Paul G.
Yelp
This is a hotel restaurant, in a beautiful 17th century manor house. As well as the a la carte menu, there is a bar brasserie menu, which can be had in the restaurant if you wish. They occasionally do offers through newspapers. The brasserie menu had starters (about £6) of ham terrine with piccalilli and salad; spring vegetable salad with quails eggs; and warm crispy duck salad with saute potatoes and spiced plum sauce. Mains (around a tenner) included chicken breast with pea risotto; beer battered day boat fish and a mini bucket of chips (see picture); Buck rarebit on ciabatta bread with bacon and poached egg. Puds (£4-5) ran to amaretto and treacle tart with Devon clotted cream, or lemon tart with rasberry sorbet. A la carte - which we didn't have - was more upmarket still, with suckling lamb, crab, scallops, cassoulet with confit duck legs, etc etc. But the real joy of the place was that these dishes were cooked to expert perfection. This was some of the best 'hotel restaurant' food I've had in years. Shame the service was lamentable.