I booked a table for two for eight o'clock. We arrived about ten minutes
before and were shown to our table. Service was pleasant and friendly
and we began with a bottle of Nero d'Avola which was good. For starters
we had the Olives and bread which consisted of four olives and two
slices of bread. My partner had A goats cheese and tomato salad which
was very stingy on the cheese. I had a mozzerella and tomato salad with
basil on it. However the basil finely chopped and appeared to have been
chucked on, as opposed to torn in to nice chunky bits, and there was no
olive oil as per a classic Caprese salad. Also to share we had what was
advertised as Sardinian flat bread or carta musica. I have eaten this in
Sardinia and what we were served was simply not it. It was a basic
garlic bread with rosemary on. Don't get me wrong it was very nice but
to call it Sardinan flat bread is misleading to say the least.
For
mains we both had the ten ounce fillet steaks which arrived looking very
lost on the big plates they came with. My partner had the gorgonzola
sauce and I had a green peppercorn sauce. They were served seperately in
a bowl on the plate. They both looked the same, like custard. On
tasting it became obvious that they have used the same sauce base and
just added a bit of cheese to hers and some peppercorns to mine. I did
complain that the sauce was terrible but it did not appear to get back
to the kitchen. The steaks, although small, were well cooked and tasty.
With it came saute potatoes and a few veg of green beans, carrots and
baby sweetcorn. These were ok.
For desserts we had the Tiramisu. When
they came it was soon obvious that they had been made for ages and had
been sat in a fridge. I could not taste any coffee in it. Not good at
all. With Limoncello, grappa and wine the bill was £86 after I had got
them to knock off £2.50 for charging me for two portions of olives.
Single shared toilet at the back is unfortunate as people often queuing outside.
I
certainly would not rush to get back here but the service and amosphere
was good.Let down by some shoddy food and practices. Ok if you're
passing through