at Sherwood Forest for a 4 night midweek break. Is it us or does anybody else find the standard of catering pretty c**p at Center Parcs? First night we were there we looked forward to a takeaway pizza from Luciano's. Stupidly, because they are pretty expensive (along the lines of Pizza Express) I thought they'd be pretty good. They weren't just poor - they were diabolical and looked and tasted as though a child had put them together. We didn't complain but we should have.
Second night we go to Huckleberry's American Diner. My burger arrives and neither myself or dh could recognise it as 'beef'. Burger described on menu as 'Center Parc's own hand-pressed beefburger' - I've tasted far better in McDonalds. Dd1 had a horrid, cheap tasting hot dog, old chips and dried-up mushy peas and dh had an overdone steak. Again, we paid top prices to eat here. This time we did complain and asked that the burger be removed from the bill as it was so awful.
I realise this sounds like a huge moan, but as a family we look forward so much to hard-earned breaks I just hate it when you go away and end up eating rubbish. The rest of the parc was fine, dd1 loved it and overall I think the concept of Center Parcs is good. Just wish they'd bring in, say, Pizza Express to do pizzas, get rid of Parc Market and bring Sainsbury's or Waitrose on sight or at least stock high quality local produce.
Anyone else found this?