Category: Dinner
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La Storia
Dinner / £££ / 9/10 Finally, after several visits I decided to have an official ‘review visit’ to La Storia, I go about once a year so this was definitely overdue. Locally it is known as a fantastic Italian but for those further afield La Storia is a small independent just next to the cricket…
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The Ivy
Dinner / £££ / 6/10 My favourite kind of restaurant will always be independents; however there is room in most big cities to welcome chain restaurants. They often save beautiful buildings, offer value for money and are reliably consistent. The Ivy offers a bit more with glamour and a touch of fine dining (read they…
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Iberico World Tapas
Dinner / £££ / 7.5/10 Before Bar Iberico there was Iberico World Tapas, an elder sibling in every respect. Grown up and with a definite air of sophistication. I remember when the restaurant first opened and people raved about the ‘Inside out’ chicken wings and the charcuterie. I went in the early days and loved…
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Raymond’s
Dinner / £££ / 7/10 In the old Oscar and Rosies site in Hockley (which was previously the old Mondo Comico site – jeeeez I feel OLD) a little bit of magic has happened. No one could ever accuse this building of being full of character. From the outside it looks like a mix between…
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The Griffin, Plumtree
Dinner / £££ / 8/10 I have been looking for an excuse to go to The Griffin since giving birth and another mum recommending it. It ticks all the boxes of a South Nottingham gastro pub. Beautiful building – tick, expensive refurb – tick, rural location in a wealthy village – tick and it doesn’t…
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The Radcliffe
Dinner / £££ / 8.5/10 After years and years of different landlords, reopening and closing The Trent in Radcliffe on Trent was bought by The Secret Pub Company (who at that time owned The Railway, a wonderful place) and reopened as The Radcliffe in 2017. I have been there a lot as it used to…
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Bar Gigi
Dinner / ££££ / 7/10 Bar Gigi has been on my list of places I have wanted to try since before Christmas. Housed above a clothing boutique on Flying horse walk I had heard good things from respectable diners (well my friend Mhairi, who has impeccable taste). The entrance is right next to 200 degrees…
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Rudy’s
Dinner / £ / 7/10 Since reviewing Baba Dough I wanted to explore other pizza options, Slice and Brew is on my list but a dinner with friends in February proved the perfect occasion to try Rudy’s. It was the first sunny day of the year and in the afternoon you barely needed a jacket,…
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Baresca
Lunch / ££ / 8/10 Baresca isn’t new to the cities tapas offering but I have visited more times in the last couple of years than I had in the previous 7 it has been open and so looking for an alternative to a sunday lunch while in town we headed there. Tapas restaurants meet…
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Kushi Ya
Dinner / £££ / 10/10 Having been booked for months we were fizzing with excitement about returning to Kushi Ya. We have been regulars since lockdown but after the attention of The Guardian review it turned from ‘Let’s go to Kushi Ya on Friday’ to “Tried to book but they only have a 18.00 or…
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