Paul Walker

Review of The Speratus Group (Amicus App...

Very good food; some of the best burgers you'll fi...

Very good food; some of the best burgers you'll find in Edinburgh and excellent skinny fries but....
Horrible, sticky tables; uncomfortable stools; slightly condescending, cooler-than-thou staff and, worst of all, our meal for two was served on a single, deliberately old and battered looking tin tray.
No plates, no cutlery.
The tray was only large enough for one of us to have it close enough to eat from at a time before sliding it over to let the other take a bite. Who's idea was this? We decided to confirm our tedious, suburban values by daring to ask for a couple of plates and, possibly, an odd piece of cutlery? Our waitress explained, in a tone that suggested that we should really think about changing our minds, that their policy is "eat messy" and that they only give customers plates and cutlery if they specifically ask.
"We are specifically asking."
She returned with two blue-rimmed, white tin plates of the type produced as utility goods in times of war or serious economic hardship. And some kitchen roll.
Is this really what people go for or am old fashioned for preferring to eat using as a bear minimum, a plate and some cutlery? I think has been generally agreed to be normal since the bronze age but I could be wrong.