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Real India Exeter City Centre

Real India Exeter City Centre

28 South Street, Exeter, EX11EB, EX1 1EB, United Kingdom

Kebab • Sushi • Pizza • Seafood


"The staff were amazing, they did a thank you to the community for their support with an invitation buffet, food was good in stock and really delicious, rice was fluffy and delicious. Perfect. Thank you. Edit: After reading some of the other reviews, I feel compelled to work out something. The food was on site, it was kept warm on the buffet, which is not easy to do especially with rice, as it dries easily, but everything was good. The kitchen could be seen while getting drinks in the bar and I would say happy it was clean, but in use, nothing I would not expect to see in a busy restaurant middle layer, and it was busy waiting people to get a place busy. The staff, I only saw the cook back and for the storage of the buffet, he was polite and polite, even though standing there holding piping hot large tablets of food happy waiting for the people to finish their filling before it through. The type clearing and cleaning of the tables was then on the table within seconds and then cleaning ready for the next eager customer. Above all, the manager /owner, he was very polite, very willing to help and be honest some of the best customer service I receive for longer than I would remember, he deserves the 5 stars of himself. I think it speaks volume when a company actually needs the time to respond to reviews, which tells you that they really care about your experience. I can't imagine putting it differently than I have your service and food tonight and for returning to the customers you supported. Go on what you do best."

Octagon

Octagon

The Octagon Restaurant, GU9 7QR, New Bridge Cl, United Kingdom

Brunch • British • Coffee & Tea • Breakfast-brunch


"Decided to revisit The Octagon last week on two occasions after a few years abroad, The first time was a disappointment so I decided to go back a couple of days later to see if it was just a one-off. Sadly it wasn’t! Having heard they had changed hands recently, my sister and I went for some lunch. After climbing through the mess of binbags, cardboard and bird excrement outside the doors we found the place to be empty and I can understand why... This restaurant used to be one of my favourite when I was in working in town, situated in the prime spot between the bus station and the Tri-centre buildings. The milky coffee and array of home made cakes (especially the scones) made it worth walking from the other end of town- at least they appear to have kept some of the better staff. The display counters were filled with over-cooked shortbread and rock hard flapjacks, bought in loaf cakes, muffins and biscuits. Such a shame as they used to make a wide range of Fruit cakes, flapjacks, bread pudding, and sponge cakes on the premises daily. Perhaps the new owners could rehire the old chefs to teach them how to bake cakes.! I decided to try a tuna sandwich and my sister had a Ham and cheese roll. My sandwich, despite saying ‘freshly made today’ was like eating cardboard! isn’t that false advertising..? We were served by a young girl, who seemed to think it was okay to sneeze into her hands before serving us. I think she left her manners at home that day too! Our teas were stewed and luke warm so we had to be returned twice- how hard is it to make a nice hot cup of tea..? We struggled to find a table clean enough to eat from so had to ask another young girl who could barely see over the counter for a cloth to clean it ourselves. We quickly ate our lunch and left, leaving the place empty again. I can safely say I won’t be back again, this place is doomed if they continue what they are doing. Perhaps if they get the staff to clean tables, learn basic hygiene customer service, serve food that isn’t similar to a back-street petrol garage, then this once popular restaurant can avoid being next closure of Swindon town centre."

Queens Head

Queens Head

Main Street, WR11 7UE, Wychavon, United Kingdom

Pub • Drinks • British • Burgers


"Without wishing to be unkind (hence selection of poor rather than terrible , it is important to balance the other reviews of this pub to save other families the experience we have just had. Based wholly on tripadvisor recommendations this pub was chosen for a family get together and a booking made for Sunday. Maybe they should have said that they don 't open open a Sunday, who knows we were the only people there and the pub closed immediately after we left it. Definitely they should have said that they can 't provide the meals menu on a Sunday, and we would have gone elsewhere. We were clearly expected only to opt for a Sunday roast meal, so they were thrown by a request for alternatives. Four of us went with the roast, possibly due to the uncomfortable feeling that this was the expected only choice, and picked the beef after an assurance that it was medium rare (one of our party asked for advice on this, making it clear that if the beef was well done we would choose the pork instead not a problem if an accurate reply had been given . The roast when it came was predominantly grey: mountains of grey overcooked veg, dry and getting cold, with no form of sauce or seasoning; thin gravy and, worst, small portions of tough grey overcooked beef. The two others of our party who had asked for a ploughmans out of politeness, on the basis that clearly no other cooking was planned so hopefully this would not be too difficult, received a sad plate of unwashed salad, unripe tomato, elderly pickled shallots, tough celery and slightly sweaty cheese. One diner asked for no black pudding or pork pie and was awarded a huge slab of ham instead hardly a meat free plate. No bread was provided and when requested it was 6 triangles of white sliced and already heavily slathered with a spread that was admitted to be marg when challenged a request for bread with no spread prompted the reply that all the other bread was in the freezer. In desperation we asked for biscuits or crackers but the six crackers provided between two were soft and musty and clearly well past their expiry date. This was not an enjoyable occasion. Although the beer and other drinks were OK we would absolutely not recommend this as a place to eat. Fortunately we are a family with a sense of humour and will look back on this as our very own Fawlty Towers experience."