Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire offre des côtes magnifiques, des châteaux historiques et une riche culture écossaise ; les plats typiques incluent le haggis, le saumon fumé et le sablé au beurre.

The Barn

The Barn

Westfield, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Soup • Coffee • Chicken • Breakfast


"My wife and myself had a rare visit to Aberdeen yesterday Sep After our business was finished we decided to take some of our old roads back to our home in Aberlour, as we used to live in the area back in the...eighty's. We had hoped to get something to eat in Udny, but my wife seen the sign for the Barn Coffee Shop and we decided to give it a try for some lunch, when we got there, being a gorgeous day, we decided to eat outside. You weren't very busy, with one other couple who were finished eating, sitting outside . We placed our order for the grilled sausage with onions and a BLT toasted sandwich, an alcohol free cider and an Americano. We waited over half an hour before our order arrived and when my foot long sausage was presented to me I was quite taken back! I immediately said to the waitress (a dark haired young lady) What's happened to my onions, I thought there were supposed to be included with this dish! The couple of frazzled up items (that bore little resemblance to an onion, probably deep fried far too long) barely visible on the bun (this also totally dry, with no butter or any form of lubrication to allow one to actually consume it The waitress just laughed and walked away. She later arrived with some sauces (very much needed if one was going to actually eat it). I had had to fast from the day before for a procedure I attended Aberdeen for and was very much looking forward to having some food to break my fast. I again asked the same waitress, “What's the story with the lack of onions with this sausage”? She repeated her laugh and again just walked away! I put some mustard and some tomato sauce on the bun and tried again to enjoy it. A short time later the waitress passed and for the third time I again said that this was not acceptable and there were supposed to be at least onions with the sausage! Again a laugh and she actually said she would tell the chief! I thought at least we would get to the bottom of the missing onions! But to my horror she just went and leant on the reception counter and spent the entire time we tried to eat our food, not going near the kitchen or the chef! My wife’s BLT didn't fare much better, as this was supposed to be crispy, the bacon was cold very fatty non crispy bacon but it was also very much lacking in tomato's for some reason! My wife is a catering manager having professionally trained in catering and business management. All in all it was a very disappointing lunch on such a beautiful day. We are not normally ones for complaining but with the appalling food and service we received. I sent this to the owner and was asked to give my phone number. This I did but over a month later nothing !"