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Family meal out and dreadful, rude service!

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  • 4743hudsonj
    4743hudsonj Posts: 3,298 Forumite
    maybe small free papers? theres stuff like this all the time in our local free paper and a lot of people read it oddly enough... maybe this will add to the damage

    If theyre part of a franchise, the franchiser usually has a website with complaints etc that you could use.

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  • UK2010
    UK2010 Posts: 373 Forumite
    Waggon and Horses Westhoughton (contributing to google position)

    Woops pressed the thank button instead of quote. I thought the place was in Bolton?
  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
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    Review the place on every review site you can find.People often google reviews before they try somewhere new and a negative review can be damaging.

    Also the more you say Waggon and Horses Bolton, the higher this thread goes in Google search results :D


    Good advice I always check reviews before I visit any new place
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  • Optimist wrote: »
    Good advice I always check reviews before I visit any new place

    I do as well, and I mean by other consumers!
  • AfterDark
    AfterDark Posts: 227 Forumite
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    I do as well, and I mean by other consumers!

    Same here, Wouldn't vist any place that had bad comments about the service such as there ;)
  • skiTTish
    skiTTish Posts: 1,385 Forumite
    Not much help to you now im afraid but for future reference if something like this happens again ,you are legally entitled ( so wont have the police coming after you for non payment) to only pay what you feel the meal and service were worth if you explain why at the time .
  • svmitche
    svmitche Posts: 592 Forumite
    Could you lodge a complaint to the brewery? I found a pic online and it says it is a Marston's Pub, would they be interested in your case? Don't know how old the pic is though so might be an alternative brewery or free house now?
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  • lindos90
    lindos90 Posts: 3,211 Forumite
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    "I ordered a 2 for 1 and the other meal was for my child which swiftly after he started to eat it got a visit from the 'manager' who informed me i would have to pay for the other 'free' mal as they were not intended for under 10 yr olds."

    I really dont understand this, Ive heard of an upper age limit, ie 'childrens meals for under 12s only' but not a minimum age (its food not beer!!)

    So if the 'free' meal was for an adult it would have been free, but because it was eaten by a child you had to pay??? Utterly bewildering!!!

    The attitude of the staff sounds really bad, but with a franchise theres no 'head office' as such, they manage themselves. Would agree with others, take the time to do some reviews.

    You must feel so miffed as it was a big family day out, and muct have cost quite a bit, such a shame. Hope you do persue this and get something back.

    Waggon and Horses Westhoughton. Waggon and Horses Westhoughton. Waggon and Horses Westhoughton !! ..just a help with google if its mentioned.
  • piglet25
    piglet25 Posts: 927 Forumite
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    I always thought even if somewhere was a franchise there was still a way to complain about them to the head honcho, otherwise their company name would be ruined? I could be wrong but I know that the franchise pub place near me has details on their menu of addresses for complaints or compliments ect.
  • trudij
    trudij Posts: 1,905 Forumite
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    Well, Im nowhere near there, but I'll never ever go to the Waggon and Horses in Westhoughton,Bolton to eat....


    Thats the Waggon and Horses in Westhoughton... ;)
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