The Belvedere Restaurant

layla86

25th October 2009

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We ate there last night - a party of nine adults and 2 young children.

The food was very average but very expensive for what it was. The starters (containing many fish dishes) were carted around on a trolley from table to table for diners to select from and taken from the trolley to the kitchen to be cooked. Likewise the desserts (containing fresh cream) were served from a trolley. There must be food hygiene issues here as neither of the trolleys were chilled and the restaurant was very hot.

The staff did not give us sufficient time to select courses. We were rushed as they seemed to want us out quickly, yet we were a large group and in the end spent a lot of money there.

The service was poor - we were lifting plates over each others heads to be served vegetables, etc, because they couldn't be bothered to give us individual attention.

We rang beforehand to enquire whether it was okay to bring young children and was told 'yes yes no problem'. It quite clearly wasn't okay. We were placed at a ridiculous table (despite the large restaurant being relatively empty) near the entrance to the kitchen and bar area, and were constantly 'told off' if one of the children stood up or moved around.

To summarise, I cannot recommend this restuarant for the above reasons. This was an expensive meal for distinctly average food and poor (and somewhat rude) service.

layla86

Very disappointed 25th October 2009

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We ate there last night - a party of nine adults and 2 young children.

The food was very average but very expensive for what it was. The starters (containing many fish dishes) were carted around on a trolley from table to table for diners to select from and taken from the trolley to the kitchen to be cooked. Likewise the desserts (containing fresh cream) were served from a trolley. There must be food hygiene issues here as neither of the trolleys were chilled and the restaurant was very hot.

The staff did not give us sufficient time to select courses. We were rushed as they seemed to want us out quickly, yet we were a large group and in the end spent a lot of money there.

The service was poor - we were lifting plates over each others heads to be served vegetables, etc, because they couldn't be bothered to give us individual attention.

We rang beforehand to enquire whether it was okay to bring young children and was told 'yes yes no problem'. It quite clearly wasn't okay. We were placed at a ridiculous table (despite the large restaurant being relatively empty) near the entrance to the kitchen and bar area, and were constantly 'told off' if one of the children stood up or moved around.

To summarise, I cannot recommend this restuarant for the above reasons. This was an expensive meal for distinctly average food and poor (and somewhat rude) service.