La Mimosa

Well, I went there to be pleasantly surprised but I wasn't.
Service: Bad. First, it took ages for them to actually take our orders and then there was a long wait (OK, considering it was a party of 20, it was just about acceptable). What wasn't acceptable was that four people didn't get what they ordered (swordfish instead of tuna, lamb instead of chicken!) plus the two people who had steaks didn't get them they way they were ordered. At a restaurant that's allegedly classy (and 18.90 for a fillet steak is on the classy side), that's just not right.

The food:
Starter: three pathetic tiger prawns (8.90) in the shell were definitely not what I would consider fresh (strong fish taste that was barely covered by the strong seasoning)
Main: Swordfish with a few pathetically small, wrinkled potatoes (kept warm for hours or reheated) and overcooked veg (four mangetout, six carrot slices, one broccoli floret) (13.90). The dryness of the fish (which clearly wasn't fresh, either) was just about bearable because there was plenty of tomato sauce (which was the tastiest thing of the whole meal).
Dessert: Tiramisu (4.50). Tesco fridge shelf tiramisu is better than that. What should have been light and fluffy mascarpone tasted like spraycan cream and the base wasn't ladyfingers but some sort of firm and dry spongecake (a bit like snapesbabe's chocolate bottom but that was far yummier).
So, not worth 27.30 (service not included!), stay away from the fish/seafood (I hope the guy who had the seafood spaghetti will be able to get off the loo tomorrow if his mussels were the same age as my fish) and be prepared to wait. Good thing I didn't have to pay for it because I wouldn't have...

Considering today was vegbox day, I could have had a much nicer meal but as it was a business dinner, I couldn't really say no...