3 Courses
The Ambrette Canterbury

The Ambrette Canterbury

14-15 Beer Cart Lane, Canterbury, CT12NY, CT1 2NY, United Kingdom

Cafés • Kebab • Mexican • Fast Food


"My wife and I booked on the Saturday Evening for 20:00 and, after reading the reviews, had high expectations. The restaurant was busy on our arrival and we were not given a choice of table but put at the back in a dark corner. I noticed another free table adjacent which was better positioned so asked to be moved and, after much checking with the manager, we were moved. The table was still not really ideal for a couple wanting to have a nice meal and conversation since it was placed right next to a table of 8 having a 30th Birthday party and being very noisy all evening. Service was, at best, mediocre and the waiter even forgot to bring a second glass of wine that I ordered mid main course. Most of the attention seemed to be on the party table and we felt quite neglected. Service was slow and our meal took a total of 2.5 hours. We didn't bother with a desert or coffee as were becoming quite exasperated at the end of the main course. Food was very good and very enjoyable but, for a bill of approx. £110 for the two for the two of us with a bottle of rose and a single extra glass of red (should have been 2 had the waiter remembered it was not worth the money. Parties and groups should be kept separate from couples wishing to dine together its common sense !! So overall, not great considering the price, location and our expectations all let down by a general management style (or lack of! also no phone signal in the location and no wiFi available so like being in the dark ages. One positive, besides the food was the two musicians playing the piano and violin which, we were occasionally able to hear over the raucous noise from the group on the adjacent table."

Tummies Restaurant

Tummies Restaurant

5 Station Road Cippenham Slough, Berkshire SL1 6JJ, SL1 5QL, United Kingdom

Bars • Cafés • Steak • French


"I used to love this restaurant. I loved their Brie and bacon panini and their English breakfast, plus a whole host of other dishes. The last three times I pre-orders either a panini it was awful. They were on inferior panini bread, there was hardly any Brie in it and it was packed with too much bacon. I tried to order that again and it was just as poor. I waited half an hour for it, when thought I pre-ordered it and it was stone cold. I then tried a breakfast sandwich with scrambled eggs instead of fried for a takeaway. I pre-ordered it and I again had to wait for Hal an hour for it to appear. I was given two slices of bread and all the elements for the sandwich were given to me in a plastic box. I had to assemble it myself when I got home. The quality of each individual element was awful too. The bacon was very fatty and extremely salty, the sausages were cheap nasty thin frozen ones and the eggs were over cooked. They used to serve their breakfasts with lovely fat sausages and good quality bacon and their scrambled eggs were never over cooked. It’s a crying shame because this was a great restaurant with a solid trade from the trading estate during the week and locals in the evening and weekends. I cannot see that continuing now. It’s changed hands a few times and I guess if people are not working from offices anymore then it cannot live up to it’s former glory."

The Bull at Blackmore End

The Bull at Blackmore End

The Bull at Blackmore End Braintree, Essex CM7 4DD, United Kingdom

Beer • Pubs • English • American


"Disappointing experience! Invited friends there who had not been before wanted them to like it, BUT ... On the menu was Cromer Crab on main menu at £13.95, but a special on the night at much less. Also chilli crab cakes as a special . The two ladies ordered the dressed crab salad. When servered, the crab meat was BLACK, smelled decidedly off and tasted foul! The new potatoes were cold. No self respecting chef would have served the dish in this condition! The waitress kindly offered to exchange the two crab dishes for some other dish, thereby delaying the whole meal for the four of us. We were told the cost of the two crab salads would be taken off our bill really! Admittedly, the replacement steak was good but my wife 's replacement fish and chips was poor. Again, the fish was not fresh and was undercooked no doubt in haste! The chips were cold and tasted stale (as did mine with the Bull burger)! Our bill was approx £100 a significant amount for a disappointing eating experience. On the positive side, the place itself is lovely and the staff very helpful with good service. We suspect that the crab, and fish, had been in stock for some while and was being off loaded as specials , the chilli in the crab cake there to mask the off taste. This is dangerous practice with crab in particular. The problem is probably in the kitchen and needs addressing urgently."