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St Petroc's Bistro

St Petroc's Bistro

4 New St, Padstow PL28 8EA, PL28 8BS, PADSTOW, United Kingdom

Pizza • European • Fast Food • Vegetarian


"Dinner at one of Rick Stein 's establishments in Padstow was mean to be the highlight of our weekend in Cornwall to celebrate my husband 's birthday. It did not turn out like that. I could not get a table at any of the other restaurants so had to go with the St. Petrock 's Bistro but luckily dogs are allowed in there which is great. If you are renting a cottage, you are not allowed to leave your dog there alone and so we were grateful that we could have our dog with us. But....we were seated in a quiet but completely airless room (it was a very warm day and early evening). Ok, we could have accepted that but it was about to get a lot worse. The table was sticky (so not clean), the chairs we were seated in too low for comfortable eating and the menu looked like a fast food diner menu! What was going on. The very young staff members were trying to be helpful but amateurish. We asked if the whole bream was wild. Oh yes, I think so, was the reply. We asked the waitress to check. The fish was farmed. Surely the staff should know that ? We are fish lovers and eaters, having fish at least 3 times a week at home. But Rick Stein is the king of fish, right? Well no. Nothing on the menu was at all different or unusual or surprising. What was surprising were the prices. My husband was forced (because there was nothing else appealing) to have the lemon sole a dish that Stein is well known for. The price was £37.00. Now I buy my fish from a reputable retail fish supplier for £12 per fish. How and why is it necessary for there to be a 200 profit made on this meal just because we are eating at Rick Stein 's? By the way, I read in The Times yesterday that buyers were furious at being charged £2 per pot for take away condiments like tartar sauce etc. at one of Stein 's fish and chip establishments. It seems greed has taken over big time. Anyway, we ordered this and were not surprised when said fish arrived it was small, grayish and overcooked. By the way, no vegetables were served with this fish for £37.00 those were extra! Of course! I was not hungry by this point so ordered the smoked salmon starter for £15. This was ok, not a very large portion (perhaps 30 grams) but adequate but I can get 200 grams of smoked salmon from my retail supplier for the same price and I am quite sure Rick Stein would not pay that price so again, huge profiteering going on. We had a carafe of wine as it was, after all, my husband 's birthday! We ate quickly, eager to be gone from the dingy, overheated room and worse than mediocre food and service. We paid a fortune for an extremely bad experience and needless to say will never venture back to any of the Rick Stein establishments. I hope you diners of the future fare better."

Nikos Greek

Nikos Greek

139 King Street, DG7 1DB, Dumfries Galloway, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pizza • Asiatic • European


"We arrived early for our booked table for six, after driving 350 miles to meet family, arranged a couple of months ago. We were told that our table had been given to another party who had arrived late and lingered over their food, and there was nothing that could be done, despite us hanging around for them to arrange a solution. While we were having this conversation another party of six turned up and were ushered past us and seated at a hastily arranged table right in front of us. Terrible customer service, compounded by the owner later attempting to get my wife to remove her review with an offer of a free meal at a later date. We don 't want a free meal in the future. We wanted the meal with our family that we 'd driven the length of the country to have. I would have expected the Greek owner to understand family values such as this. [Edited to add a response, as that 's the only way I can do so: At no time did I become aggravated , and we gave your staff plenty of time to sort out a solution. I think that you may have been rather misled by your staff as to how the situation unfolded, perhaps they feel that they need to present themselves in a better light than the actual events would show. Also at no time did your waiter ask us for five minutes . If he had, I would gladly and quietly have waited. I am sorry to say that all your protestations about how upset your staff are do not sit at all well after what we experienced on the day. Only one of your waitresses expressed any concern for us at all, and she was apparently powerless to act to make the situation better. No matter. Just another experience of poor service. I 'm sure we 'll survive."

Phoenix Chester

Phoenix Chester

31 Watergate Street South Row, Chester CH1 2LE, United Kingdom, CH1 2LD, Cheshire West and Chester

Kebab • Pizza • Steak • Seafood


"So, day 2 in Chester and wanted to chill for the evening with some nice Greek food. Got to say round my area when you hear 2 for 1 Tuesday most of the time there is an implication of a drop of both quality and quantity, however gave this a go 2 for 1 Tuesday on gyros and kebabs here we come. So me and the wife endeavoured into chicken gyro each which came with fries and also shared some halloumi fries. For a side at first the halloumi fries looked expensive at around £8 just for that but when it arrived pleasantly surprised the portion was huge. So worth the money but the flavour was delicious not too salty and the honey dip complimented the salty goodness. The Gyros around £10 but remember we got one free was just amazing, the salad was fresh the sauce was the same but more importantly the chicken was both juicy, flavourful and NOT dry. The bread for the gyro was nice and soft. This did not disappoint aswell in the drinks department to Mocktails wife got a strawberry mint one I got a Mango one (which had nice unusual names) and so refreshing. All in all the food was worth the money and getting that offer on Tuesday was worth it which in fairness I would say I would pay full price on a normal day too. The staff were friendly, top notch people and helpful. The atmosphere was absolutely great just chilled you look round the decor is just old greek mixed with a bit of steampunk elements, you look around everyone is having a good time and most importantly just smiling. I would say if you're visiting Chester like me give this place a go it will not disappoint."

Olive Tree Brasserie

Olive Tree Brasserie

9 Dicconson Terrace, Lytham St Annes FY8 5JY, United Kingdom, Blackpool

Greek • Vegan • European • Vegetarian


"Well I have to say I did have it out with the manager and told him how bad it was and said I woudgo on social media bit I spent bear on100 pound for a **** experience so here's how it was so you don't get stung after reading some of the other reviews I think its right to let people know before wasting there time and money ,got there with the wife on a nice December evening and ordered a glass of red wine each ,we were served bye a young lad who gave is our drinks who was very polite and welcoming he said he had only been there a couple of months but went out of his way to make us feel welcome, nice wine awell,then the manager came over and said you can't order food at the bar until you have a table number ,ok I said can we have another wine to take to table which the young lad said I'll bring them over ,I said don't worry there's no hurry I'll wait ,the manager hurried us to a table next to a big table of eight people noisy drunk lot enjoying themselves which is fine but we are an older couple out for a quiet meal and there was only 3 full tables the place was empty lol ,stick us with the noisy lot ,anyway starters comes out missing one dish off scallops, they arrived after we said 10 minutes later ,there were 3 small scallops prise 14 quid lol ,shoudof bothered ,garlic mushrooms were not garlic mushrooms as no garlic I could taste ,my wife's salad had old flowery tasting tomatoes not fresh ,and my Mexican chicken in a mushroom sauce and rice tasted so bland and chicken over cooked was eatable but no way it was Mexican it tasted like a tesco microwave meal to be fair I eat half of it as I only had abit of toast that day and was hungry,I told the manager I was very disappointed with it all he said thanks for tge feedback, I said you should up your game here it's a nice place ,to be fair the young lad behind the bar could manage that place with good results as he knew how to treat people, but I'm sorry I won't be back as too pricey for an absolute disappointment which is a shame as such a good looking place to go ."