Ivory Bar & Restaurant
- Food served: Sun–Thu 9–11.30am, noon–4.30pm, 5–9pm; Fri/Sat 9–11.30am; noon–4.30pm, 5–10pm
- Pre-theatre times: Mon/Tue 5–9pm; Wed–Sun 5–6.45pm
- Bar open: Sun–Thu noon–11pm; Fri/Sat noon–midnight
- Children welcome: except under 14s after 8pm
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 7
- No. overnight rooms: 11
- Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu, Outdoor tables (smokers welcome), Live music
- Music on stereo: Relaxed soul
- Capacity: 100
- Largest group: 60
- Open since: 2001
- Average price 2 courses:
£9.95 (set lunch)
£18 (evening meal) - Pre-theatre price: £11.95
- House wine: £12.50 per bottle
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 – in the shops now or buy online.
The creamy walls of this restaurant, bar and hotel distinguish it from the tenements surrounding Queen's Park. The conservatory dining room has unobstructed views of the park, while the space at the rear offers glimpses into the kitchen. Timber floors and brown leather chairs create a pleasing setting, broken up in the bar area with sofas and modern paintings. A Scottish fusion menu draws large numbers of young professionals. Dishes such as crab and radicchio parcels, the shellfish wrapped in fresh red leaves and served with mango salsa, or grilled mushrooms layered with garlicky tomato and bubbling goat's cheese are pleasing starters. Main courses are imaginative yet not too complicated. A firm fillet grilled salmon is served with a creamy saffron prawn sauce and wilted spinach, while pot roast lamb offers medallions of tender shoulder, offset by a crunchy, lightly spiced chick pea fritter. Puddings, such as Eton mess or mascarpone cheesecake, creamily rising off its soft biscuit base, are equally individual.
- High point: Well presented dishes
- Low point: Bar trade intrudes slightly on restaurant
Comments
- 1. ladyK, The Ivory – 27 February 2008, 9:57pmReport
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I visited the Ivory with 5 friends tonight 27 February 2007 for our usual monthly get together. We have been here several times before and then had a bad experience with it being very cold and food not so good, anyway we decided to give it a second chance only to have to wait for drinks to be served for almost 10minutes after we ordered, when each of us arrived. The starters were all very nice, then the mains came, two had ordered a steak & black pudding pie, both were cold, these were returned and came back with the pastry burnt, two ordered salmon, which was overcooked and served on very limp, unappitising salad. One had veggie haggis which was ok , the other had the fish and chips which was really good. The most disappointing part of the night was the Waitress who said she was the manager, when she came to remove our almost full plates ( we just could not eat it) and asked if everything was alright, she became very rude saying that we had not been nice to her or Daniel (waiter), all we did was order - politely, then she went onto say "i dont think you girls came out to have a good time tonight," you have not been nice since you arrived! Obviously we took offence at this as we are first of all not "girls" but secondly, we have the right to complain if the food is poor which this was and to have that feedback, accepted and normally apologised for, not to have the waitress be rude. She did come back and say she would take the cost of 2 meals off the bill, but this was not the issue, we dine out frequently and know good quality. We certainly will not darken their doorstep again.
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