written by Katebe on 08/08/2010
First visit. Very unfriendly and intimidating staff, very slow service (waited 45 minutes for dessert). There were 4 in our party. Starters:- Whitebait was overcooked and dry, the pasta in the pasta parcels was thick and stodgy, the filling of salmon & asparagus was tasteless and the lemon sauce was overpoweringly lemony - tasted like an experiment gone wrong! Main:- Pork was overcooked and tough, one of our party of four had the pasta parcels as a main (wrong decision). The vinnison was delicious. Dessert: 2 were good but 2 wern't. Tirimisu didn't have that thick ouzing liquour, it tasted of cream bland cake with coffee sauce drizzled over. The bread & butter pudding was bland, did not taste of marmalade at all and the creme Enlaise was dissapointing and not very vanillary. An unexpected service charge of 14% for very poor service was the last straw. It was my aunts treat so I didn't complain.... an uncomfortable and dissapointing experience.