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I forget to mention this incident from a few weeks ago. I had lunch with some workmates at The Shelbourne Hotel. I ordered the Traditional Beer Battered Fish ‘n’ Chips w/ salad + homemade tartare for $15.50 (I always order the fish and chips when I have lunch with workmates). We had to wait quite a while for our food to come out (about 30 mins), it was Friday at lunchtime in the city. Unfortunately, the batter looked shrivelled and it was rock hard. I ate one of the pieces of fish, then decided to just ditch the batter and just eat the fish inside. The salad was average but the chips were OK, nothing special. After watching so many episodes of Kitchen Nightmares, I had to say something about this disappointing meal. I asked for the restaurant manager at the end of the meal and told him that the fish and chips were pretty bad here. I also asked him if he had tried it himself and told him to get the chef to make one for him so he could see what it was like. The manager apologised, and asked me if I wanted anything else (well, it was bit late, we’d all eaten and had to go back to work) and took the plate away. A few minutes later he came back and said that he had taken it off the bill (thanks). I appreciated that - because it was pretty crap. Hopefully, they will improve the batter recipe in future.