Telephone: 01223 448 620
Website: http://www.brasseriegerard.co.uk
Opening hours: 9:00-23:00, Monday-Saturday; 9:00-22:30, Sunday.
Type: French bistro.
Posh or common: Posh.
Take-it-away: No.
Lavoratoire Garniers: Wee smell. but clean.
Number of tables: Many.
Clientele: Women lunching and couples.
Could I take my parents?: Yes.
Would I return?: Yes, but there are better places.
Service: Superb.
Price for a main course: 9.95-14.95 GBP.
Portion size: A bit small.
Menu choice: 13 starters (6 vegetarian), 25 mains (4 vegetarian); [menu]
Good: For a chain, this really isn't bad. The menu is very good and the food is very well cooked. Service, particularly, is excellent. I had a marmite of fish and it was wonderful. Really, really good.
Bad: Portion size isn't great, which would stop me from becoming a regular. Big Fat had a Roquefort salad with one molecule of cheese. The place is looking a bit tatty now, for the price you pay, also. We had a table top missing a rim around the circumference and you could see the ply underneath. The outside patio is starting to look a bit like dog-poo park, and the toilet seat was wonky and the urinal stank of wee, and it was only lunchtime. They had no urinal cakes.
There is something a little bit faux about this place. Like Lorne Spicer.
