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The Orange Public House Victoria

The Orange Public House Victoria

37-39 Pimlico Road, London, United Kingdom

Wine • Full • British • Ice Cream


"4 courses taking nearly 4 hours, sub-standard food as well as the establishment thinking they can charge £150 per person. We arrived just after 12 and were sat in a room that ultimately would contain around 34 persons. Not too much of a challenge one might think Bringing out the bread for the table (with some very nice vol-au-vents) took around 15 minutes. And then we waited for our starters, and waited until around 1pm. Whilst the starters were to an acceptable standard then the long wait began. It was not just us but the whole room. Eventually the main course arrived at around 2.45. Now I do not mind taking a long lunch but this was ridiculous. However, having flown half way around the world for a traditional Xmas lunch whilst in UK the quality of the food was worse than one can do at home. The turkey was not even carved from the bird, it was one of those roll things that is bought in supermarkets and had obviously been frozen as it was soo dry. Likewise the stuffing. The gravy was thin and watery and obviously not made with the cooking juice run-off. The roast potatoes were over par-boiled and under roasted. The Brussels had not been sliced at the base and as such the stems were underdone. I even had to ask the waiter for cranberry sauce (twice). The only redeeming feature was the quantity but the dryness of it all almost caused me to gag. It was also obvious that all tables were similarly suffering and one table left early after a contretemps with the staff. Then there was the appalling service. The 2 male waiters were straight out of an episode of 'Fawlty Towers '. When the coffee came and my wife asked for sugar I had to go to the servers to get him to bring….. and then did not even think to offer a teaspoon. When I asked them to remove a 4 foot cobweb hanging from the upper wall light they looked at me as if they did not know what I was talking about. After having tried to hurry along the deserts and coffee it was almost 4 hours before we could leave."

The Cavaliere

The Cavaliere

124 High Street Dalkeith, Midlothian EH22 1AU, United Kingdom

Pizza • Cafés • Asiatic • European


"1st time here as was given a voucher by family who use this place regularly. Lovely place and very snug but comfortable inside if a little loud. It was my wife and I and our 3yr and 6 Yr old granddaughters. Starters came out and they were lovely. Very tasty and fresh. (I had prawn cocktail, wife had haggis and whisky sauce and the girls had garlic bread all lovely! . Then it was like we were forgotten about and when the mains finally came out I was a bit disappointed. The girls both had a simple 7 pizza both were burnt .... one worse than the other. I had the chicken breast with haggis and whisky sauce before I even touched the haggis all I could taste on the potatoes and veg was pepper whether a pepper sauce was used accidentally or that's how it normally tastes, I dont know. (They tried to tell me it was the haggis that was peppery and it was normal but I hadn't touched the haggis yet tried my wife's starter and that was lovely . Her steak was spot on (hard to mess up but she enjoyed that. Myself and the girls didn't eat much and to their credit they removed the items from the bill which was appreciated. The main insult was when the waiter just handed my card and receipt back without even looking at me or acknowledging my thank you and simply marched away. Like I said was a nice wee place and we were looking forward to trying it out we hadn't eaten since breakfast but won't be back. Appreciate the food removed from the bill but the waiters attitude (although not horrible outrightly was not acceptable."

Wright Brothers - Spitalfields

Wright Brothers - Spitalfields

8a Lamb Street London, E1 6EA, United Kingdom

Fish • Cakes • Seafood • British


"for a culinary tasty spitalfields has always represented for me. androuet, blixen and la pietra are a few who have touched my taste buds. close to living and working, it is unavoidable that I will have a walk through the market and my request for food will be fulfilled by a snack here. the wright brothers were on my list. I follow their Instagram feed and love the tantalizing food recordings and bag of personality have their posts. in the did, I think that more and more, instagram influences my decision where to dine. it is not always easy or cost-effective to book a photographer to improve their website gallery, so that instagram helps to cut corners in a visual, up to the current and effective way. last year, she left on her food gallery in comparison to a fast snap on her smartphone of the special of the day on her Instagram feed. I urge the gastwirte to truly embrace this kind of marketing. as always, back to review. wright brothers in spitalfields is filled with an older, intelligent serious amount. it is only important that they know if they are a bart, thin jeans and are a little more shoreditch than city. that said it doesn't make any difference, because it's in the middle of it. we tried to lunch and although we had not made a reservation, we were squeezed in. one thing I have to note that it was busy, but the waitress while she serves one table and recognizes another who practically snapped her finger on attention, nodded us the way to tell us that she would be in a second with us. this type of rolling to cheer, reminds me of the old school service, when the front of the home team saw this industry really as a career route, in contrast to gap fillers / travelling jobs. it brings them to lightness and flea mouse, they know they are in good hands. After we sat with menus, we asked for a few straightening and she continued to blow our thoughts further by knowing exactly what was in the board, as it was suggested and presented. we were sold. it was literally a breath of fresh air. I rarely talk about the service in restaurants, unless it is particularly bad, since most of the time it is easy to fit and not worth mentioning. that was the bar for all future places I'm going to surpass. I don't hold my breath. we went for the express punch menu, which is worth money with 2 curses for £21.00 or 3 courses for £25.00 the portion sizes are not rational, they are actually left at the top. for beginners I had places achovies, with shaved winter bites and cut-off. sam (not me or who lives in essex) had graceburn feta, pomelo and cashew nuts salat. the specificity here is seafood, but I just wanted to add that they do steak so that meat lovers are not let out. for the main course it was a ugly garnel filled burger with chips and chipotle mayo for sam and a multil mushroom rich wild garlic mushroom tagliatelle. Yeah, it was rocking. we were good with our decision to come here, because that was excellent. during the meal, the service continues attentive and on point. real smile and intention to help. I highly recommend visiting this one or other place. they have definitiw dinge I'm sorry, right!"