Maxwell's

My experience with this place was so-so, in terms of the service that I received. A friend and I went in just to have dessert - we were hustled through by the waitress at around 5.30 to a table with four seats, which I thought was strange! We were then asked to move upstairs because it was their theatre rush hour and basically wouldn't be spending enough money. I didn't have any problem with that, but didn't like the overly efficacious manner in which she went about it. Nevermind that, she then attempted to seat us at the bar, which was full (and where I didn't want to sit), she then palmed us off to another waitress who attempted to seat us next to a pillar at the top of the stairs near the entrance. I made my discomfort known and was politely moved somewhere else (with only two seats, finally!), by this time some 10 minutes having passed since we stepped foot in the place.

The service after that was great (a waiter with humour!) and the dessert of sticky toffee pudding and pistachio ice cream was wonderful.

Still, the place is a bit loud, so I probably wouldn't go there if I wanted to chat, but if it were with a group of friends it would be fine.