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L'Orangerie Poolside Bar

L'Orangerie Poolside Bar

Via Correale, 8Naples 80067, SORRENTO, United Kingdom

Pasta • Italian • Campano • Peruvian


"Terrible experience at L’Orangerie. My friend and I had arrived in Sorrento for the day ready to find a nice place to have a drink and some food, considering it was 33 degrees we thought why not try find a nice pool to swim in as well. We walked past L’Orangerie poolside bar and restaurant and thought that sounded like the perfect place to spend our afternoon. After looking online to see if we needed to book, and seeing many openings for the afternoon we thought we would just walk in and ask as there were many free reservations. Upon arrival a staff member greeted us and we said we would like to have a few drinks by the pool, she said of course do you have a booking, or we said no (as after looking at the website it did not appear necessary, as well as looking around there were many free sun beds available) she said no worries I will check with my colleague. She turned her head for one second before then saying I am sorry we are so busy today. We were carrying backpacks as we had packed and brought a spare change of clothes as we expected to go to the beach, but upon arrival decided if we could find a pool that would be a better option. Dressed neatly in a linen skirt and singlet, whilst admittedly a little bit sweaty and flustered from the extremely hot weather I found the service extremely rude and conceited as they clearly had decided we were not good enough to be let in. My friend and I would have enjoyed more than a few drinks as we planned to stay in sorrento until a cooking class we had booked later that night. Would not return."

Hispania

Hispania

74 Lombard Street, London, EC3V9AY, EC3V 9AY, United Kingdom

Tapas • Vegan • Spanish • European


"Bang average overpriced food unfortunately. Nice location and very clean with good atmosphere I was looking forward to bringing one of my best clients here for lunch. We ordered two glasses of Albariño with our dinner. Waitress came back to say they had run out so we ordered her recommendation instead. She re appeared with a magnum sized bottle and poured my clients glass first then started my glass only for it to run out after a few short dribbles……she apologised and then came back with another Magnum sized bottle only for it to run out AGAIN before my glass has reached the right level. Watched her serve other people before finally returning to complete my glass I asked if she could also top up my guests glass as she had taken a few sips whilst we waiting ages for my glass she refused saying she will have to charge extra!! So this set the tone for our meal embarrassing stuff. Then the waitress took our napkins away before the food came I only realised this half way through when I wanted to dab my mouth. The food was nice enough but maybe the above soured the taste my client did remark the food can remarkably quick for a restaurant it is like to have been ready in a selection on the pass which is maybe understandable but with fish it’s not good enough. We will not be back and I still owe my client a decent lunch there are countless in the area but I wanted to try somewhere I had not been my mistake."