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491 Opinions in 2 websites
Went for a casual lunch after walking the dog, having moved to the area recently. We went in expecting to just have nibbles, but the menu sounded great so we decided to splash out a bit. What we received was very disappointing and definitely not worth what we paid for it. Service at the bar was very unfriendly to the point we felt the staff would have preferred us not to be there. Starters weren't bad, I had the chorizo scotch egg which tasted nice, even if the egg yolk was a bit gelatinous. My wife had the croquettes which were also tasty but a very small portion. Main course was very poor. I got the Pollo picante, which is advertised as half a chicken in a spicy marinade. The chicken was dry and the marinade was very bland - what flavour it did have was not spicy and not even very pleasant. The amount of chicken provided was also not great - half a chicken suggests at least two very large chunks of chicken, what I received were two meagre breasts which had dried out under the grill. The chips were also poor - they had an unpleasant floury aftertaste and weren't very crispy- I'd expect better in a pub geared towards food. My wife had the pasta calabrese al forno, which was also somewhat dry and the sauce tasted burnt. It had only a small amount of chicken and practically no chorizo. We had thought about pudding but decided not to in the end. We live locally and had thought this might be a good place to come with friends and family but might not bother, given the overpriced and mediocre food and unfriendly service.
66 Opinions in 1 websites
This restaurant is part of a family garden centre,visit most weeks with my mother and have always had good food,the staff are friendly and the meal is reasonably priced.As well as the main restaurant area there is a conservatory area which has been upgraded with a new roof (could now do with window blinds),relaxing atmosphere.
4 Opinions in 1 websites
I had previously visited this shop for years when it was Baskin Robbins.It was always serviced by warm friendly staff as other reviews allude to. After the covid 19 lockdown it reopened a few weeks ago under a new name and my children were asking me to get takeaway items ever since so today we headed out I visited today Saturday at 5.30pm. The shops presentation and menu looked fantastic.the shop was clean...in the short time we had to view the ice cream it looked fantastic. However all that counts for nothing when you have a thoroughly rude and uncivilised staff member with no manners working behind the counter. For the sake of management I refer them to the cctv which will show a thin male in his 40s with glasses and receded hair as whom I refer to. I had taken my son in at 5.30 pm .The aforementioned staff member asked for our order.My 14 year old son tried to give it several times over the blaring too loud radio but the staff member couldnt understand. So to politely help I tried to give the staff member the order but was abrupty cut off mid speech with a bark of "sssshhh hes telling me one at a time" .He turned around to make my sons milkshake order with his back turned to us but shouted out " anything else" without facing us....I began to give the remaining order consisting of 2 more milkshakes and firstly 3 ice cream orders , to which he barked out "Which flavour" ..i began to now give the in fact 2 flavours per person when he cut me off before i had given them ...he abruptly shouted back the wrong order.I smiled and tried to correct him but he was very impatient and was getting angry (!)..I said "Excuse me sir I"m trying to give a simple order and you keep cutting me off"....he truculently barked back "Well i can ask you 2 things at once if you cant answer not my problem" .I was flabbergasted at this individual's attitude. I calmly replied " Sir i"ve come here to buy ice cream and you are a very rude person so we will shop elsewhere" . As I left like a hooligan he bellowed out for me to pay for a milkshake he hadnt even given us. Am utterly classless individual and we wont ve shopping here again. I am a local school teacher and frankly I wouldnt expect this behaviour from a petulant child. this man behaved like a hooligan in front of me and my son and other customers. Management should look at employing someone with vestiges of civility capable of serving the public. We shall not be returning until...no doubt this idiot runs the business into the ground and new management take over.
25 Opinions in 1 websites
The person on the counter who served me barely spoke English it was heard work trying to explain what dip I wanted until I got the menu & pointed to the ine I wanted. The also don't accept cash which I think is outrageous! I only had cash on me but luckily I had my bank card stored to my phone digitally.