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| Has anyone else noticed that many of the more individual restaurants in Horsham are struggling against the big pizza/pasta chains that seem to be taking over the town? I think it is a great shame that good family run restaurants such as Georges Greek Restaurant in the Carfax and the Spanish Tapas bar in Pires Place are having to struggle against big national companies. We want to have a choice of places to eat - not just which Italian shall we try tonight?
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Hi Jenny. Thank you for registering and welcome to the forums. I have eaten several times in both George's Greek Restaurant and El Bodegon and think they are both great restaurants. I must admit I haven't been to either in the last couple of months but they are still high on my list of choices. My wife and I unusually eat out at least once a week. We rarely book and often end up in one of the 'pasta places' by default. On several occasions I have turned up at George's on a Saturday hoping to get a table only to be turned away because they are fully booked. We tend to use Georges mainly for special occasions (of course we do book for them!)
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| Hi there, thanks for your positive response. I agree George's used to often be full up on Saturday and had to turn people away but he has always struggled during the week. At the moment, from what he was telling us yesterday lunch-time, he is rarely full these days. We too have always used George for special occasions, and introduced family and friends, but have recently started popping in for a lunchtime snack (I've recently retired) which we have found to be extremely good value but the place is usually near-enough empty on weekdays and Saturdays at lunch time. The pizza/pasta places are good - and you can usually get a table without booking - but it would be such a shame if we didn't have a choice of cuisine when we fancy eating out. George might not be there for our special occasions if his general day-to-day business doesn't improve. Lets hope everyone will start eating out more now the summer holidays are over.
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Which restaurants would you recommend for a family with young children (2 + 5 year olds)? The quality of food is important, but good service is high on my list. I'm fed up of sitting in restaurants pizza places staffed by scruffy teenagers with no customer service skills. Nothing annoys me more than feeling like the staff have forgotten you are there.
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I went to The Station Beefeater this week with my family, including my 2 sons aged 3 and 6. I was most impressed with the place as it is the first time that I have been in there for about 3 years. The menu was very good with a seperate menu for children. The service was good, as was the food. I will certainly be going back. (Even better, you don't stink like an ashtray when you go home! )
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I think we do very well for restaurants in Horsham, and my husband and I eat out once a week. We have found that in the summer months we can walk into virtually any restaurant without booking, but during late autumn and winter we have to book in advance, even in the many italian restaurants. That time of year, I have found that I can't even book a table 3 weeks in advance in George's, which we use for special occasions like everyone else. Also, I don't seem to be able to book a table at any time of the year at the Thai, by the Aga shop, which everyone raves about, perhaps they don't like me! But the Thai above the Golden Curry takeaway, is rarely full, and has good food and good service, which I didn't find at the other Thai.
Twinkle
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