A “simply fabulous location” is the trump card of this Wimbledon Common-side hotel, where the “very expensive” food attains a standard that’s “only OK”; for afternoon tea, however, it is a “wonderful little secret”.
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The Telegraph’s man reviews this “charmless, over-lit, mustard-coloured room, dominated by silly, incongruous modern paintings”. His starters turn out surprisingly well, but – at the main courses stage – the whole evening “comes an almighty cropper”. “What arrives is lamb overcooked to such an extent that a steamroller would struggle to extract any juices and wrapped in a coating not dissimilar to the wax casing of a Babybel cheese.” Thereafter, it doesn’t get much better.
Mark Palmer (25th June 2007)
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