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MUD

MUD

141 Mitcham Rd, Tooting, London, SW179PE, SW17 9PE, United Kingdom

Juice • Coffee • Breakfast • Australian


"When Mud first opened I became a semi regular because the food was beautifully cooked and presented, and the coffee reliably great. Then I guess shortly before Covid I had a couple of bad experiences so decided they'd lost their mojo and stopped going. Couple of months ago I decided to give them another chance and it was just like the old days: beautiful Turkish eggs absolutely zinging with flavour; top notch coffee. And then I went today. Only four people in the place but I sat at my table for nearly fifteen minutes without anyone even asking if I wanted anything. So I ordered at the till. My flat white looked like soapy water and tasted almost as bad. My wild mushrooms took an age to arrive, and when they did they were there's no other way to say this revolting. There was no almost zero distinction in flavour between any of the ingredients (which is pretty hard to achieve given those ingredients include eggs, bread, mushrooms, pesto, sausage and onion jam). Worse, that all pervading flavour was basically the same as the name of the cafe: it tasted of mud. I actually had a bad taste in my mouth after eating it (well, half of it). Is this a hygiene issue? Not cleaning the pans enough? Ingredients? Cooking method? No idea. But it's sad how the same place can deliver a truly great breakfast one day and less than two months later give me one of the worst I've ever had. Somebody needs to ramp up the quality control in a very big way."

Cote Brasserie Shrewsbury

Cote Brasserie Shrewsbury

14/16 The Square, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Sushi • Mexican • Seafood • Fast Food


"Started with a warm welcome on arrival. As we were early we decided to have a quiet drink outside before taking our table. We were instantly issued with a menu and within 5 minutes asked if we were ready to order? Clearly a lack on communication from staff! We were shown to our table by a waitress who was not very engaging. She took our drinks order and left. She returned a few minutes later to take our food order. I wanted steak and pepper sauce, only to be told they didn’t have an peppercorn sauce? This is at the early sitting so was very surprised. I asked could the chef not make this as it isn’t that difficult but told that was the case and I had to order something different! Her table service didn’t improve from there. She brought a bottle of water and poured 2 glasses spilling most on it on the table, banged the bottle on the table and walked away. The starters were nice, but the mains were not very well cooked and it was very disappointing. We didn’t even get asked if everything was OK whilst we were eating It was only when another waitress cleared the table we were asked if everything was OK which I replied that it was just OK. She sensed from my tone that it wasn’t, and mentioned this to the first waitress. When we were presented with the bill we were told they had knocked the drinks off without any explanation? When I presented her with cash she told us she couldn’t give any change! So the bill was paid in full without any service charge (which was on the bill! Clearly not the experience we were hoping for but will not be visiting another one of this chain again!,"