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Going out for dinner at your favourite restaurant with family and friends is one of life's great pleasures. But sometimes the experience isn't all it might be and you're left with a niggling irritation about your meal out.
Whether's it's 'optional' service charges that never seem that optional or being offered bottled water when 'eau de tap' is absolutely fine, there's much that could be improved about the nation's restaurants.
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