Restaurant owner hits back at 'shameless' critics

Tuesday 20th August 2019 15:30 EDT
 

A no-nonsense Indian restaurant owner brutally hit back at a 'shameless' TripAdvisor reviewer who criticised the size of its portions - after apparently ordering a bargain £3.50 three-course meal.

The boss of Shimla Cottage, in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, sent a brutal reply to the complaint, which has since been shared on Twitter and liked nearly 2,000 times.

Labelled 'Awful Lack Of Manners', the review claimed the owners were 'very rude' and that 'you only get what you pay for', adding: 'Even at that price, it felt like an absolute rip off.'

Not one for accepting criticism, the restaurateur replied: 'Judging from the waistline of most of your party I could have served them a full cow and they would still have left hungry.'

It's not the first time the restaurant has hit the headlines, as two years ago the then-owner, Waseem Ahmed, came under fire for his scathing replies to TripAdvisor reviews. 

Speaking at the time, Mr Ahmed claimed too many customers were able to hold businesses to ransom via TripAdvisor and argued he should be allowed to fight his corner.

The restaurant, in the town's Sunnyside Street, has been open for 17 years and has an average of four out of five stars on TripAdvisor, based on 705 reviews.


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