Home Bar Lounge Kitchen review by h mck
a group of us booked this restaurant/ bar for a friend's 30th after reading some of the positive reviews documented. however, i found it a disappointing experience due to a number of issues.
We were offered a set a la carte menu at £23 for 2 course or £27 for 3 course. This you may think is not a bad deal. However, there were no vegetarian options (some people in party were vegetarian). When asked, we were given their (standard menu). It was then that i noted the a la carte dishes alongside a wider variety of course. The main course average fin the standard menu ranged rom £12 - £16. This meant that if you wanted a main and desset, under the set 'a la carte' menu a dessert of say ice cream that was offered would actually work out at between £7 - £11!!!. When I highlighted this to the waitress, she just shrugged and said that their creme brulee normally costs about £8 'a la carte' menu aside. I am sorry but the 'a la carte' menu is A RIP OFF ploy!!!!
Secondly, the ceiling above our table sprung a leak, and one of the party got soaked in water. What was insulting was they barely uttered an apology to our wet friend or offered her a towel even. They just got us to stand up and drag our table (3 of the party were pregnant) over to one side with the leak still hovering close by us. One eye on the food, one eye on the leak!!!!
There was not even a gesture of apology such as a free drink for our wet friend. This also occurred when our main dishes arrived, so as we were dragging our table our food was also being placed on the (moving) table.
By the time the commotion had calmed down, and we sat down to eat our (small substandard) main courses they were cold.
The tables were laid out well, but with 6 bottlesof mineral water already in place (which we had not asked for) and found out they actualy cost £3 each. This is a cheeky tactic to push (unwanted) bottled water
Another disappointment was the dessert. I opted for treacle tart as did most of the party (we had a vast choice of treacle, creme brulee or ice cream all a bargain at £11!!!!!)
We all left the tart, it was all treacle with a slither of pastry - a may as well have just sat their with a tin of syrup in front of me!
Finally, the service was desperately slow (although all smiles and politeness). Our table was booked for 7.30pm, we finally settled the bill at 11pm!!!
Although the interior was designed well, there were so many factors that made this a thoroughly disappointing and (undeserved) over priced substandard evening.
If you want value for money, decent 'a la carte' food and want to keep yourself dry don't come to home. It most certainly wasn't much of a 'home'
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Overall rating 
Food 3 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
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