Category: Dining Out

Restaurant Reviews

Solo Pasta: A Touch of Italy in Eastbourne!

Solo Pasta Italian Restaurant Cornfield Road Eastbourne Sussex

[ad#Google Adsense Banner468x60] Each time I go back to my childhood home town of Eastbourne in the U.K., I seem to be introduced to different restaurants that challenge my traditional views of the British gastronomic scene. On this particular visit, John and Daphne (a.k.a. my parents), once again kept up this trend by taking me …

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Montana’s in Orleans gets you horny on your birthday!

Montanas by night

Montana’s on birthdays! The horns of a dilemma.. For a family restaurant, Montana’s is one of those places, That people keep flocking to, though the food isn’t aces? If you go on your birthday, I find it quite corny They’ll all take a picture of YOU looking horny! I just know that I won’t be …

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Rumblebellys on Seaside in Eastbourne makes a mean burger!

Rumblebellys Seaside Eastbourne

They tell me that Rumblebellys has been situated on Seaside Road in Eastbourne for a very long time.  Checking out their website tells me that, in fact, it has been 37 years. That explains why I was unfamiliar with it, since I left Eastbourne as a teenager some 41 years ago. Of course, I still …

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Robbies Italian Restaurant – Mutton dressed up as lamb!

Robbies Italian Restaurant

[google=”google source” results=”defaultone”][/google] Unlike a good wine, Robbies doesn’t improve with age! Robbies Italian Restaurant seems like a permanent fixture! At St. Laurent and Belfast, you get the picture? Each time that we go, we expect something better But nothing changes much, not exactly a trend setter Good decor, but poor food is not the …

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Gabriels at Holiday Inn in Hasbrouck Heights NJ was a pleasant surprise.

Gabriels Bar & Grille

 I would not usuallly take the trouble to review a restaurant situated inside a hotel where we only ate the buffet breakfast. However, I am going to make an exception for Gabriel’s Grille and Bar located in the Holiday Inn in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, for several reasons. Firstly, many people might find themselves in the New York City area …

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Ollie’s in Hells Kitchen made me a New York fan!

Ollies Chinese Restaurant New York

Although I have worked in and around New York, on and off, for the last decade and a half, I rarely have ventured right into Manhattan. On a recent trip to meet up with friends from Germany, we were making our way back to the Port Authority to catch a bus back to our hotel and …

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Milestones Pinecrest service could become a millstone.

Milestones Pinecrest Mall

A great place to mark life’s Milestones.. Since my last limerick, its been a long time! So, it should be much easier to make these things rhyme It’s a shame that Milestones is so far in the West Its food’s above par, if not quite the best Not to return would be a major crime! …

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Butcher Block in Plattsburgh may be the best in town!

Butcher Block Plattsburgh

Butcher Block may rate in Upper New York State! If you find yourself in Plattsburgh there’s not a lot that’ll rock So, don’t try too hard to find somewhere better than the Butcher Block I can’t say it’s first class but neither is it third rate And even if I didn’t love it, it’s pretty …

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Gloucester Centre East Side Marios is not my thing!

East Side Marios Gloucester Centre

East side Marios offers more sizzle than steak! I must say that East Side Mario’s is not always our thing! Though there are many others who its praises would sing It’s true that the menu offers plenty to choose Though often with quantity, its quality you lose So Hey Budda Booom Budda Bing! It is …

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Perkins in Ottawa does a great breakfast all day long!

Perkins Family Restaurant

Perkins provides perfectly proficient pancakes At Perkins, its breakfast they really do right You can eat it whenever, morning, noon or night. And whether Regular or decaf, coffee’s always at hand And their Choco French Silk pie is totally grand Just don’t go expecting your food to be ‘lite’! Did you miss me? I must …

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