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Wild Carrot and Bar

Wild Carrot and Bar

➤ Dogmersfield Park Chalky LaneHampshire RG27 8TD, Hook, United Kingdom

Full • Coffee • Breakfast • Bar-lounge


"This restaurant is housed within the excellent Four Seasons Hampshire hotel. Unfortunately though this restaurant seriously lets the hotel down. We found the service to be very good, and the ambiance of the restaurant is lovely, but the food leaves so much to be desired....There is minimal choice on the menu (even most small restaurants and pubs have a more extensive and varied menu), so if you’re staying in the hotel for quite a few days as we were, you would very quickly become bored with eating the same things. However, the main issues are the portion sizes, the extremely poor value for money, and the way some of the food is cooked. As an example, one evening I ordered dover sole. When it arrived it was such a small piece that I could have eaten it in three mouthfuls. And on top of that it was hard and overcooked. These three mouthfuls of overcooked fish cost I have no problem at all paying that price, but I do expect the fish to be cooked properly and for the portion to be of a normal and acceptable size. We did bring this issue to the attention of the staff and I must say they addressed the situation extremely professionally, but the enjoyment of our meal had unfortunately already been marred. We originally had no intention of eating anywhere else other than the hotel restaurant, but after two nights eating at the Wild Carrot we’d had enough. We then found a great pub (The Queens Head) just a little way down the road where the menu choices were far greater, the food was cooked perfectly, the service was extremely friendly and efficient, and the portion sizes meant it was much better value for money. We weren’t surprised to see another couple at this pub who were also staying at the Four Seasons. They were eating at the pub for the exact same reasons as we were. If you’re in the area or staying at the Four Seasons, you definitely won’t be disappointed if you eat at The Queens Head pub. I did find it somewhat bizarre that eating in a pub was so much better in every way than eating in the restaurant of the five star hotel that we were staying in. The Wild Carrot really does need to up its game."

Harrods Social By Jason Atherton

Harrods Social By Jason Atherton

➤ 87-135 Brompton RoadKnightsbridge, London, United Kingdom

Full • Wine • Soup • British


"I would never normally leave a poor review, if I haven't enjoyed somewhere I just wouldn't return. However, due to the price of this particular meal I felt I had to leave some comments. Firstly, the menu wasn't what I had booked (3 courses and Prosecco for ÂŁ45) there was a choice of the Festive menu at ÂŁ55 for 3 courses or the al a carte. The setting itself was a bit disappointing. I appreciate it was in Harrods, but I expected it to be a bit more exclusive, for want of a better word. We were sat in a nice booth, but it was next to the walkway between the wine shop and the restaurant. It was also pretty hard to find in the maze that is Harrods. The staff were lovely and actually did give us a complimentary glass of Prosecco when I questioned the change in the menu. The low service score is due to the length of time we waited for our starters to arrive. I had booked the table for 5.30pm as we had a train to catch at 8.30pm, but as you only get a 2-hour timeslot anyway I thought this would be ample time. We did get there a bit late (as I said it was hard to find) but had ordered by 6.00pm. Our starters arrived about 6.50pm! The staff approached us twice to apologise for the delay and refilled our Prosecco glass, but by the time it came, and we had eaten it, it was past 7.00pm so we had to have our main and pudding in quick succession after the starter. We had also ordered a bottle of wine and I had to ask the server to put the lid back on the bottle so we could take it with us. I've no idea why it took so long to arrive as it wasn't really that full and all we had ordered was the soup and a cold salmon starter. The food was okay (a little bit cold if truth be told) but didn't reflect the price. The bill was ÂŁ166 for 2 including service. I could have knocked off the service charge, but we were rushing to get away to catch the train, and as I said the staff were lovely. Overall, really disappointing."

The Nook Eating House

The Nook Eating House

➤ Hook Lane, Hook I-SO31 9HH, United Kingdom

Vegan • Cakes • British • Vegetarian


"from beginning to end, it is a taste experience. we had luck getting a table in this little restaurant on a busy Friday night. we were offered drinks as we looked through the menu. there was approx. 5 6 starters and as many main courses to choose from. on a Friday and Saturday night, I think they only offer the a la carte menu. the midweek also offer a set menu. my man decided to have a swirling pleasure with a gruyere cheese epuff, which was divine and served from a glass tea pot. I had the cured salmon and scallops. both appetizers were divine, beautifully presented and memorable. we would certainly order again. for our main course decided two of our party, the Southdown lamb (educated and I have the dover soles with inherited and minze pure and large chips. (not sure why I didn't make a picture of my eating, but I think I was actually distracted and started eating before I remembered the picture! the dover sole was a fabulous twist on fish and chips. total divine and the most memorable part was the draught pure and the juicy fish share! the southdown lamb was a great hit. not only was it beautifully presented, it was also a very large part. 2 lammsteaks were placed on the dauphinoise kartoffels, together with a partly slowly boiled lamb. we could not resist the baked honeycomb and went alaska and decided to share this court. every bite was amazing. the service was friendly and efficient without being overlaid. eating is brilliant. certainly worth a visit!"

Restaurant GLASS

Restaurant GLASS

➤ Uhlandstr. 195 10623 Berlin, London, United Kingdom

Pizza • Global • Italian • International


"the service was accommodating and always had an eye on whether our water glasses need to be refilled. before we started with the actual 5-course menu, there was a delicious greeting from the kitchen of the definitiw hunger on more. with the menu we started with cauliflower/Couscous/Mandel/Weintrauben Onion soup/Knafeh/Topinambur/HaselnĂĽsse both was tastefully and visually super served, with a respective declaration from the service staff what we find on our tellers. the combination of the above mentioned ingredients was perfect with a wobble soup for my well-known and a grazing lamb/aubergine/artichoke/Tahina. little manko, however, was that the lamb was a bit too salty. as the next course there was the duck/feige/Hafer/Sellerie/Kaffee chocolate the duck was perfectly cooked. so delicate that it is already melted on the bottom. the supplements were tastefully well matched to the duck. while the coffee chocolate was in a combination with the sauce and was therefore an ideal companion to the desiccated, a small manko could be seen in the duck. here as well as the subsequent lamb, unfortunately, the plates were somewhat warmer than handwarm, which unfortunately took the necessary temperature for the food. next came the lamb/chicken/red beet/drumb also here the meat was perfectly cooked. the inlays were all matched to the lamb, and with their slightly acidic taste brought the meat to the ground. the appropriate sauce was perfumed with rose. as desert there were yogurt/pistazie/salt lemon/sumac manjari/creuz cumin/black sesame/banana both dessert were tastefully simply brilliant. alone the salt lemon and the black sesame banana egg were a real bringer at their respective desserts. all in all I have long been eating so well, and recommend the glass to friends and family more"