No.10 Bar and Restaurant — Restaurant in Aberdeen City

We arrived unfashionably early for our table at the restaurant and set up shop in the bar until our table was ready. The bar was lively and very popular and the kind of place i would have a hard time leaving if i was out with friends for drinks. I ordered a Mojito while we waited and was very impressed with the result.

Once our table was ready we were taken into the busy restaurant which had a brilliant atmosphere. The tables are well laid out and there is a private room at the back which can be hired for Birthdays etc. to make your occasion more special.

The menu has an excellent selection of modern dishes, all of which look very inviting. We skipped starters and went straight to the mains. I ordered an 8 oz Fillet steak and swapped my hand cut chips for fries. The steak was a quality cut and was cooked perfectly (Medium Rare). The fries were excellent as well, a different league from bog standard restaurant fries and plenty of them too. To accompany the steak I ordered the Con fit Garlic Butter sauce, which as strange as it sounds was worlds away from any other Garlic Butter I've tasted before. Another member of our party ordered the Aberdeen Angus Steak Burger, and another the Haddock. The quality of the ingredients were evident in the dishes, the fish was cooked perfectly and the burger was presented excellently. The staff were very helpful and despite the busy hour were always on hand when we needed them. For dessert we all ordered the Chocolate Brownie, the best Chocolate Brownie I've had in a restaurant. My only criticism of the dish being that i wish the Cherry sauce was more like a Coulis, sharper and more bitter to compliment the sweet Brownie and Marshmallow.

The experience can be summed in by the following; If i had to chose a restaurant to eat in every night for the rest of my life, I wouldn't...

For my 60th birthday which was last Thursday, I looked into various restaurants around Aberdeen for a venue for a work colleagues get together for a celebration to mark my birthday, and plumped for Bar Number 10, as they could accommodate my anticipated number of guests which ended up being 24. To say I chose well is an understatement. My first point of contact way back in mid May, was Barbara and although we never actually met face to face, via email she corresponded with me to ensure everything went according to plan. The food and the service was absolutely second to none. The Autumn set menu was decided at the start of September and there was ample choice for all of the guests tastes. My choice of starter was the Haggis Bon Bons....Delicious. My main choice was the Steak, which was cooked to perfection. A lovely, succulent steak and the trimmings, very well presented. Sweet choice for me was the Apple and cherry crumble. A large, very tasty serving. Compliments to the chef on all the courses. All the staff at Bar 10 are a credit to the establishment and very accommodating in making sure everything goes well. I would certainly recommend, that if anyone is thinking of a large party number to dine at Bar 10, to perhaps get a pre order put together and emailed to Bar 10. I didn't put in a pre order, and we were really tight on time for releasing our tables for 5pm for the evening diners. This was a lot of food to serve for the waiters and waitresses, but for them, it would've been much easier if I had given them a heads up what my guests would choose on the day. I would have no hesitation in recommending Bar 10 for a night out for either a relaxing drink or a 3 course sit down meal. Keep up the fantastic work folks. I will certainly...

Had a lunch in the restaurant, served by young guy (it said Mika on the receipt so not sure if that’s his name), but he was very pleasant and just what you would expect a waiter to be. So 5 stars to him and hopefully this will be recognised by management.

Starters: scallops with black pudding on pea puree was delicious. The mushroom chestnut pate with port and Stilton toasts were also divine but sadly the pate to toast ratio was off. It would have been ideal with another 3 toasts as they are very small and the pate needs to be eaten on it as it’s extremely rich.

Mains: prosciutto wrapped monkfish - was very good however the mash it came with was majorly over salted and inedible. The chorizo bean cassoulet paired lovely with the monkfish, but only small two pieces, an extra piece would have made for a better meal. The ribeye steak was cooked perfectly and the garlic butter is not for the faint hearted!

The seating is very comfortable but the tables are quite close to each other, so if you are seated beside someone who likes to talk loudly and incessantly- even with a mouthful - as we were, then you might not want to stay too long and to that end we left earlier than we had liked to enjoy a coffee elsewhere.

All in all a nice meal, coming in at £83 for 2 starters, 2 mains and 2 dessert wines.

It’s a nice atmosphere if you’re 50+ as looking around at all the tables we were by far the youngest in the room. We Would return in future (but not hurriedly) and try something different...