Nice place – very busy in the
wine bar area downstairs but we had booked a table upstairs in the restaurant.
Didn’t seem like my sort of place at first (more of somewhere for annoying rich women out after a bit of shopping) but once the food came, none of that really mattered! It was a cold night and my starter of French Onion soup was
magnificent and warmed me up considerably. It came with a large gruyere crouton
floating amongst the thick, brown, oniony, delicious broth. It was a huge bowl with
more bread on the side and it was just what the doctor ordered! Mr
bunglingidiots starter of lovely Fresh Daily breads with with olive oil &
balsamic also came with some kind of pesto dip. Lovely. No complaints there.
They have a great menu with plenty
to choose from and I opted for a main course portion of mussels in a tomato,
coconut and coriander broth at £11.95 and I ordered a side of hand cut chunky chips.
(Which I needn’t have!) The portion of mussels was massive and it came with yet
more bread. The tasty broth was a winner for me and the fat chips came with a dish
of home made tartare sauce that was bursting with flavour. The metal pot the
mussels were served kept everything super hot and although I tried my best, I
just couldn’t finish it all. K's beer battered haddock (£10.50) came
with the same hand cut chips and tartare sauce, (he asked them to leave off the
mushy peas!) and again, the portion size was on the large side. We couldn’t
manage a dessert but left feeling warm, full and happy. Service was really excellent
– a minor blip of an extra few items from another table’s order added on our
bill (£35 worth!) was the only thing that slightly detracted from a great meal.
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