Torquay
Orange Tree

Orange Tree

14-16 Parkhill Rd, Torquay TQ1 2AL, United Kingdom

Cafés • Seafood • British • European


"We booked this as part of a long weekend in Torquay having walked past it many times in the past. We had a friendly welcome and were seated quickly. We had all looked at the menu before hand so had a good idea of what we wanted and were really looking forward to it. Unfortunately overall the food didn't live up to our expectations. My husband had the lobster bisque with a scallop which he enjoyed, my one friend had a beetroot and goats cheese starter which was nice enough, but two of us had scallops. I saw other reviews saying for £16 they would have expected more than the three scallops they had, so I was more than surprised to just get two, and they were not great, and lacked something. For mains I had lamb, which was again a very small portion and for some reason mine was smaller than my husbands lamb, it was nice enough and in a very tasty sauce but served with green beans, carrots and something we were told was swede but it was white and tasteless. We also were given both daphenouise potato and mini wedges, both nice enough but not sure why we needed two types of potatoes. Our one friend had hake which he said was nice but that was served on top of even more potatoes. My other friend had chicken which she really enjoyed but it was served with fridge cold veg which took a while to be heated up and she had almost finished her chicken when it came back out having been heated up. Overall for the high cost it was very disappointing and didn't really live up to our expectations."