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BEARLANDS RESTAURANT
Bearland House, Longsmith St, Gloucester, GL1 2HJ Tel: 01452 419966, web: www.bearlandsrestaurant.co.uk
• Housed in an 18th-century building in the much-revitalised Gloucester Docks, this candlelit restaurant offers modern British cuisine prepared with care. Evening menu offers dishes like fresh scallops with a chestnut crumb, and pan-fried duck beast with orange-infused baby carrots, as part of the £24.95 two-course offer, with a broad selection of wines to match.
CARIBBEAN WRAP2
68 Bristol Rd, Gloucester, GL1 5SD Tel: 01452 507450, web: www.caribbeanwrap.co.uk
• From the same kitchen as the popular St Nicholas Market stall in Bristol, this place offers the whole gamut of West Indian dishes from goat curry to callaloo, all freshly cooked on the premises. It’s popular as a takeaway but you can also eat in and benefit from the super-friendly hospitality.
GOLDEN HEART INN
Nettleton Bottom, Birdlip, GL4 8LA Tel: 01242 870261, web: www.thegoldenheart.co.uk
• Just eight miles out of Gloucester, this picture-perfect Cotswold country pub was the Good Pub Guide’s Pub of the Year 2009. While there’s much local produce, including award-winning meat, it’s not unusual to find more exotic choices like rattlesnake, zebra and ostrich. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free diets are all well catered for, and there’s a splendid roaring fire in winter.
DEWINTON RESTAURANT
Hatherley Manor Hotel, Down Hatherley Lane, Gloucester, GL2 9QA Tel: 01452 730217, web: www.hatherleymanor.com
• A stylish Cotswold manor house setting adds 17th-century elegance to meals carefully prepared from selected seasonal and local produce. Alongside the ALC evening menu, tempting offers include a special £18 three-course menu (Thur-Sat) and a free room on Sun to couples who spend over £75 in the restaurant.
OLD BELL & TIGERSEYE
9A Southgate, Gloucester, GL1 1TG Tel: 01452 332993, web: www.theoldbell-tigerseye.co.uk
• This remarkable pub in the heart of Gloucester houses two surprises – an impressively refurbished 17th-century interior and the Tigerseye Asian fusion restaurant. Chef Rob Sinyard puts what he learned in the Far East to work in fusions dishes like belly pork with pork & ginger dumplings and pak choi fried rice, as well as sushi, nigiri and tempura nibbles. You can cook-it-yourself with the Black Rock Grill – a heated stone at the table that lets you cook meat the way you like it.
TARA RESTAURANT AT HATTON COURT HOTEL
Upton Hill, Upton St Leonards, GL4 8DE Tel: 01452 617412, web: www.hatton-hotels.co.uk
• Blessed with splendid views over the Cotswolds, there’s a great temptation to eat alfresco at the Tara, weather permitting. The varied ALC menu uses local produce like Everleigh Farm pheasant breast and Brixham crab as the basis of fine food carefully presented, with an extensive wine list to match your choices.
WHARF HOUSE
Over, Gloucester, GL2 8DB Tel: 01452 332900, web: www.thewharfhouse.co.uk
• At this lovely waterside dining spot on the outskirts of Gloucester, choose from a wide range of tapas-style small plates based on British classics: smoked haddock fishcakes with red pepper dressing, beef carpaccio with creamy horseradish. The same approach informs both lunchtime and evening ALC menus.
YE OLDE FISH SHOPPE & RESTAURANT
8 Hare Lane, Gloucester, GL1 5LJ Tel: 01452 522502
• There may be some dispute as to whether it’s the oldest chippe shoppe in Gloucester, but it’s definitely been there a long, long time. And the benefit of all that experience means some of the best fish’n’chips you’ll find anywhere – proper thick, homecooked chips and fresh fish in delicious batter. |
