I'm all for paying the right price for meals. With promise of locally sourced, gourmet prepared dishes- I was very willing to fork out. \n\nWhile the food was decent, but a couple of things really threw me for a spin and I felt jibbed by my \u00a335 meal;\n\n- there is a balance between attentive serving, and passive aggressively rushing. Yes, I walked in off the street and obviously a tourist... But I should not have been rushed.\nCase in point: there was a server standing next to me watching me take my last bite- for all 3 courses! - so they can take the plates away immediately\n\n- \u00a33.95 for two half slices of bread and a pad of butter? Seriously? That better have been Himalayan pink salt on the butter, otherwise I call it a hidden service charge \n\n- the waitress working my table, I suspect, has English as her second language. Well guess what, me too. I guessed it was language/ cultural barrier but in hospitality there is no reason to open the dialogue with \""are you ready to order\"". Really- the very first thing she said to me was that. No hello/ good evening/ how are you\n\n- there was not a lick of green vegetable in both my Cullen Skink, or my lamb roast. Maybe some chopped herb garnishes. Meal was all starch and protein. The end. \n\n- dessert menu was boring. If you've ever spoke to an executive chef with no experience or interest in pastry, they will always put simple faithful a like fruit crumble, panna cotta and cheesecake on a dessert menu. This is what Howie's offered\n\nWell it's not all doomed. Their meat dish and the lamb gravy was divine. Wish there was more gravy though.