The reputation seemed high so we travelled one half hours for the first sitting 7-9pm. First impressions were just ok , it is a pub so expected it to be pub like which it was but the restuarant areas are very dated , tired and layed out with cheap mats and paper table cloths / napkins , it is stuck in the eighties , and far too cramped , private conversations are out of the question.

We asked for a wine list at the table it never arrived we had to go find a waiter 15 mins after been seated just to order the wine. We were served by 5 different peolple in all and the overall attentiveness was poor. The starters were good and ok valuewhen the mains came two out of the four steaks were cooked quite wrong , so had to go back , they did this for us no problems though and when the new steaks came they were cooked exactly right. I had the ribeye and have to say the taste was about 6/10 , I have tasted nicer most times at decent restuarants throughout leeds and ilkley for lees cost too. We had desserts which were ok too nothing special. The bill for four people was nearly £190 which was high for the overall experience.

To conclude , if quantity is more important than quality and you dont mind feeling cramped in to somebodys time warped 1980's style front room with poor service from pretty lacklustre waitresses who plonk your food down and say " tar love " then this would be the place for you , dining with etiquette it isnt!