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“I don't often write reviews but tonights meal has...”

written by on 30/06/2009

Good Points
The wine was ok

Bad Points
The food, the atmosphere and the fact that they thought charging 2.50 for bread was acceptable.

General Comments
I don't often write reviews but tonights meal has spured me into action. I have never eaten at malmaison before now. I do not think I will be eating there again. We ate at malmaison as part of the Eat festival. Basically you paid for two meals at 25 quid a head and got the third meal free. The malmaison meal was our free one. Which is good as I would not have paid 25 pounds for it. The place was dark stuffy, windowless and pretentious beyond belief. Whoever designed the place must have believed that if you paint eveything black and ram enough magnums of verve cliquot around the place it will be classy. I felt like I was in a dingy basement. The rest of the diners were wannabe foitballers wives who wouldn't know a good meal if it slapped them in the face. If you want to eat tough raw lamb and flobby fatty pork followed by hot oversized creme br l e minus the crispy topping malmaison is the place for you. If not? I would recommend Jesmond Dene House where they know how to cook.