"Can honestly say this was one of the most disappointing meals of my life. Requested a booth table if possible via the app 1 month in advance, explaining one member of our party of 5 was 85 years old. However not to be, every booth was taken, bit disappointing but luckily our 85 year old is quite sprightly and didn’t mind sitting in the middle of the restaurant, although she had to wipe clean her seat before she sat down. No matter, we ordered a trio of breads to start with, only to be told they didn’t have any left, not a big deal as this was only to nibble on but unfortunately this was not the last time in this order we were let down by shortages. Three of our party ordered fish, the other 2 ordered starters as their main course, happily obliged by the friendly and attentive waiting staff. And here’s were it really went downhill the 3 fish dishes were cooked and sent to the table, it was at this point the kitchen saw fit to dispatch a poor waitress to deliver the news that they didn’t have any goats cheese left. This is totally unacceptable, but seemingly standard practice here if you read other reviews. So while our meals were ready and sitting on the table, at that point my sister had to choose an alternative. She was more gracious than I would have been and ordered a Caesar salad, well what a joke that was. Wish I had taken a picture was an inflated pitta pocket with a hole cut in the top to display 4 pieces of little gem lettuce like a miserable bouquet of flowers, and for the princely sum of £4.50, at least Dick Turpin wore a mask! As for the Peking duck, it was so dry and over cooked it was like eating leather. The grilled fish dishes were nicely cooked, however not served with char veg as advertised, and the fish and chips was a very decent portion, however the mushy peas were also absent, unless that’s what the thin green smear on the plate was meant to represent. Could not fault the waiting staff, between Tai and Antonio they were so sweet and helpful, but you go to a restaurant for the food and no amount of good service from waiting staff can make up for the kitchen’s failings. Justin the manager could not have been nicer and graciously removed the duck from our bill, but there are some serious problems here and I doubt any of our party will be back any time soon, it’s too expensive to be so below par."
