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The Royal Oak Hotel & Restaurant

The Royal Oak Hotel & Restaurant

The Royal Oak Hotel and Restaurant Chester Road, Dog Lane Kelsall, Cheshire CW6 0RR, CW6 0RG, TARPORLEY, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pizza • Hotels • British


"I visited here with my extended family for a meal. It was very quiet with only a few other tables occupied. We decided on dining here due to the offer they had on which was 30% off on a Thursday. We’ve been before to take advantage of this offer as it’s such great value for money. The evening started off great. We were welcomed by the manager and shown to our table. Our order was taken promptly, again by the manager, and then our drinks arrived followed by our food. Unfortunately, it went downhill from here. I guessed the manager had gone home by this point. The two young girls serving us were so miserable, no smiles, nothing. They spent most of their time hovering at the bar, chatting. We asked one of them for more drinks and nothing happened. Eventually, after a good 10 minute wait, a gentleman arrived at our table to take our order. (He looked like the supervisor or assistant manager? We then waited a further 20 minutes with still no sign of them. By this point I was getting annoyed so I went to the bar to ask myself. The bar man said he’d bring them asap. His exact words were “My bad, I’ll bring them straight over”! My bad?! What an unprofessional comment to make! Had the bar had been busy then fair enough but, there was hardly anyone in there! The staff seemed more interested in chatting at the bar instead of looking after us. My daughter then asked one of the young girls for a spoon as she didn’t have one. This never arrived so, again I had to go and get one myself from the bar. We also had to ask for napkins, twice! Those two girls were useless. No customer service skills at all. When we asked for the bill, we noticed that the discount hadn’t been taken off. The gentleman came over and said that the offer wasn’t on?! We explained that it was even on their website! He never even asked to see the proof that it was on the website, just said sorry, no discount. We said that we weren’t happy and wanted to speak to the manager. He then disappeared for a good 10-15 minutes. We assumed he was maybe calling the manager but, no. He came back to our table and said that the offer has definitely finished so we can’t have it! He said, if you like, he could call the manager. Why had he not done this in the first instance? No idea what he had been doing for the 10 minutes we were waiting?! In the end, he spoke to the manager and the discount was taken off. It was such an effort and it ruined the whole evening. We will not be returning. Other choices available in the village with much better staff!"

Ad Lib

Ad Lib

111 Hope St, Glasgow, G26LL, United Kingdom

Bars • Seafood • Chicken • Fast Food


"the love green place, glassvegas, glasschu or simply glassgow. whatever they prefer to call it, than I have a soft spot for Scottish second city. yet despite the fact that it is only 40 miles and 50 minutes away on the train, from any reason I don't seem to visit Scottland's largest metropole anywhere as often as I should, despite the fact that there are some great places to eat and drink. the center of glasgow is architecturally stunning and very different from edinburgh. like birmingham – the city of my birth – it grew out of the industrial revolution, and similar is the city center still decorated with many of the great Victorian buildings from its industrial richness. central glasgow is also designed in a network system that – it is adorned – is the one that is now such a prominent function of new york. it has even doubled as the big apple on a series of filmshoots. how reasonable that if jml and I were caught with some friends in glasgow last weekend, one of the members of our party suggested that we go to lunch in ad lib – a new york inspired esserei is a stone through away from the great central station of the city (berry!) to be honest, there was no place crucible from which I had heard before, but I love the romlands the frontage of ad lib is certainly underestimated – not the brash americana, which could be expected due to its culinary specialization – and my first thought was to pass through the door that was the place “toty”. Nevertheless, I was actually greeted by a slim but cleverly stylish dining room that leads to bar and the main restaurant area, and which corresponds to million walls, cubic wood furniture and tasteful US-influenced art works. In summary, this had more of a knot to frank lloyd wright than trump towers, I am happy to say. beyond the bar, the airy dining room offers more of this stylish, greenwich Village-Esque-Vibe. but already enough about the decor, what about eating? the lunch menu of ad lib is in a “I really can’t understand what to have” somehow. inviting sound starters and nets, deli-Salate and sandwiches, gourmetburger, steak and hummer (I don't want, and a Burgeoning speciality board for attention. for the purposes of this review, I will focus on what jml and I have consumed, as I try to cover what eight people have eaten, could only stretch a bit too far a point. oh, and with regard to drinks, I should point out that ad lib serves the excellent Portuguese camp, which is more sayin' on draft, which means that this was our quaff of the choice. in the choice of a court to proceed, I was a bit torn. the salt and the pfeffer squid, and cajun prawn popcorn sounded both really inviting, but at the end it was the sticky melass baby back ripening, with chili and star anise as me won over. they certainly have not disappointed, with perfectly delicate meat decorated in a sticky sweet-rich-spicy sauce, with a cuddly fresh tomatensalsa. the starter of jml consisted of three “sliders” (why so named? – Mini-classic aberdeen angus burger accompanied by a wobble relish. these were certainly tasty, with the relish a beautiful contrast to the Umami taste of the bark, but perhaps the burgers were just so easy on the dry side. read full review by: [hidden link]"