We called at 4:45pm to make a dinner reservation only to get the answering machine and told to leave a message and they would get back to us. After no reply we rang again. Same deal. By 7pm and no reply we just went. We were asked “Do you have a reservation.” We said that we had been calling since 4:45pm and leaving messages but no one returned our calls as the message said they would do. The girl replied “Oh we aren’t answering the phones tonight.” My husband replied “Well how were we to make a booking?” What looked to be the manager stepped in and barked “there’s only four of us, we can only do what we can do.” We asked if they had a table. The girl said “yes” sign in and come this way. The manager said “don’t give it to them, there are other people waiting for it”. As we walked out there was no apology from the manager, no effort to see if there would be a table finishing soon. They clearly didn’t care about our business. In this economy when city people are encouraged to visit the country to help out small businesses and you get the cold uncaring and disorganised reception that we got, it is an absolute disgrace. ON A SIDE NOTE we then went to a business up the street that clearly welcomed our custom. We were greeted with smiles, made welcome, told that we would get a table in ten minutes and ended up having a great night.