Advantages: Freshly prepared food, well cooked, Good menu Disadvantages: Service impersonal, too fast!!
On a dark, wet and windy night in late December, we arrived at Café India in Albion Street, in the Merchant City area of Glasgow with great anticipation. I had heard good things about this restaurant and wanted to try it out. On entering the restaurant, we were asked by a waiter to take a seat in the reception area (in our wet coats) and he would be back in a minute. Although I had made a reservation, this seemed to be of little or no interest, as ... ...to a table, but before we could sit down, we had to ask if there was somewhere we could hang our dripping coats as we didn't want to keep them on! The coats dispensed with, the menus arrived at the table immediately. Our first impression of the restaurant was that it seemed fairly new, of modern design, but somewhat lacking in atmosphere. We struggled to read the menu, as the wall lights next to our table were too dim (although the centre of the ...
pollypickle 15.01.2008
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...but realised in time that Cafe India automatically add a 15% service charge to the bill - so we very nearly doubled tipped terrible service. In my opinion an establishment should be very confident that it's service is up to scratch in order to automatically add a service charge. Unfortunately Cafe India just could not keep up on a quiet Saturday afternoon when patrons where ordering from a limited lunchtime menu; perhaps that was why such a prime ... ...Either way, I'd hate to have been there on a busy day/evening while a more expansive menu was available and won't be returning anytime soon.
There is a parking lot right next door to the restaurant and there was a sign on the menu saying your first hours parking there would be free. Unfortunately when I asked about it I was told that they had no valid vouchers left but maybe if I showed the receipt I'd get the discount - however, our bill was paid ...
Kidtechnical 25.08.2008
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