1/5 Peter B. 2 years ago on Google
A
shadow
of
its
former
self:
Our
group
of
friends
used
to
dine
here
regularly
(a
few
years
back)
and
the
current
restaurant
is
a
shadow
of
its
former
self.
Having
had
a
bad
experience
here
last
year
we
decided
to
give
them
one
more
chance
-
which
turned
out
to
be
a
big
mistake!
Firstly,
the
drinks
(cocktails),
and
general
service
from
the
bar
staff
was
good;
but
thats
where
the
positives
end.
We
arrived
at
7pm,
ordered
food
by
7.20pm;
and
it
wasn't
until
8.30pm
that
the
starters
arrived.
The
frustrating
thing
being
that
the
restaurant
was
not
even
busy
(5
or
6
other
small
groups
downstairs
and
no-one
upstairs).
During
this
time
we
witnessed
several
other
groups
of
4
walk
out
in
disgust
at
the
quality
of
the
food
and
long
waiting
times
-
so
our
hopes
of
a
decent
meal
began
to
sink!
We
enquired
as
to
when
the
food
was
going
to
arrive,
several
times,
and
on
each
occasion
was
given
a
different
story.
One
of
our
group
was
then
told
(1hr
15min
after
ordered)
that
the
dish
he'd
ordered
was
no
longer
available
since
the
kitchen
had
sold
the
last
of
it
a
moment
earlier.
Almost
TWO
HOURS
after
we'd
ordered
and
the
"food"
finally
arrived
-
well
half
of
it
did:
The
odd
burger
and
side
of
fries;
followed
by
the
saddest
mini
bowls
of
coleslaw
that
I've
ever
seen.
Half
the
burgers
looked
appalling,
with
no
salad
/
garnish
and
at
best
luke-warm.
The
salt
and
peppers
fries
were
a
soggy
mush
and
Nachos
had
seen
betters
days!
A
real
disgrace;
particularly
given
such
a
long
wait.
We
raised
this
concern
(several
times)
with
the
manager
and
made
it
crystal
clear
that
we
would
not
be
paying
for
the
food
as
it
was
of
such
a
poor
standard
and
had
taken
such
a
long
time
to
arrive.
The
Manager
(who
in
her
defence
seemed
to
have
been
dropped
in
it
by
the
owners
of
the
chain)
explained
how
she
had
"half
a
kitchen"
and
half
the
kitchen
staff
to
run
the
restaurant.
My
advice
under
such
circumstances
would
be
to
remain
closed:
as
they've
now
lost
8
customers
for
life.
The
quality
of
the
food
was
appalling
and
on
par
with
something
youd
get
at
fairground
burger
van,
but
there
you'd
be
paying
a
fiver
and
not
£12+
a
meal!
The
total
food
bill
was
quite
rightly
voided
(it
must've
come
to
around
£120);
and
we
settled
our
£120
bar
bill
and
left
disappointed.
The
£120
we
paid
was
absolutely
fair
for
the
service,
quality
of
food
and
dining
experience
we
had.
Sadly,
this
is
our
second
consecutive
bad
experience
at
Solita
Didsbury
and
we
will
not
be
returning.
We
remember
your
"golden
age"
-
RIP
Solita
Didsbury.
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