Melanie's review of Magdalen

I love this place – but it's pricy for what you get.
Cost aside though the atmosphere is really French Bistro and there is absolutly no rushing you through your meal which I loathe. Rather the reverse. You can linger over everything.
I had snails to start last time i went – drowning in garlic, with ‘crostini’ which was upmarket fried bread – fried in garlic butter, which was superb. A very good icy white to go with it and I was in heaven.
Followed by a lovely bit of pigeon cooked to order – although I very much got the impression they would have been very unhappy if I had said the words well done!
The atmosphere is great. It's not a hushed enviroment, but not too noisy. Just right. And someone is always laughing; usually staff and customers together. Take a flexible friend though – it's not cheap!!