Dining Room, The

LoveFood79 (21 October 2007)

I was disappointed with The Dining Room when we visited it for a family meal on Sunday. The starters were mediocre. My Scottish scone with horseradish cream and smoked salmon was pretty horrible as the scone tasted stale and was very hard.

The main course was absolutely diabolical. My skate smelt nauseatingly of acrid ammonia, it actually hurt to put it in my mouth, and the smell was overpowering. After one mouthful I returned it to the waitress, who was lovely .She was attentive and helpful and I couldn't have asked for any better. A second skate wing was delivered after 25 minutes ,by which time the rest of the party had finished eating and it was even worse than before.It tasted positively poisonous and the smell was unbelievable. I didn't eat it and the waitress duly took the amount off the bill without being asked, as she was very professional and helpful.

The desserts were okay, but I was so put off by the skate that they would have had to have done a lot to impress me by that point. Apparently, the risotto was amazing.

Andrew Snowdon (6 November 2006)

Visited with the in-laws, hence I refrained from commenting to the management out of politeness. It took over one hour for the first course to arrive, without any explanation from the staff. Given that we all ate steak, a fast cook dish, this was inexcusable. Meat was definitely not "prime Scottish steak". All together poor, I was very disappointed as menu looked so good. Shame about the cramped seating too. Not to be repeated.

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