[AccyMad]

Myself, family & friends went to the Oaklea for lunch on Christmas Eve and I'm sorry to say but we were very disappointed. The place looks really nice after the refurbishment but unfortunately thats the best I can say about it at the moment. There was a very long wait for our food (well over an hour), which can be overlooked if the fare is good when it arrives but sadly it really wasn't.The food was what I can only descrive as 'ping meals', i.e. straight from the microwave. There was a mix up in the order which meant one of our party didn't get what he ordered, a three course christmas lunch, the reason given was that the chef 'didn't know what christmas lunch meant'. He did get reimbursed for the part of the meal he didn't receive but that along with other mistakes which were blamed on the till not working correctly cast a shadow on our afternoon. I realise that every place has teething troubles when they first open and hopefully these things can be ironed out but with most people first impressions count and on my first impression I won;t be going back for a meal there.