I celebrated my 35th birthday at the weekend with dinner at  The Club Bar & Dining in London. Interesting place but I expect we may see it appear in the next series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. We waited forever to get our food; items we ordered were "out" when the meal arrived and had to be swapped for other choices; the food was cold and we were even told that the chef had burned the potato gratin which had to be swapped for fries. Our complaints, alas, fell on deaf ears and we didn't even get one of the many bottles of wine (which was the only item available for most of the meal) knocked off the bill. The music volume was such that you could hardly talk to the person next to you. The place has only been open for a couple of months so I hope they get things sorted or it could be a short life for them.

Despite the above, it was really nice to see everyone and I had a really great time. Thank you too for the gifts.