Arden
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The Shoap - 11 am on Sunday - had no one in the queue when we arrived and ordered 1 sandwich and a mac and cheese pie. We were given the pie right away and stood to the side. Efficient - we thought.
We soon came to realise that the majority of people sitting down did not have food, and 15 minutes later we became concerned that it would be a long wait.
They proceeded to bring out 1-2 sandwiches every 10 minutes. I think we waited in total about 35 minutes. I lost count, it might have been longer.
There was no apology, we were standing that whole time. They continued taking more orders and the store got busy.
I was thinking the whole time my mac and cheese would go cold so I started to eat it standing up in the Shoap.
We finally got the singular sandwich and took it outside.
Taste of the mac and cheese pie - very good. As far as mac and cheeses go it’s nice - cheesier than some. And the pastry was nice. I only wish they provided some hot sauce on the side as an option.
The sandwich was fine. Bread was too big for the sausage. The first time trying this sausage and it was more sour than I expected - tasted mustardy. It was like spam meets corned beef. It wasn’t particularly hot.
Not sure if it was an off day, but I can’t say I’d go here again unless I really wanted some mac and cheese in the area.
Lots of Scottish groceries too - tablet, shortbread, etc.