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jamie oliver restaurants serious debt
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Anyone going for a meal tomorrow, Valentines day. I'll be doing my own 3 courser with a nice bottle or two. Most places are booked up at premium prices. Can't see how they can provide the best service when they are rammed to the hilt. Same thing happens on mother's day and Christmas. I'm sure there will be a lot of disappointed couples tomorrow who will wish they'd stayed in.
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going to annies
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Oliver traded on the brand. Poor service, poor value very quickly equates to no business. Look after your customers.
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Best two meals I have had have been at The Hand and FLowers in Marlow and The Pot Kiln in Frilsham.
Celebrity chefs who actually cooked our dinner as it's their restaurant. And not a franchised rip off. I have yet to see Ronald McDonald cook in McDonalds. But I bet when he does it's amazing! |
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burger king so much better than mcdonalds
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Like others it doesn't surprise me that the Jamie Oliver chain is in trouble. We went to his restaurant in the West End for my niece's 21s birthday party, the only good thing about it was that my bro-in-law paid. I had the 'special' which was the seafood risotto, there was so little seafood in it and even the rice portion was tiny - unlike the price. I walked out of there wondering why on earth Jamie Oliver was tarnishing his name by getting involved in such a bad project and commented that there's no way the chain could last if the rest of the restaurants were like the one I'd witnessed but assumed that the reason the food was so bad because the restaurant was in the heart of theatreland and they were just exploiting the transient trade. It would appear not.
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I like eating out!
I generally would prefer to go to a place that can cook better than me but as you imagine there are not many  .I try and avoid any chain restaurant the exception being Pizza express. I absolutely refuse to eat at Byron Burger and would urge others boycott them too be cause of the way they treated their staff. What we do know about them is they had many staff who worked here illegally. They were happy to pay them low wages but when they were caught bang to rights by Immigration they not only shopped the lot of them but rounded them up too. They are scum of the highest order. I digress, Part of the deal about going out is to get away from home. It is nice to get out at times. I tend to enjoy the ambience of a restaurant as much as the food. I like old English pubs. There are plenty of 14th, 15th and 16th Century coaching inns down my way and yes I did visit them when they were new! Independent pubs cooking their own food are generally better value than a restaurant. There are plenty of dedicated independents out there. I also like some of these fancy dan restaurants in London. Yes they are expensive and often over priced but are often a good night out. |
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No time for these chains, portion control, cooking by numbers, high mark up gaffs at best. Use an Italian independent quite regularly. Husband and wife team run it, quality food, consistent. Know their customers, if you want your Arabbiata a bit hotter or milder, that's how you get it. Great service and will often throw in a freebie. Sometimes a round of liqueurs at the end of the meal. Place is full lunchtime and evening and if they are making a fortune I don't begrudge them a penny. Unlike phonies such as Jamie Oliver.
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small independant indian restaraunt over the road from me does a 4 course banquet on wednesday nights for around £12 a head ,good food good service , asked the missus if she wanted to go there for valentines , booked a table by phone and went last night excellent food good service as usual and expected the price to have gone up due to being valentines but price was still £11.95 per head had a few extra dishes and beers and wines and at the end of the evening they gave the missus a red rose and one of those red heart thingys on a stick .very enjoyable evening and excellent value for money .
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Well!
Where and what is the restaurant called! We are allowed to share the good news but I can understand if you want to keep it a secret! |
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See his meat supplier was the one accused of altering 'use by' dates and country of origin. Not Pukka!
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We joined that Jamie oliver gold card thing solely so we could go on the missus birthday and get a free bottle of prosecco. At least that made it cheaper and the foods was OK(ish) but that was our only visit. If we do eat out, there's a load of restaurants around by us that let you bring your own booze so we'll go to them but nowhere else.. As for takeaways, there's a reason they are so cheap so be it on your own guts...
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^^^^ They are not cheap
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Have an excellent Indian Restaurant a 10 minute walk from me ,5 * food and service that does for me and Mrs Case
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Totally correct McC.....
I gave up on buying takeaways, because the prices are ludicrous, by comparison with supermarket chilled meals, for when I'm not cooking myself! As it happens, I've just returned from Tesco Express, with a meal for two for £10.00. If you say that the bottle of wine is a fiver, that means you get two mains, two sides, and two desserts for a fiver! Only had one bad one as, against my better judgement, I got the 'Beef Roasting Joint' with which no amount of masticating would get it down! |
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Also have Two top class Pub/hotels with a few miles
Not your usual Pub fare and fairly priced .. |
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Which pubs are they casemoney? I'm always on the lookout for new places to try.
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