As a senior hotel and restaurant reviewer on trip advisor for many years now I like to think I post an honest and fair review. Just had a meal at the world's end restaurant at Ecton. Less than hour later we're back home. Hand sanitizer available when you arrive, plenty of space between tables, plenty of parking, lovely building and modern furnishings but that's where the good ends. No candles or flowers on the plain wooden table, no ambience to speak of at all. Northampton is currently a covid hotspot so was surprised to see Staff not wearing face masks, our table had salt and pepper on it and some paper from the menu on it obviously from the last occupants so we asked for it to be cleaned. The waitress said its the remnants from their cleaning agent...really a bit of the menu! We decided to give them benefit of the doubt and ordered drinks, my husband gets a glass with lipstick on it. So we have to ask for a fresh glass. Meal comes, to say it was average was probably being generous. Lets just say its an expensive disaster we won't be repeating. We've eaten here before although it was some time ago but tonight will sadly be the last time. Such a shame could be so much better.