"Met up with friends in The Terrace Restaurant of the Amba Hotel. It’s in a very convenient position for travellers coming through the very busy station which is just next door. The Strand is always a busy thoroughfare and it’s a good meeting place with...buses coming through frequently. The Foyer And corridors were nicely decorated but on arriving in the bar nexr to the Terrace restaurant it felt rather under dressed. There were Christmas trees and decorations but it felt. Bit open and not very warm..as we had just come in from the very cold street it didn’t feel very welcoming. The Table in a long narrow room over looking the Strand again had a good view not much else going for it. The staff seemed distracted ..I don’t know what by, there seemed to be a few young Waitreses around , none of them rushing to take our order, we had to call them over for everything. . Gin and Tomic was good and 2 glasses of wine picked from a not very good selection. We ordered the Chicken thighs stuffed with some filling, cream sauce, four thin slices of radish and that was it? The chicken round the outside of the five thin rounds on the plate was so thin and quite dry you would not have known what you were eating. The sauce was good but that was all. The Fish and Chips was Ok, 8 messed up peas, chunky chips in a basket were about the highlight of the lunch. Not very good at all! The prices were not reasonable for the quantity and quality of the food that was served. Ice creams were 3 ballsof 3 flavours and then Coffee..but that arrived nearly cold. It was clean and nice table cloths and napkins. Lots of nationalities in the staff but Very disappointing to say the least.. I was surprised because they have so much competition there you would have thought it would have been good. I shall not be rushing back..can do better I think?"
