This place has had a nice re-furb, and gives me interior decor envy whenever I visit. It's in a lovely spot in the centre of town and is particularly nice on a sunny day.
However, the service really wasn't up to much on my most recent visit. I don't want to be too harsh to them given the I was in a large group of 10 people, but I still didn't think this excused a 1hr 15min wait for main courses, particularly considering our waiter's attitude.
While he was friendly and pleasant enough, the waiter annoyed me by constantly trying to encourage me to drink, while seeming to do everything in his power to delay taking our order. He twice gave us time to 'think about it' despite us having decided before we arrived what we wanted, and left me quite hungry and grumpy in that way that only a crash of low-blood sugar will provoke. I suspect he knew there was a queue and just wanted to keep us happy, but this didn't really wash.
I was not drinking for the simple reason of wanting to 'save myself' for an evening event, but for all he knew I could have been pregnant or off the booze for some other reason. I did not appreciate the attempts to distract me from the fact that we'd waited over an hour by constant attempts at 'top ups'.
A little honesty would have gone a long way here: we have a fairly long delay in the kitchen vs. please spend an hour drinking while I put you off making your order.
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