Birch Restaurant

Great dinner here last week. Really tasty food and great service. Would definitely visit again.

Had fish and chips delivered this evening - absolutely delicious - I would highly recommend.

Really mixed feelings about Birch. We had a fantastic Sunday lunch on the 17th May, but our Father’s Day Sunday lunch was very disappointing. Friendly staff, order arrived on time and was nice and hot. The beef roast was excellent and the roast potatoes across all three meals outstanding 👌. However, when dishing up the lamb - there wasn’t even one slice in the container, it was lots of stuffing instead. The small amount of lamb that was given, was beautifully cooked and the flavours very good. The third meal ordered was a veggie with a Yorkshire and instead a vegan meal was delivered. No Yorkshire, a piece of pastry piled with bland squash and spinach - really uninteresting and just an overload of more vegetables (things have moved on from veggie choices in the 1980’s). Vegan cauliflower cheese, is a good effort, but not as tasty as the real thing and definitely not what I ordered! We rang Birch to raise these issues and we weren’t satisfied with their response. They offered to deliver another slice of lamb and a Yorkshire pudding in about 15 minutes. Our meals would have been cold by then, or if we’d continued to eat - no one wants to just eat a slice of meat or a Yorkshire pudding on it own after the rest of the meal is finished. The issue of the vegan meal rather than veggie meal, was not addressed either - half of it was put in the bin! Over all Father’s Day lunch experience poor, I appreciate that things do go wrong - particularly on a popular Sunday. However, we gave Birch the opportunity to put things right by making contact and we have been left feeling very undervalued. Previously I have recommended Birch to lots of people during Lockdown, I’m now reluctant to do this.

Very pleasant restaurant. In a spacious pleasant space, the food was excellent, with all of my party very content. The service was first rate, smooth and proffessional. The wine list was short, but gave a well selected choice at a reasonable cost. Closing at 21.30 was the only drawback, which for me was unusually early. Recommended.

Wonderful food and service as always