Worst restaurant you've visited in TRNC ?

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 22:11

I know i usually post positive posts, but what's the worst eating experience you've experienced in the TRNC ?



Nick

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
20/02/2009 22:17

It was quite a while ago and not been back in since.



Lemar cafe Karalandjulie

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/02/2009 22:20

The worst I've ever visited was terrible.

andysue


Joined: 12/11/2007
Posts: 891

Message Posted:
20/02/2009 22:27

and i also thought it was dreadfull. .

pinkchilli


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 689

Message Posted:
20/02/2009 22:29

I did a poor BBQ last year.

fire starter


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Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 08:33

peanuts.

cheese on the pizza was off.

when we complained the waiter tried to mug us off with 'its turkish cheese'.

we kindley explained we have lived here for some time and eat turkish cheese all the time. especially as we have turkish family.

he wasn't impressed.

we won't be going back again thats for sure.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 08:50

I have two contenders for this.



Happy Valley and that resturant that used to be by the round tower in girne, you could order anything with flies ....Yuk, I ordered an cheese omelette and I got a hundred flies as an unwanted side order...thank god it is closed now.

fire starter


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Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 09:22

hi dee

just tried to email you and it was returned.

could you email me on sharpeisara@hotmail.com so i can pick up your email again.



it reminds me of a holiday we had in sri lanka.

ordered a tuna sandwich it came along with ants running out of it.

i totally freaked out!

billy


Joined: 15/01/2007
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 09:25

I would agree Peanuts poor.

berty



Joined: 11/01/2008
Posts: 216

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 09:49

list of good ones would be easier

deecyprus4


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Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 10:01

berty there are some but not as many as bad ones

CJtill


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 11:03

The worst restraunt by far is Rafters.

Absolute cxxp food and overpriced.

Would never, never, never go there again.

Michael

AndyP



Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 517

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 11:24

I totally disagree with the comments made about Rafters. We eat there often and have found the food to priced about the same as elsewhere and the food always been good. Sunday dinner there has been great too.



The problem in this country is the restuarants being consistant. How many times have to been somewhere, the food been good, you go back and its rubbish. Worst of all you recommend somewhere after going once and the people you recommended it too have a rubbish meal.

denizkisi


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 196

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 12:03

I think you are right Andy, I had a lovely meal at the colours restaraunt in Girne when it first opened. I described what I had to a friend and she went there, ordered the same thing and it was horrible!! What she described was totally different to the dish I ate. Do you think these inconsistancies are because maybe the chef is different? I can't think of any other reason!!! But you feel bad when you recommend a place and its cr**p!!!

PIPIE


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 12:29

Never really had a bad meal at all in TRNC , Peanuts has always been ok and i do rate , Rafters very good , however i have been overcharged quite blatently at some restaurants so i never ever return . Otherwise i think the restaurants are very good on the whole .

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 13:11

San tropez without a doubt frozen veg frozen mushrooms and very expensive.

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 13:27

Cannot understand the comment about Rafters, unless it has changed drastically since I left TRNC! I rarely ate anywhere else.

Far and away the worst meal I have ever eaten in my life (in a restaurant!) was the now long-vanished chinese restaurant in Karakum, cannot remember what it was called. Complaints were, of course, met with the standard smile and shrug.

redtom


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 13:44

Eagles nest !It has got Great views in the perfect position but the food is C--p

lucienne


Joined: 29/01/2009
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 13:53

Hi,

I too have to disagree with the comments about Rafters,i''ve never had a bad meal there and the atmosphere is always lovely. I think the prices are reasonable. They do Indian food which is excellent and fresh, the Italian food I would say is most probably frozen. You wouldn't go into an Indian resaurant in the Uk and order pasta, so I think it is probaby safer to stick to their speciality.

kaiserphil


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Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 14:17

Methinks CJtill has a hidden agenda! Something to do with another Ozankoy restaurant, perhaps?

PIPIE


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Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 14:25

Forgot to say that the last time we went to Peanuts , I drove down that steep hill , and was quite concerned about driving back up , ( I recently had a knee op ) any way the waiter overheard my concerns and offered to drive my car back up the hill , which he need , not only did we have a nice meal the service we received was brilliant .

kevnmax


Joined: 05/08/2008
Posts: 105

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 14:30

St Tropez overpriced microwaved food

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 14:40

about saint tropez, did anyone of you went to the kitchen and noticed what they mentionned, frozen food, microwave ..... the owner Husein has been working on the most popular places all over the world - he is a fantastic knowledge of french food and i know what i am talking about because i am french myself and i did run a restaurant - if one day some of you have been disapointed about the meal, i am sure you woud have call the responsable or Husein because it can happpen of course - i find unfair to write such a post, anyway i can assure you, beside the fact it is more expensive than other places, than food can be beautiful.... so b breve when you do not appreciate a dish and say so in front of the person unstead to write such post onto a forum !!! n o bravery !!!!

SaraP


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Posts: 295

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 15:02

Have to say it is the Grove Inn. We had been a few times and it gradually got worse! The Indian food lacked spices, fresh corriander, of which is plentiful over here! I cook a lot of Indian food and I know how to make a proper curry. The last time we went we ordered 2 chicken kiev's. It wasn't until I had eaten some that I realised it was not cooked..it was raw! I then looked at my daughter's and that was raw too! This is just not exceptable! They asked if I wanted anything else, I said no thank-you quite firmly.Ten minutes later they brought back the 2 original chicken kiev's which they had then managed to almost burn! I told them yet again I don't want them.I finshed off my wine and my daughter spent the last 20 minutes in the toilet being sick from the worry of eating raw chicken!The manager deducted the 2 meals from the bill, but not even an apology from him! We were no strangers to the manager, and I always felt insulted when he always called me Mrs Andy...my partners first name!

AndyP



Joined: 18/04/2008
Posts: 517

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 15:07

Mrs Andy



I could not agree more!!! He He



Bet I get a slap for that.......... Ouch that hurt!!!

pilgrim



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Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 15:30

merit casino, restaurant Bogas/ Iskele, menu :- chicken or meatballs, both poor

SaraP


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Posts: 295

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 15:32

Yes you do...WHACK!

skybluesam


Joined: 24/12/2008
Posts: 447

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:06

Michael, you should know better than take a swipe at Rafters, it's no better or worse than most of the restaurants out there!.

The big problem is consistency and quality of meat, I have given up on a good steak as we have been disappointed too many times for it to be accidental!

Nick

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:07

skybluesam. Try Effendis or Ezic Platinum. You won't be dissapointed.

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:17

Neg Nick won't allow anyone to slag Rafters off....



It is a decent quality place, with nice food served by friendly and helpful staf at a fair price....





Nick

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:21

Nick, have you just finished your lunchtime 'session'. Should'nt you be having a snooze now getting ready for your evening session?

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:21

Ezic Premier is over rated (imho)....



Loads of stainless steel, but below average service, and "burger bar" type menu......





Nick

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:24

Ezic PLATINUM - not premier. Obviously you've never been to Ezic Platinum Nick. It's upstairs above Ezic Premier.

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:31

No1

They would not let him in, after all he has a reputation now.

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:32

sylvie

Did not go into the kitchen

But did ask them about the veg the did confirm they were frozen and they did confirm mushrooms on the steak and in the mushroom starter were frozen !!



I told them prior to the arrival of the bill the meal was extremely poor and I was disappointed i wrote on the bill i was disappointed reduction nil service poor customer care 0 .

I emailed them after the event reply not a chance.

In my opinion it is the one place I would never recommend or go again ..........

Why



1 ) They told lies......... we can not get fresh mushrooms illeli is 5 mins away and almost always have fresh mushrooms.

2 ) knowing we were dissapointed they did not offer a reduction on the bill.

3) even after we paid an wrote comments on the bill they did not say we are sooy you did not enjoy your meal.

4) They did not reply to email sent to them even though i did get a read receipt.

5) They are over priced and rely on reputation.

6) the wine prices are a joke 30 ytl for a

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:32

Brothers in the harbour (next to Marti's which is almost as bad). They harassed us to eat there every time we wandered into the harbour and the one night we finally gave in, well, I don't really know what the polite euphemism would be.



We waited almost an hour between a very mediochre set of starters and what was an apalling bunch of mains. We were assured the their food was of the highest quality specifically to satisfy the British. I don't know which particular Brits they were referring to - Vicky Pollard and her posse maybe?

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:33

AJ. He could'nt afford it anyway. ))

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:34

mess 33 - Tried to get up to Platinum, but her in doors couldn't get up the stairs....





Nick

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:36

Nige, If you cannot find anywhere worse than St. Tropez then I really think you should go out a bit more often. It is expensive but you get what you pay for and if you cant afford it dont go there.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:38

worst i've been to - Pasta Mania.....



Rubbish service (like Fawlty Towers), frozen veg, bland food.......





Nick

Littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 16:40

NN agree re pasta mania

PIPIE


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Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 19:53

Sorry to go off thread a little but has anyone got feedback on the restaurant coming from Girne to the East about 5 mins fron Girne situated on the right blue neon signs upstairs dining , looks upmarket .

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 20:09

I have never had a bad meal at Pastamania but have always had either pasta or risotto so cannot comment on veg. I have also always found the service to be very good and I like the fact that you can mix and match and make up your own sauces.

Pipie, I think you may be talking about Mos. We went in at lunchtime a couple of weeks ago (downstairs) but they weren't doing food (I think they had just opened). The maitre'd took us upstairs and yes, the dining room is quite upmarket and nicely decorated with linen tablecloths and napkins, etc. We only wanted a snack so they made us a Club Sandwich which came with chips and we had capuccinos and I think they charged us 20TL. We had a look at the menu which is what I would call European/International in style and I think mains were about 20-25TL. I would definitely like to try it for dinner but will probably wait for the summer as I am quite a schlep away in Karsiyaka.

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 20:32

fine with your answer, i am sure the owner, if he had know about it would have done a commercial gest to you or apologize, when i meet him, i will tell him about your bad experience !i can heardly believe things are gone so bad the way you say so !

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 20:40

I'm sorry, but the last meal I had at St Tropez was awful and my fellow diners were not impressed either. Shame as previous meals have been excellent. Hope it was an 'off night' but very reluctant to go again due to the price and wary of another disappointment.

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 20:45

ai wanted to add something more : when i am not happy with what i eat :



1°) i do not eat it, just a taste or two ! not the whole plate

2°) i say so beforethe second dish is coming

3°) before the bill is coming, i tell tem i will not pay the dish i didn't eat - they cannot force you to do so - or ask for the owner or the responsable -



i can assure you , i happen to us , once into a restaurant i will not name because we went there a few times and not be disapointed - my husband send back the dish and said he will not pay it and order something else which was fine - the responsable came to us and apologize - the -not so good dish wasn't of course onto the bill ! of course when people clean their plates and then say they didn't like it - it is hard to believe ! when a cook is giving a plate and if this plate comes back he always want to know the reason ! about the cost of wine, whe you choose to go to such a place you have to expect expensive prices

sylvie


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Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 20:46

because restaurant make money with the drinks not the food ! so if you cannot afford, don't order or take water !

Turbo


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Message Posted:
21/02/2009 21:34

Message 46 , the best response.. full marks.



If it doesn't taste good,, don't eat it, if you don't want to eat frozen veg, don't eat it send it back, I am sure they would not charge or may ëven offer alternative.



As the saying goes : you do the crime you do the time



As for St. Tropez never had a bad meal there and usually in a party of 6-10 or more.

Favorite is Niazi's , class act, only if you can get the waiters to slow down.



My problem was with The Address, they could not cook a steak to save their lives, bad attitude, we (12 of us) waited 45 minutes in a hot room not even water offered or apology. We had a reservation ,

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
21/02/2009 22:41

Turbo - if you like a great steak, pity you can't visit here in Bavaria. We had 6 people over from Pittsburgh in September, and they swore the steaks from our local steakhouse were the best they had ever eaten!

If it's your birthday, they give you a free 3-course meal!

Sorry guys and gals, I have taken this off-thread! Still rooting for Rafters.

stewy


Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 279

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 01:45

TRNC is plagued with mediocre restaurants.

It is a million miles behind the rest of the world.

If you put your favourite TRNC anywhere else in the world it would undoubtably go bankrupt.

I ate at nearly all of the restaurants listed above. I hated all the Ezic restaurants. Truely the most bland boring food. Nice decor which disguises the fact.

PIPIE


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Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 02:33

Jo Jely

Thanks for feedback , will def try next time we are over .

Turbo


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 09:21

kaiserphil, thanks for that, but I live in Los Angeles, yo cant beat the steaks here, unbelievably cheap too, Pinnacle peak, a big 2 lb porterhouse for abut $25 cooked to perfection.

Back on topic, I dont think they hang their meat in cyprus, thats why its hard to find a tender one. or they cook them in such a way that it makes them tough.

Also, why do most restaurants all have the same menu, pepper steak or steak diane or Strogonoff..

Never tried Rafters yet,, will be over in august dying to have the full kebab at Niazis again and again..best Doner kebab takeaway, right in front of HSBC, get there early all gone by 2pm.. cheap and loaded with meat. The small place with just a window . Big jolly smiling guy.

fire starter


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Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 09:25

kitty1 re post 36

last year we had friends visiting who had never been to the trnc before.

we stopped at brothers for a turkish coffee.

they tried to charge us 35 for 4 turkish coffees and extra for water.

we ended up having the biggest argument in there, with friends hubby and mine about to punch the cheeky begars, because they were getting out of their pram, and being very pushy.

in the end we paid 12 ytl and left.

would avoid this place big style.

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 09:29

sylvie



I agree to clear your plate then complain is not on at all.



I have never done this, I have left all or most of a meal several times here, and not wanted to try another dish some times if the meal is a) not what you expected or b)very poor it just puts you off eating.



It was his daughter who was attending to as at san tropez !!

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 10:35

Chapter 1 without a doubt.

Went there 5 or 6 times in 2 years (each time hoping John would get it right) but dissapointed every time and finally gave up. Service poor, food not up to scratch etc. John always apologised and deducted from the bill but thats not the point. Surprised he lasted as long as he did.

pinkchilli


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 689

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 10:57

St Tropez, Chapter 1, Pasta Mania.



The problem is, we go once, don't like the experience, then don't go again. But why should we go back, if the first time was no good?



Perhaps some of the more positive responses for St Tropez, come from some people who speak the lingo.



A couple of "wet behind the ear" Brits, who do not make it clear that they are not holidaymakers, may not get the full works.



Now, I let people know I'm not just here for 2-weeks.

Have any of you noticed the difference you get when a "local" takes you to a restaurant. The bowing and scraping would be more akin to Fawlty Towers.

aripointer


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 189

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 10:58

I have never had a bad meal at Pata Mania. Very good service and super food.



Any resturant will know. "They are only as good as their last meal served"



Consistancy is the theme? Having all the kitchen and waiting staff fully trained is very important.



AP

CJtill


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 13:29

The original question was The Worst Restraunt Visited In TheTRNC, so my view on Rafters was certainly not intended as a swipe at Rafters just my opinion on it being a CXXP restraunt. Over the last 6 years have been there 4 times and on each occassion it has got worse, so bad that when asked the question to me this was and still is the obvious answer.

Good luck to you all who think its wonderful, but in my opinion I would rather eat the food served up by CTA, and I never eat airline food.

Michael

kaiserphil


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Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 16:11

CJtill - 6 years you say? The current people have not been there all that time. Could it be that your memories are from before their arrival?

tonyhickey



Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 16:20

Does one bad meal make a bad restaurant ?

gates


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Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 16:33

i had a toasty at jks with some friends never again worst i have had we all agreed and jacket potato fit for the bin

CJtill


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 20:03

Last went there for Christmas Dinner 2007 and the best part was the stale bread we had on the table.

The meat was cooked the day before and served cold with hot gravy poured all over to disguise the fact. The veg were frozen and overcooked and their was no cranberry sauce or mustard available. The potatoes were cold and the xmas pudding )what little we had of it) was like chewing a very large elastic band.

It was digusting, and to make matters worse when I complained to the waiter, and then the manager all we got was a shrug followed by its Christmas so what do you expect?

Rafters, NEVER again.

colly


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Posts: 297

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 23:12

Think that you need to have experienced more than one bad meal and from more than one critic.

Peanuts in my opinion is a very good food experience taking location and price into consideration. I have family who really like Pasta Mania.

For me it is abouut the whole experience rather than just food! But we are all different, I see many people sitting next to busy smelly roads that seem to really enjoy themselves.

Col

kaiserphil


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Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
22/02/2009 23:21

CJtill, must apologise, I was there with 2 friends for that xmas dinner 2007. I had forgotten, it was appalling, and I had to have a word with Abbas.

Honestly, it was the only time I have had cause for complaint at Rafters.

Please excuse this old brain, how could I forget that, especially as, let down at the last minute by others, I had invited 2 friends to join me for that terrible dinner.

Having said that, every other meal I have had there has been first-class!

fire starter


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Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 06:35

colly

i do agree, but after being served up off cheese on pizza at peanuts.

we wouldn't take the chance of going again.



if you have a bad meal it doesn't want to make you go back again to soon.



we usually eat in places where you don't get a bad meal.

icklepix


Joined: 23/10/2008
Posts: 194

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 11:14

Rafters is a cracking place to eat, never had a bad meal there. Abbas always makes us feel very welcome as do all the staff. Its the first place we go to eat when we arrive and the last place when we leave. Not only because its up the road from the villa but because of everything i have previously mentioned

Have only ever had one bad meal in NC and thats at The Laughing Bhudda, full of MSG, not even hubby could eat it and he'll eat anything. I didnt even finish my starter and then we left! View was nice though!

breezyboy


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Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 13:07

As somebody says you normally get what you pay for. Not in Southern Nicosia. If this post was about massively overpriced below average food in that part of the city we could be on message 1000 by now.



Vote with your feet, some guy says a restaurant got progressively worse by his 4th visit. Why the heck did he go back?

We aint short of good restaurants in TRNC.

CJtill


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 18:21

I was the guy who said Rafters got progressively worse after the 4th visit, and the reason I kept going back was because (like the vast majority of postings on this subject) everyone said what a WONDERFUL place it was. So thinking it might just be me, I was persuaded (against my better judgement) to return.

It was the worst decision foodwise I ever made. You see I TRY and give things a chance, keep an open mind, accept that bars and restraunts do have bad nights, and try and accept that third rate crXp food must improve, but in this case even if all the nice people on Cyprus 44 had a whip round and paid for me to go to RAFTERS free, gratis, no expenses spared I would rather spend a pleasant 2 hours in the dentists chair, followed by three rounds of serious sparing with David (The Haymaker) Haye.

Go on I dare you CALL MY BLUFF........Michael

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 18:48

mess 68 - You must be going to a diferent Rafters to me.....



Good tucker, sensible prices and nice staff...



Try Mustaffa's kebabs in town...



Nick

kevnmax


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Posts: 105

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 20:18

When we complained at St Tropez about our meal , we was told its because its WINTER ! ! !

Littlenige



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Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
23/02/2009 20:36

kevnmax



Top man ........................... I do not care how many cirtificates they have on the wall the food was.................................. crap the service was poor and I will never never return



Why they knew there was a problem they failed to address it and they did not care.

CJtill


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 12:12

Thats the problem with some of these so called top restraunts THEY DONT CARE.

They deserve all they get and the quicker they change their attitude the better, but for some it is too late.

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 12:29

kevmnmax that is so funny lol...



when I was overcharged at the doctors and I complained they just said it happens and shrugged their shoulders,,didnt get my money back and that was 100 quid..I just gave up and walked out..lol

loulou



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Posts: 785

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 13:11

charcos.good value for money,good sevice

BigMart


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Posts: 423

Message Posted:
26/02/2009 12:16

We were cajoled to go to Rafters for sunday lunch, what a dissapointment, over cooked veg, tough meat, just a below average sunday lunch such as in a Brewersfare type chain in UK

HappyBoots


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Posts: 74

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 14:00

Wouldn't go to MOS restaurant in Karakum - he is lying about his circumstances and using it as gimmick to sell his restaurant. See the living magazine feature on him where he discusses how the restaurant is a memorial to his late wife and how he has survived personal tragedy by himself. It's all rubbish! what else would this man do to sell his restaurant? it's all very iffy!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 14:24

Gates message 61 did you complain to Daren the owner about the toastie and potato?? As I know he will be mortified that somebody has put this on the forum.

We often have lunch there and have never had a problem.

My worst meal was Aphrodite in Lapta we ordered Stafado it was disgusting watery pink soup with a few veg and bits of some kind of meat we couldn't identify.

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 14:38

The howler at oleander is enough to put any one off their food.



Jks food has always been good in my experience.



I stand by my assessment the worst meal I have had was at St Tropez.



Any one can have an off day but that compounded by the staffs response and attitude go into my opinion the worst meal I have had in cyprus north and south was there.

Cyprusraider


Joined: 08/04/2009
Posts: 99

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 14:59

Most recent ( 2 months ago) poor value for money restaurant............................... wait for it.....................................................................Guido's. VERY expensive VERY Mediocre

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 15:02

What do you regard as expensive?

Cyprusraider


Joined: 08/04/2009
Posts: 99

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 15:10

Perhaps Expensive is not what I meant. But when you feel that you haven't got your money's worth then that is expensive. If what you eat is good then invariably, irrespective of cost, you are satisfied. Eg Veni Vici. Not a "cheap" place to eat ( from a la carte menu ) BUT always a pleasure . Don't feel ripped off there.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 17:13

cyprusraider,

i'm sure if you speak with the owners regarding any issues you had with their restaurant they would listen and look into what you didn't like about your meal there.

it would be best to approach them directly rather than slagging them on a bb.



my personal feelings are that just because my plate is loaded to the extreme, it doesn't make it good food, it makes it lots of food.

i guess everyone has a different perspective on what a good meal is.

Jimmyboy63


Joined: 16/03/2009
Posts: 400

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 17:32

Mess 79



Are you allowed to say anything negative about..................................yes wait for it....................................................................Guido's

Codger


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 153

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 17:57

Msg 79 and 83



Wish you had not mentioned you know where, cos now we will be swamped under yet again by the faithful. You should know by now that you can give your personal opinion about any place except for you know who unless it is simpering lavish praise.



Best find me flak jacket



Codger

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 18:02

This thread is now closed. Reason: Thread was addressed and no need for further posts.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
28/05/2009 18:04

codger

i have eaten at both restaurants cyprusraider spoke of.

the only person i am faithfull to is my hubby.

when someone slags off your business on here it is offensive and i always feel if you have something to say , say it to the persons face at the time.

which gives them the chance to make good.

if i have a shit meal somewhere i do tell the people at the time, as i did with our experience at peanuts.

slagging people off from behind the keyboard is a sad cop out.