We went here for a Sunday brunch with our three year old and another couple. We knew it would be busy so we booked. Glad we did, it was packed. So packed in fact that we had about 3 inches on either side of the table to fit our chairs and us in. The tables were way to packed in to be in any way comfortable.
So after I squeezed myself into the 3 odd inches of chair space we had some glasses and bottles of water brought to the table. Four glasses for the 5 of us that we had booked for. No worries we got another one, eventually.
Then, the most unexpected thing happened...nothing. We waited 20mims for any of the staff to come back and check on us. In that time I could have drunk 2 coffees easily and since I know what coffee I'm having every time I don't see why they wouldn't take a coffee order before we even sit down. As it happened we ordered food and coffee at the same time and settled in expecting a loooonng wait for the food (and coffees).
A surprisingly short 10mins later the food came out and it was pretty good. I had the Ploughmans Steak Sandwich which was tasty and didn't fall completely apart like some steak sangas can do.
About 5 minutes after the food came out our coffees came out with the explanation of 'Sorry, we had some takeaways.' It seemed like the takeaways were unexpected which is weird. The coffee was really good and would bring me back for that alone.
Overall, other than the space issues, there was nothing wrong with this place. The food was good but not spectacular. The coffee was good enough to bring me back and the service, while lacking, was still friendly. read more