"I was expecting fine dining. I ate Fois Gras and Fillet Steak with Sauce Perigeux My husband ate Lobster Salad and Pigeon Burger. We were seated in a gloomy and frankly shabby back corner. The Fois Gras was actually the best component of the meal. Soft, well seasoned, delicious. It was served with a heavy fruit and nut bread (quite nice), balsamic glaze and very tired looking pea shoots. My husbands Lobster Salad consisted of two chewy pieces of lobster on a MINUSCULE amount of dressing and a very large and dominant quenelle of grain salad (no greens included). When ordering our main course, I asked what green veg were available. The answer is none What veg DO you have? Shrug... Pan fried vegetables what pan fried vegetables turnip and carrot !!!! I ordered Green Salad as my side and my husband ordered Dauphinoise for us to share. I asked for my steak to be medium rare. The steak arrived almost well done, certainly more than medium, NOTHING like medium rare. It was dry. The sauce bore no resemblance whatsoever to Sauce Perigeux which is meant to contain Madera and Black Truffle. I could taste none of either. It was also a strange texture. The salad was brown around the edges and the dauphinoise was the size of a small cup cake and dry, dry, dry. Nothing oozing and unctuous there!!! To top off our experience the head waiter disappeared outside in his suit as we were eating our main course and when he reappeared he came straight to our table to clear absolutely STINKING of cigarette smoke. Mm mmmm. The barman was charming and professional. We didn't stay for desert and drank a bottle of nice red wine."
