Kynd

Summary

Hampton Manor continues to re-shuffle and modernise its food offering, and this February 2025 newcomer is the successor to Stuart Deeley’s ‘Smoke’ (RIP) in the same space: the Victorian furnace house of its walled kitchen garden. Now under chef David Taylor, he offers a three-course menu for £85 per person, or a ‘Taste of Kynd’ five-course menu for £110 per person. It opened too late to generate sufficient reports in our annual diners’ poll for a rating, but all early feedback is upbeat: “it seems very much like a continuation of Smoke – and that isn’t a criticism – a rustic-style rendering of fine food, with pleasing atmosphere and service”. On the food front: “A starter of Cornish crab with salted turnip and pickled fennel was delicious, as was a thoroughly enjoyable main dish of beautifully cooked line-caught gurnard with a very tasty bisque, fennel and soppressata. Dessert of Tipsy cake soaked in Organic Welsh rum didn’t quite have the hit of alcohol I should have liked but it was a lovely cake and well matched with brown butter ice cream”.