点评:Staff friendly but really need some training. Dining room pretty empty despite insistence on pre-booking a table. No atmosphere, poorly laid out and stark lighting. Tables laid with unlit candles and redundant side plates.
We'd booked a week in advance online advising of gartlic sensitivity. Staff reacted with surprise and dismay to this, weren't sure they could accomodate it. We explained that it's not an anaphalatic shock allergy, just that including garlic in my food causes an upset stomach which I'd rather avoid, but Maitre D looked really shocked and scared at the news. Not a great start.
We were seated on one side of a round table big enough for 6 - 8. We ordered a bottle of white wine which was brought already open, and plonked on the far side of the table in a cooler - both bottle and cooler were at room temperature and we had to stand to reach the bottle - no chance to check it was what we'd ordered, no offer to taste or pour.
No bread offered. Husband's deep-fried starter was okay, as was my prawn cocktail (as expected, tasted like it came from a supermarket ready made tub), but served with a chunk of iceberg lettuce (not shredded) and no bread and butter. My main course was pretty good, panfried fillet of bream or bass (can't recall), and husband's burger was also okay - but the string fries were cold and flabby, quite inedible.
Unused side plates removed before dessert offered, and I can't remember what the desserts were like, so neither awful nor fabulous.
The next evening's meal in the bar was 100% better in every aspect. Maybe there was someone different in the kitchen, and perhaps the bar staff are more experienced than the younger people working in the restaurant.
翻译:员工很友好,但确实需要一些培训。尽管坚持要提前预订餐桌,但餐厅里却空无一人。氛围淡漠,布局简陋,灯光昏暗。桌上摆放着未点燃的蜡烛和多余的餐盘。
我们提前一周在线预订,告知我们对大蒜过敏。工作人员对此感到惊讶和沮丧,不确定他们能否满足要求。我们解释说,这不是指符类休克过敏,只是食物中加入大蒜会导致胃部不适,我宁愿避免这种过敏,但领班听到这个消息后看起来非常震惊和害怕。这可不是个好的开始。
我们坐在一张可容纳6-8人的圆桌的一侧。我们点了一瓶已经打开的白葡萄酒,酒瓶和冰箱都处于室温,我们不得不站着才能拿到酒——根本没机会确认是不是我们点的酒,也没有人让我们品尝或倒酒。
没有面包提供。老公点的炸前菜还行,我的鲜虾鸡尾酒也还行(不出所料,尝起来像是超市现成的桶装鲜虾),但配了一大块卷心莴苣(不是切丝的),而且没有面包和黄油。我的主菜还不错,煎鲷鱼片或鲈鱼片(记不清了),老公点的汉堡也还行——但薯条又冷又软,根本没法吃。
甜点上桌前,没用的小盘子被撤走了,甜点味道我记不清了,所以说不上难吃也不上品。
第二天晚上在酒吧吃的饭菜,各方面都比之前好上100%。也许是厨房换了人,又或许酒吧的员工比餐厅里的年轻人更有经验。