"The first time is alwsys a trial by comparison. My wife 's friends had recommended The Barn and our visit had to be good: it was her birthday good people. The ambience was quite clinical, and the investment obvious, this relative newcomer had a lot to prove.......but one massive incentive success. The footfall in the area is certainly well heeled so let the fight commence, especially as the festive season approaches. Sending the Hereford aged Sirloin back to the kitchen I asked for medium rare but received rare] invoked a focus with a touch of humour. Enter a fresh meal with a succulent steak cooked to perfection with taste to match, and a side of steak, the fragment which I sliced off to trial. The requisite brownie was quasi experimental, which I liked and the bill a reasonable £86. A potential new gem in leafy Meriden, an early Christmas present maybe?"
