Phone: +441425282212
Address: Chewton Farm Christchurch Road, United Kingdom, BH25 6QS
City: Christchurch
Menu Dishes: 10
Reviews: 1600
Website: https://www.chewtonglen.com/the-kitchen-cookery-school/
"Location was wonderful with lunch taken on the outdoor terrace next to some beautiful landscaping. Service was warm, friendly, and well timed. Food was mixed. Salt and pepper Squid was excellent. Well cooked, crispy, with a well balanced sweet chilli sauce and a generous portion. Thai Crab risotto was perfectly cooked and the spicing was robust and flavourful. However, for £18 for a starter, I'd expect more than 2 lumps of crab meat. If you took a bite without crab, you would not know this was a crab risotto. The Lamb rump main was excellent. Generous portion of well cooked lamb, full of flavour and the vegetables and mint salsa verde complimented the meat well. Sirloin steak very disappointing. Very thin cut which meant there's little room for error when grilling and this one was more medium well than medium rare. Had that tight texture and dry mouth feel. For £38, this isn't really acceptable and a very stingy portion of questionable quality steak that wasn't well cooked. I know I could cook a better steak and that's never a good sign at this price point. Dessert, we shared the Tarte Tatin which was excellent. Like eating a deconstructed toffee apple. Total bill was £175 for 2x starters, 2x mains, 1x dessert, bread, and a bottle of wine. Pleasant lunch but left feeling we could have had better for less elsewhere."
All prices are estimates on menu.