I was so upset by our experience at this restaurant last night, having been here before we were looking forward to returning again. I have always over looked the cramped tables and over attentive staff as the food has always outweighed these issues, however, last night the food was awful. The night began with 2 waitresses asking us for our drinks order in the first 5 seconds of taking our seats, however when we told them that we needed time, it took them over 30 mins to come back and take our order!
The Food: Our risottos were crunchy and under cooked, with a slight charcoal flavour to them owing to the fact that someone had burnt the mushrooms. The main course was substandard, and I was very unnerved about how quickly my desert was delivered straight after just having ordered it (nothing can be made fresh that quickly).

However, all this could have been overlooked, as I used to love this place. But we were seated behind a couple who kept insisting on smoking between mouthfuls of food, and as a consequence the gentleman would get up and elbow me over and over agin as our tables were extremely close together. To remedy my discomfort my partner moved our table back a number of times only to have the maitre'd move them closer together…this dance was done several times, until we finished our meal and paid for the awful and over priced meal.
As we were leaving (peacefully) the maitre'd asked whether we had a good time and my partner said no and listed the reason. His response was not apologetic at all, he continued to follow us out of the restaurant making a scene and telling us that this is what you get in a bistro!!!

never going there again…for the same money I can go to Paris and not have to be told that crap food and idiots are what you get in bistros!