Top Table

In every walk of life thesedays someone is making a fast buck for doing fuck all. For introducing you to services, people, movies, tickets, trains, bookings etc that you could previously have found yourself. The internet is encouraging this business not withstanding that it is now easier to do all of these things for yerself. Recruitment, holidays, hotels, rentals, everything now has a middle man- even booking a restaurant.

Effortless restaurant booking- thats the promise, secure a table wherever you like and just turn up.- No not really. Suckered in by this ridiculous concept I booked two tables for two restaurants over two weeks. First Up Asia De Cuba- this is not a review by the way but the food was fab. The booking on the other hand was for dinner at 9 pm (in the evening-yes) with Top Table whilst the restaurant considered that it was for lunch on the same day. But for the good manners of the restuarant for checking the booking themselves (as they clearly don't trust Top Table) this mistake was discovered and remedied in good time.

Second booking, two weeks later - Floridita - Yep- Cuban theme emerging! One week after booking this restaurant also called to check the booking and said sorry, no we cant take you that night we are having a private do (two weeks ago remember) try this alternative - OK thanks- meal booked. Message today from TT- Remember your booking and enjoy your meal at Floridita. Never existed. Wank.

If booking tables phone the fucking restaurant and don't bother with the idiot middle men- they haven't a clue and take a rake from the restaurant for doing precisely nothing or worse still for providing the wrong service and making the wrong booking.

About as useful as Last Minute.com, experts at selling over-priced holiday packages and weekend breaks specifically designed and priced for those with no alternative ie crap hotels in out of the way streets at exhorbitant prices. Last minute dodgy gifts for the thoughtless designed to support the tat, hotel and flights industry. Go direct. Always. Better value, better service and more certainty that you have got the right thing.