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111 By Nico

111 By Nico

111 Cleveden Road, G12 0JU, Glasgow City, United Kingdom

Food • Mexican • Scottish • European


"We went here on 3 September. If my review was only about the food, I 'd give five stars, as it was excellent value for money at £25 for five small courses on the 'total trust ' menu. It 's certainly worth that price and more. My only criticism concerning the food was the lack of variety. I know the whole point is to put 'total trust ' in the chef, but three fish courses was a little excessive. This didn 't bother me as I love fish, but my mum, who I was dining with, was a little disappointed. The service had a lot of glitches. We really couldn 't understand the man who was serving us, but that 's nobody 's fault, of course, and we would never be critical just for that, but there were other problems. I got given the wrong wine to start, but it was perfectly pleasant, so I didn 't say anything, thinking that it was just a one off error. We then ordered bread and butter when he came over to the table it never came for 20 minutes, during which time other people had ordered the same thing with other waiters after us and got it. He clearly hadn 't put the order in and we had to chase it up. I was asked if I wanted 'cheese or dessert for my final course ' and I picked cheese he had to come over and tell me that it wasn 't available on the menu and that he made a mistake, which is fine, but it was then made clear that I would have gotten both and that the cheese was just an additional course, which wasn 't made clear originally. I also ordered a double espresso to finish my meal, but when it came it was a single. I mentioned this to another woman passing who rectified the situation. My mum thought she overhead the waiter saying 'he said a single, not a double ', but I can verify this, however I can say that I definitely didn 't say that. The man who made all the mistakes said that the espresso was on the house, but, somewhat predictably at this point, it was added to our bill. We enjoyed the aspect of guessing what ingredients were in each dish and being told by the waiter how much of it we got right or wrong. The waiter said we got everything right on one of the courses but then also said the table next to us got everything right on the same course, despite having two different answers. It seems a shame to come up with an interactive and novel concept only to have one waiter who appeared not bothered enough to actually look at our answers properly. We might go back as the other waiting staff seemed excellent and the food was very good, but we 'll not be in any rush..."

The Raby Hunt

The Raby Hunt

Summerhouse, Darlington, United Kingdom, DL2 3UD

Wine • Steak • Drinks • British


"We’ve driven past the sign for this place 100’s of times over the years, never took any notice until someone mentioned what it was. We’ve been lucky enough to visit some fabulous places for taster menus and got to say this one is now our joint first with midsummer house. The place itself is very quirky with the decor, the rooms were beautiful and absolutely spotless. Lots of lovely big towels in the bathroom and toiletries, comfy bed and pillows, well stocked mini bar, kettle and coffee machine and the most wonderful smelling reed diffuser. We pulled in to the car park and someone came out immediately to take our bags and greet us. We had a rather special glass of champagne before our taster menu started. We were shown to our table and the next couple of hours were phenomenal, every single course was truly delightful, as was the wine flight. There was also a little footstool to put your bag on. Every single member of the team were friendly and courteous, brilliant explanations of each dish and wine, absolutely stunning. Breakfast was a help yourself to fruit, the most amazing tomatoes that were thinly sliced with just a bit of salt and pepper on, cheese, home cooked tasty ham, smoked salmon, pan au chocolate, jams etc. choice of tea or coffee, grapefruit or orange juice, fresh water and a glass of champagne. Then bacon with either fried, poached or scrambled eggs on sourdough toast plus fresh toast on a separate plate. The young lady who served breakfast was such a lovely lady and even took the trouble to write down various recommendations of places to stay in Italy. We truly had the most amazing experience from start to finish, would definitely highly recommend. Nothing was too much trouble, staff fantastic, huge talent on the food and wine side. We would love to go back when the menu changes. Simply one of the best"

Ca´te Brasserie Blackheath

Ca´te Brasserie Blackheath

15-16 Royal ParadeSE3 0TL, London, United Kingdom

Cafés • French • Seafood • European


"I live a road away from here, and we recently discovered I have a gluten intolerance, so it's always tricky for me to find somewhere to eat where I don't have to be super picky, so we did a quick google for a local restaurant that's respected for its coeliac friendliness, and it's the one restaurant in the entire village with a specialist gluten free menu (which they've recently upgraded stylistically to look like a regular menu). I'm there all the time now, so I think I know it well enough to leave a comprehensive review: The breakfast is fabulous, they give you a good range of choices, and I've tried the French and the full English. Everything is cooked to perfection, and they don't mind when you make substitutions (I ask for no sausage and extra bacon), and, most importantly there's a range of coffees and the breakfast menu closes at a reasonable time. There's a lunch/early evening set menu, and you get a nice big portion for your money, but you can also use the main menu. My favourite item from the set menu is the endive salad with roquefort, so so tasty, but also a starter! The mains I love (from both menus) are the steak frites and the roast duck breast I'm a huge duck fan anyway, but it's to die for the texture is beautiful, and there's a great range of flavours to keep your palate happy! On to the most important part, there's a huge range of wines. As a red wine drinker, my favourite is the Bordeaux, but you can always go back and try a different one with every visit! The staff are lovely, they're friendly, and you always get house filter water in a really cool branded bottle that they top up as soon as they see you empty it. The food comes out in good time, they make sure you're happy whenever it comes over, but you feel very comfortable and unrushed. It's great value for money, a great atmosphere, clean, and you will always feel like leaving a tip, even though service is included. That to me is the sign of a good restaurant, and it's about time something like this arrived in the village. I adore this place."

Daquise

Daquise

Kensington & Hyde Park, 20 Thurloe St, London, United Kingdom

Soup • Steak • Polish • Modern European


"I’ve been to Daquise with Italian friends as per usual, but this time it was for my birthday. I put my birthday present next to me under the table in a little bag and in the general mess it was stolen. When I realized it, I told the owner and we were the last ones left in the whole place, they had just finished cleaning and the staff hurried out of the place without saying anything. Unfortunately it is almost certain that it was one of the staff while cleaning as it was under the table and had a necklace inside, there were few customers besides us and there was always someone at the table, except the one time we were outside to say goodbye and leave, and the staff was cleaning. No customer would go around looking underneath the tables anyway, and grabbing a random plastic bag, especially as they are having dinner in south kensington. Besides us there were very few people, especially while we are all there. Unfortunately they don’t even have internal cameras, which means anything could happen in that place but they take no responsibility whatsoever. In all this the manager Ted was of a unique arrogance. He denied everything by refusing to cooperate and laughing at me. When I called him to ask if he had any news, he started screaming at me to overlap my voice, saying he did not care and hung up halfway through the phone call and told me not to come any more as this doesn’t change anything for him. Saying that they have no cameras and that the woman we suspect of is working there with her mother and sister, so if anything making it all even less credible on their part and easy to deny. All this to say it was an absurd and frustrating experience, especially given the emotional value of the gift. completely unreliable staff and the manager, Ted, of an immeasurable arrogance.<br br"