All I wanted was to sit down for a quiet drink, look at the menu and maybe I’d order something to eat if I was impressed. Is this too much to ask for? Especially when the pub was literally empty and there was only 1...other couple eating.
However the aggressive pushy waitresses managed to make this far more awkward and difficult than it needs to be. I couldn’t pay the barman at the bar but somehow I could the waitress as she walked over to the bar. And then ruining the customers experience by not giving me the choice of where I want to sit down with my drink, insisting I sit at another table and then tell me 1 minute later that the table I chose to sit at was magically reserved (despite it being early evening and the pubs empty). When I told the waitress I’m now only staying for 1 quick drink, the waitress replied she had to “prepare the table”, I looked around and none of the tables were prepared in any way, they were all empty and clean. Just what did she have to do?
It’s the staffs blatant lies, dishonesty and lack of integrity from the minute I walked in to when I inevitably walked out in disbelief, that ruins this place. Fortunately Scarborough is not short of alternative pubs that gladly accepts customers.More