Annie's Barnes

A fabulously friendly atmospheric restaurant that I just adore. Will be back again (and again and again!)

I have visited Annie's several times and have been relatively pleased but not overwhelmed by the food and service. Last month I called to make a reservation and I assumed they must be busy on that particular Sunday evening as they made it quite difficult for me to make a booking. As you can imagine I was more than a little confused when we turned up the restaurant and it was only a third full and stayed that way for the rest of the evening. The waiters seemed disinterested in their diners and stood around chatting and having drinks themselves while we waited patiently for someone to take the drinks order. The food was ok, neither bad nor good, pretty standard fayre and not too dissimilar to decent pub grub although a tad more expensive. Main let down was that service was too slow and staff were not attentive. We were offered dessert and usually I would oblige but I was totally put off when I spotted a cat wandering through the restaurant.There is no place in restaurants for animals (unless they are blind dogs). Overall I was disappointed and will not be visiting again.