Miller & Carter

The Miller and Carter is a steak restaurant — if you’re a veggie this restaurant is not for you!
I’ve been working up near Alderley so Wilmslow is nice and close to stay and eat out, so a friend suggested the Miller for dinner.
We started off with scallops — beautifully cooked — with classic cauliflower purée and crispy pancetta and calamari — average.
Then we accepted the inevitable and ordered steak, with a bottle of Malbec
Rob got the steak with ribs — meat overload! And I just got a ribeye.
The waiter was a little pushy on getting me to order medium. I usually eat steak medium rare — but he persuaded me that medium would be better. Not the best idea — I should have stuck to my guns — it was medium to well and a bit dry — at least a medium rare steak has a bit of juice!
Rob also found his rare steak was a tad over cooked — definitely not blue like he asked. For a steak restaurant this isn’t good!
The other thing was that the steak was overwhelmed with the extra ‘stuff’ it came with.
You got to order a sauce separately — but they came with herb butter anyway. There were fries, onion loaf (? Like a slice of onion ring pie — good but bizarre!), watercress, tomato and a iceberg wedge with a different sauce.
Basically a tonne of crap to detract from the actual steak! This must be how they communicate value for money?
Anyway we were pretty stuffed but managed to try some chocolate ganache and the chocolate pot mini dessert that comes with a hot drink.
Despite my steak comments it was a pretty good meal — worth a try!

Only opened recently but food is very good and staff very nice. Had a good time — definitely worth a go.