"We were really disappointed with our experience. We had been looking forward to trying the Bowling Green for quite some time. We booked at table for 6.30. A lovely young man came and took our food and drinks order. The wait for the food was quite long, but that wasn't really the issue. We would have at least expected to get the drinks brought over. After a lengthy wait, we flagged down a different waitress and chased the drinks. The food was brought over, but still no drinks. The food itself was lovely, huge portions and clearly well made. I eventually went to the bar myself to order the drinks, and it was clear that had I not gone up, we wouldn't have got them. When we were finished, the table was cleared but were weren't offered desserts, which seemed unusual, so after a bit of a wait, we asked for the dessert menu, to be told that the kitchen shut at 7.45 it was 8.35 at this point). We were somewhat shocked, not so bothered the kitchen closes, but more surprised that no one mentioned desserts to us sooner, knowing the kitchen closed. When we came to pay, we had been charged for 2 lots of drinks, despite the challenge of getting even one!! This was challenged and removed. The staff were friendly, but it seemed to me that they were young and inexperienced and definitely lacking the mentorship of a manager. It was a shame really because the food was good I can not comment on dessert), and the staff are actually friendly. Sadly, I wouldn't recommend it because good food alone didn't make up for a disappointing experience. We were there for over 2 hours, had one course, and one round of drinks."
