Fort William, United Kingdom
A82
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+44 1397702177
Dine-in
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Wheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible seatingWheelchair-accessible toilet
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The quality of the food fell short of the standards that I had expected of the Roux family of restaurants. The West Crab starter - this was served in the shell on a bed of what seemed like Blue-dyed salt which I guess was to mimic the sea. The presentation of the dish itself was good however, the crab meat itself was bland. It did not taste fresh. Worst of all, the dressed crab was also bulked up with shredded lettuce(?!). It might have been better tucking it into sandwich fingers for afternoon tea alongside the tuna and sweetcorn. For mains we had the chateaubriand. If it weren’t for an offensive cinnamon spiced turnip on the plate, it would have been great. However, the vegetable hardly tasted of anything having been overcooked until the vegetable itself lost all its identity in flavour and then seasoned with spices that best belonged in a dessert rather than this dish. The Madeira sauce didn’t add or detract from the dish so was just as useful as the turnip. Finally, we ordered the chocolate mousse for dessert covered in matcha powder. The word “mousse” is misleading. The consistency was more like a paste rather than light and fluffy and it was lost underneath the heavy marzipan-like coating and caramelised banana. It was far too sweet and thick in texture. There was no trace of a matcha taste. The waiter also agreed it was more like banoffee pie and was still a work-in-progress. A slip of the tongue perhaps but at the prices the restaurant charges and the grandeur of the castle, you wouldn’t expect a work-in-progress to be served up to you. This is the reason why I give this 2/5. Such a shame. I won’t be going back.
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