My boyfriend and I went to Odette's for Valentine's Day yesterday and were so keen we booked before Christmas! I had wanted to go to Odette's for months - the menus on the website looked amazing and I had already chosen what I was going to have. So I was very disappointed when we got there to find it was a £150 set Valentine's menu with absolutely no flexibility (goodness knows what a vegetarian would have done). I feel they should have made me aware there would be a set Valentine's menu (and that A La Carte would not be available) when I originally booked.

The (per couple) menu included a champagne cocktail, two canapes each, starter, main, a cheese course and dessert. The starter was marinated salmon which was very strong and I couldn't even get through 3 of the 5 wafer strips, followed by a lamb main course. I was happy to see the main was lamb as this is Welsh chef Bryn Williams' specialty but was gutted to find it cold and very chewy. It was served with a dollop of squashed tomatoes, a spoon of olive tapenade and single slice of shallot on a puff pasty crisp. So disappointing!

Then there was the wine menu - wonderfully extensive with a huge choice. Or so it seemed. The maitre d' told us that all the ones with dots next to them were unavailable as they were changing their wine cellar over the next day so their stock was seriously depleted. Needless to say all the resonably priced wines were "unavailable".

While the waitress was very sweet and friendly we had to repeatedly ask for more of our wine (that was being chilled across the room) - our glasses were empty a lot of the time. All in all it was a disappointing dining experience on a very special night. We should have twigged it was not going to be that great when we arrived to find the restaurant pretty much empty on one of the most popular 'dining out' nights of the year.

Odette is a fantastic place to go for dinner. My girlfriend and I went there for valentine's day and everything was geered to ensure we had a really romantic time. Thank you Odette for a very nice evening.

Odette is very, very nice indeed. I hadn't heard of this Bryn Williams character but it turns out he's darn good at setting out a lovely menu. I had to thank my friends for taking me there as Odette was a wonderful place to eat.