Harden's survey result
Summary
“Excellent in all respects” – nothing but upbeat reports this year on Chris Cleghorn’s well-known and much accoladed basement dining room: the only Bath restaurant with a Michelin star and with a long history as a foodie Mecca. The dining focus here is on the six-course and nine-course tasting menus, but if you just want to pay a visit they do serve breakfast and a simpler lunch. Nothing but praise too this year for its basement quarters, which fans say are “perfect for a special celebration”.
Summary
Chris Cleghorn’s “very classy and well-composed” cuisine maintains this well-known basement dining room as the town’s most accoladed foodie hotspot (it’s the only restaurant in town with a Michelin star) and he offers a variety of menus (with vegan and vegetarian options) focused in the evenings on tasting menu formats, although – unusually – they allow you to pick out individual dishes from them if you don’t want ‘the full monty’ and to pay per plate. The dining room itself is well-appointed and pleasant, but the constraints of this basement space are griped about even in the most favourable of reports (“tables close together…”, “room is a bit spartan for food of this quality…”).
Summary
Chris Cleghorn’s “very classy and well-composed” cuisine maintains this well-known basement dining room as the town’s most accoladed foodie hotspot (it’s the only restaurant in town with a Michelin star) and he offers a variety of menus (with vegan and vegetarian options) focused in the evenings on tasting menu formats, although – unusually – they allow you to pick out individual dishes from them if you don’t want ‘the full monty’ and to pay per plate. The dining room itself is well-appointed and pleasant, but the constraints of this basement space are griped about even in the most favourable of reports (“tables close together…”, “room is a bit spartan for food of this quality…”).
Summary
“Truly outstanding” cooking from chef Chris Cleghorn continues to impress diners at this well-known venue, which won a Michelin star in October 2018 (becoming the only restaurant in town to hold one). The basement dining room doesn’t please all reporters though (“a bit quiet and lacking character”) and the experience is “not cheap”.
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Owner's description
Proud to be one of Bath’s longest established independent restaurants, The Michelin Star and 3 AA Rosette Olive Tree, nestled in the basement of The Queensberry Hotel continues to receive rapturous praise from guests and locals alike. This contemporary British restaurant offers deformalised fine dining under the direction of award winning Head Chef, Chris Cleghorn, who honed his superior skills as the protégé of a trio of world-renowned Michelin Star chefs, (Heston Blumenthal, Michael Caines, Adam Simmonds). Using a combination of classical flavours with modern cooking techniques, Chris creates his own unique style, crafting menus that showcase the very best of British.
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £32.50 | £40.00 |  |
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| Cost | Availability | Courses | |
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| Menu1 | 120.00 | Always available | 9 |
| Menu2 | 95.00 | Always available | 6 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £26.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.50 |
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| Service | 12.50% |
Restaurant details
Russell St, Bath, BA1 2QF
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Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 6:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 6:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Thursday | 6:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Friday | 12:30 pm‑1:30 pm, 6:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12:30 pm‑1:30 pm, 6:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Sunday | 12:30 pm‑1:30 pm, 6:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
