The Mayflower, Rotherhithe

Despite being local to the Mayflower and having eaten there previously on several occasions, I really have had enough of the frankly bog standard, over priced food and the surly staff who work in the restaurant,

I ate there recently and had the tuna steak on a nicoise salad. Despite ordering a tuna steak on caesar salad (cos lettuce, caesar dressing etc), I was brought a rubbery tuna steak atop a mountain of cheap chopped veg, including a fair amount of leftover broccoli. When I pointed out to the waitress that I had in fact ordered a caesar salad and not this medley of unappealing chopped veg (which goes by the name of a nicoise salad!), I was told that the chef refused to change my meal and I could basically lump it.

I wouldn't mind if the prices matched the level of poor service in this 'restaurant' but at �13.50 for this meal I was really annoyed that I had to pay for something I couldn't eat. My only course of action was to refuse to pay the service charge which is automatically added to the bill. Our waitress made no secret of the fact that she was not happy about this!

This is not the first time I have left the Mayflower feeling unhappy with either the food or the service. I note from previous comments made that I am not the first to notice the unfriendliness of the staff, especially the older male waiter who takes the food orders in the restaurant.

It's a shame that this pub can't look after its regulars a bit better- I won't be eating or drinking there again.

2 Feb 2009 11:36