We visited the restuarant on Saturday the 23rd June 2007. We ordered the vegetarian meze however queried why this included fish!?. We were told that something be done excluding the fish. The first dishes arrived which included a sausage dish!. We were served a selection of greek dips with pitta bread and a cheese pie which was cooked from frozen because it was still frozen at the centre. The next dishes arrived which consisted of a plate each of stuffed vegetables not the lots of little dishes that you would expect a meze to consist of. A greek salad was served with some of the most salty unrecognisable cheese. It should have been feta but it was vile. This was challenged with the waiter who simply shrugged and walked away. I paid the bill "under protest". Overall I found the staff to be unhelpful , dismissive and the food represented poor value for money. I asked to speak to the owner but simply ignored. So rather than spoil my evening any further we left. Broadbean

On Saturday 05/05/07, I booked a table for 7 people for a birthday celebration.

Whilst the service was quite good, the same cannot be said of the food.

Portions extremely miniscule and each plate was unnecessarily overly decorated.

The food was undercooked and tasteless. The wine was extremely expensive.

The menu was priced in accordance with a London restaurant. The whole experience

This restaurant has recently opened in a convenient location on the A4 heading out of Reading to the East. The restaurant has an inviting frontage and adequate parking. In line with this chain’s style, the restaurant is decked out to mimic a US diner, which is friendly and informal.

We ordered a starter of crispy chicken strips at £4.75. Thinking that the quantities would follow the US style also, we decided to share this one between two. Big mistake. The dish arrived after 20 minutes wait as 2 piece of reconstituted chicken in breadcrumbs on a bed of dead iceberg lettuce with a hint of some kind of mayonnaise dressing. The taste was poor and the presentation was well below ‘Little Chef’ level.

The Spotted Dog, Penshurst had been recommended by several local people so my husband and I decided to try it out on a Saturday evening. The food and the service was what I expected but there were only two of us and the pub was reasonably quiet. A table was booked for my family of 12 to celebrate my birthday for the following Sunday. We had to leave £60 as a deposit. My family are scattered around Hertfordshire, Hampshire and London, some making a 100-mile round trip to get there. When we booked we asked for a table outside if the weather was good. The person who took the booking neglected to tell us that if we sat outside that we would not be at the same table and we ended up sitting back to back. He also neglected to tell us that if we sat outside we would have to place our own orders at the bar. On the Saturday the manager was charm itself but on the Sunday his whole attitude had changed and was extremely unhelpful and rude.

After a pleasant evening walk along the Darent Valley Path we arrived at the Two Brewers in Shoreham looking forward to a nice evening meal. Little did we know we were in for the meal from hell...

Three quarters of an hour after ordering, our food finally arrived. My chicken curry was bland, very bland and quite tasteless. True this isn't a curry house but I've had far better pub curries in the past which ACTUALLY HAD FLAVOUR IN THEM. That was just the start of our problems.

This restaurant could be very good, if only it could get the basics right. Our greeting was at best OK and we were left to hang our WET coats on the back of our chairs – as had the majority of other people, not fitting with the style the restaurant it is trying to portray. One member of our party has specific dietary needs and we phoned in advance to check a plain steak would be available (which we knew, with the supplement, we would be paying over the odds for). However, we were told on the evening this was not possible. After some negotiation it was agreed it could be provided – though the overbearing Restaurant Manager insisted on trying to persuade our guest on the merits of the sauces. We were very clear these were not wanted. So what arrived? A steak in a sauce! Two of the other three meals were cold, not helped by being served on cold plates. A great shame as all the meat was excellent and beautifully cooked – but totally spoilt by what are small things to get right - listen to the customer and heat the plates! We will not return and I am left wondering how it has won awards. nlow