Cured salmon with dill and spices, served with mustard sauce and rye bread.
Wine • Bars • French • British
"Thank you Lutyens for another excellent lunch. My sister who joined me as my guest had a broken foot and the manager and staff were most accommodating in finding a box to stand it on so it was raised. The Dover sole is always very good but as a beer drinker could they stock Birra Moretti as well as Peroni as the former is much nicer and it's what the Italians drink!"
Wine • French • Drinks • Scandinavian
Grill • Seafood • British • European
"Me and my partner recently visited the salt room. Service was great, was made to feel welcome. At first we were seated in the middle of the restaurant (we were 20 mins early), as we had asked for a romantic seat when we booked our reservation, within 5 minutes we had moved by a seat overlooking the sea that was perfect. In regards to the waiter, he was very accommodating and was able to answer my numerous questions regarding the menu, he had a sense of humour which is rare to find in most waiters/waitresses. Regarding the food... Well well all of the above could of been terrible and I would of still given 5 stars because the food was beautiful. I had the octopus starter which was in a lovely sauce that had numerous layers of flavour 5/5 My partner had the tomato soup, which although I personally didnt enjoy, my partner loved. 3/5 For mains my partner had the sirloin which lived up to its pricing and was perfectly cooked for her. 5/5 My main was the lobster which came with fresh crab claws, the lobster was precut with a thick sauce which also had many layers to it. 5/5 All in all we really enjoyed ourselves and will 100% be returning in the future. Hope this helps you decide whether to go here or not."
Fish • Soup • French • Cheese
"Probably the most satisfying meal I've ever eaten anywhere, and I enjoy eating out. The quality was top-notch, as was the service! I'm probably classed as a slightly picky eater now, only a few things I can't stand, and willing to try things I swore I would never eat previously (hence the snail and the rabbit). A very nice main, nothing to compare it to, but it didn't feel or taste overdone and the potatoes, mushrooms and mustard sauce were a very nice accompaniment. Especially the potatoes. The duck was a bit tough on the outside, but the inside looked good (I only tried a bit of the outside as it wasn't mine) and the chips were nice. I didn't get the waiter's name so I'll ask, if he's there, when I go back. The menu made everything sound good, which is rare. I don't eat meat when out unless the welfare standards and quality are assured, which they are here, so I have free reign! I want to try everything at least once, but the baked Alaska made me gush to everyone I speak to about it and want to drag them right there specifically for it, although I also want all of the other food... Choices, choices."
Soup • Steak • French • Coffee
"If a restaurant advertises a very restricted menu for a fixed price for a special occasion -they shouldn't change the menu for the worse without telling people that have booked in advance so that they can withdraw . No pheasant (replaced with blander guinea fowl)...no rum baba and no green beans with the steak. The potato with my meal was not cooked and was inedible (they gave me a free coffee in compensation). I really like their Sunday lunch but this matches my experience of their Thanksgiving dinner when the advertised pumpkin pie turned out to be a sort of Danish pastry with a blob of jam on it."
Soup • Fish • Meat • French
"Excellent food but the evening was spoiled because instead of bringing the Carafe of White Vermentino that we ordered a very expensive £60 bottle was brought to us. The waiter insisted that this was what we had ordered even though the wine was not even white but orange. This bottle was eventually replaced by another £40 bottle of white Vermentino which we accepted. When the bill arrived we had been charged for both bottles with a discount on the first that we had sent back. After much wrangling and telephone conversation between the waiter and the manager we declined to pay for any part of the orange wine or the service charge I spoke with the manager the next day who didn't accept any responsibility for what had happened basically saying that the waiter's version of events differed and that she wasn't there so could not comment. She eventually conceded that the waiter's one fault was that he could be slightly inattentive and she admitted that the orange Vermentino should not have been listed under white wine. She also admitted that she had not authorised the charge made on the returned bottle. After asking me to repeat my version of events four times and saying she couldn't understand it she finally said that she was sorry we hadn't enjoyed the evening. We won't be returning and I would recommend anyone going there to check both the wine brought to them and their bill carefully"
French • European • Vegetarian • Gluten Free
"Brasserie Joel is situated in a hotel and quite a few of the diners were residents. It thus felt somewhat impersonal. The menu was standard brasserie fare, with nothing exciting or original, but plenty of tried-and-trusted favourites to choose from. Our waitress was on her first day (which she did apologise for) but spoke virtually no English and didn’t have a clue about the menu, so we could only order by pointing at the menu. When she brought someone to help (a manager I think), he still failed to inform me that the main ingredient of a dish I asked about was cheese (describing it as a Gazpacho). Ultimately the food was well cooked and decently presented, with a tarte tatin being particularly delicious. Next to the restaurant there is a nice bar, which was perfect for a digestif. However, the price, at £90/head (including a £65 bottle of fairly ordinary Pouilly Fume) seemed very steep for a brasserie and there are similar restaurants in the area at a far lower price point."
Beer • Wine • French • Provencal
"The restaurant was quite full at 7:30pm with large parties and noisy children. In fairness it was Valentine's Day. Whilst it is always nice to see families with children dining together the somewhat intimate ambience the brasserie seems to target does not seem best suited to young diners. Possibly the problem is that hotel does not offer a more suitable restaurant option for those with youngsters. The bar area serves food but is rather large and not exactly cosy. The food was OK. The onion soup was extremely tasty but the cheese in it was surprisingly over generous making it a struggle to eat. The wine list is as you would expect in a London hotel, was quite expensive but with some excellent options. I made the mistake of asking for a brief pause between starters and main which as it always inevitably does, turned into an unacceptably long delay."
Beer • Wine • Cafés • Hotels
"We were recommended the Churchill by our guest house. We were greeted by Reece who had actually taken our booking that evening. He promptly helped us with our drinks and explained the menu. The ambience of the restaurant was beautiful and relaxing and we chose where we wanted to be seated which was beneath Churchill's painting. Soon after we were asked by Reece if we were ready to place our order. When the food arrived it was generous portions and certainly had the wow factor. We will definitely return on our next visit to York. We will recommend the Churchill Hotel Restaurant to everybody.. Hopefully they'll get the pleasure of Reese serving them."
Cafés • Venues • European • Restaurants
"The food was amazing the service was really good very nice to be properly served your meal the old fashioned way! The sweet trolley was wonderful! My only gripe is that we were packed in like sardines we were there on a Sunday lunchtime and it was very busy. We had a table for two which was bordering on uncomfortably close to another big table. Would have liked a little bit more room especially as it was very warm even with the air conditioning, but overall a lovely meal."
Steak • English • British • Seafood
"We went here for a business lunch. It may be bad luck with the dishes that the three of us ordered, but we all went for the lamb as a main course, which was frankly very disappointing. The lamb came in small pieces (say was thoroughly overcooked (totally brown). We were all looking forward to a nicely cooked piece of lamb that was pink, but this looked like it was just diced up and fried. Not good cookery. Our starters and desserts were not terrible, but certainly not great either (probably lower quality to most supermarket desserts). Perhaps the chef was having a bad day, but otherwise I cannot fathom why anyone is rating this restaurant highly (although the location is lovely, and the decor also is nice and festive). Service was good too. Overall I am glad I was not paying!"
Fish • Soup • Cafés • Seafood
"I was booked in by hotel reception (hotel reviewed separately). I arrived for my table in the restaurant at and surprised it wasn't busier on a Friday evening. I was seated by a new lad in training he was very young. Smiling and very...pleasant. I started with a mini bottle of prosecco. I had the squid and prawn starter, there was another fish, can't remember what it's called but you can see it in the picture, I'd never tried it before but it was fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mains was lamb cutlets with mustard mash and kale. Again delicious. Dessert black forest slice. Mmm. I wish I had taken a picture of it all. It was thoroughly enjoyed. The service was attentive and fast by all the staff. A great restaurant if you're in the area."
Cafés • Steak • British • Ice Cream
"Booked for 3 pm on a Saturday. Arrived at 2.55 to be told that the table wasn't ready, still waiting at 3.05 while they put a few round tables together. Sat with the menus for a while until they came to take the drinks order. I asked for a glass of tap water to go along with the lager I ordered which never arrived. Food order was taken after half an hour of waiting with the pizzas arriving quite promptly after that, nothing much to say about the pizza, bit bland really even with the toppings I had. Service was abysmal with nobody coming to see if we needed any more drinks or was everything okay, staff seemed to be more focused on the bottomless brunch people. Need more training really, not good to be ignored. Won't be going back. Going to go to Rudy's on Silver Street instead."
Juice • Drinks • British • Breakfast
"The service was terrible. The staff left us waiting while they chatted among themselves. Even though we arrived on time, we were asked to wait while other guests were served their starters. At breakfast, there were no glasses for the juices or plates for the food, so we had to ask for them. Additionally, the menu on display had items that were no longer available."
French • Hotels • Bar-lounge • Contemporary
"From the moment we drove up to the property we knew we were in for a treat. Luxurious surroundings outside and in. Staff we very attentive, chatty and couldn’t have been more helpful. The food was amazing! We had such a fabulous time we have recommended it to lots of people and can’t wait for our return visit. Thank you everyone xx"
Pubs • Wine • British • Bar-lounge
"We had a lovely early evening meal for 2. In the area in which we were sat there was already a table of 8 and a table of 2. Then other diners arrived whilst we were there. We had 2 lovely starters sticky belly pork deep fried goat cheese. Then fish chips and I splashed out on the ribeye steak both were delicious. We were so full that we didn't get a dessert this visit. The staff were all so friendly and helpful. We look forward to our next visit, and have already booked in for new year's eve!"
Pubs • Beer • Steak • British
"Myself and my partner had a Sunday roast each here yesterday. We both had pork belly starter which was absolutely gorgeous and cannot be faulted. I had the roast beef lunch whilst my partner had the lamb. Both our dinners were nice but the roast potatoes felt like they’d been re-heated after being left standing for a while. I had a couple of Peroni’s and neither of us had desert but the bill still came to £97. The starters were £11 each and as I say, we couldn’t fault them but £25 for a roast dinner seems and was steep for the size of meal we received. They were tasty but I don’t think they were £25 tasty. The place itself is a nice setting and the atmosphere was decent, though."
Wine • Beer • Grill • Casual
"I visited this restaurant over two weeks ago, but the cocktails were so strong that it took me this long to recover!! That's probably the worst excuse ever, right?"
Tea • Vegan • British • Vegetarian
"we have always eaten in the ship inn on the way back from south wales because it was a beautiful, typical rustic English pub. the former owner mike and his manager and chef, jane, new her profession and exactly what her customers wanted to eat simple, very tasty English kitchen and comfort. it has been for three years and in this time it has changed the hands. Oh, my God, there is our once good experience finished. it is now called 'boutique ' pub'. it has been re-designed and refurbished, obviously on a limited budget and the menu has changed. we must say that the renovation in our humble opinion is unhappy. it is cheap and sticky and we were shocked that the beautiful old English wooden beams were painted in a fungal emulsion paint and the new seats are a purple crushed velvet type material with a ring on the back? was that to fasten your dog? it looks really cheap and sticky. How bad. there were four of us, one has not eaten, two had the homemade rindburger and I had the filet steak with pfeffergrass sauce. which for a compassion did not match the ambiente of the place with the eating. my steak was perfectly cooked and tasted really delicious. the burgers were made definitiw to house, but the 'consumers' did not like the taste of a crust / ingredients in them. I personally thought it would be very nice, apart from the fact that it was served on a crooked one! what are there with restaurants today? sloping, bowling, wooden blocks? Why can't we just eat from a teller? sadly not prepared the old comfort food dishes like jane (bodied juices, steak and nierenpudding, leber and speck etc. but never less what we ate in this week was pretty good. because the ambiente and the character of the place have been completely ruined, unfortunately we will not return. unnecessary to say there was not another soul at the place from beginning to end. to put the last nail in the sarg for us, they no longer sell hobson's beer!!! sacrilege!"
British • Scottish • Fast Food • Vegetarian
"As two mummies of young boys (her of two, me of one), Emily and I couldn’t have chosen a better day to plan our overnight escape to Melville Castle, which is located on the Southern tip of Edinburgh towards Dalkeith. The sun was virtually splitting the trees as we drove up the private approach road, and as it happens, trees are something the lush grounds are pretty flush with, the bucolic setting a mere 8 miles from the city centre. A neo-gothic mansion house, it was designed by James Playfair (brother of William) and built between 1786-90 for Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. By the 1980s the building had been abandoned and was in ruin, later bought and restored in the 1990s by developer William Hay who wanted to bring the property back to life and run it as a hotel venue."