The Irish Elk — Restaurant in Deventer

As part of our annual reunion for employees of a defunct company, we, the last remaining six, opted for Deventer and after an afternoon of sightseeing on a lovely day, found ourselves (around five o'clock) at the Irish Elk on Brink square. Ordering was no problem and I soon found a neat pint of Guinness in front of me. Conversations were lively and thus we completely forgot that it was already seven thirty and we still had nothing to eat. After more nearly two hours, one of us managed to halt a waiter, who 'would ask what had gone wrong in the kitchen. A minute later he was back, really embarrassed. He had found the kitchen devoid of any foodstuffs. They had nothing! OK, it was a busy day, but the charming waitress could have and should have but evidently didn't know the problems they were up against in the kitchen!!!!

WARNING: do not visit this watering hole until they have gor their affairs in order. Being out of anything to serve is possible, but let your customers know in time. Fortunately, Deventer had other eateries (thank you Heksenketel), who had foreseen the lovely day ahead and had made sure they had enough in stock. Tip for Irish Elk management: ask then how they do it. You may...

The food and service in this place is a disaster. Waited more than 30 mins for a club sandwich and a goats cheese salad. When it arrived the salad was clearly not fresh (limp lettuce, squashed toms) with a thin slice of goats cheese and 1 piece of bread - no seasoning, no dressing and very small. The fries ordered never arrived. The club sandwich was okay, but was served again with no seasoning. Two sodas arrived bizarrely with ice in one and not in the other. We then had to wait 15 mins to pay the bill because apparently the girl behind the bar couldn’t operate the payment system and the only waiter had...

Nice enough Irish themed pub. Staff need a little more training/guidance but it definitely has potential. We watched the rugby on Saturday and I had to ask for the sound to be put on (even though everyone in the bar was watching they still insisted on playing diddley-aye music over the commemtary) We came back to have the Irish breakfast on Sunday and I can tell you as both an Irish man and a bartender the breakfast needs to be improved drastically or it will cost them business in future. But if a little thought/effort is put into the place it could easily be...