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| - It really pains me to have to write this review for a pub that I had previously counted among my favourites.
I was there this past weekend with some friends. It was mid-afternoon and we stopped in for some late lunch. The place wasn't busy by any means, and the bartender/waiter cheerfully took our orders.
And then, we waited... and waited... and waited. It seemed that once some people showed up at the bar, the bartender forgot all about us and the other people sitting at the tables. The food, when it finally arrived, was quite good (or so I thought). But it took more than an hour for us to get our bills at the end of the meal, even after we asked three different people. Payment was even slower, as the bartender stopped to take drink orders while processing our cash and cards. And what's more, they tried to blame us for having the nerve to show up and patronize a bar during what was supposed to be a slow period. Not our fault if you're understaffed, gents.
Then, to add insult to injury, a few hours later I was praying to the porcelain gods, thanks to what must have been some off fish.
I want to be charitable and say that this is a great pub that was having an off day. But the terrible service capped off with the food poisoning forces me to leave the one-star review.
**Edited to add** A couple of days later when I got my credit card bill, I saw that the restaurant added an extra few dollars to the tip. I'm usually an excellent tipper and I had deliberately tipped a small amount in this case due to the terrible service. No problem, the pub simply STOLE money by writing themselves a larger tip on my credit card receipt. It was only a few bucks, but it's the principle of the thing. NOT COOL.
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