Me and 9 other friends went to Carluccio's Convent Garden yesterday, for a gather, celebrating the festive seasons...
Anyway, we got there, set around a lovely table, got a nice reception (a bread tin with different types of bread) a plate of sliced cold meats, mozzarella, olives, grilled peppers, etc, all you expect from a Italian.
Let's not forget Carluccio's is a chain, enough said, everything after that, went downhill...
Jonathan,very excited to see his old friends from Cambridge, talking with his hands like a Italian man from Sicily, accidentally threw red wine over the table and me, we used our napkins to dry the little mess(they use paper, not linen) as nobody (Staff) noticed, we asked for new napkins, I am still waiting...
We had to ask for tap water for the table, it wasn't offered.
I called the waitress a (French girl) again and asked kindly for a slice of lemon, still waiting...as you read this...
Then, came the Main course, we pre-ordered from the "Il menu di Natale" my main : "Agnello alla griglia"Chargrilled lamb leg steak served with peperonata.came hard as rock with undercooked peppers.
I had to call again our waitress to say I could not eat that "thing", she agreed to change for a Chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham served with Pesto ( Which pesto? It wasn't present) and "dead "rocket leaves.
We had desserts, it was fine, then came the bill;
The Bill
1-We had a deal with wine, £ 2 off, if we ordered Valpolicella, and Pinot Grigio,(they have charged full price)
2- One person did not had dessert and asked for extra potatoes instead, (they charged the extra potatoes)
3- They also charged for my Chicken, that was the replacement for "the thing", should not be charged at all.
4- They also added 12.5% for service charge Which Service????
Napkins? Lemon?
I imagine that French waitress was very annoyed with me and hated me for asking for so many things.
If only she did her job properly....
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