点评:Lovely setting, but the menu remains a work of fiction
We’ve now visited Double Locks twice, so we’ve given it a fair chance. The setting beside the water is lovely. Unfortunately, the service has struggled to keep up with the view.
On our first visit, the food was poor, the queue for the bar was long, and the wait for food was longer. What arrived differed from the menu, but when we asked about it, the staff didn’t seem to understand why that mattered. The manager, a miniature George Michael lookalike, was rude and confrontational. We were hoping for a bit of Careless Whisper; instead, we got careless customer service.
We gave it another go as a family. This time, the roasts were actually quite good. Getting drinks still meant joining a long bar queue, as we couldn’t order them through the app. Then dessert arrived looking different from both the menu description and the same dessert we’d had on our previous visit. Once again, staff seemed uninterested when we raised it. At this point, ordering feels a bit like a lucky dip.
Double Locks has a setting that will keep people coming back, and the roasts show the kitchen can get things right. It’s a shame the slow service, inconsistent food and dismissive response to reasonable questions let it down. Perhaps being so busy has made management a little too relaxed about fixing the basics.
翻译:环境宜人,但菜单内容纯属虚构
我们已经两次光顾Double Locks了,所以给了它足够的机会。临水而建的环境确实很不错。可惜的是,服务水平却远远配不上这般美景。
第一次去的时候,食物质量糟糕,吧台前排着长队,等上菜的时间则更久。上桌的菜品与菜单上描述的不符,可当我们询问时,工作人员似乎并不明白这有什么关系。经理……那个长得像乔治·迈克尔的“迷你版”,态度粗鲁且极具挑衅性。我们原本期望能听到《Careless Whisper》这样的曲子;结果却只得到了敷衍了事的客户服务。
后来我们全家又去了一趟。这次,烤制的食物其实相当不错。不过要买饮料的话还是得排很长的队,因为我们无法通过应用程序下单。至于甜点,上来的样子既与菜单上的描述不符,也和我们上次光临时吃的同一种甜点不一样。又一次如此。当我们提出问题时,工作人员似乎漠不关心。在这种情况下,点餐就像是在碰运气一样。
Double Locks拥有能吸引顾客反复光顾的独特氛围,其烘焙食品也显示出厨房确实具备出色的烹饪水准。可惜的是,服务迟缓、菜品质量不稳定,以及对合理的询问置若罔闻的态度,都大大影响了其口碑。或许因为生意过于红火,管理层在完善基础服务方面便有些掉以轻心了。