‘Less art, more FOOD!’

Following the recent local controversy involving anonymous restaurant bloggers (Blog Bashers Face Wrath, Mercury 15/3/2010; http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/03/14/133805_food-wine.html) we thought we’d take a peek at what was being said about us in cyberspace. It didn’t take long to uncover this piece, posted on the Mercury website some time ago and highlighting another extreme of dissatisfied diner:
‘I went [...]

Complaint #2

In honour of our commitment to publish all written complaints and to truly test the notion that  ’all publicity is good publicity’ we bring you this.
 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 2:27 PM
To: Gerald Ellis
Subject: To The manager
 
Sir / Madam,
We refer to our 12.30pm booking made with your restaurant last Saturday, January 9, reserving a table for 4.
As [...]

Allergic Reactions

Here at Meadowbank we’ve made the rather unusual decision to publicly air and respond to each and every written complaint that we receive. We’d love to include the positive feedback too, but there’s so much of it that we just don’t have the time.
Excerpts from the Meadowbank Visitor’s Book 26/07/2009 from guests all on the same table:
‘Was [...]