Came to Walkers during the holidays for a company lunch. We were given a 3-course fixed menu to select from.
Environment:
Upon walking into the restaurant I noticed that the place was very quiet. Other than the private room that my company booked, there weren't tables out there with customers, even though the restaurant clearly has capacity for a lot more people...not sure if this suggests anything, but definitely an unusual scene during the holiday season.
Our department secretary booked this restaurant because they offer a private room for big groups. We came with around 20-25 people and clearly the room could barely contain this many people. We had 2 long tables and it was very crowded. It was nearly impossible for the people on the side with the backs of the chairs facing to not collide with the other side when someone has to get up.
Food:
Apparently Walkers has their own private label red wine and white wine. We got both to try, but since I didn't I'm not sure if it actually tasted good, but I didn't hear any complains from my colleagues either. I had their grapefruit juice and it was pretty good.
I had the clam chowder to start and I would say it's better than the chowder at most places. The soup was really creamy and flavourful and there was a good amount of clams in there. But this is where the praises end.
I got the lobster stuffed salmon with mango sauce for main course and it tasted so weird that I had to force myself to finish it. The sour mango sauce didn't really go well with the salmon in my opinion and the salmon itself wasn't cooked nicely as it tasted mushy and bland. The other who had the steak said their dish was pretty good, so I guess I just didn't make the right choice.
For dessert I got the chocolate fudge with vanilla ice cream. I found the fudge to be just alright, but the vanilla ice cream was amazing. It had a really strong vanilla bean flavour which was definitely distinguishable from the average supermarket stuff.
Service:
Service was pretty good when the waitresses were around. However, they didn't stay around our private room when they weren't taking orders/serving/clearing plates, and I don't think there was a bell in the room to call them over, so that was annoying.