I'm not sure what has happened to the ‘once’ great Criterion. I dined on Friday night with great anticipation only to be brought back down to earth with a bump…Firstly before I start the food was excellent. I had the Terrine followed by the pork finished with the divine crème Brule. The wine was also excellent but i played safe as the waitress had no idea what she was talking about after having asked for the sommelier.

The service was poor we were given a shy little eastern European girl who seemed lost with what was being asked of her…she even asked how my friends pork should be cooked???

Our starter’s arrived before our wine, which was left on the bar for 10 minutes before it was brought over.

The manager was a charming chap but by the time he made contact while on our desserts the damage had been done.

Won’t be going back…such a shame to see it crumble to this