Lets be honest here, a party of 12 must be difficult to cater for in any restaurants main dining area. It was clearly tough for the Bluebird who struggled with who had ordered what dish and getting all the starters and mains out within a 10 minute window. I did however, find myself routing for the staff, hoping they would deliver jewels of modern European cooking that was unfussy and of a high quality (especially as the prices for this type of food were on the high side). The kitchen let them down. Prawn cocktails were over vinegared and contained prawns that were tough and too well cooked. The mains were all average apart from the chateau briand which was good but not a patch on Smiths of Smithfield (where we had a party of 20!). Comments around the table didn't justify the prices here – there are better restaurants in the area for the money.