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| - I read such good reviews for this place and since I was at the market, I figured I'd try it out. First time I went I ordered the calamari and chips to go, and sat on a bench in the park opposite. The older British lady beside me commented on how she always ordered the same from Buster's and we stuck up a lovely conversation. But back to the food. I was mildly satisfied, since the portion was huge and filled me right up. The curly fries were delicious, but the calamari was just OK.
So I decided to go back again and this time I tried the calamari grilled this time around. It was more expensive of course, but for that I was expecting better food. It came out as 6 large pieces of calamari covered in seasoning and slightly blackened. They gave me some sort of sour cream sauce that looked like tartar (and most definitely wasn't) so I had to ask for tartar on my own. Anyways, the grilled calamari was definitely better than the fried variety, but I found it much to salty for my liking and lacking any flavour other than charring and lemon that I'd squeezed all over it. I'm a calamari fiend, but both their calamari dishes failed to wow me in any sense.
Still, I'm a sucker for seafood and will most likely be back. Maybe I'll try the actual fish this time.
And a note on the line-up/ordering system: I agree, it's very unorganized. They ask you to order at the cash but at the same time they're taking orders from the other end of the bar, and soon the staff get confused with who's paid and who hasn't, and who's ordered and who hasn't, and the patrons are even more confused. then, given the lack of adequate seating in the area, there's a buildup of people looking for seats, saving seats, and still trying to decide what to order. If they figure out a more efficient system it'd save headaches for the staff and for customers.
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