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Bramblings

Bramblings

Hither Green Lane, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

Pizza • Steak • Cheese • Coffee


"We were staying in the Abbey Hotel on a dinner bed and breakfast deal. We were able to choose from a 3 course menu all of which sounded very nice. Starters were OK, I had halloumi and beetroot but it was a little short on beetroot and overly sweet with balsamic. My husband had gravlak which he enjoyed. Both offered bread but had one bite and left it as it was stale. For mains I had chicken and mash with onions and green beans. It needed another veg on the plate and again was overly sweet with another heavy handed addition of balsamic. My husband had 'crispy ' pork belly the majority of the pork was inedible as rather than being crispy it was an un crisped layer of fat and rather unpleasant. For desert my husband had a chocolate tart which was ok. I ordered the special of strudel with ice cream. It was unfortunately not a strudel and not edible. It was a parcel of very hard filo pastry filled with what we suspect was left over tinned fruit from the breakfast buffet, a few currents and a lot of what we think was bread crumbs. It was awful and I left it all. Service was ok except one waitress kept squeezing behind my chair rather than walking round the table next to us. We were not asked how our meals were despite leaving some elements untouched, and weren 't offered a tea or coffee at the end of the meal we aren 't good at complaining and so didn 't raise the issues and regret this. My husband attempted to pay for his wine and the staff seemed unable to work the tills properly. We guess they must be new tills with the refurbishment. All in all we wouldn 't go back. Some elements were Ok but nothing was great and had we paid full price rather than as part of our hotel stay deal we would have been massively dissapointed."

Papa Del's

Papa Del's

347 Archway Road, London, N65AA, N6 5AA, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pizza • Pasta • Italian


"I was torn what rating to put for this place. The pizzas were good; not fantastic, but definitely above average. The tables are rustic and unusual, I understand why they like them, but with uneven surfaces , it was difficult to keep the glass standing, and they were very dirty, with cracks full of dust and grease, not optimal with a toddler playing with the fork. They should put a glass surface on top. That would keep the nice look, but make it possible to keep it clean. The service was not great, we had an unpleasant experience. I was there with my toddler, who was very hungry. It took a long time for the food to come, and I had to ask them to bring his juice while waiting, they had forgotten. Halfway through the meal, my son needed a nappy change. I left our coats on the bench and took him to the bathroom. When we came back just a few minutes later, our plates, his half full juice and everything else had been removed from the table. I had finished, but he, being a slow eater, had only had a quarter of his pizza, and was still hungry. They offered to make a new pizza, but since my son already had waited so long, and struggled to sit still, I wasn't sure what to do. Fortunately, it turned out his pizza was still on the plate in the kitchen, so they brought it back directly. I asked to get it to go, since I felt very stressed and didn't want to stay a minute longer. It was a nice day, so we finished the meal in the beautiful woods next door instead. It wasn't until long after that I remembered that we also had ordered dessert, which I think they charged us for even though we didn't get the chance to eat it. If I ever try this place again, it will be takeaway, I am not sure I would like to return to eat in the restaurant."