The Cavendish Rooms, Chatsworth House

Attention to detail makes all the difference and sadly The Cavendish food frequently finds itself lacking. We ate in the Garden Room which is lovely. We ordered two main courses: Superfood Salad with nuts and seeds (only there were no nuts nor seeds on the dish) and the Fish of the Day which was a lemon sole with new potatoes and a watercress 'salad '. The fish was very nice (on the bone as I like it) but the watercress was at best a garnish ie very very little of it and it was the micro watercress, which was fine had there been enough of it to constitute a 'salad '! Add to that that it was yellow. I sent it back and an even smaller garnish appeared after some time. They had clearly picked out a few greenish leaves from the residue and the waitress confirmed that they had thrown the rest of the micro-watercress away in the kitchen because it was past its sell-by. But it should never have been served in the first instance and it certainly should be renamed as a 'garnish '. The dish was totally unbalanced: it was protein (fish) and carbs (potatoes) , no green veg and certainly not a 'salad '. When we pointed out that the Superfood salad was missing two key ingredients, the waitress returned with a half ramekin of a mush of seeds. It was difficult to see if there were any nuts in there but if there were, they had been whizzed to a grain. The worst thing was, it was sweet!!!! It was as if it had been prepped to go alongside the muesli at breakfast! We love the place but the food generally lets it down. What a shame.

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I brought a friend for lunch for her 80 th birthday after having a delightful Sunday lunch last year The experience this time was very different We were directed to the lounge for drinks but no one came to take our order Our pork and sirloin were excellent but I couldn’t eat my broccoli because of an unpleasant aftertaste We found the menu very limited and to finish our meal we had one of our coffees cold with no mint or biscotti The extra potatoes were pleasant but very overpriced Altogether disappointing Margaret Ibbotson

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WE HAVE BEEN TO THE CAVENDISH MANY TIMES FOR COFFEE AND MEALS IN THE GARDEN ROOM WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD. MY HUSBAND BOOKED THE GALLERY RESTAURANT FOR SUNDAY LUNCH WITH OUR SON AND HIS WIFE AS IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY. IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING EXPERIENCE . WE WERE SHOWN INTO AN EMPTY DINING ROOM AND THEN WE WERE KEPT WAITING FOR OUR STARTERS FOR ABOUT 15 mins. WE HAD ORDERED WINE WHICH ARRIVED IN AN ICE BUCKET WITH NO OFFER OF TASTING OR POURING . IT FELL WAY BELOW OUR EXPECTATIONS . THE LUNCH WAS JUST OK .

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The beef rib was lukewarm, plates cold. The dish, on the menu as gravlax, was disappointingly just sliced smoked salmon. Additionally, the halibut was overcooked, leading to a compromised texture, and the accompanying sauce was underwhelming, and lacking depth of flavour. There was also a lack of communication regarding the salmon's removal from our bill.

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Poor dining experience Food was very poor. Very little food for price. Only vegan main was cauliflower steak. Only fish main was served with mussels which I don’t eat. Lamb was lovely but tiny persons. Would not return.

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