"Ambient environment, and the open kitchen is a welcome feature, seeing the dishes being prepared. It was certainly of the quality you would expect of a Masterchef finalist (chap with the curly moustache). Unfortunately, my friend and I, got off to a rather disconcerting and rather rocky start. Our first encounter was to a serving of butter dishes with an ant infestation. Startled, we immediately brought the unsavoury experience to the attention a waitress. The dishes were immediately replaced, but only to have a second serving of butter dishes crawling with ants! We did receive an apology from the waitress, but it was all too lacklustre given the the situation. We even witnessed the waitress bring it to the attention of the chef, who also didn't seem to be all that bothered. The third serving of butter and rolls was successful, and we went on to have extremely tasty 3-course. The buratta cheese starter, liver hearts, and the extremely light, white chocolate sponge dessert were particular highlights. Indeed, all would have been forgiven if we had just received a more sincere and heartfelt apology for the ant situation. If the Chef has time to serve the starters to his customers, he has time to apologise for the unfortunate set of events at the start of our meal. A complimentary glass of something would also have gone a long way in mollifying us, but alas, no such thing. We left feeling rather disappointed. An evening I had been really looking forward to. Hopefully, better luck next time, as the food really was great, but I won't rush back!"
