Latest moan from you and me - 2016

Can't post just in case

Thank you

 

@fat controller makes my pee boil.. esp when the parents are in and know its happening!

well another moan.. had a meal booked for last night in a local pub that is known for lovely meals but had one of the worst experiences ever

my review that keeps on being taken down off their fb page..

Having gone to the Glan last year for our Ladies Christmas meal and thoroughly enjoyed we decided to book again this year. Big mistake.

Some of the girls had a brie starter, fine.. but considering there are normally 2 portions of brie they felt a bit let down. I had a duck starter which was so cold it made my teeth hurt and it was duck leg not breast so as you can imagine greasy as. I pinched a hot roll off one the girls who had a soup to try and warm it up.

After a lengthy wait we finally had our substandard Xmas main.. as you can see it didn't even fill the plate.. some of us didn't receive Yorkshire puds or stuffing. 2 measly Aunt Bessie roast potatoes, tinned/frozen veg which consisted for some of 2 potatoes, 1 pig in blanket, 3 watery carrots and swede, no peas on some plates,1 brussel sprout and meat that can only be described as from a packet warmed up in the microwave. Oh and gravy that must of been made from Bisto.

We didn't even bother with the dessert and refused to pay the £15 extra (after paying a £10 deposit). There was 11 of us so they had already made £110 off us besides the bottles of already opened wine and other drinks.

We went downstairs, me and my sister finished our drinks and decided to leave.. What happened next is unbelievable and I'm glad I wasn't there. They had the cheek to sack my cousin who works there, on her night out for a meal, after we had complained. The worst part about this is it wasn't even a manager but the pot washer.

 

Does this 'restuarant' provide an opportunity to comment on tripadvisor ?

 

Good grief @Linz !!!!!

I wouldn't have even waited that long ... ... having taken the photo, I would have been requesting the Manager come to the table. Then, I would have thanked him for the laugh and asked when the *real* meal was going to be served!

As for your cousin ... how long has she worked there?

 

I agree with FC, with one proviso, report to the owner AND trading standards. Maybe have a word with the local paper also.

 

I wouldn't touch a so called "festive meal" with a barge pole.
Had a few with various firms "dos" and mostly I'd say "dont", always cold and congealed.

 

Yes posted that on there too!

Manager wasn't there, sadly. He would have had a right earful and face full of "dinner"

She has worked there just over a year and they would be lost without her as she is the licensee!
She has been in for a "meeting" since and her job has been reinstated, luckily for her she has a new job as restaurant manager in a different place in the new year. We have all been offered a free meal but we have refused the offer.

Another cousin attended is actually a chef her self for a catering company and couldn't believe he was happy to send the plates out.

Most of us have and we had various responses of other people having rubbish meals or being over booked and meals cancelled on short notice, when in fact the place is actually empty. I honestly think they can't cope, they have had new owners and at least 5 new "chefs" in the last year and really have no idea how to run the business.

Yep, cold and as you can see the gravy was salty, full of some sort of fat and down right disgusting. Last year it was lovely.. such a shame!

I really enjoyed the company and we didn't let the meal ruin the night entirely, although yes, it seems as if it was just bunged on the plate from a pot that was sitting there a good while.

It was awful the way it was handled, we all sat downstairs (restaurant upstairs) to finish some drinks, the pot washer came down and didn't even pull her aside, so it was in front of other people in the lounge as well, he was foul mouthed and exclaimed, "Oh well you got a new f-ing job in the new year! And your all banned.. off you trot!" and chucked us all out. This person has no right to say such things! She is seeing what is going to be said in another meeting today and already has a solicitor on stand-by. If I was her, I'd tell them to stuff it and never step foot in there again.

Thanks for all your support, much appreciated.

 

Just a teeny, weeny moan ... more of an irritation than anything else.

Youngest son doesn't like mayonnaise (that isn't the moan by the way ); having spent all day out shopping and wishing to have a sandwich half way through ... so, try finding even *one* pre-packed sandwich/wrap/roll which isn't made with mayonnaise; we couldn't! What ever happened to using butter in sandwiches?

Youngest son also will not eat/drink anything which contains alcohol (no, that isn't a moan either ) but he does like Christmas pudding and Christmas Cake ... so why are *all* Christmas cakes and puddings made using alcohol? It may well only be the teeniest amount but nearly all children, of all ages, will partake of a bit of pud or cake over the season and yet no one seems to care that they are giving their youngsters alcohol!! And what of recovering alcoholics? How hard must that be on them?

Moan over.

 

I don't like mayonaise either @"M" and when I wrote to one of the big stores asking why they didn't make sandwiches without it, all they said was that their products are always made to the highest standard ... but I still don't like mayonaise

 

Mayonnaise is yuck, I could use another word, but I wont.
I prefer salad cream. At least it tastes of something.

As to so called alcohol in food, do you really suppose that they do put any in?
Never ever got legless on sherry trifle.

And if its cooked the heat would burn off any alcohol that might have got in by mistake.

 

You should try my wine jellies.... jolly jellies is what my friends call them....

I don't like mayonnaise either. I do like kraft miracle whip. Yup . Even my Mum used it and she was from Darlington......