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troy raymond ellis

www.i-central.com.au
269 edward street
brisbane, australia 4000
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email: troy@i-central.com.au

"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.