Apple Tart Tatin
Chartwell

Chartwell

London Road Dunton Green Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2TD, TN13 2TP, United Kingdom

Bars • Beer • Wine • Italian


"Booked for New Year's Eve. £69.99 per head. Service adequate but I have to say the food was not good. Pre prepared and not fresh. The amuse bouche was a piece of French bread with smoke salmon, more like a badly done canape. The Starters were accompanied by limp salad, the plates they were served on very cold evidencing they had just been sitting uncovered in a fridge. Very odd rock hard goat's cheese, and for others, 3 tiny pieces of dry sardine. As for the main, beef wellington, the fillet of beef overcooked and resembled a piece of shoe leather, I doubted it was even fillet. The pastry was raw on the inside and undercooked, and soggy on the outside. Think had been pre cooked and microwaved. Worst beef wellington I have ever seen. We all sent back and chef offered rack of lamb.Sadly this was presented raw, not rare, with huge chunks of broccoli, soggy roast potatoes and carrots. Those who ate fish said was adequate, but the spinach and ricotta filo main had by one was also raw and underdone. As for the apple tart, again some received ice cold from the fridge, others luke warm although the flavour was good. Actually spoilt New Year's Eve and we left hungry. What was even more annoying is that I believe we were not charged for 2 bottles of wine, but were expected to pay for the nasty food. I would rather have paid for the £60 wine. I will be contacting the restaurant owner for a full refund, minus the wine. I can't believe we were actually charged £75 a head for the meal, pretty disgraceful in my opinion. We actually doubted whether there was a chef in the kitchen......"

Seattle Steak House

Seattle Steak House

10 St John's Rd, Hemel Hempstead, HP11JR, HP1 1JR, United Kingdom

Steak • Drinks • Seafood • Steakhouse


"I can't even explain how many things were completely rubbish. The first table we sat at had some kind of slimy brown gunk on the underside, which kept transferring to our clothes. Even once we'd moved to a new table, everything felt grubby. The glasses weren't clean enough to drink from and had to be sent back. The floor however WAS clean. We know this because it had just been mopped and was completely wet and dangerously slippery. Every single table was wobbly. There were quite a few staff around but most seemed very vague and slow and apparently only one person was capable of taking orders. At the start we were told a couple of items on the menu were not available, but that everything else definitely was. After ordering, we were later told that one of the elements of a dish we'd ordered wasn't available after all. We asked to substitute one type of potato for another, but when the dish arrived it had ALL the sides replaced with just potato, so no vegetables. When we pointed this out we were given the option of buying back the included vegetables as an extra side. The food that we did have was not great, and certainly not worth the £20+ per main price tag. The decor is quite tired and very odd. Peeling paint, dated wallpaper and artex walls, tons and tons of very fake plants. The place is a mess. Some tables were just left covered in napkins. Finally when we wanted to leave none of the staff were around and after waiting for a while we had to go and find someone in the kitchen. I've genuinely been to many restaurants that are far better at half the price, maybe even a quarter."