It’s always a sign that something is not quite right when a restaurant is almost empty on a Friday night.
We were catching up with friends and thought we’d give Limones a try.
I’d looked at the menu online and whilst quite limited, there were...a few dishes that took our fancy, however the wine list was pretty poor and as we had 2 drivers, I decided to be responsible and take along a bottle of zero alcohol wine.
Imagine our surprise when we were told we couldn’t drink it, even although they had no non-alcoholic wines on offer.
So not a good start.... We were shown our table and asked if we’d like some water which took ages to arrive.
When ordering our meal we asked if they served garlic bread (as it wasn’t on the menu) and were told that they only served bread with the main course?? We asked if the bread could be brought out first, which request seemed to confuse our waitress, however she went away, came back and said “yes”.
Each couple shared a pork pate which was tasty but more like a rillette, and the bread we asked for had been forgotten.
Mains came, which were very nice but to be honest, the place was really let down by the staff who were not busy and not attentive. Little things like, not keeping an eye on our water, not opening or pouring the overpriced wine, expecting us to use the same cutlery for entree and mains, not thinking to bring a spoon when serving my pasta dish.
The best part of the evening was the company. We enjoyed catching up with our friends and arranged to meet up again in a fortnight - but not at Limones.
Once was enough!!More