We came here as it was recommended by the hotelier, and near where we were staying…read more
Unfortunately, most restaurants seems to close early on a Sunday in Plymouth, or not open at all. So to make sure we did not miss an evening meal, although we were not too hungry, as we had a late lunch, we thought a light pasta meal would do the trick, so when we were offered the Sunday Mother's Day set menu, we declined and said we did not really want three courses, and could we have another menu. They then needed to check with the chef, but did return with just the main courses menu, and said they would make an exception for us.
After making our choice, the waiter was surprised that we wanted to go straight to the mains, even though we were offered no other choices. The service was a bit haphazard as it seems not all the waiters were aware we were not on the set menu.
I had the tiger prawn linguini with tomato, chilli, garlic, basil and rocket and my companion had the chicken and chorizo penne arrabiatta with chilli, garlic and parsley. Both dishes were adequate and nice but nothing special, I have had better Italian.
My companion then had the mini dessert and coffee, which consisted of a mini brownie or mini sticky toffee pudding, and chose the latter. They forgot the coffee and we had to remind the waitress, who was very apologetic and remedied it very quickly. The coffee came in a huge cup, which was very generous, and was very, very strong, like an expresso!
Ambiance was quiet, even though quite busy with Mother's Day diners. Restaurant let down by cold and unclean Ladies and the Gents were located outside the restaurant through another door, and so rather cold to get to, after the warmth of the restaurant, it being a very, very chilly evening.
