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The River Grille

The River Grille

Prince Street Narrow Key Bristol, BS1 4QF, BS1 4PS, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • Cafe • British


"It was ok over all. The starters were superb, really good. The main courses were amazingly ordinary and disappointing. My steak was a medium rare fillet. It was accurately medium rare but strangely dry , almost as if it had been sitting under a heat lamp and it had very little flavour. I had a lemon meringue pie where meringue was wet and sloppy and the pastry was as if ready cooked from a supermarket. My companion had a slow cooked lamb shank which is usually an easy winner but again it was dry with a sauce which had been poured over it and then congealed. . A slow cooked lamb shank usually has the wonderful juices in which it has slowly come to fruition. The food came with minimal vegetables . Side dishes were ostentatiously expensive. As is the whole menu. We paid £180 for three people including the tip. Enough for a bargain weekend away somewhere. As a family we have dined in some amazing restaurants and understand the costs involved at times and pay willingly when the experience is special. But the whole way through this meal it was short of great. The waiters were friendly and attentive but far too eager to top up your wine glass. It became a nuisance and a pressure. Half a glass does not need topping up to the brim. To top things off for me I went to the ladies at 10.35 at the end of our meal . There is only one toilet for the whole restaurant. There was a cleaning person in the loo. spraying the most toxic and pungent fumes. Having entered this airless cubicle, two lungs full of Izal or what ever chemical obliterated all memory of the meal and the wine. At 10.35? The inference also being that I was not required on the premises any longer. The Maitr d' was charming and as friendly and helpful as he could be. 5 stars for him! The situation was lovely and we had a table by the window. However the experience did not in any measure add up to the lush advertisement online and was very very expensive at the price."

Buca Di Beppo - Village Hotel Wirral

Buca Di Beppo - Village Hotel Wirral

Pool Lane Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4UE, CH62 4UA, Bromborough, United Kingdom

Sushi • Cafés • Pizza • Mexican


"We arrived as a family of four with no booking on a Sunday evening, the restaurant was fairly quiet, about 8 ish tables were taken, the gentleman at the entrance of the restaurant kindly ushered us to our table asking us for our drinks order...whilst we looked at menu, he told us a waitress would be serving us. We waited for an eternity for our drinks to arrive, what aggravated me when a couple arrived seated next to our table, took drinks order and they arrived before ours! We noticed another couple seated other side of us had finished their starter and waited a while for their plates to be removed. Our drinks arrived by our waitress with no people skills what so ever, we questioned her regarding steaks, she was unable to answer er, not sure, one is softer as to sirloin and rump. Again, restaurant was quiet but no sign of waitresses working' our meals arrived after another long wait, 3 of us ordered burgers, 1 with steak. 2 burgers were cold to eat along with the buns as if buns had just been taken out of fridge. As we waited a long time I begrudgingly ate with rustic' chips that were mildly warm again! I noticed couple who were there before us had left the majority of their meals (burgers again) and chips and left, no one cleared their table for at least 10 mins! Couple next to us who arrived after us had their order mixed up, lady ordered chicken/avocado salad, waitress took wrong meal away, I could clearly see the couple were both aggravated. We finished our not so great meal and again long wait for table to be cleared. Salad arrived on next table, lady complained there was no avocado in, after much deliberation we heard waitress say chef said no avocados left Gentleman in suit, I presume manager apologised offering her another meal, they also mentioned they had an extra long wait and wish to go elsewhere. We asked for the bill, bearing in mind when we arrived we informed gentleman we had 2 vouchers 2 for 1 so it'll be 2 transactions. The bill came as one transaction £98!!!!! No way our meal was worth that anyway! (we had no starter or dessert, 4 beers, 2 cokes, 1 jug of water So, again another long wait for bill to be rectified, we waited that long that we left table to wait for bill at till point, hence to say, leaving no tip! Absolutely disgraceful experience overall, that us and going by other diners we will not be returning!!! "