I recently went for a short break to Eastbourne. Although the weather was foul, we did not let it spoil our fun!
I can thoroughly recommend The Pier Hotel, where we stayed, but can thoroughly NOT recommend Mr Hau's chinese restaurant. Here is a copy of my review, to be found on Tripadvisor. Eat there at your peril!!!!
“Revolting attitude, food not much better”
I had a bad feeling the minute my partner and I entered this restaurant- I just wished I had acted on it and left there and then.
We were not made to feel particularly welcome and were given a minuscule table, wedged in between two other couples, despite there being other, better places to be seated at.
The food was edible although nothing spectacular. The crispy duck was cremated, and the beef in the curry was tough and gristly- a bit like chewing on an old plimsoll.
The food was not itemized on the bill and they charged me 80p for two extra pancakes to go with the duck ( they offered us 4 or 6, I chose 6 as this is what you usually get in other restaurants, with any extra often thrown in for free).
I then refused to pay all of the cheeky 10% tip that automatically appeared on my bill. Whilst I am not averse to tipping, I will decide exactly how much, thank you very much. This resulted in the waitress returning and moaning that I had not paid "the full amount". When I refused, the owner was brought out of the kitchen to show me the menu, where it states that 10% automatically gets added onto every bill. I pointed out that this was not something that he could legally enforce and he shut up. This resulted in us being duly ignored when we got up, said goodbye and left, not that I could care a toss.
Avoid like the plague- a very bad experience.
We were not made to feel particularly welcome and were given a minuscule table, wedged in between two other couples, despite there being other, better places to be seated at.
The food was edible although nothing spectacular. The crispy duck was cremated, and the beef in the curry was tough and gristly- a bit like chewing on an old plimsoll.
The food was not itemized on the bill and they charged me 80p for two extra pancakes to go with the duck ( they offered us 4 or 6, I chose 6 as this is what you usually get in other restaurants, with any extra often thrown in for free).
I then refused to pay all of the cheeky 10% tip that automatically appeared on my bill. Whilst I am not averse to tipping, I will decide exactly how much, thank you very much. This resulted in the waitress returning and moaning that I had not paid "the full amount". When I refused, the owner was brought out of the kitchen to show me the menu, where it states that 10% automatically gets added onto every bill. I pointed out that this was not something that he could legally enforce and he shut up. This resulted in us being duly ignored when we got up, said goodbye and left, not that I could care a toss.
Avoid like the plague- a very bad experience.
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