Emma Kilbride Review of Bar 163
Bizarrely pretentious for its location. Doesn't ha...
Bizarrely pretentious for its location. Doesn't have the same open, welcoming feel you will get in other places in Egham.
I've only eaten there once, but I have tried to give it the benefit of the doubt & gone in on 3 occasions.
My first visit was with my partner. We took a seat and told the wait staff we were waiting for another couple. They were running late but we were not there for more than 20 minutes. We were told we would need to order or leave, there were only 2 other tables in use at the time.
The second time, again myself and my partner, we were the only people there. I ordered fresh squeezed orange juice but was brought juice from a carton by the bar tender, when I asked if it was fresh squeezed he told me I should have specified that's what I wanted when ordering, took it back & then brought the glass of fresh squeezed without saying a word. The food was lovely though and reasonably priced.
The third, and last time, we were out for the day in Egham & decided to go in for lunch. We had already been to Costa and had our coffees with us. Although I also ordered a drink, we were told we couldn't bring drinks in with us as "the manager wouldn't like it if he came in". We were the only people there again, we were astounded, to be chastised in an empty restaurant!! We canceled our order and went elsewhere.
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