The Marquess Tavern, Canonbury

This place could be great, but isn't quite there yet. Staff, although perfectly friendly, seemed unable to cope with a relatively full restaurant for Sunday lunch and food was served late and cold. We had to ask for cutlery and the dessert menu, and both were brought a long time after they had been requested.
The main courses were very good even though they were cold, although the dessert (treacle tart) was pretty foul, with an overwhelming lemon and sour cream taste (not described on the menu) and no actual 'treacle' flavour. When we didn't eat it and explained it wasn't actually what it claimed to be on the menu, the waitress and the manager agreed, were apologetic, but did not take it off the bill.

24 Apr 2008 14:19