Sat at lovely 4 person table, initially rest of area was empty. Table then adjacent to us was occupied by a large group that obviously had more people than expected. The tables were not rearranged by staff to accommodate the extras, instead the diners squashed into area adding more chairs themselves. They were constantly up and down to the bar and kept brushing our table as they slid out of the bench seating. The rest of the area and tables remained empty for the duration of our stay.

Service was slow and the young girl serving us didn’t know the menu and kept asking us to point to want we wanted on the menu as she couldn’t find it on her iPad.

We ordered two mushroom risottos with grilled chicken and were very disappointed. Rice was solid and not steaming hot. Felt it was not fresh, had been reheated and dried out. Rest of food was good.

We were not asked if we wanted to order more drinks until after we ordered our desserts. Felt staff were inattentive, distracted and slow.

When we arrived staff were putting up Christmas decorations and had to stop as we occupied the area being decorated. As soon as we paid our bill but were still finishing our drinks and chatting, staff walked through with garlands to continue decorating. Had the feeling they were keen for us to leave so they could continue.

We had high hopes of a good evening with good food as had heard good reviews. Unfortunately on this occasion this was not the case.