AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!
This place has absolutely ZERO redeeming qualities...
I trotted here for a quick bite mid-afternoon, hoping to get a quick fill in my belly before heading back to work... Plonked myself down and for what seemed like an age, the waitress finally comes over and takes my order. Absolutely no sign of enthusiasm or even a hint of a smile.... Fine by me, I'm ravenous, and I'm *ahem* far too engrossed with my work to even notice...
The plate arrives - 3-4 chicken wings, split at the joint into 2 pieces each (meaning 8 pieces in total). It sits on the pitta bread and the pathetic looking salad is placed on the side. The chicken is dry dry dry (needs some bicarb to soften it), and salad mostly consisted of wilted iceberg lettuce (that is brown on the edges), a few small chunks of tomatoes (for colour, I presume), and drenched in some kind of vinegarette.
It didn't look too appetising, but I must admit, marginally edible, so in response to my grumbling tum I proceeded to wolf it down...
here comes the bad bit....
Bad Bit Part 1...
THERE WAS BLOOD - THAT WAS STILL DRIPPING - IN MY CHICKEN!!
At first, I wasn't too sure if it was the ketchup, but then I remembered, I didn't order any ketchup. So just to double-check, I pressed my fork on the half eaten chicken and saw the blood oozing out of the chicken...
Bad Bit Part 2....
I beckoned the waiter to come over - and pointed out the blood in my chicken. He then YELLED at me "YOU FINISHED YOUR MEAL AND NOW YOU TELL ME THERE'S BLOOD IN THE CHICKEN?!" (no lie). I was completely shocked and mortified that someone would accuse me of trying to cheat them out of a £7 meal.
Rule No 1: If you serve undercooked food to your customers (that shouldn't in any circumstances be undercooked, such as chicken) you run the risk of being sued should the customer falls ill. Accidents do happen, and if an accident did happen, a simple apology would suffice. But for a 6 ft tall man to act aggressively towards a 5 ft 2" woman after you had given chicken with blood in, and to then accuse her of trying to cheat you out of a £7 meal is just NOT on!!!!
Bad Bit Part 3...
After the episode, the original waitress appeared and said "sometimes it can happen". Okaaay.... So sometimes you get chicken with blood in.... how about cooking the chicken on a LOW heat over a longer period of time, so you don't have to worry about burning the outside, yet ensuring the inside is cooked??
I just didn't fancy hanging around as the waiter's reaction had left a really bad taste in my mouth, and I just wanted to get the hell out of there....
After the incident, I could NOT believe that they didn't even have the decency to offer me a discount on the meal and charged me full price!! Sure, even with a hefty discount, it would make minimal difference on a £7 meal, but the audacity to charge full price when you could have potentially poisoned someone is beyond a joke. read more