Harden's says

A tasting-menu-only chef's table (10 seats) that's the test kitchen for TRUEfoods, makers of proper stocks and sauces for retail and much of the hospitality industry.

survey result

Summary

£172
£££££
5
Exceptional
5
Exceptional
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A true gem” – chef-patron Mitch Mitchell’s utterly unlikely venture, located within a factory unit on an industrial estate that manufactures sauces and stocks. The 14-course tasting menu (Fri/Sat night only) caused Giles Coren to invoke Noma no less, and reporters this year all concurred that it is “an experience not to be missed”. The “only tiny issue is who you sit next to, as your neighbour could be totally loud and full of self-importance – but this place deserves a star at least!”

Summary

£165
£££££
5
Exceptional
5
Exceptional
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Utterly outstanding”“My best meal of 2022… I cannot believe that the chef runs this restaurant almost as a ‘hobby’”. Chef-owner Mitch Mitchell presides over this unusual venture: a professional kitchen within a small factory unit on an industrial estate whose main purpose is the manufacture of stocks and sauces for top retailers and the restaurant trade. The website promises that its 14-course tasting menu is ‘an up close and personal dining event like no other’ and our reports would concur with Giles Coren’s adulatory 2020 review in which he compared results to Noma and El Bulli.

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Restaurant details

No dress code

Prices

  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 145.00 Always available 14

Traditional European menu

Pudding
£0.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £18.00
Filter Coffee £2.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
9 Hallikeld Close, Melmerby, HG4 5GZ
Opening hours
Monday8 am‑5 pm
Tuesday8 am‑5 pm
Wednesday8 am‑5 pm
Thursday8 am‑5 pm
Friday8 am‑5 pm
SaturdayCLOSED
SundayCLOSED

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