http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/11/21/cafe-concerto/ Award-winning University of York Student Newspaper Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:48:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/11/21/cafe-concerto/#comment-53156 quint22cp Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:28:19 +0000 http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/11/21/cafe-concerto/#comment-53156 We try to visit York at least twice a year and for the past 10 years Cafe Concerto has always been at the top of our fine dining list. The food and presentation here has always been something special and we have been introduced to many new dishes that you wouldn’t see in other restaurants. Sadly over the last 2 years the standard of food, and service has deteriorated and this restaurant is very much past its sell by date. We dined here on the 26th July 2008 and the experience very much reinforced our previous suspicions that standards had declined. My chosen starter was a Chorizo salad (£6.75) from the specials and when this arrived it was a very sad sight. The Chorizo and salad were flavourless and dumped without any attention to presentation in a soup bowl. Similarly our main courses were equally uninspiring and the meat was tough. When we left at 8:30 the restaurant was 3/4's empty, a stark contrast to the situation a couple of years ago when you couldn’t get in without booking a week ahead. I strongly recommend you pass up Cafe Concerto and try around the corner at Cafe No 8 which is to die for. We try to visit York at least twice a year and for the past 10 years Cafe Concerto has always been at the top of our fine dining list. The food and presentation here has always been something special and we have been introduced to many new dishes that you wouldn’t see in other restaurants. Sadly over the last 2 years the standard of food, and service has deteriorated and this restaurant is very much past its sell by date. We dined here on the 26th July 2008 and the experience very much reinforced our previous suspicions that standards had declined. My chosen starter was a Chorizo salad (£6.75) from the specials and when this arrived it was a very sad sight. The Chorizo and salad were flavourless and dumped without any attention to presentation in a soup bowl. Similarly our main courses were equally uninspiring and the meat was tough. When we left at 8:30 the restaurant was 3/4’s empty, a stark contrast to the situation a couple of years ago when you couldn’t get in without booking a week ahead. I strongly recommend you pass up Cafe Concerto and try around the corner at Cafe No 8 which is to die for.

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