We had a booking this evening for Father's Day. When we initially arrived, drink orders were taken fairly quickly, however once the rest of our party arrived, they had to wait approx 20 minutes for a waiter to come and take their drink orders and for us to get menus, and this was only after one of us caught the attention of a waiter. The night swiftly went downhill from there. We were all seated and orders taken at 7pm, however our meals did not come out until around 8.15pm. At NO stage was the place full - there were only about 4 tables of people apart from us, the rest were empty. Wait staff very lacklustre in their attentiveness. After we finished our meals (none of which were spectacular, we expected much more given the price), we ordered desserts, which took another 30 mins to reach us. WAY overpriced and tiny portions of those. I also had to go and ask for our bill, as the waitstaff all seem to have disappeared for quite some time - I found them all in a corner, chatting amongst themselves. Our bill was astronomical - when we checked it, we found we had been overcharged and there were items on there which none of us had ordered. This was rectified with not much interest by the waitstaff. When we went to pay, my sister was asked how everything was, she commented that the bill seemed very high. The subject was swiftly changed by waitstaff and we left. My sister, having forgotten something at our table, went back in and overheard them making derogatory remarks about her enquiring about the high bill. By this stage, she was furious and just left without calling them on it.
We were semi regulars at this cafe until tonight. None of us will be returning, and we will be spreading the word as to how it has gone downhill, in quality of food, price and service. read more