It's amazing what pubs will charge for a roast these days
and for £17 i'd want a fucking happy ending with mine
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:51, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

It used to be worth that money, it really did.
This was shocking.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:52, Reply)

Maybe the chef pissed off, and left a KP in charge.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:53, Reply)

Or they had a new bod and were just finding out how shit they were...

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:59, Reply)

true,
It's a shame when it happens, I've had stand up arguments with chefs over food quality, they don't seem to understand how embarrasing it is to hand over sub-par food sometimes. One chef used to say "i fucked it up, just get em a bottle of wine" as if that solved all the problems in the world.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:02, Reply)

In my experience most chefs do attempt to solve all their problems with a bottle of something.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:05, Reply)

This lot just came over with a wad of notes.
All was forgiven, so job well done by the staff - we still tipped them, and did so heavily.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:10, Reply)

you paid in advance?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:16, Reply)

Yeah, it's an' order at the bar' kind of place

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:18, Reply)

17.50 and you dont get a waitress or waiter?
Fuck. I never pay in advance, always open a tab, at least then you can refuse to pay, in case you get a shitty manager who won't give your money back.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:23, Reply)

We opened a tab for the drinks
but Lusty's folks were paying for the food and did so up front: it could have been a very bad move though, so won't be doing that again anywhere...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:30, Reply)

could've been.
I've never understood the culture in restaurants in giving free drinks for bad food. Just because chefs are so precious about their GP and managers are too pussy to fight them on it. If food is late, fair enough, glass of wine, but if food is shit, free food.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:36, Reply)

If I'm honest, I never complain on the whole, I just don't go back.
That's not actually giving them a fair chance to rectify the situation but I was brought up to never make a scene and I cannot face it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:45, Reply)

i get this.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:11, Reply)

get do
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:24, Reply)

haHA!

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:29, Reply)

London prices innit.
Mrs B and I had Sunday lunch in a pub a couple of weeks ago. Two courses each and a nice bottle of wine = £97.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:53, Reply)

Jesus fucking christ, were you eating Gold?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:54, Reply)

No, but included a £30 bottle of Lebonese red wine.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:56, Reply)

They make some fucking delicious wines over there.
cf Morocco.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:57, Reply)

And Israel.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:59, Reply)

Some of theirs are fucking vile though, like Jewish Ribena

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:00, Reply)

I've said it before and I'll say it again
I LIKE my wine to taste of Ribena.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:47, Reply)

My cousin is having a 50th birthday party and is having a meal at Morgan M, I'm well looking forward to it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:48, Reply)

I'll bet you are.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 9:49, Reply)

fair enough.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 5 Nov 2012, 8:58, Reply)