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Review of The Bull & Bear

I can only rate this 3/5. It should be 5/5.

I can only rate this 3/5. It should be 5/5.

I ate at lunch time on December 12th. Full marks for keeping the style in the tradition of the previous Stock restaurant where I used to eat regularly. Sadly 0/10 for the TV screens. They add nothing and spoil what is an elegant and extremely pleasant dining room. Echoing noise levels also spoilt the experience and once the chatter volume was up there was no need for music as well. It was, however, nice to see that there were no large number party tables . I don't recall noise being a problem in the old Stock restaurant when the Dome was coloured glass ,it is certainly a problem here.

Now for the food. Very confusing being told to order 3 main plates each. The portion sizes are more than adequte for a 3 course meal for an average person. The food was acceptable nothing to rave about. The profiterole dessert was ruined by making the choux pastry? crispy and solid. It had no taste at all.

I felt I was paying for the nice surroundings rather than the quality of the food.