Harrogate
Papa's Authentic Mediterranean Cuisine

Papa's Authentic Mediterranean Cuisine

11A Princes Square, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Sushi • Mexican • Asiatic • European


"*The chef came out and shouted at my family whilst we were trying to enjoy my birthday meal* We visited Saturday 9th April at 5pm to celebrate my birthday. Myself, husband, 2 babies, my mum, dad and brother. We had ordered our food and enjoyed...our starter dishes. Food we had tried was really tasty. Then we had also ordered 2 mixed lamb/chicken souvlakis. Husbands was fine, my brothers lamb however was very chewy, rubbery and difficult to cut into. We told the waitress who was reluctant to take it back to the kitchen. She said to order a new dish and she would take it off the bill. My brother said he just wanted the lamb replacing. Next thing, THE CHEF has come out and proceeded to SHOUT at my brother. Telling him it is from the same animal, he cannot cook it differently, etc and then stormed off!! We were in absolute shock!! We didn’t want to continue our meal, being spoken to like that. Another man came to us saying he is sorry, the Chef is the owner what can he do to help. We asked for the bill for the starters we had eaten and that we would not be staying to eat another thing. The man who I assume is the actual owner) did just charge us for what we had eaten but we left a table full of food because of the way the Chef came out and shouted at us. We were not going to continue eating and paying to be spoken to like that! Never experienced anything like it! The food we had tried (apart from lamb souvlaki) was nice. But this ruined my birthday and we will not be going back again."

Goldsborough Hall

Goldsborough Hall

Church Street, Harrogate, United Kingdom, HG5 8NR

Full • Lunch • Coffee • Dining


"After visiting twice before and treated as you would in such establishment we were extremely saddened by our latest visit which was for my fathers birthday. This building has a special place in my fathers heart as he use to board here in his younger days. We arrived to no one on reception. A chap finally arrived told us to wait in the library. As he entered the kitchen I heard a very derogatory comment about us. I nearly followed him to confront him but decided against it. A very sharp, rude, abrupt and argumentative chap appeared and asked if he could help. I advised we had a lunch booking but he kept saying lunch had finished, we were late and they had tried ringing us. No idea who they had rung but it wasn’t us. He went to speak to the chef, returning to advise he had agreed to provide lunch for us. Nice of him seeing as we had travelled well over an hour. We were shown to the dining room where I showed the abrupt and rude man an email on my phone confirming the booking, which proved the time we arrived for i.e. we weren’t late. It would appear since our last visit there has been a change in chef and waiting staff. Very small portions. Poor choice on lunch menu All struggled to choose something. No vegetables with main courses just the meat. Nothing explained on ordering and I certainly do not expect to pay extra for such food accompaniments. General lack of attention throughout the visit. Left very disappointed and hungry. Not acceptable."