Phone: +441782719222
Address: Clayton Lane,ST4 6, United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent
City: Stoke-on-Trent
Dishes: 14
Reviews: 8691
"the orange tree is a regular visit, as it is one of our favourites. we decided that we wanted to celebrate our 25-year anniversary with our family and have booked a table for 6. the first thing we have noticed is that it was absolutely full to burst what was unusual for the middle of the week. we really set ourselves fast and our server came to take our drink order. after 15 minutes the drinks had not arrived and I had to ask one of the mandatory administrators to find out where our drinks were. the drinks were picked up immediately and my drink was wrong, I ordered a pint of lime and soda when I drove, I got 300ml, I let it slide as all the other drinks were right. eating was a little slow coming out, 30 minutes too table from the order. I had ordered one of my favorite dishes, chicken supreme with a side of seasonal vegetables. When my court arrived, there was less than a teaspoon sauce on the teller, so I asked to go back to the kitchen. it came a minute later with a tiny bit extra sauce and a few extra lardons I didn't want to send again, but the seasonal veg had not arrived, so I had to ask for them, as well as the lobster sauce for my daughter fish. the seasonal veg was terrible. hanging over the edges of the small servier dish and boiled to death, they could press their fingers through the carrots, and the babyspinate and the long stem brokkoli were limp and lifeless. the chicken itself was nicely cooked and the sauce, which little I had was stunning and the gnocchi was beautiful. my daughter ordered the sea bass in tempura batter, she got sea bass cooked in a thick chip shop battery in the did her fish looked bigger than the portions that our chip store serves (and they are huge) and the sensitive sea bass filets lost in a morass of batter. all other dishes were beautiful. I ordered the sticky toffee pudding for desert and as usual it was a huge amount satisfied and not disappointed. I have to say that throughout the meal, the service was excellent, with beautiful friendly and polite coworkers. I have discussed my eating with the manager and in all fairness to the restaurant they do not charge for my main course. I feel that this was not more than a aberration, because the restaurant was too busy so that the kitchen can be finished, as we eat a lot in the orange tree and that is the first time that we had a meal. we will eat here again, because even with these disappointments they are still one of the best restaurants in the city and also on a bad day they are still very good."
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