Booze: All I want is decent food after some beers!

"I said maybe , You're gonna be the one who saves me ? And after all, You're my wonderwall!!!" - Excellent, you've just sang your lungs out to the last song on the dance floor at the nightclub, had a damn good night out and you're ready for an easy taxi ride home and a good kip.

But hang on, it's 3am in the morning, you've had a few beers and Something’s holding you back. Something’s stopping you getting that taxi... that something is hunger! For some reason even though you had a good tea, nice dinner and even a sneaky sandwich before leaving for your night out, you still need something to eat.

My problem is, where do you go? I can really only write about my experience in Leicester, as this is the place I've tried out the most eateries. But I'll take a damn good guess it's the same in most cities!

The choice here is McDonalds - you know what you get, but surely you can do better.
TJs - Lets face it, nothing special here - it's quick but probably luke warm and pretty greasy.
USA chicken - one of my personal faves as it has a good 6 spicy chicken wings and chips for £2.50... but does it make me content... no!

So last Friday armed with this knowledge I am easily persuaded to try out a kebab shop I'd not tried before... Alivels.
Upon entry I'm not over impressed by the florescent tube strip lighting that makes no food look any good. But obviously things can still be rescued, there are a few people milling about, it's actually quite busy, surely all these people cant be wrong?

It took a little while to get served but nothing too bad. I order cheesy chips and a burger, which lets face it... can't really go that wrong, can it?
3 mins later a decent enough looking burger and chips land infront of me. You read correctly. Burger and chips - minus the cheese.
A fair enough honest mistake... it's busy, the majority of my meal is correct, it's just missing that final element of the cheese.
Obviously this is easily remedied. A quick sprinkle of grated cheese on top... done. Even better they could possibly exceed my expectations and melt the cheese slightly on my chips.
So did this happen? Oh no. This is what happened!!!


That's right... a slice of processed cheese slapped on top of those chips. Unbelievable

The search continues. Alivels... do one!

Views: Standard Leicester Night Out

Out on the town last night and it was very much a game of two halves! As with the majority of places, Leicester has its good spots and its down right bad spots.

We like to have a bit of variety when in town so we try and mix it up. Having a few in the less classy bars can prove quite entertaining.

We started off in Lloydes, which is your standard cheap drinks gordy décor style bar. No need to re-mortgage the house to pay for a round in here. As this is probably one of the less impressive pubs in Leicester, you would think we might struggle to find a worse one… step forward The Goose!

After being quite amused by the January sale on Stella! We proceeded to inform the bar staff they are working in a pretty bad bar. Ok, you probably don’t need that from customers but the response was a classic…”Well F**k off then!".
Now I'm no expert in customer service, but I'm sure that kind of response would not figure in ""Five Star Service, One Star Budget: How to Create Magic Moments for Your Customers That Get You Noticed, Remembered and Referred", don't get me worng, it was a magic moment and it will get them remembered... but probably not referred!. That said, we did take her advice and we did F**k off, to Varsity.

Again not a classic pub, but cheap (seems to be a theme here!). After watching a bit of ultimate fighting on the big screen, which is a cracking choice for a pub selling 2-4-1s on Smirnoff, it was decided we needed a good half time talking too and a change in venue type.

We proceeded to go to Fat Cats, which is a damn fine choice playing decent music and providing a quality atmosphere. Then Hush, which although does feel like your in some chaps flat, is actually alright. Finally came Manilla for a bit of boogying (yes for those that know me, I said Manilla not Liquid!), which again provided good music and fine atmosphere.

So, if your out’n’about in Leicester, I suggest… mix it up… it’s all good fun!