Grey's Restaurant — Restaurant in Great Britain

We set ourselves a goal to eat @ 2 or 3 Michelin starred establishments this year. We hosted couple family members for dinner at Greys as a trial to the main event....

Food was good - not exceptional, but all enjoyed. What disappointed was general level of attentiveness and finesse about the evening. We paid £80 per head, which was made up of some overly inflated wine charges plus circa £25 for bread, Olives & water.....

I do expect to pay for a high end experience, but as mentioned - no frills, no finesse & while staff were lovely very inexperienced & lacking engagement.

So has left me wondering if the step up to the principal venue is worth the cost....the fact it has raised the question makes...

Greys is the casual option for dinning in Whatley Manor but don't think burger and chips. The braised beef cheek is excellent and the Jersey Royals with a seaweed emulsion owe more than a little to Core but that's no bad thing. Keeping the wine and water bottles off the table requires a level of attendance that the staff sadly lack. Serving ourselves didn't even elicit a rush or apology and a bread order never arrived. But all in all a nice place with better food than one might expect. Using Covid as an excuse to make the table share a single menu or play with their phone to scan a code is the sort or nonsense we are getting used to; why is the grubby dog eared paper to scan ok but a menu...

Very disappointing lunch for my wife’s birthday. Low bookings meant we were offered a seat in the bar. Staff were friendly and coped well with our toddler, but the food left a lot to be desired. Local charcuterie looked suspiciously like a supermarket multipack; the burger had a nice flavour but was dry and overpriced; and the bouillabaisse had little fish, no seafood and was mainly potato - it was missing an item and had an unpleasant taste. They did remove the cost of the soup, but I can’t recommend visiting as no dish met expectations especially...