Tonight Matthew I shall be Smogo

[markeris]

This evening, as part of my ongoing picking up bargain vouchers from the likes of Groupon that render nice restaurants kicked in the cock and brought down nearer Weatherspoons prices we sampled Kumo in Knightsbridge

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[quercus]

Explain to me again how this Groupon thing works...

* They throw the doors open to a bunch of the great un-tied, for some loss making price.
* As it's chav night, they don't really bother with food or service.
* As it's not somewhere you've paid for, probably not your favourite local, and they failed to impress you anyway, you write ranting interweb prose to kick them in the cock.
* Profit! (or not)

[markeris]

It`s actually a LOT better than that. The first one we ever used was in some family run Turkish place for instance and despite us literally paying less than we would at Wetherspoons the staff couldn`t have been nicer. And when my choice of starter was unavailable - we were in as doors opened and the chef hadn`t put that on yet and didn`t want to just knock it up quickly - we were told they`d bring it out later when he was happy with it on as a side dish free of charge.

I think most places do this to put you on their radar in the hope that you will come back and / or make glowing reccomendations. And also that it`s quite a handy way of them using an Easyjet style model to sort out cashflow. Sell a load of tables that will be taken over the next 3-6 months all in one 24 hour period and have a busier restaurant for the next 3-6 months as a result.

[sarah_mum]

Groupon seems to have a startling number of festival type events on lately, apparently people are no longer happy to pay £200 for a weekend in a field.
Haven't tried any of the dining offers yet, but on a similar note the Sunday Times (yes, yes I know, but Mel just picks up the paper from work and doesn't actually pay for it) dine for a fiver deal has been really rather good.

[markeris]

yes, including one that I`d already bought a ticket for. Sods.

[mog_warbeast]

"We don`t do pudding says the waiter"

You missed out that he started by saying, 'Pudding???' as if he doesn't know what that is.

Also, no sake. FFS. The website says 'Fragrant Japanese sakes are a unique addition to our menu, ideal for enhancing authentic dining'. It neglects to mention, 'We believe that your authentic dining experience should be slightly marred, so we decided to pour them in the sink.'

[sarah_mum]

Did he say it like David Walliums in 'Spaced' because if he did that would have totally made the abscence of desert worth it.

[50_ft_queenie]

It's all beginning to sound a bit like the Monty Python cheese shop sketch.

[markeris]