ExeShed

Well poker did not go so well, 4th out of 8 players, but look, at the half way point I was doing OK!

Last night was a trip out with work to spend some money we had “won” from the bank (credit crunch... what credit crunch?) so decided to go to ExeShed for a meal.

We are no strangers to “the shed” but had never eaten there before. Sadly we were not impressed, although the food was lovely (Duck breast on a bed of mash and beetroot), the service was atrocious, pretty much the worse I have had since the infamous Tiger Bills evening. The pretty blonde waitress, when she eventually took our drink order had no idea what we were saying to her, and we must have been sat drinkless for over half an hour after arriving. She then spectacularly failed to open a bottle of wine and broke her little credit card machine by dropping it on the floor. Then after the meal (which I must admit was excellent) the tables were not cleared, then half cleared, then only finally cleared when we ordered dessert (we had to ask the manager for the dessert menu, no one was in a hurry to bring it, even after catching several of the staffs attention). There were 6 staff serving 5 tables, yet half the staff were huddled around together, not actually waiting on tables. Such a shame that a restaurant with such great potential does not quite come up to standards. I am sticking with Strada in the future.

On the way home I was disgusted by the disregard people treat their living environment, first was a girl on the Iron Bridge who just put her empty drinks carton on the window sill of the hairdressers, despite there being a rubbish bin just a little further on, and secondly this bunch of “chavs” who let their dog (not pictured) do a massive poop on the pavement in Exe Street and just walked off. Perhaps I am just becoming Angry of Exeter...