- 整體 3
- 食物 3
- 服務 2
- 氛圍 3
I met with my friend at 12pm at the restaurant. We had both travelled, my friend from Cambridge and myself from Leeds, to see each other after many years. On first impressions, the restaurant was very quiet and it smelt strongly of cleaning solutions. We were taken to our table and given some menus. There seemed to be a lot of work shadowing going on that day so service seemed ok but when I asked about the wine, our server Lumi explained that although I wanted a dry rose wine, to ignore the colour as that isn’t to do with how dry the wine was. She was quite a dominant character and seemed to be training a very nice geordie gentlemen who sadly wasn’t wearing a name badge as he was lovely throughout.
Next, our order. I asked that we were looking to see if we could do something a bit different with our order. Lumi (before I even asked) said she couldn’t do any mix and match and so we couldn’t have the risotto off the specials menu unless we were ordering two courses.
Ok if that’s your policy I get it but there is maybe a grey area for movement or perhaps a way of delivering a message less strongly.
I felt like the calm approach of the other waiters and waitresses would have been good for Lumi to learn, not the other way round.
So overall.. the food was ok but we struggle as there isn’t really a “lunch” menu. The fish dishes were £28 and seemed quite heavy for a midday lunch and then if you didn’t have two courses, there was a fish finger butty which I had, but the batter was very greasy, and another option.
My friend ended up having cauliflower and chips as a lunch so it is limited. A few salads would be ideal for this time of year and of course, a risotto option even as a starter or main would be lovely.. especially when the table next to us had it.
I enjoyed it much more when I was there last year. Perhaps if the tables had been mopped up from the rain, people would have sat outside too but that didn’t look like an option.
So a disappointing, 6/10 from us.