Won't return

Something has changed at Oppiplaas...

Tried our favourite restaurant a second time this week. Second disappointment..

Service has become non-existant.

Today we were a table of six celebrating a birthday.

What a letdown.

We were there just after 11h00 but told we could only order breakfast and lunch only after 12h00....

The pizzas were on special but the wood for the oven arrived late so the oven was still cold at 12h00.

The Young inexperienced manager blamed the waitress for not informing us of the situation...

He was nowhere to be found. I eventually found him sitting smoking with a friend in the boma over lunchtime..

Pizzas arrived after the others had finished their steaks. After the table of 6 next to us (who arrived after us) were already served there food.

Our pizzas were baked a second time in the gas oven so was so hard and dried out I managed two slices and left the rest at the resto.

Then it was explained to me (30 years a chef) why there was nothing wrong with it. Why I should take it home with me...

The hake was sent back and left uneaten because the flour (no batter) wasn't cooked through. Still white and smelling like wet fish.

Again the fryers weren't hot enough. Again we were spoken down to "as ons hierdie vis nog langer in die fryer los weet ek nie mevrou".....

The presence of a capable manager and motivated staff is sorely lacking

After a year of eating there 5 times a month, we will not return.