Pasha Restaurant — Restaurant in Scotland

The day was Saturday. The weather was lovely. I was feeling somewhat hung over.

What better to do on a trip up to the highlands than to stop into Pitlochry and have a light brunch in the sunshine. Well can you think of anything better to do? Exactly!

So my partner, my friend, and myself decided after looking into a few cafes that Pasha's would be the best place to grab a breakfast roll and a coffee to take away. How wrong we were.

I normally talk about the greetings I receive when entering a restaurant but here I can't. I was approached by a confusingly unapproachable man. A man who either hates people, his job, or maybe he was feeling hung over and uninspired (as I was feeling at this point, as in my heart of hearts all I kept thinking was "why don't we just go to Gregg's").

We spoke to the man and informed him that we were after a few breakfast items to take away - which confused him more.

We sat down, he brought menus, and we had a look. Oh! He did tell me what the soup of the day was - which was actually 3 soups.

My partner offered a black pudding roll. My friend order a bacon roll. I thought I'd be a little healthy and ordered the Lentil soup. "All to take away" he asked. "Yes" I replied.

As he started walking away I asked if we could order some drinks. A latte, a green tea, and a cappuccino. "To sit in" he questioned. "No. To take away" I answered, with a confused look on my face.

He strolled off, slowly.

My partner questioned why we would have the coffees to sit in and the food to take away. I had no answer.

The man came back with the bill.

£18. £18 for 2 rolls, a soup, 2 coffees, and a tea! £18! I was blown away, but paid regardless. "This best be some amazing coffee and soup" I thought.

The coffees were made and left on the counter by the till. The man then pointed to the coffees. Great service here as we were made to walk from our sits to get our coffee. Why?! Why not bring us our drinks?! - I understand at this point I might seem a little spoilt but for £18 I think I should at least have my coffee brought to me.

The food arrived shortly after and we left.

I tried my coffee. It was awful. Just tasted like hot water.

I opened my soup and dipped in the roll. Terrible! So much so I thought "this roll is off", so I threw it in the bin. Armed with my plastic spoon I dipped into the soup. Dreadful! I couldn't place what was the issue was until I notice the flour. I assume they had tried to thicken up the soup by adding flour but clearly added too much. After a few more tried this too went into the bin.

In short:

Terrible service Awful coffee Disappointing food Too expensive considering how terrible everything is.

Don't waste your time...

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