Brace Restaurant @ Raithwaite Estate

From greeting on arrival to billing our bill at the end of our meal, the whole experience was wonderful. Food and service delivered with a smile all the time. The ambience was right and the decor was very stylish, in my opinion. The food was delicious and we would definitely book back here if back in the area. Well done and thanks.

So to start with me ordered the mackerel, which was probably my own fault to not understand the menu correctly when it arrived, it looked like a glass of paralyzed aals, very inconspicuous, but anyway I didn't have it to my taste though that could be just a question of personal taste (I'm not a fussy eater, but it was beyond me) so I sent it back. No alternative or refund offered. I then waited an hour for my main course (Pork-Jowl), which is my interpretation is 50% pork 50% fat, again, when it was served, it was totally inedible, I was literally served 3 pieces fat with a piece of pork cracking up. No meat. Again I returned my food and said I wouldn't pay it. My men's food was also taken away to keep warm while an alternative was prepared. Then I was finally served the beef stew who was good, but was too salty, my men's food was returned until it had dried quite a lot. I ordered a slim tonic and was brought full of fat, at this time I could not be harassed, so I drank it anyway. So... we booked a table for 8 o'clock and didn't eat until 10 o'clock. Luckily we had a good night because the food and service was so bad that we saw the humor in it and had a good laugh... reminded of fawlty towers, but for £80 it was a very disappointing experience. I mentioned it at check-out, but I did not offer compensation. Also the ambience was pampered for us by the fact that several diners had dogs that cracked all night, I have no problem with people who take their dogs for dinner, but I think owners should keep their pets under control and if they don't, then it is really to intervene to the restaurant. What didn't happen. All in all a very disappointing experience and we will not return

Beautiful, beautiful atmosphere will definitely go back

Nice meal. Friendly staff. Overall a wonderful evening x

We went for my partners birthday as a first visit and we were really impressed with the helpfulness of the staff to serve us early as we were an hour early due to the cold day … They were happy to serve us early and were very efficient and the food was AWESOME … I would recommend it