English's of Brighton review by Anon
Terrible, terrible, terrible. Looked nice enough from the outside but the interior was almost unbelievable. The restaurant is so badly laid out you have to sit side by side as there's no room to sit opposite your companion. The decor looks like it's not been updated since the retro faux-1920s furniture and fittings were badly and distastefully installed, probably during the fifties. It's a disaster.
On to the food... my starter was squid on a bed of rocket. The rocket looked like it had been in the (breakfast cereal) bowl for at least the whole day, if not the day before too. Limp and dried. The squid looked like it was leftovers from the fisherman's catch, all little bits that were almost unrecognisable, covered in greasy wet batter, really awful. The main was haddock with quail egg. The egg was nice enough, the food was a lot better than the starter but that's not saying much. The side of spinach had been topped with lashings of butter, which had been left for at least half an hour somewhere as it was stone cold, so the previously melted butter had reset and congealed like a crust.
Service... The staff were unhelpful. When we were there another table of 5 arrived. When they tried to get some service they were told by the French waiter to wait a minute until he was ready - he then spent 5 minutes finishing folding his napkins. The worst dining experience I've had in a VERY long time. It's hard to believe places like this still exist, with food/service/ambiance like this they won't do for much longer.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
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