Even when the SatNav tells you that you’ve arrived at the gate, take your time. “The scene is set from the moment you turn into the driveway of the luxury Lucknam Park. A magnificent, mile-long lime- and beech-lined avenue stands like a guard of honour gently guiding guests to the graciously restored Palladian mansion setContinue reading “The Walled Garden Restaurant at Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa”
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Ponte Vecchio, Spring Gardens Road, Bath
It’s Thursday evening and Ponte Vecchio – the elegantly flamboyant contemporary trattoria set in a singularly unique, stand-alone location right on Bath’s bubbling weir – is buzzing. I know this even before I’ve set foot in the restaurant because, as I approach the sparkling, fairy-lit cabin (a former storage hut for boats, would you believe),Continue reading “Ponte Vecchio, Spring Gardens Road, Bath”
Green Park Brasserie/Bath Pizza Co: two (menu) worlds collide
Did you know that, if you put fresh spinach on a pizza base where you’d normally find tomato sauce, it brings a uniquely fresh, super-silky aspect to every bite? I had no idea! But the chefs in the kitchen at Bath Pizza Co know everything there is to know elevating pizza from prosaic to prodigious;Continue reading “Green Park Brasserie/Bath Pizza Co: two (menu) worlds collide”
The Richmond/The Pasta Laboratory, Bath
We went in search of a couple of freshly-baked pizzas and a bottle of good wine to celebrate… well, to celebrate it being a Friday’n’all. But The Richmond – the gorgeous little Georgian-era pub-with-rooms tucked away on a leafy residential street in one of the most beautiful neighbourhoods in Bath – went way over andContinue reading “The Richmond/The Pasta Laboratory, Bath”
RootSpice, Argyle Street, Bath
A Japanese Izakaya and a modern French bistro. A supercool lounge experience and a superb steak house. An Italian trattoria, a traditional pub, a ‘boutique co-working space‘ – Argyle Street/Pulteney Bridge has quietly morphed into a distinctive modern Bath ‘quarter’ all of its own of late; heck, you could move from office to late-night partyingContinue reading “RootSpice, Argyle Street, Bath”
The Prandial Playground, Bath and Beyond... 