"The best part of the evening was being able to eat out with family and not rub shoulders with other guests or feel squished in. Plenty of space, and comfortable seats. Too often restaurants want to maximise the amount of customers, and its not pleasant being pushed in a corner, or hearing other people's conversations. All 7 of us, had a variety of starters and mains. The starters were all around £10 each, 4 Chix wings £10, Scotch Egg £10, Chilli flat bread £10 etc. At best the starters were all given the OK, but probably not worth the money for content or presentation. The mains were also just about making the grade, my steak although cooked rare as requested, was tough. I don't expect to see that when paying £32 for what should have been a tender cut of meat. (if you want to serve the specialist cuts of meat listed on your menu, at a similar cost i might add to Michelin standards, please send your chef's to visit Pierre White's to see how its done). The gravies and sauces on the table were all very well received if a little too small in quantity. However the worst Sin, was the lukewarm microwave French Fries served in a battered tin mug, instead of skin on home cooked fries or something that resembled the photo's. Why not admit it was late, you'd ran out of chips, you didn't have anything decent to serve them in, and would some microwave chips be acceptable? And before you say it yes serving in battered old tin plates and mugs was trendy perhaps 10 years ago. I think i would have appreciated some honesty at this point. We as a table were left alone, there was no table check to make sure everything was ok, so service wise we had none. I paid a total food bill of £255 (not including drinks). and left feeling it was a waste of money. Rather than feeling that i had had a great time spent catching up with family."
