Mustard Seed

Sad to report one of the worst / funniest restaurant experiences happened here. My wife and I arrived 5 minutes before our reserved time and were told the restaurant wasn't open, despite seeing a waiter taking drinks to a table where 2 people were sat. We were offered the chance to sit in the "naughty chairs" by the til until our table was ready ... and almost completely empty restaurant for which we had pre-booked . We decided to pace the streets until our table was ready. When we returned we were offered a table in the middle of the restaurant, far away from the view of the River Ness. Clearly the staff feel an empty restaurant would look more appealing to passers by. We were dinning in time to take advantage of the early-bird option which involved a free glass of wine, only we weren't told this until after our chosen wine was opened. It seemed the staff were not able to knock off the price of a house wine from the bill to compensate for their oversight. It didn't matter, it got worse.
Our orders given, the waitress disappeared only to return to tell me my choice was not available. As I studied the menu another, a more senior member of staff came up to the table and said to the waitress "Are you telling them about the chicken?", our waitress said "No, I am telling them about the lamb", then the senior member of staff said "Well tell them the chicken is off too". Hello! We are here. You can talk to us directly. Oh well, never mind, we don't really want to talk to you. Anyhow, they expected us to pay for the wine that we did drink, despite only ordering it to go with the meals they didn't deliver. No apology. We left a tip for the waitress though, it wasn't her fault.