January 19th, 2010
Updated: I returned with some colleagues (their choice not mine) to Ask Pizza on Grafton Way in London last Monday. My expectations were not high given my previous experience and so I entered expecting not to be disappointed. How wrong I was. This time, as well as very poor quality food, paper napkins and paper tablecloths, the service was very poor as well. At least last time I visited, the experience was made partly bearable by good service. However that has gone and the waitress who seemed to want to spend most of her time sitting down with fellow staff at a table on the ground floor, begrudgingly served us food and drinks with little more than a grin. Even when we came to leave, we had to disturb her conversation with fellow staff, to bring us our bill.
I won’t go back to this restaurant, even if my colleagues insist. I’ll politely decline and say I’ll meet them when they have finished. Instead I will go down the road to Ameretto Italian Restaurant where there is family run restaurants offers better quality authentic Italian good and great appreciative service.
Original Post 28th Sept 08.
Ask Pizza and Pasta on Grafton Way provided a quick dining experience this evening. With some colleagues I arrived at around 7:40pm and we were out by 8:40pm having sat at a table on the lower ground and ate a traditional Italian meal. I started with a Garlic Cheese Bread and finished with a Spaghetti Carbonaro wiping my face along the way, with the beautiful (I’m being sarcastic) paper napkins. The quality of the food was what I expected from a chain restaurant. Nothing special, just plain mass produced fayre. The sauce on the carbonara was especially boring and lifeless. The service however was very good and with our bottled water came ice cold fresh glasses and a smile. Total cost for three people £49.
Rating. 1 Star
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