Inn the Park (St James's Park, London, SW1A 2BJ) A friend and I had lunch here yesterday, and it was a thoroughly horrible experience. We arrived 15 minutes early for our table, but were told that wasn't a problem…well they obviously decided they weren't going to serve us until after the time of our booking, as nobody even approached us until 25 minutes after we were seated, and that was only because we called someone over as they passed us…he made the excuse that everyone comes at the same time for lunch…but that's not an excuse in my book… our food eventually arrived 55 minutes after we were seated…the hand cut chips were cold and the side green salad was less than i'd serve to my 2 year old… when we finally got someone's attention to get the bill, it came back with 2 wines at a higher price than had been asked for…my friend had ordered 2 rose at £4.75, but we were charged 2 at £5.00…now whilst this might only be a difference of 50p, we'd had such a rotten time that we challenged the waiter…he went away and asked what wine had been served and told us not to worry, we'd had the more expensive wine…we explained that that wasn't the point, we had asked for the cheaper one, so that was what we were going to pay…he then went away telling us NOT TO WASTE HIS TIME! then the bill came back £5 more than when it went to be adjusted by 50p! i know wish we had taken the service charge of the bill… horrible, horrible restaurant
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