Ed if there is a bigger handicap on this planet than you, i have yet to happen upon him.

Hope that helps

Fucking lol, almost spat my Greek yoghurt, three berry and Dorset cereal muesli mix out!

Expected better from Michel Roux Jr I must say.

Had him down as a good egg.

Agreed. Paying less than minimum wage AND swindling the service charge too. Piss poor

Whenever someone asks if we should leave a tip I always say the 3.20 at Sandown.

TAKE MY WIFE!

Smallman1 If you can’t calculate 12.5% quickly in your head, you have no place at the biz-trans-dev coalface.

      Along_the_Wire And I’ve started carrying enough cash to cover it if card payments aren’t clearly paid out either to all of the service staff as a %, or directly to the team member that looked after us. Pretty much the only thing I have cash for these days…

        vinnyt77 If you can’t calculate 12.5% quickly in your head, you have no place at the biz-trans-dev coalface.

        Lol, cheers Vin!

          Except when they add it and the. Leave space for you to add it again hoping you didn’t notice.

          Sly twats.

          My recent experience is of poor service that is totally down to attitude. Sorry if I sound like a cunt.

            benson I really liked the model at the Hand and Flowers when we were there recently. They build service costs into the price they charge on the menu. No service charge / tip over and above that. Loads of people have kicked back against it, but I think it works really well for them. Catch is - you’ve gotta be very confident that you’re delivering great service - which at the H+F, they are…

              I went to Roka for my anniversary and my mate phoned up in advance to buy us a bottle of champagne for the meal as a surprise. They tried to charge him service charge when he paid for it over the phone. Jokers

                When I went to dinner by heston my sister paid for a bottle and they never gave it to us.

                As well as telling us they were too busy to serve us as they were making up the next days menu. I shit you not.

                Awful place.

                  benson

                  Braised Celery
                  (c.1730)
                  Gruyere, girolles, truffle, cider apple & smoked walnuts

                  £42.00

                  Get the fuck out of here. Celery. £42.00. Heston having a laugh.

                    I’d have to have mine sans gruyere.

                    alistair I don’t mind if they whack on 10% as long as it’s fairly distributed to the staff. Otherwise it turns into that scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

                        I didn’t Jonatton.

                        Hope that helps.

                        Got another Papa John’s en route.

                        An XLL The Works sans cheese with a side of chicken poppers.

                        Or living the dream as I like to call it.

                          Smallman1
                          Just having a lovely roast leg of lamb for lunch.. definitely winning.

                            Had the misfortune of a Papa Johns Friday, unsurprisingly rank.

                            Dubbers definitely winning

                            Smallman1 Need to have it sans cheese MC, accentuates the flavour.

                            Given that you’d have never had it with cheese, then how would you even know that?!

                              Scott Bailey and MC trying to do the bants and riffing, good to see but crikey is there work to be done.

                              Onwards!