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Would you complain?

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HereComesSanta · 23/12/2024 00:07

Went out for an ABBA night at a hotel. We didn't book a room as it was fairly local but we did pay £40 per head for a 3 course meal and ABBA tribute night.

  1. The actual food we got was very different to what the menu said. The soup was meant to come with croutons, we only got one each. The turkey was very dry and everything was cold. The desert was missing the winter berry compote advertised on the menu.
  2. The ABBA tribute was just 2 ladies. Tbh, they were alright but we were of course expecting Bjorn and Bennie tributes. Didn't feel quite the same.
  3. We were waiting forever at the bar when it wasn't even busy. Bar staff kept walking off, seemed to take forever to make the drinks, we were just stood for ages.

For £40pp we expected more.. I don't know what i'm expecting but just for feedback really, I feel to complain. We left a bit disappointed

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Resilienceisimportant · 23/12/2024 01:40

KrisAkabusi · 23/12/2024 00:10

The actual food we got was very different to what the menu said. The soup was meant to come with croutons, we only got one each

Whatever about your other complaints, this is the most mental thing I've ever heard anyone getting annoyed about!

I mean only one crouton! Does someone have the number to the Prime Minister?

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/12/2024 01:39

HereComesSanta · 23/12/2024 01:37

It was not but it did say ‘served with croutons’ not crouton! It was in the soup too and had gone soggy ish

Did you not expect bread in soup to get soggy?

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HereComesSanta · 23/12/2024 01:37

It was not but it did say ‘served with croutons’ not crouton! It was in the soup too and had gone soggy ish

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nocoolnamesleft · 23/12/2024 01:31

I am reminded of croutongate Surgeon suspended over bowl of soup goes back to work

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/12/2024 01:31
  1. The actual food we got was very different to what the menu said. The soup was meant to come with croutons, we only got one each. The turkey was very dry and everything was cold. The desert was missing the winter berry compote advertised on the menu.

was the crouton count in the Ts&Cs?

friendlycat · 23/12/2024 01:16

If you had wanted to complain the time to do so was when you were there, not afterwards. Honestly it all seems fairly trivial.

Poppyseeds79 · 23/12/2024 01:10

Sounds very standard fare for Christmas type do's this time of year.

KrisAkabusi · 23/12/2024 00:10

The actual food we got was very different to what the menu said. The soup was meant to come with croutons, we only got one each

Whatever about your other complaints, this is the most mental thing I've ever heard anyone getting annoyed about!