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Article #116Re: Do *NOT* eat at this place......
From: DRE
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:58
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:58
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thanks for the tip... There is a cafe/coffee place at Sunnybank called "Cafe Les Amoureaux" at Sunnybank diagonally across the road from the cinemas (near 7-eleven) and they make some really nice food at reasonable prices. Its usually full on Fri/Sat nights, but very nice food. I recommend the Chicken French Salad (if you like that kinda thing). Nice place! "Peter Lucas" <skyscum@gil.com.au> wrote in message news:Xns9396841EA328Eskyscumearthlingnet@127.0.0.1... > "Prego's Cafe and Wine Bar" in Carina (Brisbane). > > I went there with a friend last night....... and have never been more > disgusted with the service and food at any place, like I was there. > > Going by the Courier Mail 20 points system that they have in their Tuesday > segment, I'd give it : > 4 for Food, > 5 for Wine, > 3 for Service > 4 for Ambience and > 3 for Value for Money > > Food: We had Chiabatta with olive oil and balsamic dip for a starter. The > bread was a 4" peice cut from one of those loaves you get in the plastic bag > in Coles/Woolworths. The oil tasted like it came out of a plastic bottle. > Mains, we ordered the woodfired pizzas. I had a Meat Lovers with BBQ sauce, > my dining partner had a "Euro". Her's was quite good. Mine........ it's the > first time I've seen a meat lovers pizza with spag bol mince on it, complete > with the tiny chuncks of tomato and olive in it. Looks like they were using > their leftovers up. The "salami" was not salami, and a couple of peices smelt > quite off. The BBQ sauce, was just that. Straight out of a bottle and > squirted hap- hazardly over the top of everything. There would have been two > teaspoons (tops) of cheese on top. > Luckily I had asked for Jalapenos on top, they gave it some taste and > flavour. > If that wasn't bad enough, we found a hair under the Chiabbata, and I found > and even longer hair baked into my pizza. > It got 4 points for food because the coffee was pretty good. > > Wine: They should be ashamed to call themselves a wine bar. The red selection > consists of about 6 very ordinary wines. I went with a Cockatoo Ridge Shiraz, > for $20. *Very* overpriced. > > Service: We walked in on a Monday night and there were approx 6 people in the > place. We stood at the counter for 4mins waiting for a table. When the waiter > finally came over I asked for one of the tables at the back that had white > linen table cloths and linen napkins on. I was told No, they were only for > Friday nights. We took a seat in the main area on a bare table with paper > napkins. He then took another 10mins to come up and ask if we would like > something!! I asked for a bottle of water. I also asked for a brief > description of a couple of the dishes on the menu. He didn't quite know what > they were like. (Which is why we went for the 'safe' option of wood-fired > pizza). They had 6 staff members (2 cooks) to (at most) 10 customers. The > times that we had top wait for service, and for the food are totally > unacceptable. To top it off, my friend left some of her pizza. The waiter > came over in a rush, grabbing plates and asking if we wanted coffee and > dessert. She was having a bit of a think about it, and he took off. When he > walked past on his way back, she asked if the pizza could be put in a > container for her to take home. He looked dumbfounded and said "Oh, ummmmm, I > just threw it in the bin"!! > > Ambience: The bare tables are well worn and very dirty. A bit of bleach, hot > water and elbow grease would get them back into tip top condition. > Inside was a non-smoking area. The female owner stood at the bar/counter and > smoked to her hearts content. > Apart from that, the background music was *Kylie Minougue*!! A tad better > than the 1812 Overture that was playing when we first sat down, but not that > much. > > Value for Money: There is a fish and chip shop right next door. Go there. > > > I never paid for my pizza.
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