Britain & Ireland Explorer

Great tour guide and driver. Wonderful sights

My biggest piece of feedback is that the restaurant we went to the first night on the trip, was it in York?, did not do a good job of "setting the table" for the rest of the trip. We are foodies who value fine dining. The meal was way overpriced for the amount and quality of food we got (the salad was 10 sprigs of arugula, 5 piece of goat cheese), and the service was god awful. We got the cheapest wine on the menu. When I offered to pay for an upgrade, first the waitress, then the manager refused. Not a good way to begin a 15 day trip. Again, just for feedback, many of our fellow travelers, especially the ones who shared that first night's dinner above, chose not to do the Insight dinners except for the dine around, which was included. They tended to be overpriced with the same salmon, chicken, vegetarian dish. I was glad we had the option to pass. I would imagine others were happy to eat the salmon and chicken so they wouldn't have to find their own experience. On the other hand, the experiences and the rest of the trip were all amazing. Most times, I wanted more time in the cities we visited, but that was the nature of the trip. There were sites and experiences we never could/would have known to plan on our own. That was a good thing.