Thirty-Five Mainstreet

Apr 29th, 2023

Apr 18th, 2023

Apr 17th, 2023

Let's start with the good bit, it's in a beautiful location. So now let's get to the nitty-gritty. I'm an ex chef, and while I never expect michelin food from anywhere, unless it holds a star or more, I do expect good food, good service and a decent menu. Sadly today was not it. First up we were given the wrong menu, which I have to say ticked all the right boxes, but we were informed the normal chef (I'm presuming patron), is on maternity leave and so we were given the cut down version. Now I have no idea as to how long the chef has been on maternity leave, but I'm presuming it's more than a day, so why give out the wrong menu?, and more importantly why not employ another chef for the interim? So to the scaled down version of the menu. Extremely basic, but still your staples, calimari, cod goujons, fish and chips, scampi, minute steak etc. Most of us ordered the minute steak as it sounded delicious, only for the waitress to inform us 10 minutes later that it had sold out! Ok no worries so we mostly went with the fish and chips (my fish was cooked beautifully), and scampi. Sadly it then took ages to arrive, I would have left by this time, but I was with friends, so I stayed. When the meal finally did arrive it looked great, huge piece of cod and very nice chips, but the nail in the coffin here was, "would you like any sauces"? Yes, tartare sauce please, "I'm sorry we've run out of tartare sauce" Even my wife who normally is super placid, said No! You cannot serve fish without tartare sauce. No apology, no offer to choose another dish, no discount offered, nothing. For a restaurant to underestimate the possible demands on their produce over an Easter bank holiday is beyond a school boy error it's pathetic. Even when I did complain, as innocuously as I could, still no apology, nothing! I certainly will never be patronising 35 again. Thanks for a rubbish afternoon lunch.!
Apr 11th, 2023

Apr 9th, 2023