Brunch at the Salon - best avoided.

I went out to the Salon in the West End for brunch yesterday. I was one of a group of 20, the table had been booked for weeks, and we were all looking forward to a nice meal. However, it turned out to be rather disappointing.

The menu on offer said they did full cooked breakfasts, with the option of Quorn sausages for the vegetarians, as well as pancakes, eggs Benedict, and the like. It also offered a Bloody Mary or a pint as part of the offer. It sounded pretty good, however, when we turned up at 2.00pm it took a while for the food to reach us even although the place was pretty empty. When it did, it came out in dribs and drabs, starting with the eggs Benedicts, and eventually followed by the various cooked breakfasts. The vegetarian ones turned out to be missing the Quorn sausages. There was a distinct lack of mushrooms in general, those lucky enough to get some seem to have mushrooms which had been chopped up into the smallest pieces possible. I can only think this was done as they were very short on mushrooms and this was to make them go as far as possible. When questioned about the Quorn sausages the staff went off to find out what had happened, only to return saying that they had run out. Much later, after we had all finished our food, they turned up with a few extra potato scones, baked beans and bit of egg (at least that's what it looked like!) in place of the sausages but it was far too late. No one was impressed.

All I can think is that someone had failed to order in adequate supplies to cover them for Sunday. There was no excuse for this as we had booked our table weeks in advance. It's not as if 20 people suddenly turned up out of the blue. That would be the only time when you might expect them to struggle.

And we never got our Bloody Marys either! Not impressed.

Brunch at the Salon - best avoided.

I went out to the Salon in the West End for brunch yesterday. I was one of a group of 20, the table had been booked for weeks, and we were all looking forward to a nice meal. However, it turned out to be rather disappointing.

The menu on offer said they did full cooked breakfasts, with the option of Quorn sausages for the vegetarians, as well as pancakes, eggs Benedict, and the like. It also offered a Bloody Mary or a pint as part of the offer. It sounded pretty good, however, when we turned up at 2.00pm it took a while for the food to reach us even although the place was pretty empty. When it did, it came out in dribs and drabs, starting with the eggs Benedicts, and eventually followed by the various cooked breakfasts. The vegetarian ones turned out to be missing the Quorn sausages. There was a distinct lack of mushrooms in general, those lucky enough to get some seem to have mushrooms which had been chopped up into the smallest pieces possible. I can only think this was done as they were very short on mushrooms and this was to make them go as far as possible. When questioned about the Quorn sausages the staff went off to find out what had happened, only to return saying that they had run out. Much later, after we had all finished our food, they turned up with a few extra potato scones, baked beans and bit of egg (at least that's what it looked like!) in place of the sausages but it was far too late. No one was impressed.

All I can think is that someone had failed to order in adequate supplies to cover them for Sunday. There was no excuse for this as we had booked our table weeks in advance. It's not as if 20 people suddenly turned up out of the blue. That would be the only time when you might expect them to struggle.

And we never got our Bloody Marys either! Not impressed.