i was a massive fan of juniper and after having a few enjoyable experiences here i'd suggested it for the monthly cocktail quest a few of us yelpers go on! so with an area booked for 15 thirsty yelpers, i was well excited for all of us to try out this still rather new bar.\n\nhowever, my excitement died down pretty quickly as the night progressed. i appreciate this place is table service but we sat for over 20 minutes waiting for someone to take our order...and then a further 20-30 minutes for our first drink! so while we arrived at 7pm none of us got a drink til 8pm although for those of us that had ordered food that arrived fairly promptly. however no one ever came to check and see that we were happy with our food....\n\nfrom this first wee glitch, came an evening of endless waiting for drinks. although we kept asking if they could continue to bring the cocktail tasting drinks for those of us that ordered them a bit more quickly we were told that they were extremely busy and were trying to get things out. however on a walk through the bar there were only a handful of people there, apparently they claimed the restaurant was busy.... so after an hour wait for our first drink, we had another half hour wait for the second drink, a further half hour to get the third drink, but to be fair the fourth drink arrived only 15 minutes after the third. i'm assuming the restaurant had cleared out by this time so we could get some proper service.\n\ni'd probably have updated my review to only three stars if i was basing this on the service alone, however my third drink came with a fancy flower floating in it. yes it was a very pretty idea, but on closer inspection i discovered that my flower was mouldy. yes, a mouldy flower in my expensive cocktail.... unbelievably i didn't send it back as i was terrified of how much longer my wait for a new one would be if i did! totally shocking that this drink was allowed to leave the bar....\n\nso i'm sorry Juniper, but i'm unlikely to come back after my experience last night. the length of service seriously needs to be sorted out as three hours for four cocktails is a bit ridiculous and a mouldy flower in someone's drink is unacceptable. i'm sad as the food is tasty and i so wanted to try out fondue fridays, but i just can't bring myself to spend my money here again!
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