of this afternoon our little G

Well you guys… as of this afternoon our little Gorey Belle is featured as a special place to stay on @sawdaystravel 🌟 Sawday’s is the source of so many happy holidays for us, having found both the wonderful Bastide Oleander and @truffesdelafuye through them. “Life’s too short for ordinary” they say. Isn’t it just??! Their mission is “to bring together people and places of spirit and character for meaningful experiences”. We couldn’t have put it better ourselves. Sawday’s properties have inspired us hugely on our journey, and to now be one of them is just…well, totally out of the ordinary!!! Cheers all🥂
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#themooringsjersey #sawdays #sawdaystravel #sawdaysspecialplaces #dreambig #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey

Running a hospitality business in winter is a real

Running a hospitality business in winter is a really strange, paranoid, stressful and wonderful experience. You go from being so rushed off your feet and overwhelmed with people May, June, July, August and September when you almost forget everything you know about customer service because you’re just trying to get through making the drinks you’ve got on order or even just getting that order in the till before your brain combusts… 🤯 to October, when you wonder where the hell everyone went, and then November which is even more dire than October and you start planning your exit strategy… which quite frankly isn’t an option of course. Then you decide to go hell for leather into what you promised you’d never do, (EVER!!) planning events like crazy (we don’t do events, right!!) and trying to work out how the hell you’re going to get through next winter, because NEXT winter, you re going to be ahead of the game- you’re going to have a whole schedule of Moorings events to boost to prove October and November WRONG of course… 👊 And then you move slowly into December and start wondering how the hell you’re going to manage that because until then your main priority was cutting staff down to the bare minimum….😱 and you start realising that actually you’re going to need a fair few people after all!!! And so the cycle continues. But then you have moments like we mostly have on Sundays, when we get to the end of the week and the restaurant is buzzing with people and all the atmosphere we always envisaged, fire burning, where we are so proud of this place we could burst because people are having happy times…but it’s not easy. Hospitality businesses deserve all the support you can give them in winter❄️ Going out doesn’t have to break the bank! But you coming for dinner on a Wednesday or Thursday night will inspire a whole load of people who give their absolute all in summer to stick with the industry in winter too. So, CONSCIOUS hospitality, is one of my biggest takeaways (excuse the pun!!) from the last year. It’s definitely shown me and given me a different appreciation for an area of our economy that most of us take for granted🌟

If ever you have a dinner booking in the winter mo

If ever you have a dinner booking in the winter months and spontaneously feel like making a night of it, don’t be shy to give us a call on 01534 853633 for last minute rates- or even ask us on the night☎️ If we do have availability we’ll always do our best to help create a night to remember so you can really treat that someone special in your life!💕
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#themooringsjersey #goreypier #jersey #visitjersey #staycation #makingmemories #overnightstay #weekendbreak

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