Category: Dinner
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Vida by Lorentes
Dinner / £££ / 6/10 I have been meaning to come back to Vida by Lorentes for years, it seemed the perfect opportunity when our babysitter graduated to doing the toddlers bedtime and we had a gig at the arena. We book a table for 18:00 and headed straight there from the crazy bath and…
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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…
Nottingham Food Critic 