[cybermuda]

Tierra is my "local" restaurant and I would love to patronise such a convenient location

However, after five meals there - four of which were awful and one just about acceptable - I have given up on them

Meals 1 and 2 were far too salty - I told the waitress that the food was basically good, but ruined by too much salt, but she just said that it was what people wanted. There is salt on the table if people want to add more, but you cannot take excess salt away. And with many people suffering from high blood pressure, too much salt is the last thing they need.

Meal 3 was the "special" fish - special in that it had obviously been stewing for at least an hour. Sure, I wasn't there at 5.30 but fish takes so little time to cook it should be prepared fresh for each diner, not batch-cooked ahead of time then kept warm.

Meal 4 - the pasta - was okay. Nothing exceptional, but certainly edible.

Meal 5 was a disaster from start to finish - the music was so loud the waitress took three attempts to hear our order; several things we wanted to order were "off' - including several "specials" and, believe it or not, baked potatoes! And the waitress was so tired that she kept forgetting what she was doing, then took ages to bring the check after we'd asked for it, twice.

Sorry Tierra, we tried but you let us down too often.