I remember coming here a couple of years ago with a group and one of my friends knew the chef or something? So there was that feeling of "we're going to get treated nicely" and we were. Can't remember what I had to eat (likely some pasta) but it tasted decent and the place seemed nice.
Was there a few days ago and had a different experience. Sat on the patio by myself and there were maybe four other parties sharing the space with me. Inside there must have been one group of maybe 2-3 people. So the place was not busy... Didn't take long to get served or have my food order taken, but the amount of time to get a drink was a lot longer than it should have been given the slow night. When you decide to make a preemptive strike and order another drink when you are only half way through your current one then something's not right.
I ordered the salmon. It apparently came with a salad which arrived 20 minutes after I ordered it. I'm not a chef but I don't think it takes very long to make salads, does it? The salmon then came about 15 minutes later. The waitress apologised for the wait, which is nice to know they are aware, but the wait wasn't really worth it. The salmon had way too much salt on it. I felt my sodium levels rising with each bite. And it came with some very simple penne pasta in tomato sauce. I don't really think of pasta when it comes to salmon, but I guess I didn't read the menu properly.
Anyway, wasn't too thrilled with the food or service my second time around. If the food comes quickly and doesn't taste too hot then I can deal with that. If the food comes late and tastes amazing then I can deal with that as well. Late food that doesn't taste good is lame. Also, I finished two pints of beer in the time it took for my food to arrive. Not a good look.