The Five Flies

Friday, March 21st, 2014

Reviewed by Laetitia Marchbank

The restaurant was fairly empty and I thought about that as I sat down and perused the menu. The service was bad, the wine glass was chipped. The one plate had a crack. The few waiters that were there were in a rush and seemed to want to get rid of us. We had a drink at the bar and they couldn't find the mint. A waiter finally came to the bar with a whole kg of coriander in a packet. Eventually they found a sprig. The tomato soup was sickly sweet and unappetizing. My steak was advertised with a roasted potato, it was steamed. The meat was tough and hard to chew. I went upstairs for a smoke and asked the waiter for an ashtray, it never came. The manager, I presume he was was surly and unfriendly and never once came to the restaurant. Once our favourite, we won't return