Nottingham Restaurants

Onw of the excellent Castle Rock (a local brewery) pubs, always a good pint in their pubs and here very good food too.
A quiet Monday afternoon visit for us, good selection of ales for me and a kriek for Mrs B, both happy there then!
Vegetarian antipasto for herself and ploughmans lunch for me, both nicely prepared and presented and extremely tasty.
Well worth a visit.

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Well, the only pub I've been in that has a canal inside! certainly unique.
It's one of the Castle Rock chain of pubs in the Nottingham area so, as ever, a good choice of beers, both foreign and locally brewed real ales. The ones we tried were excellent, sadly the food not really anything to write home about though. Interesting menu to choose from but the patatas bravas and lamb kofte were not very authentic, pizza for Mrs Bonio better recieved, I guess it's down to your own taste.
Certainly be back for a beer!

A lovely restuarant that manages to be both large enough for a great atmosphere and small enough to be cosy.
You can sit on a small table for an intimate meal or theres larger tables for big groups.

There is a variety of foods such as lasagne, pastas, lots of starters, vegetarian options etc... and a choice of deserts including the very sweet deep-fried Mars Bars!

The portions are very generous and the prices are good, i'd say average, similar to the price in any of nottingham's popular restaurants.

Hint - its called 'Scruffy's' so don't worry about getting really dressed up, i saw people there wearing a dress and heels but also people wearing jeans and trainers.

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This coffee shop is attached to the Jass interiors shop which sells some funky gadgets. There are different areas you can sit & sip lovely coffee & think my house could do with this they stock tables, chairs, lighting almost anything you can think of.

There are tables outside with a very pretty little central garden & one would never guess you're on a busy main pedestrian street - the perfect hideaway.

For me the coffee was a good hangover cure

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My goal was to seek out a delicious sunday roast in Nottingham & I think we found a hidden gem in the trendy Hockley district. The decor of the restuarant is in keeping with the grade II listed orginal Boots chemist shop, the walls are neutral creams & greens. Chandeliers adourn the ceiling & complement the chesterfield sofas.

They do a special of 3 courses for £14.95 & even though I am not a dessert person I could not bear to leave without indulging in their bread & butter pudding. For starters I had the skylark goats cheese, broad bean, mint & rocket salad followed by the best roast beef with all the trimmings. The portions were very adequate and extremly tasty.

The staff were helpful & you could tell that they do not over-order & reheat as once it is gone its off the menu & we were one of the last tables to leave.

Tues - Sat they do a lunch & dinner and sunday lunch is from 12 - 2.30pm

As you walk in you there is a warm buzzy feel to the place. It was busy and despite the fact that we hadn't booked a table we were soon seated. There is plenty of choice on the menu, our order was soon taken. Our starters and drinks arrived fairly quickly. after we finished our starters. We sat there and waited and waited. We stacked the plates up in the middle of the table (there were 5 of us) and waited. I actually took pictures of this and we still waited. We tried to get someones attention to order drinks and to find out about our food.

We were told that it had been less than an hour that we had been waiting. We were told that a table of 17 had walked in and we would have to wait. They came in after we had ordered. We were also told that as we had ordered starters we have to wait longer for our main meals to arrive. The manager came over and knocked our drinks of the bill and said our food was just coming. Only the food was for another table. Our food arrived and I discovered that my Lamb Dansak had no chilli in it at all. I was offered a plate of chilli to put in it or to have a new dish made. So the dish of chilli was brought over and the same time my dish was taken away. So I was left with rice and a plate of chilli. Everybody else had their food, but most were lacking knife and forks that had not been replaced from our starters. I did get my dish back.

When we got the bill we asked for a discount as we felt that the service and quality of dishes was not worth the full price. We were told that we had not been charged a service charge (which I had not seen stated on the menu). We said that we would not be tipping anyway. We were given a 20% discount.

It was a shame, as far as I know this place has been open a couple of years and is michelin recommended. I am not sure that I would come back.

My dish was brought back and

Favorite Dish: Seekh Kebab starter was very good. Lamb Dansak was missing the chilli! No heat to it at all.

Price's for main dishes vary from £6-£15

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World Service is Nottingham's most exclusive restaurant. It won the Nottingham Restaurant of the Year award in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. But, you can still eat a reasonably-priced lunch here, as long as you reserve a table. A 2-course lunch costs £12 and a 3-course lunch £16.50. The clientele tend to be wealthier members of the local business community, but the atmosphere is not stiflingly formal. Don't feel obliged to wear a jacket and tie, for example.

Favorite Dish: The roast lamb is superb. And, if you like a rich dessert, try the hazelnut chocolate torte with lemon ice cream. Delicious!

Saltwater Restaurant, at the top of the Cornerhouse is a pleasant place to eat and drink on a summer evening. There is a terrace bar, with a nice atmosphere. The food is above average, with an emphasis on modern British cuisine. If you eat before 7pm, you can get 2 courses for £6.95 and you can also get a 50p discount on any pint of beer, which as they serve delicious draft Kronenbourg weiss beer, is the drink I favour when eating here.

Favorite Dish: The parma ham and cheese salad is a tasty starter.