Carlisle
Peace And Plenty

Peace And Plenty

4 English Street, CA3 8, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Full • Lunch • British • International


"Before I get into it, the food tasted good. However. One time I visited the KFC in the town centre and ordered a burger. After an extensive wait for fast food I sat down and finally began to eat. When I opened my burger box there was no top bun, just some sad chicken on limp lettuce and the bottom half of a burger bun. When I went to get this fixed I had to queue for a further ten minutes to speak to a server, and when they did get to me a got a non committal grunt and an unwashed, ungloved cash handling hand plopped another piece of bread on top and walked away. I consider my experience at peace and plenty to be roughly equal. It took a long time to order. It took an eternity for the food to actually arrive. I will concede there was a table of ten getting their food in between those two, but as literally the only other table I do not consider the wait times to be justified. During the wait there was no music, no atmosphere, and a general air of just no-one being bothered. We ordered some drinks about 5 minutes before the food arrived. We did ask for them again as people were finishing their meals. The wine arrived pretty sharply at that point but the two cokes did not arrive until after everyone had finished eating. Apparently they were just changing the line, but perhaps that could have been mentioned before we'd already waited 15 minutes for them and chased it up. As for the drinks, we were asked if we wanted a pint or half pint. On requesting a pint we received pint glasses with close to an inch of air at the top. This was the case for both diet and regular Coke. When receiving the bill we noticed that the cokes on the bill were 2.50 for a pint, but the cokes purchased from the bar in between were 3.00 a pint. When questioned we were fed some nonsense about bottles and draught, but at no point had it been mentioned, and every glass came the same way. Portions were small. They tasted fine, but for the prices on the menu there was less than there should be. We had some vouchers that made them reasonable for the end price, but at full price I'd have been annoyed. The vouchers were mentioned when ordering, but not applied to the bill before it was sent to us, so that should have no bearing. I wouldn't say the staff were rude as such, but they seemed very uninterested and made no effort to interact, aside from one (ginger? lad who brought some drinks to us from the bar and actually seemed to give a damn. The evening was topped off with a tremendous fart from one of the staff. I know these things happen but it really did seal the deal for us. Overall, would not recommend."

Bessiestown Vintage Tea

Bessiestown Vintage Tea

Bessiestown, CA6 5UA, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Tea • Cakes • Coffee • Cheese


"What a fabulous place, off the beaten track but well worth going. My MiL recently won an afternoon tea for two voucher for here, so we booked for Sunday afternoon. On arrival we were directed into a parking spot overlooking the surrounding beautiful countryside, then...guided into the house through a flowered courtyard. Once shown to our table we took in the homely decor, very clean immaculate. We both asked for tea it came in a teapot with an old fashioned tea strainer, our delights started arriving first was a warmed yorkshire pudding (the size of my fist) filled with succulent pieces of beef in rich gravy. Then followed the savoury platter, top tier filo baskets filled with a traditional prawn cocktail, second tier was two sausage rolls 2 squares of cheese quiche, the bottom tier had a round or sandwiches each with fillings of egg, ham mustard salmon. You then have time for that to settle while you chat drink more tea, Then out came small glasses of mango passion fruit sorbet to cleanse your palate. After another few minutes a fresh pot of tea, we were brought a dish of warm scones with homemade strawberry jam fresh whipped cream, followed shortly after by a teo tier stand of sweet treats. Top tier was meringues filled with cream, chocolate brownies Bottom tier was strawberry turnovers, raspberry oysters lemon drizzle cake. tea was offered but we politely declined as we were so full. An excellent experience was had by both of us we plan to return again soon with Friends. They also do B&B as well as studio apartments that sleeps up to 4 people."