Visited 14/4/17
Food Standards rating: 5/5.
I found it odd that there were waiters, and we had to collate what we wanted to drink and eat, go to the till and order and pay. What did this mean? It meant we didn't bother with any sweets, we could be bothered. Given the prices, well..... It was a bit of a shock. The bill says: "Service not Included". What service? Just bringing the drinks and food to the table!
The staff are great. They brought water to the table in what look like an old style milk bottle. It wasn't chilled but had lemon & lime slices.
The music is too loud for a person wearing two hearing aids (like me). They enhance the sound of the music, but make it impossible to hear people speaking. They offered to turn the volume down, but the result wasn't much better. I left them a leaflet as produced by: Action on Hearing Loss.
I had to switch the hearing aids off
Drinks:
3 x Diet Cokes = £7.80
Large Pinot Grigio = £5.95
2 x 330ml bottles of San Miguel = £7.90
Total = £21.65
Now to the food. I'm not going to list everyone's here. There were 6 of us.
I chose the Major Tom, but without cheese £10.95 and then the fries were extra at £3.30 (PLENTY.....But too skinny for me. I wish I'd known..... If you do go, for the first time, do check the fries out first.)
30 day dry-aged steak patty, crispy bacon, dill pickle. As with the other cheese I declined the blue cheese slaw too. I can't eat cheese.
I have no idea if the steak was 30 day's old, but I had it medium, and the inside didn't give me that impression. What I do know is that it was quite thin. It looked a sorry sight on the plate. It was pointless complaining. As I presume it is what it is..... It could have been a standard Big Mac for all I knew, and wasn't worth £10.95. Quite honestly, I felt ripped off.
I've had better at a local pub serving a Wagu beef burger, thicker, and tastier, OK £3 more, but I enjoyed.
I'm afraid the leading up hype was a disappointment.
Fortunately my wife had got a Brindley Place discount card, which meant 15% was taken off the food bill. Original total for food and drink: £101.50, after discount £89.61.
However, I won't be returning to this chain again. read more