The main restaurant upstairs was closed so we were downstairs in the Cafe 14.The restaurant across the road was full so we had to come here instead. We had eaten in this restaurant many years before and it was very goodThere were two other people inside, never a good sign.There was a young person behind the bar,he didn't welcome us but did answer our questions.The restaurant was cold on a very cold day and then we discovered that the rest rooms were out of order, so we had to walk across the street to a public toilet!We decided to have a set lunch menu but we're told that none were available,only single dishes.The service was now really bad and given by a " Waiter" who ,obviously had never been trained correctly.We ordered the scallops.I asked for two glasses of Chardonnay, after a long pause the waiter said " we've got white wine"...this boy is good!No bread or water was offered and eventually the scallops arrived.....they were cold and had been badly cleaned. After asking 3 times for bread it arrived just as we were finishing. No apology.We decided that we would would finish the meal with that one course.On explaining to the waiter our bad experience and the very poor quality of the meal....he said nothing! But simply pulled a face. No apologies, I fact he said nothing.We noticed a your girl in the kitchen....the chef?We came to the conclusion that the Patron was on Christmas holiday and that these two badly trained individuals were left to keep the place runningThis was a really bad experience
