NinjaRichie
July 2, 2024
We've been here loads of times over the years both in the formal dining room and for casual bar meals. We decided to go for a quick tea the other night in the bar. The service and quality has always been great and you expect to pay a little more for this and the fact it is consistent. To start we had mushrooms on toast, this was very nice to be fair and fresh produce cooked well, but it needs to be for £9. Mains we had poached salmon nicoise (£24) and a lamb kofta (£22). The food was fine and there were no complaints and we were hungry. On reflection though both dishes were over priced for what they were. The salmon was not really a nicoise as there were no potatoes or olives in the salad - so that dish had no carb with it. Like I say, fine, but nothing special at £24. I know fish is expensive, but we'd do this in the week for tea and it definitely did not command this price for what was plated. The lamb kofta, again, no complaints and it was a decent portion and everything was cooked well. Just a bit underwhelming overall. Then the drinks, £7 a pint of lager (yes you read right) and £5.40 for the following shandy (half the beer is lemonade!). I know this is a hotel but this is really rather pricey. Shame really as the service was very good as usual, but for casual dining I don't think we'd choose to go hear in a hurry for a bar meal. The formal restaurant would still be a consideration.