The Old Post Office

We visited after not having been for a few months and sadly it has gone downhill. Much smaller portions. Poorer quality. Without commensurate drop in price.

The food is good, however, the portions are a bit small for what you pay for. The men’s toilets were not in great shape towards the end of the night.

I'm writing this review to benefit the team to improve, management to inspect and inform others visiting. Our visit was for lunch on a Wednesday. Probably just 10 people dining. The special lunchtime menu wasn't offered and had to be requested. The drinks were ages being served and whilst an apology was offered, there were very few customers in the bar. Main courses were well presented but cool in temperature after a long wait. Deserts were small and disappointing. Scoops of ice-cream were hollow inside. The whole place was dirty and lacked attention. Seats on prepared tables were dirty, floor were uncleaned, table tops and handrails were sticky. The Ladies toilets were OK but the male toilet was very dirty, tile grout was filthy and missing, there were 2 dispensers with hand lotion and no soap, the hand drier didn't work. Finally the bill was presented and attempted to charge extra for a dish that was part of the lunchtime special. A very disappointing experience due to poor management controls.

Service was a bit slow

We went as a group of 11. We made a reservation and were asked to pre-order, which we did. When we got there, despite several emails from them beforehand stating consequences if we didn’t show up, they had lost our pre-order. Luckily we had it on a printout which we gave the waiter. Half an hour later, waiter told 2 people they were out of what they ordered. It took over an hour for starters to arrive. My starter was delicious - avocado hash. Someone else was very unhappy with their starter, can’t recall why. My main was a margharita pizza, which was like cardboard. Thin tough crust, which seemed to have plain tomato paste smeared on it and very little cheese. My neighbour had lamb koftas which were burnt and dry. Someone had ordered fish and chips and they brought her ham, eggs and chips. As her car was running out of time in the car park she had to accept the wrong order. The waiter started off very friendly but was almost surly by the end. He was quite rude when someone questioned when we were likely to get our food. Finally, when I went to pay for my meal they tried to charge me the full price rather than the lunch special price, which I felt was overpriced to begin with. Altogether a rather unpleasant experience and we will certainly not be returning.