Lamb Cutlets
Rüya London

Rüya London

30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London I-W1K 7PH, United Kingdom

Vegan • Halal • Turkish • Vegetarian


"an unlikely date night until somewhere where I had only seen passing. first the good food was quite delicious! isli patlican 9/10 citir kalamar 7/10 (side dives not so good) shish tavuk 9/10 the tomatoes surface garnish to salty adana kebap 9/10 the burned tomato hot would better pide 1/10 would not again a soft fluffy broth, but was hard and chewing hot salt boiled hard the personal is in training and learns clearly what the service means in a Mayfair operation. at the arrival the front of the house could not find our booking and made this quite obvious) so asked us to take a place in the bar while she "founds us a table" in an almost empty restaurant. she forgot our name and asked if we were someone else. Finally she took us to our table, the head waiter pulled her at this point to not carry with a tablet our drinks once sat our first waitress was nice and fast sorted our order, but must pass her shift halfway through and handed over to someone else who came by during the lunch and asked if he could start, plates which I immediately told him not to do as we eat. after the order desert, our table was not cleared before they were new plates and cutlery during the meal, the staff all stood along the passes and watched us eat only waiting for something to do. this place has a lot of potential and I hope that I will return if the staff can be better up to scratch"

Gables

Gables

14-16 Newgate Street Village Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 8RA, United Kingdom

Steak • Pasta • Italian • Seafood


"Firstly, I am somewhat amazed at the reviews theis venue has based on our visit on Saturday evening. We arrived 45 minutes early for our table for 4 persons at 7.30pm as I had called ahead at lunchtime asking if they had a bar area that we could sit and select from the menu in advance of being seated in the restaurant. I was given the impression that they had a lavish area for this purpose. However, this was not the case and we were shown to our table on arrival which was probably the worst location in the restaurant that was sparse of diners at that time. I will elaborate on our table location as it made for a negative night. It was a circular table placed in a “gap” between the original restaurant area and what appeared to be an extension to the restaurant. This gap did have curtains that could have been closed which would have curtailed guests and staff squeezing between the wall and one of our chairs but when asked the Owner said he would not close them……. In fairness, “Theo” the Owner did offer the choice another two alternative tables but both were in no better location! We sat and ordered drinks and were provided with menus. The drinks arrived in a timely fashion and were made fine. I also ordered some wine which was decanted and allowed time to breath before being served. The wine was an Amorone but the year did not warrant the price he was charging but nonetheless was quite good. We placed our food order and in doing so I asked if chef would add a simple fried egg to top the steak I had ordered. I was told by Theo that he was down a number of staff on the evening shift and could not provide the egg. How many people would we have needed to fry an egg???? To be honest the whole experience was not worth almost £500.00 even though the food fine. We also found it disturbing the way Theo tried to control the waiting staff this may have been because they were young or new to the role but we felt that the staff did a good job and didn’t need micro managing! I am always curious when a front of house individual, who gives the impression he is in total control, loses the plot mid service. I did tell Theo I would give a poor review and he pretty much dismissed me so I dug a little deeper and it would appear the restaurant has suffered financial issues in the very recent past…….. this information is in the public domaine through Google. All in all we were so disappointed with a venue that appears to have a wealth of happy diners from their reviews……. It’s NOT that good Guys!!!"