"Dined here on a Groupon deal that covered three courses. Often, such deals only grant access to a limited menu, but this particular one covered pretty much everything that was on offer, with the minimum of extra supplements required. The restaurant is situated in the hotel directly opposite Peterborough train station, and the hotel itself provides free parking (as long as you validate your ticket at reception afterwards). This puts it in a great position; however the standard of food is merely okay and the service from the staff wasn't exactly anything to enthuse about. The dining room itself is large, albeit fairly unassuming and showing some real signs of dilapidation around the edges. The lively Britpop background soundtrack whilst pleasing to my own ears seemed at odds with the surroundings; although when the music stopped halfway through our meal, the atmosphere in the room became practically non existent.Our starters were fine; the mains less so. The burger I ordered came with some fine hand cooked chips and an overly generous amount of salad, complete with an unappealing dressing. The burger itself was a poor slither of meat, dwarfed by a giant bun again loaded with salad. Burger aside, the portions were large in size making me wish that perhaps a little more attention had been paid to the quality rather than the quantity.The table staff were sadly inattentive for the most part; while pleasant enough, they never once asked if we'd like more drinks or checked if everything was okay with our food. For long periods, there was no staff presence in the dining room to the point where we waited twenty minutes after dessert for our bill. On a busy night, that can be excused there were five other tables dining that night, so it was hardly a rush.It's hard to say whether restaurants express a slight bias against customers dining through deal websites such as Groupon; I'd like to think this isn't the case and everyone should receive the same service, based on the theory that a discount diner will return if a good impression is left. On the evidence here, that's unlikely in my case."
