Oysters - Carte

Floyds

➤ 421 Victoria Road, BT82 0AT, Strabane, United Kingdom

Carte • Steak • Lunch • Chicken • British

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"We were seated at a dirty table about half a meter beside the till, the table was then cleaned after we were seated. All evening there was a constant flow of staff submitting orders to the till, standing right at my back and people coming up to pay for their order brushing past my back. It was very busy, with no privacy and a constant staff presence beside us. Three of us ordered off the set menu 3 course menu, and my daughter ordered the vegetarian stir fry, no starter, no dessert, off the Al La Carte menu. There are no Vegetarian options on the new set menu. Our mains were just ok, however, my apple crumble was actually made with tinned pears, not apples, and was pretty disgusting When it came to paying, the man at the till, (who had been stood right beside us all night gave me the total cost, which I queried as it seemed to expensive for what we ordered. He was pretty rude, and told me the 50% Off did not apply to the A la Carte menu for the Vegetarian dish and instead I would be charged for the 3 course menu . He made a bit of a scene, in front of other guests, I felt pretty embarrassed and so payed the extra money and left. Disappointed Floyd's are not abiding by the rules of the scheme that was created to help them as a business. They don't give 50% Off all food, only a very small selection, and force people to pay extra for items they have not ordered. So basically they will be claiming £20 for a Vegetarian stir fry from the government tax payer... Not a nice experience at all I wish we had stayed at home. Just to note though there were a number of young staff students working here who were ran off their feet, yet still managed to remain friendly and helpful. Also re COVID No precautions taken here at all to protect Staff or Customers! No hand sanitiser to be seen anywhere No masks visors worn by staff Tables were not cleaned before we were sat down. Paper menus, that can't be cleaned. You have to go to the till to pay, rather than paying at your seat Zero social distancing in place."

Murphy's On The Green

➤ 9-11 Bowling Green, BT82 8BW, Strabane, United Kingdom

Carte • Cafés • Kebab • Sushi • Mexican

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"As the title shows, firstly I must accept and make known the fact that we did not bring any of the following up with staff as we had our meal we could not bring ourselves to, not even though we 're both seasoned professionals in the industry out of embarrassment for what was served. My toes where curling knowing how bad it was and that my guest clearly wasn 't enjoying a thing. Firstly, I 'll start with the menus. I knew well once I seen the menu and it was multiple pages long, with dishes all reusing the same proteins yet rehashed in unnecessary and unsavory ways, we would be getting nothing special but I held out hope. The Starters are the same overused and almost always badly executed things that are very common in and around this part of the country why, I 'll never understand. . Potato Skins, Deep Fried Mushrooms, Prawn Cocktail etc. We wisely skipped past them. I noticed straight away that repeated over a large amount of dishes was a chilli mash but we 'll get to that in a moment. I struggled to find anything appealing, the same as my guest but we decided to make a choice as we where short on time. My first choice was the Breast of Barbary Duck which unfortunately was unavailable that 's disappointing yet understandable, things can sell out . So I ended up reluctantly requesting a 12⁰Z Sirloin cooked medium rare with just mash and pepper sauce on the side as a precaution. My guest ordered soup and a side salad. The food arrived and the first impressions where not good ones. The plates, grimey and smudged up. The soup was splattered on the rim of the bowl showing a lack of care in the kitchen. You can 't tell me you didn 't notice that and didn 't have 3 seconds to clean the rim before sending the dish at least two people had a chance to rectify it the chef and the waitress and opted not to. The side salad was all cramped up on a tiny oval dish and my guest pointed out the dirty marks on the hard boiled eggs whatever that might have been, they went uneaten. My 12⁰Z steak was not 12 ounces, much closer to 8⁰z or 8½ at most. As I said I asked for it medium rare, yet it came out and I was disappointed the second I saw it. Clearly smaller than was advertised, blood leaking all around the plate which can only mean it hasn 't been rested what so ever another display of incompetent cooking. To top it off, the steak was cooked medium well well done a concrete sin for those whole love a properly prepared steak! , lacking in the seasoning area aswell unfortunately. My guest had about 5 spoons of the soup before she decided she couldn 't force herself to eat anymore of it. She likened it to cheap, reheated packet soup. Now I can get to the mash and I am not at all exaggerating when I say this was the worst attempt at mash I 've ever ever had. I know microwaved mash when I see, it 's unmistakable and this was absolutely that. The texture was so displeasing. Gelatinous and lumpy with texture closer to raw bread dough than mashed potatoes. I 'm not joking when I say that I put my spoon into the side order of mash and it lifted up out of the side dish whole! Stuck to the spoon. The mash didn 't even stick to the bowl giving you an idea of how elastic it 's was! The chilli mash that was regrettably under my steak, which unrested, had bled all over and left black grease stains from an unclean grill was just the worst. You CANNOT microwave lumpy, under seasoned, play dough like mash potato with bottled sweet chilli sauce and think anyone would like that. That 's not cooking, not by a long shot and it actually angers me to think there are people working with food who would not only think that this something that works or is even palatable, but that they could repeat it all over dishes on the menu! Simply revolting.As for the Floor Staff, I don 't have all that much to say, though I should mention the very loud doorbell that rings throughout the dining room when they are being called is obnoxious and disruptive. Not much care going on between them, no smiling, not a warming crew honestly a lack of eye contact when they spoke with us. We noticed immediately the lady that served us had a service cloth tucked into her trousers as she walked around and even when she first greeted us. Unhygienic and unprofessional.The young very young man that settled the bill was very monotone and inexperienced but I don 't think he was much older than 14 so that 's a given and a fault of whoever manages the floor staff and not necessarily of the young man. I regret that I spent a very rare chance long traveled to see a close family member in this establishment. We can 't reccomed it and we will not return in future."

Fir Trees

➤ United Kingdom, Strabane

Carte • Cafés • Kebab • Seafood • Mexican

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"I was at my nephews wedding at The Fir Trees Hotel and it was a disgrace, builders in the area we had to pass through and works going on while the wedding was taking place. The hotel was freezing we sat with coats on. The tea and coffee were cold on arrival and a sorry excuse for Shortbread it was so small you quite literally got 1 bite from it. The soup was way to salty the main was mediocre at best it was fried potatoes not roast potatoes. It amazes me that a hotel offers fried potatoes when it is clearly supposed to be properly Roasted potatoes as the name states roast potatoes. The deserts where awful it was supposed to be cheescake profiteroles and a little tart, the cheescake tasted just like cream the profiteroles where so soggy the tart was passable. The guy who carried the wedding Cake from the venue to cut for guests lifted it and laid it against his chest instead of getting a second person to help lift it out properly, it was not professional at all. The Red carpet was filthy they would have been better not to put one out if they couldn't be bothered to clean it. Very disappointing most certainly would not recommend this hotel in anyway shape or form. In all my years in customer service I have never been so disappointed with a wedding at a hotel. Very sad that the management team and wedding coordinatior found this was acceptable for anyone's wedding."

Caffe Fresco

➤ Unit 7 Pavilion Retail Park, Strabane I-, United Kingdom

Carte • Cafés • Seafood • Mexican • Fast Food

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"When the waitress came to take my order, I asked if the chicken pita pocket could be made gluten-free. She informed me that only the chicken curry and chicken escalope could be adjusted for gluten sensitivity. I pointed out that this didn't align with the menu's suggestion that most items could be made gluten-free, but the waitress simply stared at me blankly and waited for me to decide. I ended up ordering the chicken escalope along with garlic as a side. However, she then told me that the garlic would not be gluten-free since it would be fried in oil that had been used for other dishes. My only other option was mashed potatoes. So, for anyone with a gluten intolerance or celiac disease, your choices here are pretty limited to chicken curry or chicken escalope."