We ate at this restaurant on Saturday night, the first night of Eastbourne’s international tennis tournament. The restaurant was extraordinarily busy. They seemed surprised to see us when we arrived. We had booked but they never checked this; I don’t know whether they had a record of our booking. Nevertheless they found us a table of four.
We all chose from the two-course set menu (£24.50), adding a large glass of wine. The wine and starters were delivered promptly but then we had a long wait of almost an hour before the mains; they didn’t arrive until after we had complained and we suspect we had been missed. There were other tables who arrived after us and yet were served before us.
After we had complained they did give us a round of complimentary drinks. The mains then arrived fairly quickly.
My starter was baked aubergine with tomato and cheese. It was heavy and filling; no one taste predominated. For my main, I had veal. The slices were slightly tough, mostly tasteless and served in an over-salted tomato and olive sauce. The accompanying vegetables were nicely al dente.
Then the bill arrived. After we had paid it we discovered that instead of four glasses of wine, we had been charged for three glasses and a bottle. There was a refund, with apologies.
Maybe they thought we were among the more than four million tourists who visit Eastbourne every year. But we’re local. We help to keep restaurants running through the winter months.
Next time we’ll choose somewhere else. Fortunately Eastbourne has a wide range of possibilities including several good Italian restaurants.
We all chose from the two-course set menu (£24.50), adding a large glass of wine. The wine and starters were delivered promptly but then we had a long wait of almost an hour before the mains; they didn’t arrive until after we had complained and we suspect we had been missed. There were other tables who arrived after us and yet were served before us.
After we had complained they did give us a round of complimentary drinks. The mains then arrived fairly quickly.
My starter was baked aubergine with tomato and cheese. It was heavy and filling; no one taste predominated. For my main, I had veal. The slices were slightly tough, mostly tasteless and served in an over-salted tomato and olive sauce. The accompanying vegetables were nicely al dente.
Then the bill arrived. After we had paid it we discovered that instead of four glasses of wine, we had been charged for three glasses and a bottle. There was a refund, with apologies.
Maybe they thought we were among the more than four million tourists who visit Eastbourne every year. But we’re local. We help to keep restaurants running through the winter months.
Next time we’ll choose somewhere else. Fortunately Eastbourne has a wide range of possibilities including several good Italian restaurants.
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