点评:I visited Francos for a very special 90th birthday celebration for my mother. I had been there several times over the past years and always enjoyed exceptional food and service but this was my first time under new ownership. I could not have been more disappointed. Firstly, the restaurant was very cold and had no ambience whatsoever. I always had a Bellini before lunch in the past - this was now unavailable. The waitress was sadly lacking in experience. She didn’t know what the soup of the day was. At what is supposed to be the foremost quality restaurant in Clacton, I don’t expect myself and female guests of senior ages to be addressed as ‘darling’ or ‘guys’. The service was extremely slow even though only there was only one table of two diners apart from us. Only 50% of their main courses available even though it was their first day open for the week so you’d expect they’d have already had a delivery of provisions to start the weeks catering.
We all ordered lamb shank. Only then to be told they only had one portion. Which they then overcooked. I decided on the liver - which was extremely overcooked and inedible. I had pre ordered a small birthday cake. I was shocked when this arrived and it was shop bought from Morrisons. And to add insult to injury, I was even charged for it! Had it been home made, I wouldn’t have minded a small charge but in any case, I should have been notified in advance that the cake was to be shop bought and I would be charged. In which case, I would have declined in favour of home made desserts. On the plus side and to be fair in this review, I was not charged for the liver and the table had been decorated with birthday balloons, banner and stars. Overall, unfortunately Francos is now in my top 10 of worst restaurant experiences and I will never return.
翻译:我去 Francos 餐厅庆祝我母亲的 90 岁生日,非常特别。过去几年我去过那里好几次,每次都能享受到优质的食物和服务,但这是我第一次在新老板的领导下光临。我非常失望。首先,餐厅非常冷,没有任何氛围。过去我总是在午餐前喝一杯贝里尼鸡尾酒——现在没有了。女服务员经验不足,令人遗憾。她不知道当天的汤是什么。在这家应该是 Clacton 最优质的餐厅,我不希望自己和年长的女性客人被称作“亲爱的”或“伙计们”。服务非常慢,尽管除了我们之外,只有一张桌子,只有两位用餐者。虽然这是他们本周第一天开业,但主菜只有 50%,所以你会认为他们已经送来了一批食物,可以开始本周的餐饮服务。
我们都点了羊腿。然后才被告知他们只有一份。然后他们把蛋糕烤得太熟了。我决定点肝——但肝烤得太熟了,不能吃。我预订了一个小生日蛋糕。当蛋糕送到时我感到很震惊,它是从 Morrisons 商店买来的。更糟糕的是,我甚至还要为此付费!如果是自制的,我不会介意多收一点钱,但无论如何,我应该提前得到通知,蛋糕是从商店买的,需要付费。在这种情况下,我会拒绝这份菜单,而选择自制的甜点。从好的方面来说,公平地说,我没有花钱买肝,桌子上装饰着生日气球、横幅和星星。总的来说,不幸的是,Francos 现在是我最糟糕的 10 家餐厅之一,我再也不会来了。