We ate in the restaurant attached to the Swan Hotel where we were staying because a) it was convenient, and b) we were exhausted, having driven from Bath earlier in the day.

The menu had enough options to satisfy two people with highly different food tastes - I love fine dining and will try foods of almost any ethnicity, whereas my partner is not particularly adventuresome (except under duress) and prefers 'ordinary food,' whatever that means.

I have higher expectations of wine lists than do most people, as I am a wine fan (I am chairman of a wine and food society at home), and the offered listings did not disappoint me.

Service was rather slow as the restaurant was shorthanded that evening. It was no problem as we were going nowhere that night but bed.