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LGW - London Gatwick, England

 (Restaurants)   

Name of establishment: ASK

Location/Address: 49-51 High Street, Crawley RH10 1DQ, Phone 01293 619 505

Directions from other known location: Arora International Hotel, Southgate Avenue, Southgate, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6LW, Phone +44 (0) 1293 530000

L out front door of hotel

(.01) L at drive

(.07) L on Southgate

.18 X street

.21 County Mall OtL, restaurants/shopping

.25 X street, BL across park

(.32) BL at park center

(.38) BL down walking mall, Sainbury’s Grocery store OtR

.51 X street, up steps to Broad Walk

(.57) L on High Street, Shades Pub OtR

.61 The George Hotel OtR

.62 ASK Restaurant OtL

.62 Blue India OtL

ASK Restaurant

Seated immediately? (X) Yes  (   ) No  (   ) N/A seat yourself

Service: Time in minutes for waitperson to arrive ( 4 )

Overall service ( 70 ) Attentiveness, attitude, accuracy.

No smoking section available? ( X ) Yes  (   ) No

Accepts major credit cards?  (X) Yes   (   ) No

Atmosphere ( 80 )

Food          ( 70 )

Menu         ( 75 ) Is it varied? Is it large? Easy to read? In English?

Price          ( 20 ) in US Dollars. For food only. Some of you folks drink some pricey stuff that would skew the comparisons.

Value         (  75 ) Compared to other establishments in the area

Overall Rating ( 83 )

Remarks:

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LGW – London Gatwick

Name of establishment: Black Swan Hall & Woodhouse

Starting point: Arora International Hotel, Southgate Avenue, Southgate, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6LW, Phone +44 (0) 1293 530000

L out of front door of hotel

L down driveway

.00 R at street (Southgate)

.19 X street

.20 X over to other side of Southgate

.25 X Hawth Avenue

.47 X Tilgate Way

.76 X Ashdown Drive

(.91) L toward town center

1.21 X street

1.41 X street

1.50 Old Stone Cottage Farm OtL

1.64 X to other side

1.71 Welcome to Crawley sign OtL

1.93 down steps                                                                    

1.94 X road

1.96 up steps

2.00 parking cutout OtL, large homes OtR

2.17 Black Swan Close OtR

(2.20) R on Forsham Rd.

2.22 Black Swan Hall & Woodhouse OtR

Seated immediately? (   ) Yes  (   ) No  (  x ) N/A seat yourself

Service: Time in minutes for waitperson to arrive (  15  ) +1pt every minute <5, -1pt every minute > 5.

Overall service (  50 ) Attentiveness, attitude, accuracy.

No smoking section available? ( x ) Yes- +5 pts.  (   ) No- -5pts.

Accepts major credit cards?     (    ) Yes- +5pts.   (   ) No- -5pts.

Atmosphere ( 90 )

Food          (  65 )

Menu         (   70 ) Is it varied? Is it large? Easy to read? In English?

Price          (  18  ) in US Dollars. For food only. Some of you folks drink some pricey stuff that would skew the comparisons.

Value         (   70  ) Compared to other establishments in the area

Overall Rating ( 68.75  )

Remarks: Great appearance and atmosphere. Goofy ordering system whereby one seats self, notes table number, goes to bar to order, and returns to table to wait hoping no one got your table while you were up. Reasonably attentive wait persons brought not bad food. Overall not worth the walk or taxi fare.

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Name of establishment: Goffs Manor

Location/Address:

Directions from other known location: Directions from other known location: Arora International Hotel, Southgate Avenue, Southgate, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6LW, Phone +44 (0) 1293 530000

L out of front door

L on the drive

L on Southgate

L on 1^st street to left toward RR station

L on High Street

R on Goffs Park Road

At the T, the pub is directly ahead

(There is a shorter way out the back of the hotel, but it involves a gate that sometimes may not be open)

Seated immediately? (   ) Yes  (   ) No  (X ) N/A seat yourself

Service: Time in minutes for waitperson to arrive (       )

Overall service ( 60 ) Attentiveness, attitude, accuracy.

No smoking section available? (X ) Yes  (   ) No

Accepts major credit cards?  (   ) Yes   (   ) No

Atmosphere ( 85  )

Food          ( 75  )

Menu         ( 70 ) Is it varied? Is it large? Easy to read? In English?

Price          (  15 ) in US Dollars. For food only. Some of you folks drink some pricey stuff that would skew the comparisons.

Value         (  90  ) Compared to other establishments in the area

Overall Rating ( 78 )

Remarks: They use the really silly ordering system common at pubs in the area. You order at the food order point with your table number, only there are no numbers on the tables. They have to tell you what it is. Food is delivered to the table by a very friendly waitress with a great attitude. Drinks have to be ordered and picked up at the drink order point (different from the food order point). If I wanted self-service, I’d go to McD’s.

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