Great food and wine, shame about the service!

The service was very friendly, too friendly, overly loud and friendly - and lacking any of the polish that you would expect of a restaurant that purports to be fine dining. If you are going to spend time and money on the fit-out, chefs and food, spend some money on the service.

The large dark curly hair in my desert was the final straw after swimming in water at my table as the server (not waitress, she wasn't allowed to take our orders she declared loudly) continuously missed my glass, which, according to our server, was a design fault of the jug (which, to the uninitiated, looked like a standard water jug...).

Distinguishing between the two tasting menu options as the “vegetarian, and the ‘normal' one”, did not go down well with the vegetarian at the table. Nor were we ever fully illuminated as to what was actually in the butter – after asking what the butter had been mixed with, we received the response of “God, I don't know, the chefs change it all the time, but they usually put some pretty weird stuff in it...!” Mmmm, I always fancy weird stuff in my butter.

Foodwise – it was good, the wine was well matched. We had the tasting menu and the lamb was a stand-out – truly excellent. Will I come back again? No. Do I think the service we encountered would be better off at a local café or pub? Yes. Do the owners need to invest in some well trained wait staff – absolutely

apparently is a local favorit in the area. it is BYO dining, so help to make it more affordable. i love the linguine with seafood and chorizo.

Approximate cost: $30