Bates at 121 — Restaurant in England

Overall we would say we had a nice evening here.

I feel like you pay more for the intimacy of the setting and the excellent service as the quality of the food and drinks did not reflect the price paid. They were still nice don't get me wrong, but not 2x as expensive as elsewhere nice.

For starters we had the halloumi and watermelon and the Korean lamb belly. The fat on the lamb wasn't rendered enough but the flavour of this dish was good. The halloumi and watermelon was an interesting combination but the mint gel tasted like it was made with jarred mint sauce.

The lamb main- no complaints it was all good. I had the ricotta soufflé and the soufflé itself was really tasty. I feel like a little bit more seasoning and getting some more colouration on the vegetables this was served with really would have made this dish shine more though.

Desserts- lemon and blueberry cheesecake was really tasty albeit deconstructed which we probably would have preferred it just served as a normal cheesecake slice but it was still excellent. Chocolate cremeux- needed some cream or something to cut through the rich elements. Some of the blackberries served with this tasted like they'd been soaked in vinegar and they were little acid explosions which was really odd on a dessert and we weren't fans of this at all.

Cocktails really quite a lot for what they are (9.95, nearly £10 for one small one!) so perhaps wouldn't get these again.

The food portion sizes were perfect in order to facilitate your enjoyment of starter, main and dessert while being comfortably but not overly full at the end, so have to give credit for this.

This place is a few small changes and slightly better attention to detail from being really great, I might go again if the menu looked really interesting but only as a...

I dined here with my friend a few weeks ago and I was very excited because of all the positive reviews. We booked our table a week in advance and pre-booked for the lobster and château-briand which was £80 for two people. When we got there the atmosphere was nice but the wait-staff, particularly one male waiter seemed quite abrupt and harsh. The starter was lovely, we split a salmon roulade which came with lovely presentation. The lobster, was disappointing. It came piled on a plate with onion rings and chips, which considering the price of the dish we thought was a little basic. This would all have been fine, and I probably would have given 4 stars to this restaurant; if they hadn't asked us to leave as soon as we finished our main as they had another table coming in! We had only been there for 1hr 10mins when the waiter asked us to leave once we had finished our drinks! We could see the couple waiting for the table outside the window also. He asked if we wanted dessert and when I asked if we had time, he said "no, not really" he was completely unapologetic and rather abrupt. Before we had finished our drinks, about 5 minutes later, a waitress came over with a card machine, without our prompting. Overall, we spent £115 and were in the restaurant for less than 90 minutes. The food was nice enough, but definitely not worth the money. I definitely would not...

Good but very expensive!!

Ate here for the first time last night with friends as had heard lots of good things. It is a super cosy restaurant with not much seating but feels very cosy & warm. Also feels like an independent restaurant which is very good to see. The service from the young lady who attended to us was excellent, she explained things very well, was very attentive & made sure we had everything we needed. We started with their home made bread which was delicious.

Those are the good points, the bad points however i ordered a Peroni which for £5.25 assumed it would be a pint or a large bottle but was given a small 330ml which seemed a bit expensive. I had the lamb for main which was nice, didn't think it needed the pomegranate or feta as the lamb could speak for itself. But for £30 I expected a bit more lamb on my plate & for that price I hoped it would be one of the best lamb dishes I ever had, but to my disappointment it was not. Likewise my girlfriends Seabass which had just one small fillet again not much for the price. We spent £180 between 4 of us, £90 per couple for some bread, couple main courses & drinks, thats on par with London prices. If u have deep pockets then certainly give this place a try, I wish them all the best but won't be going back as just far too expensive for...