Hi folks, any opinions on this restaurant (just off Grafton Street)? I had a meal there last night with some colleagues and it was awful, on several aspects. And we were paying for it ourselves.
Service was appalling, the staff were in that fake pleasantness mode 'Hi, Im Damian and Im your server for this evening', yet we had four different waiting staff at our table. We were asked to move from our table twice, to make room for more chairs at a table behind us. We grudging moved the first time but would not budge the second time and the looks they gave us. We tried to order wine twice and both times, after waiting a good while, we were told both bottles were not availabe, so eventually, after 30 minutes, it was third time lucky.
While the food tasted nice enough, the portions were that nouvelle cuisine type, visually ok to look at but tiny portions! Its been a long time since I had to go for a burger after a restaurant meal and I had to, after this one last night!! Tandoori chicken was 2 small skewers of chicken, that was it, the main course of salmon was one small cutlet with small portions of vegetables. The dessert was a small piece of caramel mousse cake. If you were on a diet coming up to Christmas, great, but we were all out for a hearty meal.
When it came to the bill, we were charged for those bottles of wine that they supposedly hadnt in stock! It took ages for the bill to get readjusted (by a fifth member of staff).
Did we complain? I would have but I was in a very mixed group, some of whom would not say anything no matter how unsatisfied they were so I wrote it off as one of those things.
I would not recommend the place whatsoever. The food is nice enough but they charge way too much for the portions they serve. I wasnt aware of the prices until I sat down and looked at the menu (it was only one of our group who had recommended the place and there was silence when we were perusing the menu and the prices, my salmon cutlet was 20e, the steak was something like 32e for a 10oz). And the serving staff were so fake, it was really annoying.
Service was appalling, the staff were in that fake pleasantness mode 'Hi, Im Damian and Im your server for this evening', yet we had four different waiting staff at our table. We were asked to move from our table twice, to make room for more chairs at a table behind us. We grudging moved the first time but would not budge the second time and the looks they gave us. We tried to order wine twice and both times, after waiting a good while, we were told both bottles were not availabe, so eventually, after 30 minutes, it was third time lucky.
While the food tasted nice enough, the portions were that nouvelle cuisine type, visually ok to look at but tiny portions! Its been a long time since I had to go for a burger after a restaurant meal and I had to, after this one last night!! Tandoori chicken was 2 small skewers of chicken, that was it, the main course of salmon was one small cutlet with small portions of vegetables. The dessert was a small piece of caramel mousse cake. If you were on a diet coming up to Christmas, great, but we were all out for a hearty meal.
When it came to the bill, we were charged for those bottles of wine that they supposedly hadnt in stock! It took ages for the bill to get readjusted (by a fifth member of staff).
Did we complain? I would have but I was in a very mixed group, some of whom would not say anything no matter how unsatisfied they were so I wrote it off as one of those things.
I would not recommend the place whatsoever. The food is nice enough but they charge way too much for the portions they serve. I wasnt aware of the prices until I sat down and looked at the menu (it was only one of our group who had recommended the place and there was silence when we were perusing the menu and the prices, my salmon cutlet was 20e, the steak was something like 32e for a 10oz). And the serving staff were so fake, it was really annoying.