Cafe Gertrude

x Restaurant Reviews Add Your Review » Your Say '); //--> Joined Jul 09 23 Reviews 0 Hats Off! loading... MrsMac (Guru) Credibility Score: 54%   Visited: 05 Dec 2009 | Posted: over 2 months ago Myself and my husband went here on Sat I dont remember seeing it before so thought we would give it a go. I ordered the goats cheese tartlet and hubby had the garlic bread the garlic bread was ok the same ould french bread with garlic butter anyone could do my goats cheese tartlet was mediocre a shortcrust pastry tartlet with a dollop of pesto, some chopped tomatoes and goats cheese and small side salad with no dressing. I had asked for a white wine spritzer the waitress came with a full glass of wine and a bottle of water she didnt know what it was I explained I wanted some wine topped up with soda. When our mains came (I got carbonara hubby got Margarita pizza with ham) They sent out the wrong pizza no ham they did apologise and the pizza was nice. My carbonara though was just ok they must have just chopped up Dennys ham in it I would have preferred bacon to be honest and there were half cloves of garlic floating aroud the dish everywhere. If they are new I will probably put it down to teething problems and might go back again. Service was friedly but they were painfully slow, food not great and for 7 on a Sat in Temple bar were extremely quiet. The who decor of the place is gloomy especially toilets a few candles, soft lighting, plants and bright paint would lift this place to know end. Also there were typos on the food boards outside if they are new they would new to do a lot of adjustments.