"A group of us convened here on a weekday lunchtime mainly for the purposes of catching up. As there weren 't too many other customers, we were largely left to chat, which was exactly what we wanted; the long-suffering waitress a paragon of patience as she returned half a dozen times to see if we 'd actually looked at the menu yet (let alone picked anything! Having finally got around to seeing what was on offer, I, somewhat unwisely, went (what was for me off piste and picked the burger (what could possibly go wrong, I wondered . What went wrong was pretty much everything. The chips were ok I suppose but the seeded brioche was mass-produced (of the type that never seems to get stale and flabby, and the burger itself would have been more useful as an ice hockey puck. I was brought up never to leave food on my plate but, sorry Mum, there 's a first time for everything and this was that time. I was not the only one amongst us to leave an uncleared plate but at least my partner 's steak sandwich was a hit, with its pink-cooked, tender, juicy meat ... I 'd pick it myself were I ever to return."
