New restaurant which apparently opened less than two weeks ago.

It looks smart and new. Unfortunately, the area we sat in (high top tables opposite the bar) still smells of fresh paint, which is off putting in a restaurant.

The stools at the high top tables have spars where you can comfortably rest your feet. Unfortunately, if you are sitting on the bench seats facing the bar, your legs are left dangling.

Water is served in carafes with stoppers, which looks fancy, but the water is not iced. Separate glasses of ice were brought.

The menu is attractive. We ordered the roasted clams and the beef spring rolls as starters, and the fish and chips and grilled tuna for mains. (There were two of us dining.)

Unfortunately, all our food was presented at once!

The bus boys seemed confused at our unhappiness with being presented with our entire meal in one go. They said it had all been on one ticket. The server came over and said she could only apologise, and that's all she did do. She didn't have a solution, and I didn't think of one quickly enough.

I didn't want to send the mains back, because I feared they would sit on the pass under a hot lamp until we were ready to eat them, and they would have spoiled. So we started eating the masses of mis matched dishes that were placed before us.

The toasted clams worked as a side for my Tuna. But the beef spring rolls really didn't sit well alongside my friend's Fish and Chips, so he left most of the spring rolls.

The clams were really not very good.

The Tuna was excellent, but the "seasonal vegetables" were bizarre - bell peppers and slices of zucchini. I'm not sure if they were meant to be hot or cold. The peppers were soft and had the texture of peppers in oil that you might buy in a jar.

The Tuna was very good, as was the rice.

My friend's Fish and Chips were good.

Its just a pity that the experience was spoiled by the poor service. I know that the hospitality industry generally is having difficulty in recruiting staff post covid. The bus boys were out of their depth, but our server should have been keeping an eye on things.

I'm retrospect, we should have rejected the starters and simply eaten the main courses.

In retrospect, our server should perhaps have suggested that. Or perhaps comped the starters.

As soon as our plates been cleared, we were presented with the check. We didnt ask for it. We weren't asked if we wanted desserts (perhaps this restaurant doesn't serve desserts?) or coffee. The server just seemed to want to get rid of us.

This restaurant has potential. But it needs to bring the service up to standard before I could recommend it to anyone.