Hell hath no fury like a Louisiana guy getting a 2-star rating
Posted by Crocodile Bar and Cabanas on November 28, 2023, 12:14 am
Amigos!
Thanks for your support in the early part of our season and thanks to our fishermen neighbors for improving access to the south end of the beach. It’s now easy to get to Crocodile Bar and Cabanas, so come visit!
MUSIC LINEUP 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday–Billy on harmonica and Lynn on guitar make a lovely couple on and off the stage with their acoustic sound. Tuesday–Chava from Colima rocks the house with his electric guitar. Mostly classic rock, but some music in Spanish as well. Wednesday–Eduardo from Colima has his opening set for the season on Nov. 29 with plenty of ballads in Spanish and a smooth sound. Thursday–MIchel’s shoulder has healed and he will come down in a few weeks from Quebec with mostly music in English, but let’s see if we can convince him to sing in French as well. Friday–Rick croons and Paul is a wizard on the bass. Mateo remains grateful for their soothing sounds over the summer. Saturday–Christine is a one-woman show with a guitar and voice as sweet as the sunset.
FOOD LINEUP Our refrigerator nightmare–from three working units of various sizes to one small one–appears to be coming to an end. If you’re coming by for more than margaritas, feel free to call or text Mateo ahead of time if you want to know what will be on the menu any particular day while we get everything fixed.
VOTE FOR MATEO Any good politician, and even bad ones, will ask for your vote. In this case, Mateo requests an early Christmas present for Crocodile Bar and Cabanas in particular and La Manzanilla in general. Have a seat, because even a young man from South Louisiana can get hot and bothered as you’ll eventually discover.
Crocodile Bar and Cabanas has been blessed with thousands of visitors to both the bar and hotel over the last five years and many folks have made regular return trips to both the hotel and the bar over this time. I thank you for your business! Thanks to you, my daughter Carmen can pay her college expenses at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Many folks don’t realize it, but the seven hotel rooms next to the bar make up the primary business of Crocodile Bar and Cabanas. The hotel–and some cases the bar–have been blessed with good reviews on the internet, especially the all-important Google Maps. Many hotel guests have discovered the hotel from a simple search on Google or Google Maps. This discovery has been thanks in part to most of the 129 people who decided to leave a review. Mateo always appreciates 5 stars and appreciates even more people who make constructive criticism in person before rushing off to the internet. In our case, with a nice 4.8 overall rating, even receiving 4 stars can move the rating down.
Here comes the steam: One recent bar customer decided, without complaining about anything in person to Mateo, that the establishment only deserves two stars. “Limited menu. Music on Friday. Clean end of beach. Good margaritas. In afternoons has great massages in a quiet location with wind in palm trees and waves breaking on the beach.”
What the $#@$#$##@!!? At least the reviewer gave the sub-category of “location” three stars. Alas, there was no sub-category five-star ranking for “Best use of sarcasm in written form on a 1993-version internet message board”. Nor five stars for “Nicest Southern guy who doesn’t sound like a Hollywood version of a Southerner.” Nor five stars for “Biggest fan of Briitish Columbia who has never been to British Columbia.” Sigh.
Why it occurs to anyone to give a business two out of five stars without even attempting to complain about a problem remains a mystery. Especially if the only written complaint seems to be “limited menu”. Mateo gives a measly one star to the two-star review.
AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT What can you do to solve this injustice? March in the streets? Bonfire on the beach? Howl at the full moon? None of that is necessary. Just please give your favorite establishments in La Manzanilla a 5-star rating on Google Maps. If you don’t care for a particular establishment, please don’t rate it. If one of your favorite places is Crocodile Bar and Cabanas, thanks! If not, please rate the other great places in town.
HOW TO RATE ON GOOGLE MAPS Open Google Maps on either your phone or computer. Click on an establishment(s) you wish to promote with five stars. If on a computer, click “write a review.” If on your phone, first click on the last star on the right to give the business a 5-star rating before adding any optional comments.
AND THE WINNER IS…ER, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… The best 5-star review of Crocodile Bar and Cabanas, the sixth season, lighting and use of extras in a Mexican Pacific Coast fishing village, will receive two free margaritas or anything of equal value during Chava’s show on Dec. 5. Must be present to win. All sales final. No horses nor dogs were harmed in this production.
Mateo General manager Crocodile Bar and Cabanas 3328179527, Mexican cell and WhatsApp for reservations Or stop by the bar from 12 p.m.. to 8 p.m and ask for Mateo or Belen Or make your reservation as part of your 5-star review on Google Maps
Re: Hell hath no fury like a Louisiana guy getting a 2-star rating
Sorry to be the one that breaks this news…but with the large la Huerta machines back in action both of the dirt bridges to you and casa maguay will have to come out, temporarily, so that the river which is now dead and full of mosquito larvae, can drain into the bay! Don’t think we want a dengue outbreak right now…or ever!
I support the draining of the arroyo. The only time one needs to use the phrase "sorry to be the one that breaks this news" with me will be in event they are letting me know about the death, illness, etc., of a friend or relative.
If someone wishes to give me good news like the draining of the arroyo, one may start off with "Good news! The La Huerta government will finally lift a finger in La Manzanilla" or something like that.
Please understand I have zero influence in goverment matters in Mexico: I'm still waiting for my concession on my beach lot.
I hope when the machine operators drain the arroyo-they can put some kind of access the same day to the south end of the beach to replace the recent work of the fishmermen.
The La Huerta municipal president gave a presentation in March 2023 in La Manzanilla promising to replace the the dilapidated plaza/jardin in late April 2023.
In other words, I give stagnant water, mosquitoes and dengue one star.
I give the chicken mole, sopa azteca, chili, fish tacos, nachos and guacamole five stars. Don't forget to give Crocodile Bar five stars on Google Maps for a chance to win free margaritas.
Oh, dear, beloved Mateo! We all love you. There’s always someone messing up reviews! Even fake reviews are posted by people who have never been. I’ll definitely try this google thing. Meanwhile, let this guy go to Cabo or somewhere. You don’t need trouble in your paradise! See ya in January ❤️
Re: Hell hath no fury like a Louisiana guy getting a 2-star rating
Thanks for all the love! I give you and all the wonderful friends five stars. I'll give the mosquitoes in Louisiana four stars because they are seemingly dengue-free.
Re: Hell hath no fury like a Louisiana guy getting a 2-star rating
Mateo, you are the ultimate Southern host. I will be sure to write a 5-star review! I've also sent your message to my friend Shirley, who stayed with you last year and loved it!
Mateo, what I really like about the Crocodile Bar is the oceanfront tables under a nice Palapa, the really good food, the friendly waiters and the darned good live music that is good for dancin'! I think that nothing less than a "5 stars" rating goes out to the Crocodile Bar. It's casual and it's cool. It fits what La Manzanilla is,and always has been and that it's down-home, friendly, and has a warm vibe. Oh,and one more thing;it has that groovy, beach-sand dance floor that always gets filled with happy dancers that are trippin' to the live music! We'll be hanging out and probably playing there in January,no doubt about it. You got a good thing goin'. -Bon chance, mon ami!-Darzo
All the major publishers pestered me for several months before they discovered my limited-menu-dengue-infested establishment recently earned two stars. After that, they won't return my calls.
Thanks to you and everyone else for all the stars! Don't forget to spread the love to your other favorite places in town.
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Dengue was such an education.
No regrets.
Re: Hell hath no fury like a Louisiana guy getting a 2-star rating
Don't let a single two-star rating get you down. I felt the same way about my one two-star rating for my memoir, until I realized that it was posted on Amazon US, since all Canadians gave it four or five stars with kind, uplifting comments. I decided to believe that the American doesn't like my politics. You go, Mateo!
