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The Opera Tea Rooms

The Opera Tea Rooms

3 Jubilee Courtyard 18 The Square Retford, Nottinghamshire DN226DQ, DN22 6AF, United Kingdom

Pizza • Kebab • European • Fast Food


"Went for afternoon tea. £25 for two people. Poor start to the experience, we asked the girl serving us some basic questions about the menu and she couldn 't answer a single one, so she checked with another member of staff, this happened 4 times and eventually she gave up and sent over the other member of staff and we finally ordered. The afternoon tea consisted of 1 sandwich each (cut into 3 fingers) so only 1 flavour each (I had egg, my husband had salmon and cream cheese) hardly a selection of sandwiches as per the menu. 1 small cherry scone each with jam and cream (whipped not clotted) and 3 very small petit fours each. For £25 I would have expected a lot more food, perhaps a slice of cake (they had tonnes of homemade cakes on the counter which looked nice). Food was very basic, the egg mayo was just that, no cress etc. Salmon and cream cheese had very little filling. Cherry scone was bland and stodgy in the middle. Petit fours were small and nothing exciting. Overall for what we had I would have only paid around £10 £15 max. The man who eventually served us was a very pleasant guy, and he seemed a little embarrassed by our response to the lack of food, he did offer to get the chef to make us some additional sandwiches if needed. The place was very quite and I felt like the other guests were starring at us so I didn 't want to make a scene so rather than take him up on the offer we paid up and left. This was meant to be a special treat to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary, but instead we were left disappointed and hungry."

Almost Famous

Almost Famous

23-25 Great George Street, Leeds, LS13AL, LS1 3AL, United Kingdom

Pizza • Seafood • Asiatic • European


"We went to this restaurant on bank holiday Monday (28th Aug) after visiting both Manchester locations a few times and always having decent experiences. We dined with my wife and two sons (aged 10 and 14). I want to mention that we understand businesses need to make a profit, and we are not hesitant to pay for good food. However, we were extremely disappointed with our visit tonight and regretted going out of our way to come here. The restaurant was dark, dingy, and dirty. The menus were sticky and in need of a clean, and the tables were also dirty. The entire place looked worn out, and the staff looked like they had just rolled out of bed. We had to wait a long time after being seated (despite booking online) just to be acknowledged and order drinks. The food was mediocre at best and way overpriced. We ended up paying almost £100 for the four of us, with nearly £10 of that being a service charge that was not mentioned anywhere. We asked for hot sauce for our fries and were charged a pound for a small pot of some Tabasco-like sauce. This felt outrageous, especially considering the high prices and the fact that most other burger places provide it for free. Considering the inadequate service, the poor condition of the restaurant, and the average (at best) food, these hidden costs felt like a slap in the face. We didn't complain because we are polite, but we definitely won't be coming back. I would advise others to avoid this place."

The Courtyard Cafe

The Courtyard Cafe

46 Flowergate, YO21 3AX, Scarborough, United Kingdom

Coffee • British • Sandwiches • Vegetarian


"We went in here about 11.45 in the morning, after having read all these wonderful reviews. We were the only people in there for a good 20 minutes, apart from (I assume the owners and their little girl who seemed to find us an interesting spectacle to stare at! I'm afraid to say we didn't feel particularly welcome, we really wanted someone else to come in, but then friends of the owners did, which didn't really help us feel any at ease! I'm a vegetarian, and there wasn't a great deal of choice, so I asked for the bacon to be left off the bacon brie and cranberry panini which was done without a fuss but with the price left unchanged. The food took a while, considering it was just a panini and a sandwich and we were the only ones there at this point, but the food was decent. My husband had a ham and mustard sandwich; wafer thin ham (a strange choice perhaps when you could get amazing ham from the butchers a few doors away?! and the bread was fresh if just from a standard sliced loaf. The butter and mustard outweighed the taste of the ham. The panini was good, with plenty of cranberry balancing out the cheese! The salad and coleslaw were tasty and nice and fresh, but the crisps were perhaps opened the day before?! The packets of sugar hadn't been filled on our table, so we got some from another table, without comment from the owners. The milk in the pot was just enough for my husband's mug of tea, but if you like it milky you would have needed to ask for more! We left with appetites sated, but wouldn't rush back. With some changes it could be wonderful."

Vine Eno Gastro Pub Limited

Vine Eno Gastro Pub Limited

Vine Street Great Bardfield Braintree, Essex CM7 4SR, United Kingdom

Bars • Steak • Coffee • English


"Last weekend my wife’s family held a gathering of sorts at the Mulberry Tree in Braintree. The food was possibly the worst I’ve eaten and was as far from being reasonably priced as it could be. All the little locals are now owned by chains and we pay our hard earned for frozen nuggets and chips sat with groupon vouchered benefit family’s glued to their phones whilst their half bred kids run riot and then there’s the staff of whom we are an inconvenience to. So when my sister in law and her boyfriend of whose family supply most of the genuine restaurants in the Essex and Suffolk areas with their meat instead of brake bros, they happened to mention the Vine in Great Bardfield. With my 10 year old son racing locally and friends attending to spectate we soon got talking about lunch? We happened to mention the Vine and once the track action finished we were quickly making our way to sunny Great Bardfield. The Vine looks like a traditional pub from the front and has parking accessed via the side entrance. There was a large garden with tables and play area for the kids to play. The restaurant itself is small with a quirky feel and the staff not only very welcoming but they can talk by opening and closing their mouths. There is no pre booking (according to the website) and we arrived unannounced as a group of 7 and got seated right away. The menus were clean and the food has different names so you can read it and not opt for the usual default setting so many of us so often do. We opted for Disco Brisket and The classic burgers, fries on the side with additional onion rings, mozzarella bites and a double portion of chicken wings. The kids had burgers too and this is where things for me set the standard as my youngest of whom is on occasions fussy with his food ate the whole thing before insisting it was the best burger he had eaten. I have to agree as do our friends. The portions were large enough to request a box for the chicken wings to take home, of which when asked the staff were obliging. We had an extremely nice meal with drinks and the bill was a little over £100. The Vine not only exceeded my expectations but has set the bar for other restaurants to catch up or end up as yet another curry house. Cannot wait to return for what will be an adult only evening and my only negative comment was not trying the desserts. The nearest ice cream to us is a drive to Thurrock or to Snugburys in Cheshire so a milk shake or rare flavoured ice cream would be 10/10"