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The Lookout By Gardener's Cottage

The Lookout By Gardener's Cottage

Carlton Hill, EH7 5AA, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom

Kebab • Seafood • British • Scottish


"My wife and I had the fixed lunch menu yesterday: The good part of the experience was the view over to Fife. The rest was disappointing. The parsnip veloute was very tasty, but there was not enough of it in the bottom of the plate to cover the spoon. The duck leg was served with a few small squares of kale, and two sauces, both fairly bland and there was very little meat on the duck leg after the skin, gristle, and bone had been set aside. The poached pear dessert was underwhelming, a good enough poached pear, served with a small amount of hazelnut cake on the side and an even smaller amount of chocolate cream, very disappointing. The food smacked of being plated on site, but not prepared on site. £50 per head, for £25's worth of food. The drinks were extortionately priced, £10 for each 125ml glass of cava, with my wife's third glass being only 2/3rds full when it was presented to us, (had they run out and were just hoping we wouldn't notice? . Very poor beer selection, one pale ale and one lager, I paid £8.50 for a can of unknown lager. Overall, a very disappointing and grossly over priced experience, the pricing not helped by the over £17 discretionary service charge that was on the final bill, (we declined to pay that part . When asked at payment if everything had been okay, I stated that it had been very disappointing. They did not ask us why, because they knew!!! My advice, eat elsewhere, there are plenty of places with better food and offering much better value for money!"

Out Of The Blue Bistro

Out Of The Blue Bistro

The Bay, Argyll Bute, United Kingdom

Food • Bistro • Coffee • Establishment


"If there had been an email address I would have emailed the restaurant before putting this review on,but there isn 't one I could see!! If I could give no stars I would!! My husband and I visited here on sunday 20th may and I am still in shock at the service we got!! When we arrived we were told by a lady who came from the kitchen to sit anywhere and that she wasn 't working at that time as she was just visiting...don 't know if this was owner,manager or what.When we sat down we were served by a young girl and asked for menus and ordered some tea to start with.There were some cyclists at one table just leaving and a couple at another table who were also leaving .That was all the customers apart from us.We received our tea and when we went to order we were told there was no cullen skink and no crab....both of which we wanted to order.We ordered the soup of the day and egg mayo sandwiches instead.Then another couple came in and ordered fish pie only to be told that was off too!! When the tea came the table was full of tea drips and crumbs from previous customers but waitress never wiped the table...then she proceeded to dump cutlery and napkins down on the crumbs!! We drank our full pot of tea and soup still hadn 't arrived,we waited 30 mins and still no soup and place was almost empty.No one came near and every table was dirty and dishes still lying on table the cyclists vacated!!! Enough time to serve a full meal never mind soup and sandwiches .We eventually just paid for the tea and told her to forget the rest.When we complained about the mess we were told they were too busy to clear and wipe tables. I also noticed they didn 't seem to have time to serve us our food either!!,but heard a lot of chatting and laughing coming from the kitchen which was also a bit of a shambles!!! We used to come here often when it was just a wee tea room and it was lovely then......so if this is now a ' 'Bistro ' ' they can keep it."