点评:Lovely environment. A little difficult to get to if you’re not used to the Devon lanes.
Excellent welcome from someone I’ll describe as the more experienced female member of staff. Now I’ll try and summarise our experience. This will be meant as a way of help to improve things at this venue. Booked for lunch, 12pm.
After 10 mins, and although the venue was quite busy, there were also staff members who weren’t overly employed, we had a drinks order taken. I also ordered a bowl of olives. Drinks came but apparently it was too early for olives, the kitchen didn’t open for another 10 mins.
Food arrived in a reasonable time, no issue.
I finished my drink before my meal and wanted another but the usual ‘how’s your meal’ comment didn’t happen. Thankfully the, what I assumed was the manager, passed by and did enquire if things were ok. Drink received and super efficiently.
Gave them 20 minutes after our plates were cleared to receive a dessert menu, didn’t get one, so we paid and left. Yes, we could have asked but I like to feel like we are valued guests. Didn’t really feel it.
2 couples came in while we were there who had booked for specific menus who were nonetheless unable to be helped sufficiently.
I earlier mentioned the female staff member who was lovely but maybe she felt the strain of organising the younger guys? Lot of chatting but not enough action.
I’m not especially affected by the cost of living crisis but I do want value for money and I can’t genuinely recommend this venue.
翻译:环境很不错。如果不太熟悉德文郡的乡间小路,可能会有点难以找到这里。
一位我称之为经验更丰富的女性工作人员给予了我们热情的接待。现在我来总结一下我们的体验。希望这能为这家场所的改进提供一些帮助。我们预订了中午12点的午餐。
10分钟后,尽管店里相当热闹,但也有不少工作人员显得无所事事。这时我们的饮料点单才被受理。我还点了一碗橄榄。饮料很快就上来了,不过显然现在还不到供应橄榄的时间——厨房还要10分钟才开门。
食物也在合理的时间内上桌,没什么问题。
我吃完饭前就把饮料喝完了,想再点一杯,但平时惯常会有的“您的餐点如何?”这样的问候却没有出现。好在那位我以为是经理的人路过时询问了我们是否满意。饮料也很快就被送上来了。
在我们吃完后,我等了20分钟也没见到甜品菜单,结果始终没拿到。于是我们付了钱就离开了。没错,我们本可以询问一下,但我希望自己能被当作尊贵的客人来对待。不过这种感觉并没有出现。
我们在那儿的时候,又有两对夫妇进来了,他们也提前预订了特定的套餐,但同样没能得到足够的服务。
我之前提到过那位很可爱的女员工,不过或许她承受着安排那些年轻员工工作的压力吧?大家聊得挺多,但实际行动却不够。生活成本危机对我的影响不算大,但我确实希望物有所值,因此实在无法推荐这个场所。