text: Zinc Bistro is an interesting French brasserie style restaurant They clearly went out of their way to give it a French feel with the interior decor We had reservations and were seated at a nice table in the back near the kitchen We had a team of two servers apparently they were training a new one which was fine Both very sociable nnI ordered lamb shanks and my mum ordered the scallops To start we had the Zinc House Salad which we asked to be split and they did into two places plus points for this We ordered wine with dinner I had a Bordeaux and mum had Vouvray both our selections The food was excellent My lamb shanks were tender and had a very tasty sauce The scallops were also very tasty and the sauce it was in was very good nnAs we were dining mum noticed that the banquette was dusty We could see this because the sun was just at the right angle This was a major issue at the prices we were paying for this meal and really is a ding that this restaurant could have easily avoided by dusting the banquettes daily nnPositives Great food good service nice atmosphere and decor nNegatives Price dusty banquette nnGradesnnOverall B This would be a B however the dusty banquette meritsn a grade reductionnnFood B It was great food but the prices were a little steep n The menu was also fairly limited nnDrinks A Good selection of wine here mostly French Italian n and pricing is good Beware though no cheap wine herennService A Our servers were social and very nice Formal table n service akin to France Plus points to our server forn not recommending just the most expensive things on n the menu