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The Pancake Place

The Pancake Place

22, Reform Street,DD1 1RH, DD1 1RT, Dundee, United Kingdom

Pizza • Cafés • Kebab • Mexican


"I would say having been coming to the Pancake Place over the last 10 years, once every other month, it has sadly went very badly down hill. My wife and I visited with our 12 year old daughter. On arrival we were seated quickly and our drinks order taken within a few minutes. We received our drinks 2 diet pepsi which were not fizzy (clearly issue with draft) and a smoothie which was very tasty and refreshing. There were maybe about 4 or 5 tables occupied, so for a lunchtime I thought why is it so quet . Anyway, my wife and daughter both ordered the macaroni and I ordered the fish and chips. We received our food within about 5 6 mins which made me question that alot of the food must have just been simply reheated! The macaroni was insipid and lacked seasoning and my fish was about half the size of the normal portion I was used to getting. I questioned this with the server and he went to the kitchen only to return to advise that they can 't control the size of the portions they receive from their supplier!? The fish was definitely small enough to be a child 's portion. I requested why don 't they just give me an extra portion of the fish to which he replied. Sorry can 't do that but we can remove the meal from your bill . They did ask if I would like an alternative from the menu but by this point my wife and daughter had already eaten half of their meal so I wasn 't willing to make them wait any longer. In addition to this we were not given any cutlery until after we were served our food. Both my wife and daughter said they did not enjoy their food but it was edible. I returned my plate to the kitchen and received a credit off the bill. Sorry but £12 for what was basically a kids portion of fish, a handful of chips and a rotten looking side salad, it is very overpriced for what you get. None of us will be returning here. Quite sad really given it was always such a friendly, busy and quality cafe. Owners please do better!"

Dough Shakes

Dough Shakes

44 Albany Road, CF24 3RR, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Coffee • Healthy • Fast Food • Street Food


"I went her with such such high expectations, amazing sign, great decor, nice branding. You walk in and are let down by the sight of chicken and salad and just think just another sub-standard baguette shop, another competitor to the great La-Minas, in my mind I thought there would be something new, imaginative, fresh. Some fresh dough pizzas? Fresh cookie dough? Something uncommon, nope. Anyway, I still thought I'd give these guys a shot, I'll go all out and spend the extra on a wrap. Had 2 different chickens mixed. The portion of bread to chicken ratio was small, no sauces, paid the extra for most the salads. Asked for a milkshake, kinder bueno and I wanted snickers mixed with it too... £1 extra!? But I thought fine, let me give it a try anyway, so in total it came to an eye watering £7 for a sub-standard wrap milkshake. So... the wrap, all I could taste was dry bread and cheese, didn't get much taste of the chicken at all, although I did try one of the chicken pieces on its own and it was actually nicely seasoned, was such a shame there wasn't enough of it, that there was no sauce so it was so dry and just a dolloping of cheese? The milkshake for me was probably the most off putting thing, it was a small takeaway cup and was so thin that it was as if I was drinking water, with a name like dough SHAKES, I was at least expecting a half decent milkshake especially paying £1 extra too! I would've given it 1/5, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt on this first visit (usually I like to at least go to a place twice before reviewing) and try their baguettes and actually ask them to make the milkshake thick. Moving forward, with the part of Albany road it is located where parking is difficult, and to bring in the punters after they've tried it I really believe they need to try something new like and different to what's already on the road and round the corner. At the absolute least offer different sizes of milkshakes and not charge an arm and a leg for them if they're not being executed properly. I'm more than happy to pay £3-5 for a milkshake as long as it tastes good and is the right consistency."