Walkabout - Carlisle — Restaurant in Carlisle

Disastrous

We called into walkabout in Carlisle, looking for some food, the Friday before Christmas

The bar looked empty compared to the other bars over the road, we bought drinks and found a table, decided on 2 rump steaks, ordered at the bar and returned to my table.

5 mins passed and a member of staff arrived and informed me that there were no steaks, my wife then ordered a bacon cheeseburger and I ordered a festive burger, this sounded really nice, it was described as a 1/4 lb burger, topped with a turkey steak, cheese and stuffing and topped with cranberry sauce.

Well our meals arrived, neither looked very appetising, but we proceeded to eat, my wife's burger was ok, but my Festive burger was a disaster, not only was the turkey dry and rubbery but there was no burger, I complained and was told by the "chef" (I use that term loosely,) that this was the way he had been told to cook this menu item, I argued that a festive burger must surely come with a burger, and showed him the menu, on which it was clearly stated a 1/4 lb burger topped with ..........all the other stuff, my meal had now been ruined, I asked and received a full refund, but would not recommend anyone orders food in this establishment, it was...

Don’t remember how I got there. Don’t remember how I left. All I know is that as soon as I stepped in the building, Archie appeared out of thin air like the answers to all my prayers. My guy was pouring drinks like his life depended on it. Fast. Flawless. Utterly, truly majestic. At one point i saw him make six shots with one hand and hype up a group of girls with the other. Pretty sure he called one of them a queen and it healed her emotional trauma. He isn’t just some random guy on the bar…he’s also a part time therapist. He handed me a shot of tequila and comforted me while I sobbed uncontrollably about my dead stick insects—told me it was okay to hate my mother for feeding them to my crusty cat that has no teeth and smells like beef hoola hoops. His presence heals all wrong in your life. I would follow this man into war. I would name my first born child after him. If he told me to fight the devil himself, I would do it with no questions asked. If you go here and Archie isn’t working…leave. If he is, prepare for the best night of your life. All...

Honestly one of the worst experiences I've had from "bouncers", who were more like bullies. My friend came into the toilet with me by request who was male, we were fine inside and no one said a word. All of a sudden, he was escorted out and it escalated to the point where three " bouncers " were ontop of him, pushing him to the ground and pushing their knees onto his throat, I tried to explain that I asked him to come in, and I was met with a screaming female bouncer who wanted nothing but to be overly aggressive with me. In no circumstance was that warranted. My friend was not violent and did not pose a threat to anyone. Not only that, I was also pushed to the ground and grabbed by the throat when I tried to help my friend from being choked out. Absolutely disgusting behaviour by people who's only way of de escalating a situation is to attack people. Its really pathetic...