Helen's review of Galvin at Windows

We recently went to Galvin at Windows for their “credit crunch” lunch and were sorely disappointed. Despite eating from the special offer menu, all of the courses were options on the a la carte menu and thus I was expecting each dish to be quite special.

For starters, we had the warm ballotine of pigs head. The first taste was quite pleasing, however it was so salty that we were both unable to finish it.

The roast fillet of plaice for main course was equally unremarkable, with the fish and it's accompaniments being so bland that you barely noticed eating it, The creme brulee I quite enjoyed, though unlike any other creme brulee I've had, seemed to consist of a bowl of warm thick cream.

Despite the mediocrity of the food, the restaurant itself is pleasing and has stunning views. As we had not been fortunate in getting a table by the window to dine, when our coffees arrived, we asked if it would be possible to go and sit in the window to drink them – we had dined quite late and so the restaurant was largely empty by this time. The expression on our waiters face at this point was comparable to what I would have expected had I asked to change a baby's nappy on the chef's table, and he said no we couldn't as we might dirty the tablecloth.

This lazyness and lack of customer care in a restaurant who's sole draw is it's views seemeed very short sighted in the current economic climate. I shall certainly not be returning, and would recommend that for enjoying the views from the 28th floor, you go and have a drink in the bar, and then move on for dinner to somewhere where the food has flavour (other than salt), and the waiting staff can be bothered to make yuor experience a memorable one.