to think that a restaurant in 4* hotel

[LIZS]

might have brought fish cutlery when I had ordered 2 fish dishes. Only thought about it later ( a bit heathen I suppose) but seems odd that they didn't spontaneously.

fish knives you mean ? maybe they think they're not the thing ie. some people regard them as common

possibly but the regular cutlery was hardly chic ! Seemed to lack a little attention ot detail overall.

mmm, can't remember if I had fish knives when we ate at a very expensive fish restaurant last summer

Maybe they're Betjeman fans...

did they have a cruet set ?

don't they give stars for facilities available rather than luxury and service?

yes they did MAS and I got a rose ! It claims to be a fine dining experience We weren't staying there so didn't avail of the other facilities (health club etc)

what did you eat ? (no chocolate I trust)

Scallops, followed by seatrout with crab tortelloni. Was going to have coffee rather than pud (turned down choc fondant )with petit fours but they may have been choccy and woudl have cost £4.50 each, when we only live 5 minutes down the road so came home!

mmm, scallops ! was it for Valentine's day ? well done for turning down the chocolate fondant btw!)

name and shame LIZS

yes, do tell !

not sure I can , rather gives away my location lol !

since when were fish knives and forks "common"? My mother will be horrified!

Very common - fish cutlery is a Victorian invention so possessing it means that your family's pretensions to grandeur don't go back all that far.
Besides it is redundant now, it was originally used because silver oxidised when in contact with fish, so it prevented the rest of the cutlery from going black. If stainless steel is used then this is hardly an issue.

at the Fallen Madonna (presumably with the big boobies?)