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Article: Unbelievable nightmare on Broad street Restaurant Spy CAFE ROUGE, THE WATERS EDGE, BRINDLEY PLACE, BROAD STREET
- Article from:
- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- January 19, 2007
- Author:
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CALL me old-fashioned, but when I pay nearly pounds 50 for a quick
meal with my partner at a restaurant, I expect at least three must-
haves: good service' good food' and good drink.
Perhaps the usual house manager wasn't in or was it just
complacency that let me down on all three during my latest visit to
Cafe Rouge at BrindleyPlace?
I know it's a chain, but it's no average burger or pizza outlet.
And while I wasn't demanding the latest, the grandest and the most
impeccable, nor was I expecting to spend the time at my table ruing
the decision to eat there. But that was the reality endured.
It started with the shrugging shoulders-style reception to a not-
that-busy venue at around 6pm. ...