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The Barking Dog

The Barking Dog

33-35 Malone Road Belfast, Antrim BT9 6RU, BT9 5BQ, Benedicts, United Kingdom

Irish • Steak • British • European


"I'm an American. I was invited to work at the queen’s university in a global conference. my airline has moved my baggage, so I stopped in the barking dog to use her wlan to check the status of my baggage and have a drink and a snack with my associate who has unusual allergies. the menu had nothing to call us, so we have decided to finish and move only our drinks./ at no point has anyone informed that it is illegal to have only drinks, and our server ran our review without mentioning any legal requirements. After I paid, someone who I suspect, the manager, came to the table and checked our reception. exactly what I thought was what they said before they cheated on me how it is illegal to buy drinks in a restaurant without eating. I apologised and explained that I had no warning. I offered to buy food retroactive and they refused. then they repeated that I was in a restaurant and not in a pub and that my activities were illegal. they denied my multiple attempts to apologise me while I explained that I am not out of the opposite. this experience was very confusing for me, because the night before me had drinks in a restaurant without food and it was no problem. in any case I was told that there is no such law and that the ordering of drinks without eating in a restaurant is very common. I've never been treated so badly in a customer service dynamic and I'm not sure why this happened. I feel targeted and totally mistreated for what does not seem to be a good reason. To finish it, it was my birthday. complete error in the name of what this person was. I will say the rest of the staff was very pleasant and accommodating."

Loft

Loft

23B George Street, St Albans, United Kingdom

Steak • British • European • Contemporary


"Well at least we can laugh about it now…not the special night we were expecting for our daughters 18th. The warning signs were there with the non-matching cutlery and the spelling mistakes on the menu, Halloumi fires, ****** merry or peppercom sauce anyone? The waiter took my beer order and disappeared leaving the rest of my family staring aghast and thirsty as he walked off. My daughter was looking forward to her first legal drink, a cocktail, unfortunately when it came there were a few ants in the drink, maybe off the mint leaves. Obviously we asked then to make a new cocktail. Things went from bad to worse….the replacement cocktail again had a few ants crawling in it, back it went, after ordering Pork Belly Bites starters, the waiter returned 5 minutes later to say unfortunately there were none left, and the two steaks we ordered medium rare tried to crawl off the plates as soon as they arrived, not sure they even said hello to the grill. The steaks were taken off to be cooked properly whilst the others ate their duck, which was fine. The steaks came back fine, albeit three of us had finished. At least the waiter gave the kids a laugh hitting his head on the low wooden beam, not once but three times, perhaps the best value for money of the night. Things sometimes don’t go well, I offered 50% which was accepted with apology and no argument, fair enough, 3 stars for effort!"

The Globe Inn

The Globe Inn

The ButtlandsNorfolk NR23 1EU, Wells-Next-The-Sea, United Kingdom

Full • Cafés • Seafood • British


"We had a lovey one night stay at The Globe in Wells, it was a last minute idea as they were offering a good value Dinner, Bed and Breakfast offer. The food was ok, not outstanding or different, and very expensive. The menu seemed muddled, with a couple of more expensive home cooked' dishes such as slow cooked beef brisket to fast food' type dishes such as burger Fortunately our Dinner, Bed and Breakfast offer compensated for the overpriced yet underwhelming food. Starters were priced around the mark, which is certainly a lot for some mushrooms on two pieces of very thin standard white bread cut into circles! The cheapest selection on the main menu was for a pulled pork burger and frozen' quick cook fries. Desserts are around the brownie was yum and actually seemed worth the price, with ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauce. But overall the food didn't feel special. The staff, particularly the restaurant manager, were friendly and made our dog feel very welcome. We were disappointed with the bar choices, a lot of the ales were off leaving my husband with two choices, an ale and a lager, and when I asked for a Vodka Martini I was told this was unavailable, even though a bottle of Martini and a bottle of Vodka were sitting in front of me on the bar shelf...perhaps the uncharismatic barman didn't know how to make one? We did have a lovely stay at The Globe, it felt special as we treated ourselves last minute, and we got such a good offer with the room rates, but it was a shame that the food and drink part let it down."