Barbican - worst food imaginable

Richard Fedrick

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May 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/28/98

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Neil wrote in message <35722793...@reading.news.pipex.net>...
>Does anyone find the catering in the Barbican any better than complete shit
?
>
>The main canteen place is massively over priced and the food is disgusting.
No
>where can you buy anything but filter coffee (no espresso etc...) and
sandwiches
>in the snack bars are roughly double M & S prices.
>
>Neil

the main restaurant (up on the 3rd floor, iirc), searcy's, used to be
superb. it had richard corrigan as head chef and for a while was the source
of some of the best food in london. corrigan has moved on (to open a new
restarant in the west end, i think), but i'd be surprised if the restaurant
is really that bad now.

richard

MJ Rabin

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May 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/28/98

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J'agree. It is unimaginably bad. And there is nowhere very close where one
can eat without having to sit down. Why can't they allow a Pret A Mange to
go in. I am sure Pret would love to put a shop in. And before people start
knocking Pret, insert whatever snack bar/restaurant/bar you want in the
third sentence of this post.

Jeff Rabin

MJ Rabin

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May 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/28/98

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That's good to hear they have put a Pret in the National Gallery, though
there was one just around the corner anyway. My gripe with the food in the
Barbican is that you're stuck--there's no where else you can go without
risking missing what you went there to see.

I agree, 20 minutes is far, far too long.

Jeff Rabin

Neil wrote in message <35766581...@reading.news.pipex.net>...

>On Thu, 28 May 1998 12:47:54 +0100, "MJ Rabin" <mjr...@mcmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why can't they allow a Pret A Mange to
>>go in. I am sure Pret would love to put a shop in. And before people start
>>knocking Pret, insert whatever snack bar/restaurant/bar you want in the
>>third sentence of this post.
>

>They've (pret) done this in the national portrait gallery at it works very
well
>I think.
>
>The Festival Hall has an Aroma but the service is dire for an hour before
any
>performance. I had to wait 20mins for a coffee (I timed it) twice in
succession.
>
>The main canteen place in the RFH is not very good and way overpriced too.
>
>Neil

MJ Rabin

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May 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/29/98

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Let me know how you get on. I would certainly be happy to write myself or
sign anything you have written. I can't tell you how bad a date once went
with my fiancee when we were both starving and couldn't find anything decent
to eat. She gets very cranky when she is hungry.

Jeff
Neil wrote in message <35757723....@reading.news.pipex.net>...

>On Thu, 28 May 1998 15:15:30 +0100, "MJ Rabin" <mjr...@mcmail.com> wrote:
>
>>My gripe with the food in the
>>Barbican is that you're stuck--there's no where else you can go without
>>risking missing what you went there to see.
>

>Tusa and his mob are exploiting the monopoly of that concrete wilderness.
>
>Last time I was there got talking to a couple of ladies. We both had a
major
>moan about the food there. They both have written to Mr Tusa. The big
problem
>is that some seriously challenged franchise operation is running the
catering
>there. They might be acceptable to say a Prison or a Hospital but for
concert
>goers, well I'd rather starve or go to Macdonalds.
>
>next time I go I'm going to make some notes and then write to Tusa. I've
got a
>post grad in hospitality management plus love cooking and food in general
so
>might be able to pack a bit of punch with some decent arguements.
>
>Neil

smarty

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May 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/30/98

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"MJ Rabin" <mjr...@mcmail.com> wrote:

>That's good to hear they have put a Pret in the National Gallery, though

>there was one just around the corner anyway. My gripe with the food in the

>Barbican is that you're stuck--there's no where else you can go without
>risking missing what you went there to see.

>I agree, 20 minutes is far, far too long.

>Jeff Rabin

>Neil wrote in message <35766581...@reading.news.pipex.net>...
>>On Thu, 28 May 1998 12:47:54 +0100, "MJ Rabin" <mjr...@mcmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Why can't they allow a Pret A Mange to
>>>go in. I am sure Pret would love to put a shop in. And before people start
>>>knocking Pret, insert whatever snack bar/restaurant/bar you want in the
>>>third sentence of this post.
>>
>>They've (pret) done this in the national portrait gallery at it works very
>well
>>I think.
>>
>>The Festival Hall has an Aroma but the service is dire for an hour before
>any
>>performance. I had to wait 20mins for a coffee (I timed it) twice in
>succession.
>>
>>The main canteen place in the RFH is not very good and way overpriced too.
>>
>>Neil

Its all crap compared to Germany USA or FRance!

Stephen Burke

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May 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/30/98

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In article <35766581...@reading.news.pipex.net>, mu...@netlink.co.uk (Neil ) writes:
> The Festival Hall has an Aroma but the service is dire for an hour before any
> performance. I had to wait 20mins for a coffee (I timed it) twice in succession.

I've eaten there a few times before seeing things in the National Theatre
and not had too much of a problem. Not cheap, though.