After having several ‘tasting menu’ experiences at various local restaurants this was by far the worst!Bright lights, no atmosphere, filthy carpet, no table linen, paper napkins, chipped crockery, dirty glasses, bland food, no-one bothered to explain courses or ask if they were enjoyed, limited wine choice and, to top it all, we were charged for something we didn’t have! Would not recommend at all, try The lighthouse at Boylestone for a proper tasting menu experience!
Sam Goodman
Lovely tasting menu of good and some unusual
Sian Teresa
Our third and sadly final trip to Arthur's in this location.Everything about this restaurant is special and always a wonderful evening. Can't wait to try the new location and see what the amazing team do with it!
laurenyoung106
We’ve been to Arthur’s quite a few times however this weekends visit wasn’t to the standard we’d enjoyed previously. The quality of food was excellent however, the courses came out so quickly that we hardly had time to enjoy them, which was disappointing as in my opinion it ruins the experience of a 10 course tasting menu. We almost felt like an inconvenience at the end of the night as they were closing down, weren’t even offered the extra optional course. This is constructive criticism, as I’ve said the food was excellent, hopefully the experience will be better next month as we had already booked in to return for the final menu.
72travellers
We booked our table at Arthur’s months in advance and we’re really looking forward to it. Upon sitting, we were told we only had 1.5 hours to eat until our table was needed back. We were quite shocked as we had booked the full tasting menu, so not sure why we were being time limited. The time constraint meant that we were being brought 3 courses at a time which, frankly the table didn’t have room for, and also it meant food went cold while we ate our way through it all. There was no break at all between courses, not even time for a loo break, and it just got a bit silly really. Once we got to pudding, the staff came over and said actually we could now have a break as they had decided to lay another table on so we didn’t need to rush anymore. The service ruined the experience for us, and you have to compare it to other fine dining restaurants given the price being charged, but it’s not up to the same level. We didn’t even get a warm welcome when we first arrived and we were exactly in time. The food itself was tasty, but again it didn’t impress like other fine dining restaurants do. Maybe we came on an off day in the busy festive period, but we were disappointed and likely won’t return.
Hollie Cater
After following Arthurs online for a while I was excited to finally try the tasting menu, however this just didn't live up to expectations.Whilst the food was nice, it wasn't anything amazing and given the price of the 10 course menu I'd say you can get a lot better for your money else where.There was some smoked fudge at the end that quite frankly tasted like eating a cigarette butt.Also the service was just not up to par for a fine dining experience, smoke and the smell of fish filled the restaurant from the moment we entered, serving staff were leaning over the table every time they put the food down, additional cutlery was placed on the table and we were expected to share this around rather than placing it for every one and overall it was just very slow with very little interaction from anyone and no explanation of the dishes.A final mention for the toilet (only 1 in the building), this was disgusting! The room was dirty and dingy and the floor was soaking wet.
kirsteeh2016
Booked Arthur’s as a treat for my partners birthday. Unfortunately it was the worst experience that I’ve had in a very very long time. The restaurant itself is uninviting. It’s trying to be a fine dining restaurant with a fine dining price point yet the sole toilet leaves a lot to be desired and the food was served with serviettes as opposed to napkins. If I’m honest, the BYOB should have been a red flag but the menu sounded nice and the price set my expectations fairly high. Our first course was described as a pulled pork jacket potato but what we got was half of a cold new potato with flavourless pork covered in chives. The bread was nice however it was served with rock hard butter that was completely unspreadable alongside some onions that were also covered with chives. The velouté tasted quite nice although it was split and whilst my cauliflower ‘fondant’ was soft, my partners was solid. The arancini, also covered in chives, was okay but far too big a portion for a tasting menu - I’m not one to complain about a big portion either but it was just a lot of mushroom. I left the cod and ox cheek as not only did it look like dog meat, it tasted like it. The cod was so salty, it was inedible. The remaining courses were just as bad. We couldn’t wait to leave the restaurant as there was a LOT of smoke billowing from the open kitchen which was making ours, and other diners eyes water. My best advice. Avoid. Keep your money for somewhere else… There are a lot better restaurants at this price point locally
Mrs_lapoche
We booked well in advance for this popular restaurant and ate on a Friday night. As we’d not been before we were slightly apprehensive after reading some of the reviews on here, but we had a lovely experience. We’d come prepared with our own wine, and some chilled water was put on our table for us. We had the 5 course menu and found it really interesting and different. I had the cod and ox cheek bourguignon main and loved how the flavours went together. The chocolate tart recipe has been improved since the chef read comments on here and was delicious, not dry at all. The staff were lovely, attentive and knowledgeable about the food. We didn’t feel rushed and were able to pause before dessert. All in all a great night. I know Arthur’s is moving in the new year to the old Fox and hounds pub at Coxbench so it will be interesting to revisit then.
Sam Richardson
Visited last night and was really impressed. Great flavours and superbly
Greg Moore
After being recommended to go to Arthur’s me and my wife came for the 10 course November menu. The food was absolutely incredible. Every course was wonderful. The staff were really nice. I’d recommend it to everyone. The only thing id change is making it closer to my house.
We visited on a Thursday evening. The food was delicious throughout all of the 5 courses and it was nice to see an open kitchen. Service was attentive and it was good to be allowed to bring our own wine.
Steve M
Initially struggled to gain entry as the door was stuck. This may have been due to the excessive moisture that completely coated the large windows. Our greeting was prompt and we were shown to our table. The first two courses arriving almost simultaneously, I would have expected to finish one before the next was brought. The mains were pretty decent but the chocolate fondant tart was quite dry with a very small scoop of ice cream. The next 'course' was a small piece of smoked fudge about 2cm big, followed by a course of coffee. The toilet is very much in need of refurbishment, ill-fitting and mis-matched taps is not what I would expect in this sort of venue.
Claire Galloway
I was really looking forward to dining here after reading great reviews but, although a nice evening was had, we left feeling slightly disappointed. The staff were friendly and nothing was any trouble. They were attentive and prompt with our meal.We had the 5 course tasting menu £45 and took our own wine as it is a BYOB restaurant.The venison was an outstanding dish! Really wonderful meat and cooked and seasoned beautifully. Bread (which is classed as a course) and the soup were nice but not very memorable. The apple tart tartan was served stone cold. The pastry was hard as nails and would of benefited from being warmed up a bit. The smokey fudge was not at all smokey. None of the menus flavours of any of the dishes were punchy.The restaurant was uncomfortably hot and had left over decorations and pin nails still in the walls near their rather unimpressive bookcase. All looked a bit tired and in need of a bit of a re-paint.I really hate writing this as I feel I sound a right snob but the place really needs some nice linen. There I said it! For a £45 tasting menu I would expect a proper linen napkin and the tea towel that the servers delivered our plates to us was tatty and I've seen cleaner ones.... The toilets had no hand towels and the toilet in the pub we went to beforehand was more pleasant than here.This is a lovely place with very nice staff but with nothing "special" about it's visit. I really, really wanted to love it with it being local and using local produce but our evening was just OK.
kieran grant
Second time we've been and the 10 courses were amazing. Rich and bursting with flavor. Fun menu. The service has improved as
David Robertshaw
Great. Not cheap. Five or ten courses. You must book. Very snazzy food. You will still feel full afterward. Service excellent.
After having several ‘tasting menu’ experiences at various local restaurants this was by far the worst!Bright lights, no atmosphere, filthy carpet, no table linen, paper napkins, chipped crockery, dirty glasses, bland food, no-one bothered to explain courses or ask if they were enjoyed, limited wine choice and, to top it all, we were charged for something we didn’t have! Would not recommend at all, try The lighthouse at Boylestone for a proper tasting menu experience!
Lovely tasting menu of good and some unusual
Our third and sadly final trip to Arthur's in this location.Everything about this restaurant is special and always a wonderful evening. Can't wait to try the new location and see what the amazing team do with it!
We’ve been to Arthur’s quite a few times however this weekends visit wasn’t to the standard we’d enjoyed previously. The quality of food was excellent however, the courses came out so quickly that we hardly had time to enjoy them, which was disappointing as in my opinion it ruins the experience of a 10 course tasting menu. We almost felt like an inconvenience at the end of the night as they were closing down, weren’t even offered the extra optional course. This is constructive criticism, as I’ve said the food was excellent, hopefully the experience will be better next month as we had already booked in to return for the final menu.
We booked our table at Arthur’s months in advance and we’re really looking forward to it. Upon sitting, we were told we only had 1.5 hours to eat until our table was needed back. We were quite shocked as we had booked the full tasting menu, so not sure why we were being time limited. The time constraint meant that we were being brought 3 courses at a time which, frankly the table didn’t have room for, and also it meant food went cold while we ate our way through it all. There was no break at all between courses, not even time for a loo break, and it just got a bit silly really. Once we got to pudding, the staff came over and said actually we could now have a break as they had decided to lay another table on so we didn’t need to rush anymore. The service ruined the experience for us, and you have to compare it to other fine dining restaurants given the price being charged, but it’s not up to the same level. We didn’t even get a warm welcome when we first arrived and we were exactly in time. The food itself was tasty, but again it didn’t impress like other fine dining restaurants do. Maybe we came on an off day in the busy festive period, but we were disappointed and likely won’t return.
After following Arthurs online for a while I was excited to finally try the tasting menu, however this just didn't live up to expectations.Whilst the food was nice, it wasn't anything amazing and given the price of the 10 course menu I'd say you can get a lot better for your money else where.There was some smoked fudge at the end that quite frankly tasted like eating a cigarette butt.Also the service was just not up to par for a fine dining experience, smoke and the smell of fish filled the restaurant from the moment we entered, serving staff were leaning over the table every time they put the food down, additional cutlery was placed on the table and we were expected to share this around rather than placing it for every one and overall it was just very slow with very little interaction from anyone and no explanation of the dishes.A final mention for the toilet (only 1 in the building), this was disgusting! The room was dirty and dingy and the floor was soaking wet.
Booked Arthur’s as a treat for my partners birthday. Unfortunately it was the worst experience that I’ve had in a very very long time. The restaurant itself is uninviting. It’s trying to be a fine dining restaurant with a fine dining price point yet the sole toilet leaves a lot to be desired and the food was served with serviettes as opposed to napkins. If I’m honest, the BYOB should have been a red flag but the menu sounded nice and the price set my expectations fairly high. Our first course was described as a pulled pork jacket potato but what we got was half of a cold new potato with flavourless pork covered in chives. The bread was nice however it was served with rock hard butter that was completely unspreadable alongside some onions that were also covered with chives. The velouté tasted quite nice although it was split and whilst my cauliflower ‘fondant’ was soft, my partners was solid. The arancini, also covered in chives, was okay but far too big a portion for a tasting menu - I’m not one to complain about a big portion either but it was just a lot of mushroom. I left the cod and ox cheek as not only did it look like dog meat, it tasted like it. The cod was so salty, it was inedible. The remaining courses were just as bad. We couldn’t wait to leave the restaurant as there was a LOT of smoke billowing from the open kitchen which was making ours, and other diners eyes water. My best advice. Avoid. Keep your money for somewhere else… There are a lot better restaurants at this price point locally
We booked well in advance for this popular restaurant and ate on a Friday night. As we’d not been before we were slightly apprehensive after reading some of the reviews on here, but we had a lovely experience. We’d come prepared with our own wine, and some chilled water was put on our table for us. We had the 5 course menu and found it really interesting and different. I had the cod and ox cheek bourguignon main and loved how the flavours went together. The chocolate tart recipe has been improved since the chef read comments on here and was delicious, not dry at all. The staff were lovely, attentive and knowledgeable about the food. We didn’t feel rushed and were able to pause before dessert. All in all a great night. I know Arthur’s is moving in the new year to the old Fox and hounds pub at Coxbench so it will be interesting to revisit then.
Visited last night and was really impressed. Great flavours and superbly
After being recommended to go to Arthur’s me and my wife came for the 10 course November menu. The food was absolutely incredible. Every course was wonderful. The staff were really nice. I’d recommend it to everyone. The only thing id change is making it closer to my house.
Restaurantji Recommends
We visited on a Thursday evening. The food was delicious throughout all of the 5 courses and it was nice to see an open kitchen. Service was attentive and it was good to be allowed to bring our own wine.
Initially struggled to gain entry as the door was stuck. This may have been due to the excessive moisture that completely coated the large windows. Our greeting was prompt and we were shown to our table. The first two courses arriving almost simultaneously, I would have expected to finish one before the next was brought. The mains were pretty decent but the chocolate fondant tart was quite dry with a very small scoop of ice cream. The next 'course' was a small piece of smoked fudge about 2cm big, followed by a course of coffee. The toilet is very much in need of refurbishment, ill-fitting and mis-matched taps is not what I would expect in this sort of venue.
I was really looking forward to dining here after reading great reviews but, although a nice evening was had, we left feeling slightly disappointed. The staff were friendly and nothing was any trouble. They were attentive and prompt with our meal.We had the 5 course tasting menu £45 and took our own wine as it is a BYOB restaurant.The venison was an outstanding dish! Really wonderful meat and cooked and seasoned beautifully. Bread (which is classed as a course) and the soup were nice but not very memorable. The apple tart tartan was served stone cold. The pastry was hard as nails and would of benefited from being warmed up a bit. The smokey fudge was not at all smokey. None of the menus flavours of any of the dishes were punchy.The restaurant was uncomfortably hot and had left over decorations and pin nails still in the walls near their rather unimpressive bookcase. All looked a bit tired and in need of a bit of a re-paint.I really hate writing this as I feel I sound a right snob but the place really needs some nice linen. There I said it! For a £45 tasting menu I would expect a proper linen napkin and the tea towel that the servers delivered our plates to us was tatty and I've seen cleaner ones.... The toilets had no hand towels and the toilet in the pub we went to beforehand was more pleasant than here.This is a lovely place with very nice staff but with nothing "special" about it's visit. I really, really wanted to love it with it being local and using local produce but our evening was just OK.
Second time we've been and the 10 courses were amazing. Rich and bursting with flavor. Fun menu. The service has improved as
Great. Not cheap. Five or ten courses. You must book. Very snazzy food. You will still feel full afterward. Service excellent.