Martin Bruge’s “remarkably inventive and creative” French cuisine – “with extraordinary levels of presentation and service” – win rave reviews for this contemporary country house hotel; although the setting may be “fabulous” the ambience in the dining room can still seem lacking.
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John Walsh (7th September 2009)
Food 5/5 stars, Ambience 4/5 stars, Service 5/5 stars
The dining room at this Wilthshire hotel goes “straight to the top of [the critic’s] list of Unmissable Restaurants”. The décor may be “eclectic to a schizophrenic degree”, but the service is “charming” and he has “the finest meal in a year” here, thanks to chef Martin Bruge. The chef produces food that is “unmistakably at the top level of modern Anglo-French cooking”, and, though it is not cheap, he recommends a visit “as soon as your personal economy allows”.
Jasper Gerard (19th August 2008)
7/10
The critic visits “Swiss-owned ‘château’ in Wiltshire”, where “the interior designer should be arrested for a breach of taste”. “Yet from the moment plates arrive… our mood lightens.” The chef, it turns out, is “highly accomplished [and] intellectually curious”, if also “slightly fussy”.
John Walsh (7th September 2009)
Jasper Gerard (19th August 2008)
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