So now you can’t criticise bad, expensive food and service ?

The Court of Appeal agreed, finding that it was defamatory to say the food was unpalatable and the service bad.

It appears that only Justice Kirby had any common sense, saying that the jury was far more likely to know what the community standards were than the judges, saying:

Astonishing as it may seem, judges may occasionally lack a sense of irony or humour

Or even common sense, in this case..