Kate le Marechal
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This was my third trip to Terroirs and I won’t go back again. First time (after keeping us waiting for 20 minutes) they said they couldn’t do coffee because their grinder wasn’t working - I wondered why they couldn’t buy some decent ground coffee from the millions of shops along the high street? We left as brunch without coffee isn’t brunch and went to Tart instead, which was fabulous. The second time it was the emptiest place on Lordship Lane and just post-lockdown. The brunch menu was v limited which was fine, but they really struggled to be flexible and mix and match items on the menu as this might be difficult for the chef (?!). Eventually they worked it out and the food was pleasant, ‘though not stunning. The coffee was great! Third time was bank holiday Monday brunch. Last day of ‘eat out to help out’. The waitress seemed overwhelmed and confused. We perched on a wobbly stool by a barrel outside and then discovered that the brunch menu wasn’t on (only Saturday and Sunday - not bank holiday Mondays) and the main menu options were not what we wanted at 11:30am on a bank holiday. Sandwich choices were v limited and a little strange (imho) eg tuna and avocado croissant? When we gave up and said we’d just pay for our drinks and go, we were charged full price despite the ‘eat out to help out deal’. The waitress insisted it was only on food not drinks until I showed her the government website. Apparently they had excluded soft drinks from the offer throughout August. We left and went to a wonderful, friendly Italian restaurant just up the road and had a fabulous brunch. Wish we’d gone there in the first place and won’t be going back to Terroirs.