Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Hanley
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Hanley restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 5 restaurants in Hanley and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Hanley restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Hanley Restaurants
1. The Duncombe Arms
British, Modern restaurant in Ellastone
Main Rd - DE6
An “absolute gem just north of Uttoxeter” – this rather glamorous peak District venture is “the local we all wish we had”, to quote The Daily Mail’s Tom Parker Bowles; “the tarte Tatin alone is worth the visit” but the modern British menu (more casual in the bar) also features “excellent dishes such as omelette Arnold Bennett and crispy belly pork” and their rooms are “brilliant” if you stay overnight.
2. Little Seeds
British, Modern restaurant in Stone
16 - 18 Radford Street - ST15
The “lovely garden” at Sophie Hardman and Jake Lowndes’s ‘bar and kitchen’ received a major boost this year as it was expanded and improved; and it has a “snug” interior too. There’s the odd quibble that results are “pricey for Stone!” but all feedback says the modern British cuisine is “good” or “very good”.
3. Pecks
British, Modern restaurant in Congleton
Newcastle Rd - CW12
2023 Review: “Theatrical presentation” is a longstanding feature of the Pear family’s stalwart fixture of four decades’ standing, whose ‘Dinner at 8’ package was an early adopter of the tasting menu format, with a 7-course menu delivered in a single sitting (you arrive at 7.30 pm). Fans say “Covid hasn't affected the consistent high quality of this unique dining venue. And to the famous ‘Dinner at 8’, can be added the growing popularity of their afternoon tea”: “a choice of gentleman’s or lady’s gives a useful mix of sweet and savoury, including the legendary homemade desserts. Ample portions (take-home boxes cheerfully provided), well served and a good range of teas''.
4. La Popote
French restaurant in Marton
Church Farm, Manchester Road - SK11
“Terrific French cooking” by Cheshire-born chef-patron Joseph Rawlins combines with immaculate presentation from his FOH partner, Parisienne Gaëlle Radigon, in a smart, “contemporary setting” (“love having a tablecloth: so many restaurants don’t”) at this converted farmhouse in a village famous for its timber-framed church and ancient ‘Marston oak’ (Britain’s largest tree). Top Tip – “the set meal is exceptional value”.
5. Lunar
restaurant in Barlaston
Wedgwood Drive - ST12
“You are served in a large dining room under a giant moon” in this striking eatery – a centrepiece of the World of Wedgwood – which was added to this factory-visit and museum experience in late 2021. Named for a seventeenth-century dining club filled with luminaries of the Midlands Enlightenment, and overseen by local lad Niall Keating (who left behind two Michelin stars to take up the opportunity), it brings a pleasing level of ambition to underserved Staffs and The Potteries. There’s a relatively affordable à la carte menu, or an eight-course tasting menu for £120 per person. Given that its mere presence is a minor miracle in the area, it’s not hard to be bowled over and it delivers “frequently excellent dishes – often containing luxury ingredients, formally but attentively and helpfully served, if in a space that is perhaps a little large to feel completely at home in”. On the flip-side, even those who think it “very good” can still find it “overpriced”.
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