Jack Daniels
The Bonsai Bar

The Bonsai Bar

17 South Great George's Street 2 D02 HD76, Dublin, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • Dining • Japanese


"I don’t ever write reviews, however our experience was so terrible I felt like this message needed to be shared. We made a booking for 10 people, but when we arrived we were told to that we can stand at a table for 3 people while we wait for seats to open. I asked “what’s the point in making a booking, if you don’t get a table?” And the barman said that we reserve an area to stand. ? I have no idea why anyone would subject themselves to doing this. My friends and I resigned to getting a drink then searching for another place. We stood at the front of the bar for 20 min before anyone could take our order. When we eventually got someone’s attention, it took a further 45min for us to received our 4 cocktails. Furthermore, when we said we wanted to have a table so that we could eat, we were bluntly told that they don’t serve food. Why have a menu on your website then? We were not the only poor souls who made the mistake of walking into this establishment on this night. As we were standing by the staircase, we heard many people come in and explain that they have a booking, just to be told the same thing as us. The bar was quickly filling up and and considering how long our service took, I’m glad that we left when we did Worst experience ever. I would love for this message to be sent far and wide, to warn others not to make the same mistake we did."

Steak And Company Leicester Square

Steak And Company Leicester Square

Irving Street, WC2H 0HA, City of London,Westminster, United Kingdom

Steak • British • European • Steakhouse


"I wouldn’t normally turn to Tripadvisor to write a slightly negative review but I couldn’t find the restaurants contact details to email direct so here goes… I firstly want to say that the staff here were very attentive, friendly and righted the wrongs that were done with ease and efficiently but these wrongs shouldn’t have happened in the first place. The restaurant is very chaotic. It is in Leicester Square so I’m sure it’s always busy but it seemed very disorganised. We were a table of 7 and only 3 of us ordered starters. 2 of those came out and then we had to chase the 3rd. To which the waiter said they were preparing it now. But it should have been prepared and come out all at the same time. Particularly when it was a cold starter. We then waited a while for the mains and had to chase again. I don’t mind a little time between courses but this was too long. I got given a steak with 2 sauces on and no butter. Trying to get the attention of a waiter was very hard. I eventually got someone and asked why there were 2 sauces on my plate. They didn’t know why and asked which sauce I had ordered. I said peppercorn and they placed the sauce on my plate and took the other one away. In all this confusion our sides had been left on an empty table near ours. The waiter asked if we needed anything else and we said “the sides on the table over there would be nice”. I tried my steak and it was perfectly cooked and then proceeded to pour my sauce over my steak and a mushroom fell out of the pot. Now I’m ALLERGIC to mushrooms and so now my steak is now inedible. I caught the attention of what looked like a manager as they were in plain clothes. I explained what had happened to which she asked me what sauce I had ordered and had I told someone about my mushroom allergy. I said I had told the waiter at the beginning of the meal when we ordered so no excuse to give me the wrong sauce. The sauces do look the same but maybe they should be labelled somehow especially when there’s allergies around. I got given a new steak within a few minutes. It was cold but not covered in mushroom sauce so that’s a bonus. The food was good I can’t fault that but something needs to be done about the service and attention to deal. I also ordered a butter to go with my steak which never appeared even after asking multiple times. I would recommend the food of this restaurant but just prepare yourself for a chaotic dinner."