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13. Juni 2024
Went for lunch here with my partner to celebrate his birthday, and we travelled just over an hour to do so. Online it looks like fine dining is their speciality, and that's why we chose it, for a treat! On arrival, we were asked if we wanted to eat in the bar instead of the restaurant (we booked a table in advance, in the resturant). We sat in the bar with drinks and waited to be told when our table was ready. 35 mins later, we had to ask for a menu so we could decide what to have. The menu online states its a sample menu, and subject to change .... literally everything was different. The 3 specials were all fish dishes , and only 1 dish on the mains wasn't a fish dish. We were disappointed but found dishes we wanted, and ordered at the bar (not necessarily a fine dinning experience so far). Eventually we were seated. Food came quickly, but we were the only people eating so there wasn't a backlog of orders anyway. I had a pork, apple, and stuffing bap, which was fine. Nothing special, but fine. The chips were really nice ! My partner had the half lobster dish, and it was so over cooked that it resembled rubber. Like, couldn't even chew it enough, and it definitely would have bounced if you threw it. The couple areas that weren't over cooked, were full of fine shards of shell. They have their AA rosettes proudly on show in the restaurant, and have achieved them for 20 years, so that looks great on first glance. Until you realise they haven't got the most recent one... then it makes more sense. Overall, the food is highly priced for poor execution, and we were left feeling disappointed by the misleading website. The chef was working solo (overheard the waitress saying to other guest that appeared when we were eating) , so can sympathise that it's a difficult job to do on his own, I'm sure he tried his best. The man behind the bar was polite enough, all be it that he did seem to forget we were waiting for him to seat us, like he said he would. Also, when he got us the menus, he licked his fingers to separate the specials pile of menus, which is an ick! But overall he was pleasant enough. There was a loud older man that kept appearing, talking very abrasively about how he "wasn't paid enough to travel to his other workplace" and other comments that were just not for patrons ears really. Not professional at all. The waitress was polite enough. Oh, also, My partner was given his drink and the glass had lipstick on it!! Gross. Won't be visiting again, and wouldn't recommend. Really disappointed
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