Fig Bistro

What a shambles! Proceed with extreme caution to the brunch menu…

Perhaps the evening meals are a revelation, but I for one will not be back.

Sunday brunch yesterday consisted entirely of ingredients that you could buy in costcutter, and was presented as such.

I have never before put baked beans and coriander in a flour tortilla and called it brunch. Fig Bistro have, and charge you close to a tenner for the privilege.

We waited over 30 minutes for our drinks despite being one of 2 tables in the bistro. My bloody mary arrived in a jug after half an hour, except the waiter had not yet added the vodka, and proceeded to tip vodka into my glass at the table.

I'm not usually prone to bad mouthing places, and everywhere can have an off day. I felt that fig bistro was a class apart in terms of it's pretention and failure to deliver.
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Andrew Stephen
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Monday, May 16, 2011

We started with the Chestnut soup, a prelude to the generous and tasty Scallops which complemented the most amazing meal of Galloway Beef with Marrow bone - smoked (we were gob smacked). We were admittedly intrigued by the re branding but the alchemy of taste that we have grown to love with this quaint and alluring place led us to hope that only the name had changed. Thankfully we were correct in our assumption and hope this remains so. A return trip is a certainty with only the name change an obstacle to reconcile.
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Mark and Toni James
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Went to Fig last night and had a very lovely meal but which was marred by a very callous attitude to the bill. After noticing that we had been charged over £50 for a bottle of wine we had never had we were told we had been charged for a bottle instead of a glass. But even this was more of an explanation than an apology. Then the revised bill came back complete with the original 12.5% service charge based on the original inflated bill. I asked for this to be removed so I could add my own service charge (which I fully intended to pay). But this time there was no suggestion of an apology and I was clearly made to feel as if I was just being rude. So we left without leaving any tip at all - but some £70 better off than we would have been had we paid the original bill.

I wouldn't want to put people off Fig as the food was very well prepared and thought out with lots of nice subtle flavours in each dish. And it can't be easy for this kind of small restaurant to survive. I'm sure the mistakes were due to being rushed rather than malice but it would be nice to feel some genuine sense of apology for overinflating your bill, not once, but twice.
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Paul Brindley
6 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Returned after an eighteen month gap and the food is as interesting and daring as ever. My beetroot, bone marrow and horseradish starter was quite simply superb and the guinea fowl main was a total delight. The wine lis is well thought out and the puddings are legendary. The service remains quaintly amateurish but this cannot deflect from the high quality level of cooking.
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Toby Tucker
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, July 11, 2010

I ate at Fig for the first time last week with friends and to describe our evening very short, superb!

Innovative, tasty and well presented food with good combination in flavours.

Well sourced wine list and very charming service

We left very happy and will be returning soon.
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Mr W.
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, July 06, 2010