Fawlty Towers is better run than this restaurant. I went with ten of my friends to this restaurant to celebrate a friend's birthday. I found the place itself very unwelcoming with empty beer casks stored in the foyer. When we sat down we were presented with one small bowl of prawn crackers between all of us, we were given the menus either a la cart or a special "eat as much as you can in two hours", costing £10.90.
The first stumbling block came when we were informed that as a group we all had to pick from the same menu. The majority wanted the £10.90 menu, which was very limited, only meat dishes, no seafood. The starters were acceptable but they didn't take the orders for the main course 'till we had finished the starters.
As only 4 people wanted wine, a waiter was removing the extra wine classes and knocked over a glass of water, which landed in one of my friends' lap. The man didn't apologise but another waitress came over to clean up the table. We asked for the table cloth to be changed but the manager said it would be too much trouble and all she did was to place another table cloth over the wet area.
About 20 minutes later the main course started to arrive one or two dishes at a time. One person received the first part of their meal and had to wait about 15 minutes for the second part. By that time the first part was getting cold.
There were no plates or dishes offered and when one of us asked for them the waitress brought just one, and we had to ask her for dishes for everyone. There was only a fork to use to eat with. No chop sticks and no knives and spoons.
The meals themselves were very poor, consisting mostly of vegetables and very little meat. The majority of the party were very dissatisfied with their meals and left quite a lot of food on their plates.
I can honestly say this is one of the worst Chinese restaurants I have ever been to in Sheffield and I have eaten in most of them. The price of £10.90 for the amount of food we received was shocking, and its a place I highly recommend you stay away from.
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