Done the latter a couple of times.
The most spectacular being a curry house on the IoW with a £2000 bill for 3 yacht crews. They took 2.5 hours to produce the starters, another 1.5 for the mains and by the time the food turned up we were all too pissed to eat it. Wouldn't have been so much of an issue but the 24 of us were the only people in a restaurant with 100 or so seats, so clearly they should have been able to cope.

So we paid about £700 for the wine and refused to pay for the food, and in the end they had to accept that. Although I doubt we'd be welcome there again.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 14 Feb 2013, 10:14, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Although, having been to the Isle of Wight once, you are surely unlikely to return anyway.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 14 Feb 2013, 10:19, Reply)

Sadly, it's pretty difficult to avoid if you sail in the Solent

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 14 Feb 2013, 10:20, Reply)