"First of all we fell for the man in the street ushering us in scam offering 20% discount and first round of drinks free....We had a group of 15 celebrating a friend’s 50th birthday. Upon entering the venue we sat down to discover they do...not sell alcohol, but if you give the staff your cash they will go to their off licence and purchase you wine and beer, funny though as whatever you give them is the exact amount of the wine or beer....small world! So a free round of lemonade and coke all round, next the £1.00 each poppadoms and the extra 75p per person for the condiments. Service was quick, food nothing special, in fact food below average..Mine was the tandoori mixed meats, chewy and burnt. Trying to get a wine ice bucket was hard work but when we asked for the warm bottle of purchased wine....the one they got, to be placed in a fridge the reply was and I quote “Our fridge is warmer then that ice”! Time to change any orders involving meat to salad and veg!!!!, a warm fridge used to store their items, nice touch, but no one ever died from food poisoning right?. But now on to the best bit...the bill. The bill should have come to around £230.00 for 15 people, this included the 20% discount, birthday boys meal for free and first round of drinks. The bill given (see attached photo) was just over £430.00. When challenged I was told, don’t argue pay the bill. Now, the good thing here is I don’t drink alcohol and consider myself to be fairly good at math (rubbish at spelling). I told the waiter to stop been ridicules and get the real bill as by his workings out (before discount) we had spend on a curry each (no other courses) over £35.00 per person. The waiter took back the bill (managed to photo it first). We waited and waited and after a silly amount of time I told the waiter in 2 minutes we are going, if you want paying please give me the bill....A new bill arrived (see attached photo) this time for about £269.00, still way over the correct amount. It was explained that we would not pay it and offered them the legal resolve of us paying a percentage and they take us to court having written down one the groups address.....to say this went down like a lead balloon is an understatement, in fact we were told it was illegal and we cannot do this!!!! After much discussion which pretty much went along the line of you must pay, with us replying yes but the correct bill the manager came down to us. I asked him to go through the bill in front of me with a calculator, amazing the £269.00 bill came to £235.00, we paid this as it was close enough to the correct figure of about £15.00 per person with discounts etc. I challenged the manager as to why the bills had come down from £430.00 £269.00 £235.00, he said sorry it’s an error...It’s NOT an error it is a group of thieves working to rip people of they hope are not going to notice. My first bit of advice is don’t go inside.....if a company needs to employee hustlers to get you of the street then that is the first warning note, if like us you fall for this trick then note everything down you spend and challenge them. I am taking the matter further with local authorities and hope they stop this illegal practice. And to finish, if you are stupid and go in, see if you can spot the food curry sauce dried up and left on the picture of the farm scene (See photo) in the basement..nice touch! A shocking experience and the worst I have experienced in my life. Avoid like never before, do not go in, stay clear...."
