"We booked our table for 9pm as we had friends visiting and needed a later dinner to allow for travel time. After sitting down, we started having a catch up and a member of staff took our drinks orders and handed menus to us. Didn’t think this would be a problem but we were given literally 1 minute to look at the menu and order our food being told the kitchen needed meal orders in by 9:30. This was approx 9:10pm. We asked if we could have more time and literally had an extra minute before being asked for our orders again. We felt like we were rushed and didn’t really get a chance to read the menu. While waiting for our starters, a loud speaker above our table came into action around 9:30. Obviously this was for the evening customers who were there for drinks, but we literally could not hear each other speaking, it was so loud, ruining our catch-up. Our food arrived promptly, starters were lovely, there was no problem with the meals, they were delicious. But we hadn’t finished eating before we were being asked if we wanted our mains to arrive. We asked for more time to finish eating our starters, but again, felt rushed into eating our food. I could understand if the restaurant was rushed off their feet and really busy, but there was only 2 tables eating when we arrived, and that included ours. 2 other tables had people drinking in small groups and one small party at the rear of the restaurant. It wasn’t busy at all. Our mains arrived promptly, again, absolutely delicious. Couldn’t fault the food at all. But we had no conversation as we really couldn’t chat over the loud speaker above us. So please, make sure you are not situated sitting beneath one of the 4 big white speakers. Myself and my partner finished our meals but our friends were still eating when our plates were removed and handed the bill. We had planned to stay for drinks and booked the table till late but as soon as we finished, we paid and left. Mainly because we felt the service was very rude and rushed, and we also couldn’t hear a thing. The food was delicious though, and I want to make sure that people realise this and not put them off eating here, but you really need to look elsewhere if you want more time when eating late and conversation. Maybe if food is being offered, allow for diners to finish eating before starting the party, or, just change the last meal order times to ensure diners don’t get the same experience we had. Was very embarrassing for us after Inviting friends to visit and hearing great reviews. However, would consider eating here again, but we will defo be eating a lot earlier to avoid the evening entertainment and disruption for dining."
