Téléphone: +441726833866
Adresse: Hanson Drive, PL23 1JF, Cornwall,Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
Ville: Cornwall,Isles of Scilly
Menu Plats: 3
Avis: 1533
"Fowey Hall is a wonderfully charming and impressive hotel with views of the River Fowey and the opposing, beautiful, hillside village of Polruan. There's no question, once you enter the building, you're surrounded by grandeur; with log fires and furnishings covering all manner of styles,...effortlessly blended to be interesting, yet remain comfortable. On this particular visit, we chose to eat in one of the temporary igloos that sit on the side of the building, with river and Polruan views. The igloos themselves, a popular addition these days are great in theory, but do offer some cumbersome problems to navigate, for both staff and guests alike. Truth is, it's a novelty that risks wearing off over time...but on a good day, offers unparalleled views and a good amount of privacy. Though the lack of music and, in this case, warmth, detracts a little from the experience. In a nutshell, the restaurant itself is a mixed bag of good food and clumsy service but with a price tag that forces a double take at the bill. Finding a good team to run a restaurant is hard... I know, I've run a fair few... but on this particular visit, to say the staff were green would be an understatement. Arriving at 8pm sharp (for our 8pm booking), we were left to wait whilst the previous diners finished up... This in itself is not a problem, it happens all the time... But as we were asked to sit in the grandeur of the lounge to wait, we would have expected to be offered a drink and although we had a drinks menu on the table, we didn't see any staff at all until our table was ready. It wasn't until 9:15pm, that we received our first... anything... Immediately it was clear that service would be tricky. Not least because of the zipped-up door ways to the igloos...but also, because the staff were so inexperienced. Asking for the Casablanca Valley Chardonnay returned a response, is that the pinot grigio . And then the bottle, once received 10 minutes later, bore none of the descriptive words from the menu except Chardonnay I'm not convinced that we got what we ordered. In these situations, you would think we'd have just told them there and then, but we did not have that luxury. The bottle, in a cooler, was placed on the table and off they went. We were left alone to check the bottle and to pour our own wine...and I've no problem with that, honestly... But it leaves no room for correction. What if, instead of a £30 bottle, were given a £200 bottle? Or vice versa... What if it was corked? Anyway, after some pointing at a menu (which only had 4 options), making sure our order was accurate, there was then a longer-than-expected wait for the food to arrive... (Adding another sign of greenness having the artichoke and nut velouté introduced as the soup which I almost sent back thinking it wasn't what I ordered)... I don't want to sound too harsh, the staff were very young and I'm ok with a little haphazardness... It adds a sense of mischievous mystery to the evening! But still... I think the presence of a more experienced manager supervisor might have been worth while. The food, however, was good. The artichoke soup with sourdough marmite butter was rich...very VERY rich... and the Seabass with chargrilled baby gem lettuce and dauphinoise potato was well balanced and cooked well, as were the side of heritage carrots. Could it have been refined? Absolutely. As mentioned, the velouté was far too rich and the butter to bread ratio was comical. 95% of the quenelle of butter was wasted... a tablespoon of butter on a thumb sized piece of bread?... And one finger sized piece of broccoli with the Seabass was a bit stingy... But ultimately, being critical about it is solely because of the price. Had it have been 20-30% cheaper, I couldn't have faulted it. But this is always the ultimate question: at £113 for 2x 2 courses, 2 sides and a bottle of the cheapest wine on offer, did we get value for money? The answer is probably, no. Just above average food, well below average service."
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Sabrina
the restaurant visited during the stay in the hotel and while the staff was brilliant, eating was very expensive and not good at all. we ordered a £60 cote de boeuf, which was mostly fat, with chips that were underboiled and not seasoned and mushrooms. they were bland again and were not seasoned. we also ordered the Dover-sole, which was quite small and had almost nothing, for £20 strange quid! hotel is beautiful.
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three ladies went to the afternoon tea this afternoon. it began to promise that the young man took our order, was very pleasant and professional. the food came there there was a beautiful series of sandwiches, cakes and scones. we all tucked happy and enjoy the view. that it was .end of the service, no employee came near us for the rest of our visit. not even to check if we were in order or want more hot drinks. very disappointed about the lack of customer service . in consideration of the cost, plus 12.5 service fee .... I will not return.
Nick
Had afternoon tea on terrace as a family. Generally enjoyable and our 8 and 5 year old loved the outdoor play area. View over Fowey splendid. Scones fresh and excellent. Carrot cake not bad. Swiss roll slices looked like they from supermarket shelf. Sandwiches well...made. Scotch egg halves fairly tasteless and soggy outer coating. Tea came in meagre quantities in small pots with no cosy. Combined with thick china cups this ensured it was only warm at best! Putting these things right would make the meal really good without costing the hotel much.
Donna
Booked afternoon tea as anniversary treat fir my wife and myself. Pleasant setting lovely room...but was unfortunately cold. Initial service was ok..although took a little while which was suprising as were the only people inside. After a short while afternoon tea arrived. The sandwiches which...although being pleasant had obviously been made sometime previously as were dry. The cakes also had been served up some time previously and left in a chiller as the ginger cake was dry and rubbery with hard cold cream on top. The choux bun was soggy with the consistancy of something fried. Also on the menu it says limitless hot drinks....that only works if a waiter returns to the room...or you can fin... Voir le carte
Sabrina
We have enjoyed an afternoon tea at the fowey hall hotel before so we were looking forward to a romantic meal in one of the igloos. I had booked an igloo for 8pm and when we arrived we were told that there was no igloo...available , so I showed the gentleman the confirmation email showing my booking for the igloo and told him that I had also called to confirm the day before. I was asked to get a drink and wait in the bar which we did . Ten minutes later we were told there wasn’t an igloo available and it would be a 45 minutes wait. So we waited , I ordered the triple cooked chips and fish with minted peas and when it arrived it was a very basic fish and chips the peas were not minted and I h...
Bruce
my wife and I had a delicious dinner here. I have dropped the last negative reviews on the way in and my heart. we almost turned around to find a pub. I'm so glad we didn't. the Valentine menu was excellent. each cure had the boil. balanced textures and aromas perfect. a comment below is that the employees do not know their weeping. maybe not, but there are restaurants in cornwall where they pay an additional £30/head for this service and there is an extensive wine menu to choose from. we were in the igloos and the staff must be out at all weathers to serve them, and come out and out of the zipper doors. it is a feat that eating came hot at all, what it did. They were attentive and polite. I...
Yasmine
this venue was booked many weeks ago for the birthday of my son-in-law. the first appearance of the fowey hall is as a bomb of the second world war, but only when it was approached from the park side, through the foyer that goes as a small bar that we approached the restaurant reception. here we were informed that our table was in foyer, as we had not determined that we wanted to eat in the restaurant!. the arrogant and rather abrupt restaurant manager was initially shameful that despite our early booker was not a place in the intended esbereich. after 5 minutes of embarrassment and he invited us to wait in the lounge area while he tried to solve the problem. complementary drinks were delive... Voir le carte
Yasmine
Extremely disappointed! Many errors from the start. The reservation wasn't booked in on my first attempt, I called the day before to check to find that out. Lucky there was space to have it booked in properly. Then there was a few issues with their...gift voucher system not accepting my the voucher I bought! Being told to allocate it when I didn't buy it from a third party but directly from their own website. was a bad experience from the drive way in and lasted all the way through to the end. We was not told at any point that there is a vast amount of building going on spoiling every view! Huge diggers, barriers the lot Everywhere. We were in the outside dome with front row seats to this me...
John
Oh dear! We booked the Wind in the Willows Afternoon tea as a surprise for my daughter whose baby is due next month. The food was very nice, the setting was lovely BUT other than the menu declaring that this was a Wind in the...Willows' afternoon tea where was the connection? It was not as pictured on the advert at all. It was so subtle that even as a lover of the Kenneth Graham classic who has directed a production of this well loved tale, I totally missed it. No sign of Mr Toad, Mole or Rat or even a mischievous weasel. No picnic' on board a rowing boat or the extravagance of Mr Toad's enthusiasm for inventions or life. Indeed no sign of a little car or a gypsy caravan theme. Not even a gi...
John
Fowey Hall is a wonderfully charming and impressive hotel with views of the River Fowey and the opposing, beautiful, hillside village of Polruan. There's no question, once you enter the building, you're surrounded by grandeur; with log fires and furnishings covering all manner of styles,...effortlessly blended to be interesting, yet remain comfortable. On this particular visit, we chose to eat in one of the temporary igloos that sit on the side of the building, with river and Polruan views. The igloos themselves, a popular addition these days are great in theory, but do offer some cumbersome problems to navigate, for both staff and guests alike. Truth is, it's a novelty that risks wearing of... Voir le carte
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