Malt & Anchor Restaurant and Takeaway — Restaurant in Cotswold District

This would be a 5 star review, the food was excellent, the restaurant was nice and cosy and the staff member behind was polite, so what went wrong?

After paying we sat down with a couple of beers, waited for our food which we was told would only be around ten minutes (which it was), however when the food did turn up, it was served in cardboard boxes in a paper bag. I checked if we was actually okay to eat the meal in the restaurant as we weren't given any cutlery, and it seemed a bit off to be served food like this, but I was told that we weren't able to as we paid the takeaway price?

We never asked for takeaway, we didn't expect takeaway, I thought I was eating a nice meal in a nice restaurant on my first evening in Cirencester. Instead, I'm told I've paid for something else, which ends up with me eating my meal at a park bench, in the dark, on a cold October evening.

I should have been asked if I either wanted takeaway or to eat in, but I wasn't. I'd have paid for eat in price if I had known, money wasn't an issue I just wanted to eat in a restaurant. I left a little confused and didn't enjoy the meal to be honest as I was just p*ed off.

Next time ask if it's eat in...

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