It's a pity we did not take the trouble to look up Daphne m-c's review first. Like her we booked a table for 12 people for a Sunday lunch birthday celebration. We ordered at 1.40 pm. At 2.00 pm we were told "10 minutes." We were told 10 minutes again at 2.30. At 3.00 pm we delivered an ultimatum to be told "definitely 10 minutes this time." At 3.15 we upped sticks and went instead to a very nice restaurant nearby called Lemonia. The owner was not surprised to hear our story and he kindly managed to fit us in; thus rescuing the celebrations.
The Princess of Wales is a triumph of style over a disaster of substance. When it comes to food and the service that goes with that, it is amateur, slipshod and ultimately indifferent - Avoid.
Joe O J
Sun Feb 17
A group of friends (12 in total) descended to the Princess of Wales at 13.30 this Sunday for a nice lunch to celebrate a friend's 30th. We were shown a table at the basement, got some water and a pitcher of Bloody Mary's and obviously the menus. Sadly, the waitress could not really be bothered to actually serve us, took our orders at 14.00 and then disappeared for about 30 minutes. Even more disappointingly, so did our food. Our very basic startes (chicken salad, mushroom soup and fries) did not grace us with their presence till 15.00!!! Thankfully they wer e warm, but obviously no apology was made from the waitress or the manager. We were so fed up with the horrible service (despite a number of complaints) that we actually had the birthday cake (at 15.30) before our mains FINALLY showed up at 15.45. There was a very basic apology from the manager (the waitress did not even look us in the eye) but no offer to pay for our drinks or any other good gesture.
A word to the wise. If you are thinking of going there for lunch, best to bring your own and just buy drinks. There's no point in ordering food
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