- 整體 3
- 食物 3
- 服務 3
- 氛圍 2
We visited Browns on Thursday the 29th August, we booked well in advance on account of it being Dartmouth Regatta week, so fully expected such a well know bistro to be very busy for our 7:30pm booking. It was not.
The greeting by the staff was very good and friendly, and helpful. We had a choice of which table to use, there was only one other person in the bistro at this time!
The menu itself had a fair few selections covering all the usual options of (Vg) (VGO) etc. My wife did not want a starter and I chose the Cider and honey glazed Chorizo with sourdough (GFO) / £9. which was OK but the sourdough was just two small pieces, and the cider flavour did not come through at all because of the honey. My wife selected the fish of the day, a beautiful piece of filleted sea bass, which she thoroughly enjoyed, so thank you for that. I opted for Minute Steak (2x4oz) / £22 with garlic butter or peppercorn sauce, French fries, roasted cherry vine tomatoes and mixed leaf salad. Sadly this was a bit of a let down, the steak although medium to rare in order to make sure it was not tough did not come off, also it was quite lacking in steak flavour, it was covered in something that was pale and watery, which I assumed was supposed to be the sauce, or perhaps the chef forgot to put the sauce on it who knows? Why serve fries in a supposedly upmarket bistro? They go cold as soon as you look at them, and these were slightly overcooked and hard. The dessert section consists of mainly a chocolate brownie or ice cream variations, not a very enterprising selection. All in all I can see why this establishment was not rammed to the gunnels on what is probably one of the busiest weeks of the year for the town of Dartmouth. The waitress was very polite and friendly and it was for that reason only that we left a tip. We will not be returning.