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My burger looks picture perfect, but the bun is as brioche as Nigel Farage is French. There’s no soft, fluffy open texture; it’s dense and pushing heavily towards being on the stale side. It just dominates everything, suffocating any potential flavour from the bacon and cheese… READ MORE
The waitress returns with a large serving tray of extra Yorkshires and roasties; these are absolutely spot on, with a thick golden crunch, scraped off the bottom of the roasting dish. The fresh batch of Yorkshires is as textbook as the first… READ MORE
The scallops are cooked well, although they lack a caramelised, seared crust. The bonbons provide crunch, but in terms of flavour they are as near to crab and lobster, as prawn is to cracker. Nor could I get any sense of truffle oil in the pea velouté—‘mushy peas’ in all but name… READ MORE
The beef is completely well done despite having ordered it rare, it’s got freezer pack, pre-cooked Yorkshire pudding written all over it and I suspect it’s a similar story with the potatoes (all suspiciously the same size and shape)… READ MORE
