Restaurant REVIEW

THE BACH, 31 MEADOWSIDE, DUNDEE

1 LOCATION

It’s in central Dundee, near McManus Galleries and the shops. Perfect for dropping in whether you’re a culture vulture or a shopaholic.

2 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

It’s light, airy and modern, despite being in an old building. Our party is split on the decor. Some are quite taken with the cork board panels. Others think it looks life a half-finished DIY project.

3 SERVICE

This is where a potentially great restaurant fell down. Maybe they are having an off day, or it’s teething problems – they’ve not long moved into this location – but it’s slow, sometimes disorganised and at times a little chaotic.

4 MENU

The menu is great. There’s a heavy Kiwi influence as well as Scottish favourites. It’s a winning combination. There’s a good selection of vegetarian and gluten-free dishes, as well as a great weekend brunch menu. If you’ve never had the Kiwi classic mince on toast – chipotle mince topped with a poached egg and hollandaise – or cayenne-spiced calamari, you know where to go.

5 TASTE

Our party orders the Bach curry – a Sri Lankan-inspired dish – Triple H and Son of the Bach, which is basically a huge fry-up. The Triple H is smoked ham hough, fried potato and mustard with poached egg and hollandaise. And they’re all great. Filling, tasty and full of flavour.

6 PRICE

Our bill is almost £35 for three. It’s around average for a restaurant in the area. A burger with all the trimmings is £10.50 and French toast is £7.50.

7 AMBIENCE

It’s lively and noisy, packed with a good number of students and office workers and a couple of families with children.

8 SOMETHING SPECIAL

It’s that Kiwi-influenced menu. It’s really unusual and there are so many lovely-sounding choices on the menu. Everything is freshly-made on the premises, too, right down to the sausages.

9 TOILETS

Clean and we don’t have any complaints.

10 VERDICT

Great menu, lovely food – just sort out the niggles with service. 15/20