London - Eating & Drinking - Cafes & Coffee Shops

I've generally only been here for the pub lunches, but the consistent quality makes this is popular Friday lunchtime haunt for myself and colleagues.

Standard pub fare food wise: sausages and mash, burgers, pies (recommended) and the like, quickly served and priced very reasonably (approx 6 pounds per main course). They serve reasonable beers (althogh not a massive selection of draft), including Staroprahmen. They do promote cocktails at reasonable value at 4.50 or 15 for a jug, but I've not tried these yet.

I recommened this pub as a safe bet for taking a group of people to for lunch. I don't know how it is in the evening however.
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Canterbury - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants - British - English - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants

We visited here for dinner after the first day of riding on our London to Paris bike ride, so we had an excellent appetite!

Deeson's emphasis is on local produce. Their menu is carfully designed as a showcase of the best that Kent ("the allotment of England") has to offer.

We really enjoyed the selection of British dishes, which were prepared with care, and tasted fantastic.

I won't detail all the dishes we tried, although I recommenced the excellent pork belly or rib eye steak for a main. Take a look at their menu for further examples:
http://www.deesonsrestaurant.co.uk/main_menu.php

For drinks we tried their carefully selected local bottled ales, and a delicious white wine from a local vineyard. They suggested appropriate drinks to match the various courses.

I though the restaurant offered excellent value for money. Not a cheap dinner but very good considering the quality.

I would have given this restaurant 5 stars, but our waitress was a little confused with her answers when asked questions about some of the dishes, which meant what we ordered was slightly different to what we expected. However, service was good apart from this, and I expect this was probably not the normal experience.

Looking forward to visiting again next time I'm in Cantebury!
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London - Services - Other Services - Property

Foxtons are the worst in the industry. My experience has been of them failing to turn up for meetings, being rushed looking round properties while being taking to see others I didn't want to see. The agents never seem to know anything about the properties they are showing or the local area.

One of the agents even sent an abusive email to a friend of mine because his flat sale was delayed and the agent didn't get his bonus in time to go on holiday!

Those ridiculous fees Urbanite mentioned subsidise the large glass fridges full of bottled water, plasma screen TVs in every window, and Mini Coopers that the all drive. They look flashy, but fail to deliver. In comparison they make all the other estate agents look good!
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