Lucy's On A Plate
Cafes and Snack Bars in Ambleside
Church Street
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 0BU
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Terse service, average coffee
A cafe by day and a restaurant by night, I dropped into Lucy's on a wet Wednesday morning this month with a friend. As a local himself he was able to recommend it, and told me that there's quite a few Lucy-owned places of one sort or another around the Lake District, including a wine bar and bistro called Lucy Four just over the road. All this was mildly amusing, given that my name is also Lucy (no connection).I ordered a latte and my friend asked for an Americano, which prompted a veritable grilling by our British waitress who told us that 'Americano' means different things to different people. In the event, he was bought a caffetierre. My latte wasn't very nice, as it wasn't milky enough in my opinion. Latte means milk in Italian... MILK, damnit! I hate it when my latte isn't milky.Nonetheless, we had time to kill so I ordered another, as follows.Me: "Excuse me!"Waitress: "Yeah?"Me: "Could I have another latte, please?"Waitress: "Yeah."So I was beginning to be less than impressed with our waitress by this point. Add to this her perpetual thundering up and down the stairs, where the kitchen appears to be located, and you get the overall picture.My friend tells me that the service is normally very good in there, with a high standard of (normally foreign) waiting staff, so it's a pity that the standard isn't more consistent. Incidentally, on visiting the toilets I also found it strange that an advert for staff - complete with rates of pay - had been placed at eye-level right next to the loo. This seemed rather disrespectful to both staff and customers, somehow, although perhaps I'm just turning into a woolly touchy feely do-gooder of some sort.In fairness I only spent a hour or so in there over coffee, but - based on my limited experience of it - Lucy's On A Plate just gets two measly stars from me. It would've got three if the vase of sweet peas on the table weren't fake.
A User - 12/10/2008 | report this review
Amazing food
This is a lovely restaurant which serves delicious food. I had the most amazing scallops and it was so good we were tempted to go back the next evening!It is not cheap but you certainly get the quality you pay for. The service is good and we felt the restaurant had a good old-fashioned feel to it, taking you back to when eating out was a pleasurable experience with attentive staff.The menu changes daily so there is always an abundence of seasonal dishes to be had.
A User - 04/09/2008 | report this review
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