Cafe Blyth Sambuca — Restaurant in England

Sambuca Blyth, the go to place for any teenager's birthday. I've had past encounters with this place but nothing could've been better than last night. Upon arrival after my trek through the pouring rain, I was greeted with the unfortunate news that a table had not been reserved for our group of 8, with the time of arrival being the time that the table should've been ready. After being bundled away into a corner, clogging the restaurant completely, several tables were finally put together and we proceeded to take our seats for the upcoming spectacle.

Sitting down, in a very cramped fashion, our drinks were ordered along with out starters. Even before receiving our drinks, I was shocked at the state of one of the candles on our table, being lodged into an empty bottle of wine like a potato rammed up an exhaust pipe, with the candle falling out of its holder following the slightest knock. With relief, our drinks were drinkable which was making my experience a little bit better following the discovery of a bit of chewing gum on the floor.

Starters! My cheesy garlic bread arrived. It was moderately greasy. I had to wipe my hands down in an energetic and forceful fashion, with the grease taking half of the napkin with it. Next, my pizza. First off, this pizza was fundamentally flawed in construction. The crust was overly thick and hard. So hard that I couldn't cut it in half. After half an hour of the flailing of knives, I gave up on my un-merry crusade. The already cold chicken was colder and the pizza was still please insert your own expletive or adjective here. Next. Dessert.

Desert had a lot of potential. My garlic bread was soggy, my pizza was a disaster. At this stage, it was now just damage limitation. However, my 'Lemon' Sorbet was just a general disruption to my life. It had no taste, it was practically frozen water inside the frozen carcass of a lemon. In fact. It was. Also, not to be picky, but the container in which this frozen lemon was stored was, like my pizza, flawed. The glass dish offered no support to my lemon, with the desert slipping and sliding all over the place.

Despite this incident, overall, the meal was bad, and, personally, I wouldn't recommend this restaurant for any teenage birthday party. Or any birthday party. Or, in fact, any meal. The drinks were quite capable but the rest just wasn't. Two...

I rated 2 star based on my dining experience yesterday. our table booking for 7 adults & 2 children resulted in a 7 seater table. This was quickly sorted & we got a larger table. we did however pull the tables away from the window as it was impossible to get in & seat yourself. The waiter had no etiquette at all, he was brusque, had a lack of personality and sincere customer focus. that is my opinion. i ordered a steak & a waitress turned up at some stage with a steak knife, she stood there and announced "its a steak knife", very educating! The waitress who served 2 of the 4 steaks failed to identify they were sirlion & caused confusion. i ordered a medium rare steak and it was almost bleu! It was also freezing, we eventually put our coats back on.

sorry but not the greatest experience this...

Food was OK, the coffee was like dirty dish water. Ordered the lunchtime special and the bill was quite a bit more than expected. I queried this and was told that only plain garlic bread was included and I had it with tomato. For this I was charged an extra £2.80. I pointed out that I had asked the waiter for the special and the manageress told me that some of the staff aren't clued up. I was also charged for 2 cokes when when only had 1. If it wasn't for the fact my wife was having an anxiety attacked I would never have paid more than I should. Disgraceful attitude and service. Forgot to mention the tablecloth was damp and we had to take it...