City Social

"Restos with views are usually poor value,but as CS has a Michelin star I thought this may be the exception to the rule. We arrived for lunch and were offered a window table. First glance around the table setting showed badly scratched cutlery ( a pet hate of mine), although pretty empty,service was slow to start. I was offered the a la carte menu,the lunch menu was not mentioned. We ordered our starters, one order was wrong, a beetroot dish which rated poorly against Asda's spicy! but we plodded on regardless. Bread was offered, just one medium sized roll, no selection basket. My partner commented that Waitrose made better bread...not going well... My mains was the Cod,perfectly cooked but a touch on the small side. More bread arrived, and I had just buttered a slice when the waiter snatched the remainder away!? Oh dear... I had the Rhubarb for dessert and my partner the sorbets. The black currant sorbet was very good. Overall not worthy of a Michelin star, and does seem to attract noisy city types on expenses. Avoid."

"Despite encouraging us to sit in the bar for dinner because it was “more relaxed” we turned up and realised it was DJ night - this should have been explained on booking. Our request for a table so we could eat was forgotten and we were placed on a high table without room for plates. The restaurant was fully booked so we requested to move to a lower table. Food was good enough but only so much you can enjoy it while surrounded by thumping tunes and various tipsy city folk knocking into your table. Service was slow and patchy.... at least I can safely scratch it off the list! I won’t be returning, or recommending."