Cookie

Delicious, well-sourced food, beautiful surroundings and friendly, accommodating service. If it was this latter point - the service - that put you off, rest assured that this has now been resolved.

Cookie is easily our preferred option for dining with friends and family, or just for a quiet week-night dinner.

And, while the wine is excellent, DisEgg has a point - West Brewery beers on tap!

Just in from Cookie, superb! We enjoyed the night so much we thought we would share it! It's so unpretentious, while still being really cool! The place was packed and everyone seemed to be having a great time. The food was...outstanding. When I was deciding on my food I kept checking out what everyone else was being delivered and it took me an age to decide. I settled for the pork and it was to die for. I loved the atmosphere and the staff were really engaging.

The art displayed was fantastic, but that's my business. I was really impressed with the area downstairs, how often do you get a sneaky look into the runnings of a place? The only down-side was I had to leave and come home but I've had a great night and am already planning what friends I cna introduce to the Cookie experience. I can't recommend it highly enough for a really fantastic night out.

Stuart

Quite disapointing. It took an hour for our 2 main courses (chicken breast with mashed potato and a tomato pasta dish) to arrive. While the food was fairly well cooked it was not worth the price or the wait. Certainly not somewhere we will be going back to.

Couldn't disagree more with the original reviewer.

The service we received was attentive but not intrusive. Food arrived in good time and we were given olives while waiting. Both meals were great in terms of cooking, taste and portions. The atmosphere was relaxed and the artwork interesting. We even had time for some delicious rhubarb flan and coffee.

I'm genuinely glad that Cookie exists as an alternative to what's currently available in this area and finally; West beer on the Southside (there's a great selection of wines as well).

Interior is really nice, food is lovely and comes in generous, hearty portions that whilst not cheap are absolutely reasonably priced.
However, there is a clear difference between laid back service and just plain bad service. Staff are clearly not trained at all, it takes an age to get a menu, another age to be served and an eon to receive your order. this was not just our own experience, lots of tables around us were beginning to look very unhappy indeed and the final insult is when there is no time for pudding because 2 hours have now passed and they've promised your (pre-booked) table to other people: at one table we saw the waiter stand over diners forcing them to finish their just arrived coffees immediately as there were people waiting a few feet away for the table! Sort this out, it's just rude.