It's with a heavy heart that I have to downgrade my review.

For over 10 years I have been coming here and every time it has been consistently fantastic foodwise and service.

When I called to book a table on a Friday night for the Sunday I took the stressed tone of voice down to it being a hectic Friday night.

When walking in on the Sunday it was half full which is uncommon for this place. We were led to a table eventually and I skimmed the menu which I knew off by heart as its pretty much unchanged in the 10 years I've been here.

Normally I go for the bruchetta but decided on the stuffed onion with potato and cheese..to follow a porcini mushroom and scampi pasta served in a brandy sauce. My friend had her favourite calamari followed by pesto chicken pasta.

My starter consisted of a tough onion with ricotta cheese..very bland and unimaginative..definitely not worth the £6. My friends calamari looked nothing like the light almost tempura batter like ones we have had previously and it also tasted bland and suspected it was shop bought.

The mains arrived next these were tasty and the perfect portion however my langoustine was over cooked and mushy and overall it lacked the wow factor.

To finish I traditionally get a tia maria liqueur coffee but at 9pm I was informed the machine had been turned off...that has never happened before. It felt lack lustre and well just lazy.

Reluctantly I ordered a tiramisu which was the worst I've had. It was pure liquid at the bottom and nothing special. Again my friend had a limone mousse cake which we suspected was shop bought .

Throughout the meal we felt most of the staff seemed down trodden and we felt rushed ..for somewhere that has been consistent I felt cheated and again felt like they were cutting corners as I strongly suspect we received shop bought products. For the first time in years I will be going somewhere else for dinner on my next visit.