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Brasserie At The Royal King's Arms

Brasserie At The Royal King's Arms

United Kingdom, LA1 1JG, Lancaster

Wine • Full • Steak • English


"The Brasserie is a lovely decorated restaurant that played smooth jazz throughout our visit. As a birthday meal out, we were excited to try somewhere new in town. The first waiter was prompt at taking our drinks order, but barely apologised at the lack of gas (so no draught ales) and didn 't know too much about the bottled beers. Two couples order the charcuterie boards. The ciabatta bread was toasted and sharp, so it didn 't make for a pleasant bite. It snapped rather than crunched... And the rocket wasn 't dressed, so we were eating dry leaves. After this, the second waiter came to apologise that there wasn 't any creamy polenta to accompany the main, wild mushroom ragu, so he offered mashed potato or rice. When this meal turned up, there wasn 't any of the vegan cheese or rocket, which was also supposed to accompany the meal. What a waste of money, knowing that vegan cheese can be fairly costly. Nobody came to ask the party if the food was alright. We weren 't seen to for a good 30 minutes, despite being the only people in the restaurant. As well as the ragu, the steak dishes were underwhelming as well, even these salads weren 't dressed. Dry leaves make for a sad meal. We are sorely disappointed as we were really looking forward to the food here. The waiting staff were pleasant but didn 't have the experience or training that they really needed. A memorable moment: What 's the cheesecake of the day? Oh, it 's JUST the new york cheesecake. Just vanilla. Don 't undersell your food! Just vanilla is still great!"

The Potting Shed Cafe

The Potting Shed Cafe

Bay View Garden Centre, Mill Lane, LA5 8ET, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Tea • Cafe • Lunch • British


"This is the 3rd time I 've visited. After today, its likely to be the last. We waited to be seated longer than I would have expected in light of how quiet the place was. So much so that other people started to Q behind us, creating a bottleneck with people leaving. On being seated, we waited again excessive time to be served. When we were eventually served, we ordered tea for both of us and cake. The tea came quickly. But unfortunately, the cakes appeared to have gone AWOL. We waited. And waited. I finished my first cup of tea. We waited. I eventually asked where the cakes were. They eventually arrived. If my vanilla slice was fresh, I 'm a Dutch man. The pastry was soggy, and the custard a nondescript block of tasteless nothingness. By this point, I 'd lost the will to live when a member of staff who was the host at the door, decided to stand in front of our table and stretch, displaying to the whole restaurant that he was wearing blue Calvin Klein boxers. Getting more and more exasperated by this badly managed cabaret, I asked for the bill. We had been told that as we arrived at 2.20pm we wouldn 't qualify for the £5 cake and cuppa offer, which I was quite happy to accept. In light of the fact our cakes were so late, I thought this may have been overlooked, but alas not. £13 for poor service, and at best mediocre cakes. I 'd hate to see how they cope when it 's busy. Won 't be back."