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Sonnets Restaurant at Wroxall Abbey Estate

Sonnets Restaurant at Wroxall Abbey Estate

Birmingham Road Wroxall, Warwickshire CV35 7NB, CV35 7HY, United Kingdom

Tea • Beer • Wine • Bars


"A fabulous building in a magnificent setting, so it is to be recommended to those interested in architecture, let down by the delivery. Staff were all well intentioned but would benefit from further training and a uniformly neat appearance. Our set Valentines meal should have had fizz and canapés beforehand but neither arrived. The waiter did not ask how we wanted the fillet steaks to be cooked when the order was taken, which was unusual but not a cause for alarm in a larger premises like this. A waiter brought the matched wine for the first and second course at the same time, which was seconds after the bread basket had just been offered, and could not say which glass was for which dish. Moments after the innocuous starter and subsequent sorbet had been whisked away another waiter delivered our steaks: one blue and the other rare not our preference at all, but we ate what we could and left the rest. Our only specific request when ordering the food was for one dessert to be substituted by cheese and for that to be placed on or beside our table immediately rather than removed from a chiller moments before serving. This was ignored despite repeated requests for it to happen and so the cheese proved to be tasteless. Overall the entire menu lacked imagination and the chef did not show skills that encouraged a return visit. We will monitor the menu for a change in the kitchen and return once the front of house staff have had an opportunity to gain a little more experience."

Sonnets At Wroxall Abbey Estate

Sonnets At Wroxall Abbey Estate

Birmingham Rd, Warwick, United Kingdom

Kebab • Pizza • English • Fast Food


"A fabulous building in a magnificent setting, so it is to be recommended to those interested in architecture, let down by the delivery. Staff were all well intentioned but would benefit from further training and a uniformly neat appearance. Our set Valentines meal should have had fizz and canapés beforehand but neither arrived. The waiter did not ask how we wanted the fillet steaks to be cooked when the order was taken, which was unusual but not a cause for alarm in a larger premises like this. A waiter brought the matched wine for the first and second course at the same time, which was seconds after the bread basket had just been offered, and could not say which glass was for which dish. Moments after the innocuous starter and subsequent sorbet had been whisked away another waiter delivered our steaks: one blue and the other rare not our preference at all, but we ate what we could and left the rest. Our only specific request when ordering the food was for one dessert to be substituted by cheese and for that to be placed on or beside our table immediately rather than removed from a chiller moments before serving. This was ignored despite repeated requests for it to happen and so the cheese proved to be tasteless. Overall the entire menu lacked imagination and the chef did not show skills that encouraged a return visit. We will monitor the menu for a change in the kitchen and return once the front of house staff have had an opportunity to gain a little more experience."

G Bistro

G Bistro

Gisborough Hall, TS14 6PT, Redcar and Cleveland, United Kingdom

Pizza • Seafood • European • Fast Food


"We had dinner here 10 days before Christmas, and the bistro being less than half full should already be a sign to the management that something isn't right.The menu is very limited and lacked imagination. We had 3 different dishes risotto, salmon and pasta, and chicken shawarma. Sadly the risotto was dry, lacked seasoning and taste, and had a slab of goats' cheese on top rather than adding flavour and moisture by being stirred throughout. It was similar with the salmon, with over cooked fish sitting on a pile of pasta. The shawarma was just very strange. The whole dish was something that could be pulled together with cupboard ingredients and the leftovers from yesterday's roast chicken and doesn't deserve place on the menu. The chicken had been previously cooked (it was obvious from the taste), and mixed with far too much chilli that destroyed any potential balance. They even managed to mess around with the pitta. Rather than serving puffed pittas that could be stuffed with chicken, it was cut into pieces and piled onto the plate as if it was just flatbread. If we had not been visiting with parents (that would have been upset) every dish would have been sent back to the kitchen and we would have gone elsewhere.The venue makes a lot of fuss about the pedigree of the chef, and even has large photos in the toilets (very odd). The menu and cooking however is that of an inexperienced or amateur team.The only factor stopping the rating being terrible is that they served good coffee while we sat in the lounge next to the real fire."