Comments on: The York and Albany: a review http://www.donaldstrachan.com/archive/2009/01/the-york-and-albany-a-review/ Politics, Travel, Media, and occasionally the Politics of Travel Media Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:59:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: john brown http://www.donaldstrachan.com/archive/2009/01/the-york-and-albany-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-29 john brown Wed, 20 May 2009 14:34:51 +0000 http://www.donaldstrachan.com/archive/?p=123#comment-29 Wenr for lunch with a party of eight. Had drinks in the bar first had to get everything ourselves, nobody the least bit interested. Went into the restaurant were waved over to our table. had wine and were expected to pour it ourslves. Food itself was excellent but completely spoiled by the absolutely terrible service. Every dish was late or incorrect and nobody seemed to care. our waiter appeared occasionally and when we complained to a "manager" we got a shrug and a walk away. When we left we were ignored. What a way to spoil a good restaurant, cant see it lasting any time like this. And...watch out for the additiomnal charges. Wow!!! Wenr for lunch with a party of eight. Had drinks in the bar first had to get everything ourselves, nobody the least bit interested.
Went into the restaurant were waved over to our table. had wine and were expected to pour it ourslves. Food itself was excellent but completely spoiled by the absolutely terrible service. Every dish was late or incorrect and nobody seemed to care. our waiter appeared occasionally and when we complained to a “manager” we got a shrug and a walk away. When we left we were ignored.
What a way to spoil a good restaurant, cant see it lasting any time like this.
And…watch out for the additiomnal charges. Wow!!!

]]> By: Nosemonkey http://www.donaldstrachan.com/archive/2009/01/the-york-and-albany-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Nosemonkey Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:50:48 +0000 http://www.donaldstrachan.com/archive/?p=123#comment-3 Intriguing - it's just up the road from my old flat, so I was glad to see someone finally doing something with the place after years of the building going to waste. Popped in for a pint a few weeks back to check it out - (mostly) impressed with the conversion from an architectural/interior design point of view (nice and light, making good use of the windows, even if the view of the traffic light chaos at the top of Parkway is hardly an appetising one), but got rather put off by the £4 Old Speckled Hen (a perfectly acceptable beer, but rather unimaginative). It may have been nicely poured, and the bar staff seemed to appreciate serving someone who didn't click their fingers at them first, but I couldn't help feeling that a proper gastropub should pay at least as much attention to the beer as to the food. Still, sounds like the food may well be worth a pop after all. Anywhere that stuffs things with foie gras gets my vote. (Oh, and apologies for over-use of parentheses - brain addled by allergic reactions at the moment, resulting in convolution and inability to re-write.) Intriguing – it’s just up the road from my old flat, so I was glad to see someone finally doing something with the place after years of the building going to waste. Popped in for a pint a few weeks back to check it out – (mostly) impressed with the conversion from an architectural/interior design point of view (nice and light, making good use of the windows, even if the view of the traffic light chaos at the top of Parkway is hardly an appetising one), but got rather put off by the £4 Old Speckled Hen (a perfectly acceptable beer, but rather unimaginative). It may have been nicely poured, and the bar staff seemed to appreciate serving someone who didn’t click their fingers at them first, but I couldn’t help feeling that a proper gastropub should pay at least as much attention to the beer as to the food.

Still, sounds like the food may well be worth a pop after all. Anywhere that stuffs things with foie gras gets my vote.

(Oh, and apologies for over-use of parentheses – brain addled by allergic reactions at the moment, resulting in convolution and inability to re-write.)

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