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I've used this restaurant on several occasions and previously have not been disappointed! Holy moly the place seems to have changed ownership and the last time I ordered some sweet and sour chicken and noodles. There was definitely nothing sweet about the experience and the only sour thing was the state of this apparent "meal"!!! It was barely edible... The chicken was tougher than Mike Tyson back in his heyday. Forget a knife and fork, you would have needed a f*ckin chainsaw to get through this stuff! The sweet and sour sauce looked and smelled like the last pish I did after a heavy night of drinking, and the f*cking noodles reminded me of my grans hair, and she's been f*ckin deed for the last ten years! Honestly, avoid this place like the plague, it was honking! Id rather munch a tramps toddler than go back here!!

Booked a table for 4 at this venue and on entering the establishment I wondered if it was closed because there where no lights on and this made it very unwelcoming. We where directed to our table and it became quickly apparent that there was no heating on in the place either. It was absolutely freezing and coupled with the lack of lighting this made the whole dining out experience very miserable. Our order was taken and the food was less than impressive, I ordered the spaghetti bolognaise and had to leave half of it because the temperature of the food quickly decreased because of the temperature of the restaurant, it was very cold and had to leave my coat on for the entirety of the meal. We couldnt wait to quickly grab the bill and get out of there!!!! Would not recommend and will not be visiting again!!!

Worst customer service ever, when l received my teriyaki meal, on opening the fries squashed underneath box with terayaki burger, which was lukewarm, barely visible underneath a swathe of coleslaw...gross ! I'll never go to a KFC again

Dreadful place. Ordered tea and a milkshake. Milkshake was undrinkable. Tables were filthy. Sat down for about 5 minutes and told the seating area was closing despite them still selling food drinks. Had to move, no where to sit so had to stand with beverages. Complained , barista just said take it up with manager, nothing to do with me! Dreadful services, awful drinks and very dirty. Avoid. Oh and WiFi doesn’t work! Had a wonderful time in Edinburgh spoilt by the cafe Nero experience on leaving! Place should be shut down and replaced with something fit for purpose.

horrendous. the member of staff operating the cloakroom would not give my jacket back to me after losing my ticket following a casualty where an ambulance had to be called for my boyfriend. Very insensitive to the situation - the jacket also had my wallet in it which would have verified my identity. The member of staff even stated she remembered me paying for the cloakroom service and remembered which jacket i handed over. Totally uneccessary that i now no longer have my personal belongings - including all of my id cards and banking cards. shocking

Definitely the worst and definitely the most expensive chippy in the area. I’d say worst in Edinburgh but Bar B Que exists. I’ve been going for 12 years and the fish, chips and puddings etc are always awful. Pizza’s are pretty good to be fair, but I’m never going back. Balerno Fry is infinitely better. Never get re cooked chips or pale anemic fish in there. Really really bad.

I went to Cafe Nero this morning and my wife was eating a banana she bought in with her. There was also another customer eating a sandwich she bought in with her. For some reason the female staff member singled out my wife saying she will be barred if she seen her eating her own food again. She did not say anything to the other lady you was eating her sandwich for some reason.

This place has recently moved to Glasgow Road and is a takeaway exclusively. As usual, the menu requires a maths degree to decipher with all the different combinations of pizza deals. One deal was clear though - 50% off if you order through the app, which I proceeded to do. When I reached the order button it was unresponsive. So I hit on it a couple of times until it registered. It transpired that my labours had resulted in my ordering two extra pizzas! Stupidly, I had paid for them before I noticed. Panic! Fortun, the store manager was reasonable enough to correct the order. It's a salutary lesson though. The pizzas were great and arrived in good time.

At over 70, I have had more than my fair share of takeaways, but never what I experienced last night, Late, Cold Greasy, and all 5 meals inedible Never have a I tasted anything like it !!!!

Friendly service but slow probably due to a very slow kitchen. Clearly understaffed. We ordered the burger that had little taste ,and the chips were cold, the carbonara that were ok, the spaghetti n’duja that tasted ok too but had at best 1/2 teaspoon of n’duja meat - the waiter reassured me this was how the dish was supposed to be which was disappointing. I was offered a free starter to make up which was a kind gesture but I declined as we already had to wait 40 minutes for our food to arrive to begin with and I was not prepared to wait anymore - so overall this was a poor experience. The visit to the toilets just reinforced the feeling the whole place is not well managed or looked after as the toilets were dirty, smelly and grimy. Won’t go back and certainly won’t advise anyone else to visit

Dos de nosotros esperamos 10 minutos para ser recibidos en un restaurante en su mayoría vacío, y después de estar sentados, esperamos dirante 15 minutos antes de que alguien nos preguntó si queríamos una bebida. Era casi como si estuvieran tratando de ignorar a propósito (quizás porque éramos los clientes más jóvenes) eligen claro mesas vacías y en su lugar ignorando nuestro contacto visual. La comida era trajo rápidamente y sabor bastante bueno, pero la falta de disculpas por el retraso y horrible servicio hicieron que una comida decepcionante.

Con poco tempo a disposizione, abbiamo mangiato un mezzo panino con pollo tikka e verdure ( mezzo panino perché intero sarebbe stato troppo ... ). Siamo rimasti soddisfatti

El personal estaba en la parte trasera y no estaba listo para servir. No hay bienvenida ni mansión, ensalada en sub en raciones. Hombre en la caja solo 1 con cualquier servicio al cliente sobre él en absoluto muy decepcionante

The croissants were stale you get better ones in Aldi. These were dense and just so wrong, hardly any butter content just doughy hard and awful.

Just in with my dad for a spot of lunch. Ordered 2 mac n cheese (adults), the chef (I use that word loosely) advised they only had kids ones left, but she would add chips to compensate. Both dishes arrived (no salad, as listed) scattering of chips and a dollop of mac cheese, disappointed I can assure you. The young lady who brought out the dishes, not being funny, but perhaps a change of career may be needed….dreadful/cold/zero engagement attitude. Dirty tables, yet there were only about 6 or 7 tables actually being used…..totally unacceptable. Shall I return ?, i would rather chew my feet off at the ankles…..