Thyme - Highland

We stopped at this restaurant for a meal after a day of sightseeing. The decor was charming and the atmosphere was pleasant. The staff was polite, friendly, and efficient. My partner ordered the slow-cooked pork loin chop, which was delicious and tender. I had the Gammon steak which I really enjoyed, although the fried egg was overcooked. We plan to return on our next vacation.

I waited 10 minutes for a drink and it reminded me of a pub in Whiteinch. Then I waited 40 minutes for my gammon steak. It took another 10 minutes to pay my bill at the bar. The menu was not great for the working men staying at the hotel next door. The next night, a group of us went to Frank Benny's where the menu was more appropriate.

I reviewed this restaurant recently in which I criticised it for being slow and food cold when it arrived. I visited again this week and had friends with me this time . This visit was worse than last time , different staff this time , it was 3ladies last time , this time it was 3 men/lads . The service was diabolical to say the least , and one member of staff at the bar was rude to say the least, BUT that may have been lost in translation as English was not his first language . It took 45 mins for our started to arrive AND that was after we had to ask what was happening , it wasn’t busy as we were the second table to sit as it was only 5.15, this continued into the main course , we had to ask the staff to clear the table and ask for our main course , again took an absolutely age , and my course was piping hot in parts and cold in others I.e. chips and veg cool pie piping hot. They walked about absolutely unaware that we had finished eating and again had to ask to clear the table , this continued into the dessert as well . Won’t be using this restaurant again if same staff there , would rather walk further into Inverness to eat , which is a pain as I use the hotel (which is great) regularly for business .

When I was here they didn't seem to provide anything different from your normal Brewers Fare, just a bit pricier. Service was very poor and I had to chase up my order twice. The reason given for the delay was that they were busy that night. Not good.

Visited with my family and ordered a med rare ribeye only to recieve a well done ribeye that looked like it had been finnished off in a microwave and was so tough ended up leaving half of it only 1 member of staff working the bar, taking orders at the table, taking food out amd cleaning tables so didnt see much of him.