Comments on: Review: Cello Supper Club http://paigu.crystalized.ca/2009/04/review-cello-supper-club/ It's not just food, it's love. Tue, 10 May 2011 06:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Darcy O'Neil http://paigu.crystalized.ca/2009/04/review-cello-supper-club/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Darcy O'Neil Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:52:45 +0000 http://paigu.crystalized.ca/?p=56#comment-59 A strictly "martini" menu isn't a great thing. No bartender is another issue. Sadly, this seems to be a trend in all the restaurants in London. I don't think there is a good place in London to get a cocktail. A strictly “martini” menu isn’t a great thing. No bartender is another issue. Sadly, this seems to be a trend in all the restaurants in London. I don’t think there is a good place in London to get a cocktail.

]]> By: JT http://paigu.crystalized.ca/2009/04/review-cello-supper-club/comment-page-1/#comment-58 JT Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:33:57 +0000 http://paigu.crystalized.ca/?p=56#comment-58 The duck was cooked well depending on which side you ate but I still agree: a little bit tough. As for my drink experience during dinner: ordering a drink at the bar for Mel was the worst experience I've ever had. I can probably attribute their lack of willingness to work with me in coming up with a drink not on their menu to their knowledge of the liquids. I can tell you my tip would have been a lot more generous in the 25% range had they actually helped me - they certainly had the time to. For our visit, Cello Supper Club had no permanent bartender so I can imagine the waitress just waited for a drink to be ordered and mixed the ingredients she read off the menu... they must have thought "who the heck tries to customize a drink when we've got the best martinis in London?" I've been off my game of experimental mixing for several months now and not having ANY ideas to work with from the bar was quite disappointing. "Do you have any non-sweet drinks? - lime based, wine based..." no, nothing to work with. I can understand The Ceeps not catering to this type of service but definitely not a nicer club like the Cello Supper Club. Maybe I expected too much. Where is your bartender? The duck was cooked well depending on which side you ate but I still agree: a little bit tough.

As for my drink experience during dinner: ordering a drink at the bar for Mel was the worst experience I’ve ever had. I can probably attribute their lack of willingness to work with me in coming up with a drink not on their menu to their knowledge of the liquids. I can tell you my tip would have been a lot more generous in the 25% range had they actually helped me – they certainly had the time to.

For our visit, Cello Supper Club had no permanent bartender so I can imagine the waitress just waited for a drink to be ordered and mixed the ingredients she read off the menu… they must have thought “who the heck tries to customize a drink when we’ve got the best martinis in London?”

I’ve been off my game of experimental mixing for several months now and not having ANY ideas to work with from the bar was quite disappointing. “Do you have any non-sweet drinks? – lime based, wine based…” no, nothing to work with. I can understand The Ceeps not catering to this type of service but definitely not a nicer club like the Cello Supper Club. Maybe I expected too much.

Where is your bartender?

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