I've often wanted to try this restaurant out, and today I got my way. It usually happens sooner or later...
The restaurant is a sort of canteen style one - you grab a tray, look at the menu, order the food, grab your own drink / snacks / sweets and pay. Not too difficult, and I do have years of experience in the canteen food-purchasing business.
I ordered a cajun chicken panini, and nearly croaked when I saw the price - £5.15. The pleasant young fella said he would sort that out for me, and gave me a silver stand with a green panini sign on it. Novel. Off I went to pay, grabbing a drink of orange juice on the way (and rhyming all the day, so it would seem), for the polite young girl at the checkout to ask me if I would like a glass of ice with my juice. Happily says I. £6.55 says she, and hands me back my change and receipt. Somewhere between the beginning of the queue and the checkout, my panini had lost 10p in value - £5.05 on the receipt. Fair enough.
My sister order lasagne, and got lasagne, chips and a heck of a salad, while my brother played safe with a bowl of chips. My panini arrived with an equally impressive side salad, presented in a nice, tidy fashion. Well, at least I was getting my money's worth.
A few moans from my sister alerted me to the fact that there was pineapple in her salad. Yes, pineapple. I soon discovered that this was indeed the case for me too...and I had sweetcorn. Interesting (!) combo, never mind the cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers and onions. The panini was grand, but the salad did disturb me a little. My sister said that the lasagne was "okay", but she is a lasagne connoisseur. My brother was happily entertained by his bowlful of chips. That was sure a relief...
Not a bad 'un, but with pricey dishes and bizarre salads, not a top one for me I'm afraid. read more