Restaurant Review - Neighbourhood
Wednesday 29 March 2023
I’m well aware that cancellations and no-shows are a problem for restaurants, and a cancellation policy may indeed be required. However, a ‘strict’ 48-hour cancellation policy with a €40 per person charge — as appearing on the new Neighbourhood restaurant’s online booking platform, and on my subsequent confirmation — would give many would-be diners cause to pause. A lot can happen in people’s lives in 48 hours and such a rigorous policy struck me as being a bit up itself and not exactly neighbourly. Wasn’t this supposed to be a casual restaurant, its chosen moniker intended to spell out a warm welcome? They have since stated that the aforementioned policy does not apply to brunch.
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First Published In The Sunday Independent