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Le Monde

Le Monde

16 George Street, City Of Edinburgh EH2 2PF, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, City of

Food • Steak • 4-star • Lodging


"My husband and I were given a Le Monde Luxury Afternoon Tea voucher as a gift so I booked a table for the afternoon of the day that suited us. The sandwiches, cakes, scones etc were nice enough but the service that we received was terrible. On arriving the waiter asked if he could get us a glass of Prosecco and when I said that it stated on the voucher that it was to be Champagne he said that he would go and check taking the voucher with him. He came back and we were given our two glasses of Champagne. Later we were served our cups of tea, coffee etc. At no point were we asked if everything was ok. The restaurant was not busy as there were only another two tables occupied. We have had afternoon tea many times before in various hotels and restaurants including The Dome next door and have always been asked if we would like more tea or coffee and it does state on Le Monde’s website that Afternoon Tea is served with plentiful tea or coffee. As we had only been served one cup at the start I asked the waiter when he came back to clear the table if we could have another coffee and tea. He came back with the coffee and a glass cup of tea (no saucer) with a teabag hanging over the side of the cup and milk not in a jug but in a small tumbler. Not what you expect to get with afternoon tea and certainly not a luxury afternoon tea!It was very disappointing considering the giver of the present wanted us to have a really nice time. Although we have enjoyed several visits to Le Monde in the past which we have enjoyed we will not be returning. I was there in December with a friend and again the service left a lot to be desired and we were also overcharged but we managed to get that rectified."

The Waverley Tea Room

The Waverley Tea Room

18 Moss-Side Rd, Glasgow, Glasgow, G413TN, G41 3TN, United Kingdom

Bars • Beer • Italian • British


"Oh dear. Things were not looking up from the start. We wanted Sunday lunch but couldn 't get into our first choice restaurant so we headed here. On entry we were informed that the card machine was broken so we would have to pay cash. No problem, technical problems happen. Then we ordered drinks. Nothing complex just cokes, diet cokes, lemonades. These took forever to arrive and when we enquired with the absent waitress (we had to go into the bar she wasn 't in the least bit apologetic as she barked that they were coming. We ordered food, at the same time as drinks, from the menu imaginatively clipped to pieces of old wine crate nice touch except that A4 is larger than the board so the menus were tatty round the edge (again, not a deal breaker but symptomatic of worse problems to come! . The propaganda at the beginning described something about the proprietor 's love of food (he obviously doesn 't eat here very often . Like so many others I went for the 'Famous Sunday Roast ' which was shocking. The roast pork loin was ok not over cooked but the 'seasonal veg ' were non existent. I had peas and carrots which had painfully obviously been frozen (rubbery carrots eugh . Carrots might be seasonal but peas not in January. What about some Kale or cabbage? The potatoes weren 't great, but by this time we were so exhausted by the waiting for everything that we couldn 't be bothered to send it back. We just wanted to leave. As a final salute to terrible restaurants, as she neared the bottom of her green salad, my friend found a hair mixed in with the leaves. On drawing this to the waitress ' attention, she wasn 't greeted with an outpouring of apology but an indifferent grunt. No 'comped ' salad for us then. We finally fished out the loose change (remember no card machine to make the bill exactly (no a snowball 's chance in hell of a tip and left. For £7.95 I don 't expect caviar served by my own personal butler but I don 't expect the horrific experience that I endured."