Michèle's review of Murano

When I booked our table at Murano I was warned that it would be turned in 2 and a half hours, and if necessary coffee would be served in the bar. This always puts a bad taste in the mouth before you have entered the door, however after our experience I fail to understand how they can carry out this policy. ‘The bar’ consisted of one table with just enough room for 4 people to sit around it, and after ordering the tasting menu it took them 4 and a half hours to serve it all to us! The food was indeed as good as expected from Angela, and unusually the tasting menu had choices on 4 of the courses, which was very welcome. However, the bug bear of the evening was the price of the wine, and the lack of choice. Yes a long list, but very little outside Italy and France and all with huge mark ups. £50 for a very average NZ Sauvignon, please! Also annoyingly on the night we attended it seemed that a large proportion of the wines were out of stock, with no similar alternatives available. Despite excellent food, at a price you would expect to pay to Mr Ramsay, we left feeling as if we had been fleeced.

PS The loos do have mirrored doors, but they are in fact labelled if you look closely!