Old Fire Engine House - Ely

We were recommended this restaurant and it has taken us some time to finally get here. The building is historic and well maintained, bare floor boards add to the character but do little to dampen the background noise from a full restaurant. The food is traditionally English, in season and well cooked and presented. You have a choice between a 2/3 fixed price menu (3 choices for each course) and an A la Carte I had tomato and onion soup, a great dish, along with Sea Bass, with prawns, hasselback potatoes, whilst my partner had haddock with a dill and cream sauce, followed by rice pudding with maple apples (brilliant). So why 4 rather than 5 stars, the service, was friendly but the one server was rushed, covering the whole restaurant (it appeared which had a number of different rooms). A couple of time things were promised , water, which never appeared, a wine list arriving 15 or so minutes later long pauses between courses, with empty plates. We felt sorry for the waitress. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: £30–40 Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Tomato and Onion Soup

Have had a delicious meal today, and you are asked if you want seconds of the main meal! Pudding was delicious to. Absolutely yummy, thank you. Lady waiter on our table, she was great, definitely come again. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: All Served with Seasonal Vegetables, Trifle

Personally I think it's lovely, I will go back again. Meal type: Lunch Price per person: £30–40 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

After sales service is not normally a concept associated with restaurants. However, in my case, I would like to focus upon the excellent way they helped me. Foolishly I left my mobile phone in the restaurant at around 10.15pm. By 10.30 pm, they had taken the care and initiative, to ring my landlines to say We have found your phone. You can collect tomorrow from the office . I arrived at 8.30am the following morning, was greeted most helpfully, and my phone was returned. Splendid service indeed. They do care. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Roast Pork

We've visited before but recently took two friends to show them the place. The staff were fantastic and our friends loved it. Our visit was the highlight of our day out in Ely. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5