meshino

love meshino. love eggs ontoastwith bacon. love the kids play area. love the friendly staff that care about the customers. love the fact it has been opened for over 10 years. 5 star all the way.

we went here this morning for breakfast and it was the pits ... we ordered fried eggs and bacon and scrabbled eggs and bacon ... the fried eggs were all gristly and over fried coated in oil , thetoastwasn't properly toasted and the bacon looked raw .. sent it back ... then my scrambled eggs arrived on burnttoastlooking anaemic with raw looking bacon .. how hard is to do eggs and bacon ?? we complained about the scrambled eggs too and the waitress looked disinterested , in fact all the staff looker very unhappy and disinterested, we decided we'd cut our loses and leave. we were refunded our meals with no apology or explanation of why we were even served such atrocious food. we left vowing never ever to return to this so called restaurant ... who's cooking the food there, perhaps the dishwasher, who knows, certainly not a chef ? !

had a dinner here at 6pm on a saturday night. service was very good, waitress was very friendly and attentive, in fact quite switched on. we shared an entree of terrain which was excellent,toastwas slightly too crispy and hard. husband had rabbit risotto which he said was good, rabbit could have been a little larger but it tasted great. i had the salmon and it was delicious. all in all, it was very good and any criticisms we had were very small and did not impact on our whole experience. certainly was good value for money considering the meals we had. will be back.

somewhat disappointed. my wife and i went there on saturday for brunch/lunch. my wife's granola and fruit was delicious. however, i opted for the lamb's liver, crispy bacon and caramelised onions on wholemeal toast. unfortunately, the bacon was limp and certainly not 'crispy'. the liver, on the other hand, was grey (no hint of pinkness), grainy, and definitely overcooked - to the extent that the thinner edges of the liver slices were actually quite hard. the sauce, whilst flavoursome, had soaked into thetoastso that the latter had taken on the texture of porridge or wet weetbix. it might be better to serve thetoaston the side, so the diner can use it as a base for the dish but avoid this unpleasant sogginess? we also did not see any sign at the counter when we first arrived that we had to go up to the counter to order. as a result, we remained seated at our table for nearly 20 minutes, with no wait-staff enquiry, before i headed to the counter to see if we could place our order. this could have been my oversight, but, once at the counter, i still could not see any information relating to ordering. i had heard good reports of meshino and we have friends in the area who have enjoyed their experience there. maybe this was an off-day. we shall probably give it another try, but i hope the chef does a much better job on the liver and bacon - not overcooking one and undercooking the other!