1/5 Tim B. 4 years ago on Google • 4 reviews
TL;DR
Bonn
has
loads
of
nice
cafes
and
restaurants.
Any
one
of
them
would
have
to
try
really
hard
to
make
a
worse
job
of
remedying
a
mistake.
----
Sometimes,
you
just
get
unlucky.
No
matter
how
good
the
restaurant...
things
go
wrong,
and
this
was
one
of
those
lunches.
Since
it
doesn't
happen
all
that
often,
one
should
feel
privileged
to
learn
how
an
establishment
copes
and
treats
its
patrons
on
these
occasions.
These
are
the
when
you
learn
their
true
attitude
to
serving
guests.
My
two
dining
companions
and
I
had
ordered,
respectively,
the
pumpkin
soup,
the
penne
and
the
bouillabaisse.
Customers
are
asked
to
use
the
numbers
on
the
menu
to
simplify
the
order
(fair
enough);
and
the
waitress
entered
the
numbers
and
confirmed
the
names
of
the
dishes
to
us.
Very
soon
my
lunch
-
although
I
didn't
know
it
yet
-
arrived
in
the
shape
of
the
sliced
bread
for
the
table.
Very
nice
it
was
too,
as
we
nibbled
on
it.
After
a
long
wait
(one
of
my
fellow
diners
was
on
a
lunch
hour,
so
was
sensitive
to
the
time),
soup,
penne
and
lasagne
arrived.
Lasagne?
That's
not
how
this
review
started...
so,
disappointedly,
I
sent
the
lasagne
back
repeating
-
and
having
it
acknowledged
-
what
we'd
ordered
(the
lasagne
looked
good,
mind
you,
but
I
was
in
a
fishy
soupy
kind
of
mood).
And
back
went
the
lasagne
for
replacement.
Sometimes
mistakes
are
made,
and
you
just
get
unlucky.
Interlude...
the
pumpkin
soup
and
the
penne
(and
the
sliced
bread)
were
very
nice.
So
I
can't
fault
the
food
that
had
arrived.
My
fellow
diners
finished
their
meal,
digested
it
somewhat
and
_still_
my
bouillabaisse
hadn't
appeared.
There
are
plenty
of
waiters
there
to
notice
that
I
didn't
have
anything
in
front
of
me.
None
of
them
asked
what
was
missing
(actually
none
asked
how
the
others'
meal
was,
either).
So
I
gave
up.
We
asked
for
the
bill.
Waitress
said
"sorry
you
didn't
get
your
dish".
And
it's
not
on
the
bill.
I'm
sat
here,
unfed
(saved
sliced
bread
and
oil),
and
the
most
generous
thing
they
have
done
is
not
charge
me
for
the
food
I
was
expecting,
but
didn't
get.
*That*
is
not
service.
Really,
I
don't
know
where
to
begin...
it's
annoying
that
they
get
the
order
wrong,
but
__it
happens.
However
completely
ignoring
the
fact
that
they
didn't
feed
someone
who
came
to
their
establishment
which,
frankly,
has
the
sole
purpose
of
feeding
incomers,
is
incredible.
Anyone
can
make
nice
pumpkin
soup.
Not
anyone
(evidently)
can
make
you
feel
like
a
welcome
guest.
Actually,
I
do
know
where
to
begin.
I'm
going
to
write
a
review
of
one
of
our
favourite
places
in
the
UK.
We
go
there
so
often
that
occasionally
(very
infrequently)
they
get
something
wrong.
So
Roses...
this
is
what
they
do...
they
apologise.
The
chef
will
come
out
of
the
kitchen
and
do
so
in
person.
He
will
then
proceed
to
offer
some
small
gesture
to
set
things
straight
(any
gesture
will
do,
TBH...
but
it
usually
involves
cake).
In
any
case
the
failing
is
recognised,
and
reckoned
for.
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