Leeds - Eating & Drinking - Restaurants - Mediterranean
Don’t believe the hype. Sorry folks, but District was a terrible disappointment.
A group of five of us decided to try this place out – on a Wednesday (half price tapas if you’re interested). We ordered just about everything on the tapas menu, plus some claypots and overpriced dips.
Our waiter told us from the outset that the claypots would take a little longer.
‘Well that’s fine,’ I thought, ‘at least they’re freshly made on site’.
The tapas arrived and they were pretty good. I wasn’t blown away by the very hairy chicken wings, but everything else was tasty enough.
An hour and 15 minutes later, we were still waiting on two claypots (one lamb and one veggie).
Finally, after some gentle reminders, they came out. ...And they were terribly disappointing.
The vegetable claypot was bland but edible.
The lamb claypot was a disaster. The chunks of meat were dry and chewy. And to top it off, half of the vegetables were stone cold. This one was sent back to the kitchen.
Initially our waiter, who had been good and attentive all night, apologised and took it back.
When he returned, he became belligerent and talked himself out of a tip. He said that in the kitchen he saw another lamb claypot and it was steaming hot with tender meat.
What were we supposed to say to that? ‘Good for whoever ordered that one? Because the one we were served was atrocious and there was no way it was in the oven for an hour?’
Such a shame. I won’t be back.
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