The Kilpin Beer Cafe — Restaurant in Nottingham

As I click 2 stars, I feel a little bad. The staff are genuinely helpful and friendly, the quality and preparation of the food was there, and the look and the feel of the bar is really nice. But mainly because I f**cking love Junkyard, so I know they can do better.

My main gripe is the food. Of all the meals on the table had, something was lacking from almost every one. The burgers lacked acidity and a sauce...some relish would have been heavenly! My taco need more salsa, and some cheese, and maybe even some sour cream: anything Mexican that contained moisture. If you serve a Cuban sandwich, you should probably at least cut it in half, make an effort to present it a little better (a token salad perhaps?). The fish cakes looked yummy, I think they were a success. Over all, individual parts of the meal tasted great, but the meals themselves were disappointing.

The drinks list as lacking enough detail on what was available, and didn't make enough deal about the beers on offer.

Small details they may seem, but everything was missing something that made it good. And when you put all the little things together it stops the whole place from being good, and really it should be as excellent as it...

⅔ beers next door at pint prices, manageress in green vinyl skirt very offended about constructive criticism even though never spoken to her... £4.40 quite reasonable until she asked me to leave mid-way through, only a pub(s) for the conformists it seems...

Edit: It seems I hit a nerve with the amateur bartender (manageress?), my dimple comments were light hearted compliments as I have them myself, I fear there must be an oversensitive policy here as I certainly didn't do anything to deliberately offend any staff members. I will always call out ⅔ beers at pint prices as seems to becoming a trend in some ...

I can't give service a 5* cos it's a one-delivery experience but the food was Michelin.

We had small plates including the:

curried lamb which was balanced and not over-cumined the crab on a god damn oversized blini which, for a landlocked town, was superb and did not taste retrieved from the Trent duck croquettes - finally someone who understands that croquettes are too strong for ham, bacon or (Ganesh forbid) veggie options. You need something strong and these are perfect

We're moving up in the next couple months; if the chef is still here, he's the owner; if he's not, I'll understand...