Whinstone View — Restaurant in England

Whilst the food, the waitresses and the atmosphere- a live singer - were excellent I was very disappointed at the way we were treated towards the end of our meal.

The starters came out very quickly, before we'd even got our drinks, but that was okay and they were delicious.

Not long after we had finished our starters, our main courses arrived and although we had no time to digest the starters, again, the main courses were delicious.

However, we had only been at our table 45 minutes when it was becoming clear to us that our table was needed for other guests.

As soon as we had finished, our plates and glasses were whisked away and we were asked 3 times if we wanted anything else.

We were thinking about coffee, but we felt so uncomfortable that we just asked for the bill. As soon as we got it, the waitress asked if we needed a card reader. When we said yes, she asked if we minded vacating the table and to wait at the other side of the room so they could re-set our table. We had been there exactly 60 minutes.

The excuse we were given was that people had arrived early and they needed our table, despite there being a few 2 seater tables around us. I really felt that this was not our problem and we shouldn't have been hurried out of our table the way we were, although I was too polite to say this ...

It was my daughter's birthday, I hadn't seen her for a while and this was my treat to her so we could have a nice meal in lovely surroundings and a catch up.

As we were literally there for 60 minutes, this did not happen and we were left feeling very deflated after looking forward to this...

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