Nottingham Restaurants

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The cafe at Woollaton Park is very popular with mothers of young children, elderly people and students. utside is pleasant except that we found it too chilly, so moved indoors.
There was a selection on the menu and we opted for Warm Chicken and Bacon Salad ; and I had Homemade Spicy Beef Chili with Nachos.

Favorite Dish: my Chil with Nachos was very nice indeed

Go again? No chance.
The most disjointed service I have ever experienced, with up to 5 different staff attending your table, (all out of sync with each others deleiveries / takings away etc); small, bordering on pretentious portions, and the worst wait for service I really can remember in over 25 years off adult dining (50 minutes at one point, and no-one seemed to want to produce the asked for bill, nor take the money when it did arrive).
Also, a really noxious smell of sewage in the gents, so much my youngster gagged to the point of throwing up.
And don't get me started on the £3 for a lemonade...
Clientelle? A mix expected I suppose for that location, a mix of riverbank walkers (us included), with / without families, a few 'I have heard it's new so must get dolled up to be seen there and then tell all n sundry that I have been', and a few folk (perhaps from the nearby Meadows?), who would have been more at home in a ' 2 for a fiver' establishment.
£44 for 1 starter, 2 adult mains, and a childrens main btw!

Favorite Dish: The haddock WAS a very good sized portion, (shame the beer batter was sans any beer taste though), and the spoon of peas was just that, a desert spoon full at best.
My daughters homemade burger WAS one of the bext tasting quality burgers any of us could remember.
The rissotto: a strange, almost aniseed after taste, and again, another small portion.

A lunchtime visit, several real ales to choose from (tasters no problem) and a full menu on the blackboard.
Enjoyed a very tasty steak and ale pie and a couple of pints too. Good place to visit.
Looks like live music most weekends, a re-visit must be on the cards soon I think.

I've wanted to visit this restaurant for a long time. It's my daughter's favourite and she keeps telling us how wonderful it is.
We went last night (wednesday) and first impressions were good, it's a very attractive restaurant with a nice, modern decor. The music was a bit intrusive - a medley of bollywood numbers that was too loud.
We were seated by the bar and offered drinks while we looked at the attractive and varied menu.
I eventually chose the chicken vindaloo and my wife had a king prawn dish from the 'chef's specialities'
We decided to have the non vegetarian starter to share, some popadoms with the optional extra pickles, and to accompany our mains we had pilau rice, and aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower) and a stuffed paratha.
I always choose a basic curry on my first visit to a new place, because from the quality of that I feel able to judge how well the chef is likely to prepare the more exotic dishes.
Our popadoms arrived and we were guided to our table. The extra pickles that I'd ordered were not there and it took a couple of attempts before the lady that was seating us understood what I wanted.
I didn't rate the pickles at all. The mint riatha was plain nasty and the chilli and ginger tasteless.
I finished my drink, and was not offered another for at least 15 minutes..I know I could have asked, but the place wasn't busy and I wanted to see how attentive the waiters were. Perhaps it didn't help that we'd been seated quite a distance from the bar/serving area.
Our starter arrived and it was cold. It was a selection of the meat starters from the menu and without exception, every item on the platter had been overcooked and was tough and dry. The salad that accompanied it was miserable, a few strands of shredded cabbage.
We were not asked if we had enjoyed the starter.
Our mains arrived and, quite honestly, I was staggered. It was hot, at least, but my vindaloo had no flavour whatsoever and the chicken was dry again. I tried a bit of the sauce from my wife's dish - a vague taste of coconut, but not much else. The bhaji was the right colour, but again tasted of absolutely nothing. The paratha was wafer thin and had the look - and taste - of a circle of cardboard.
The absolute final straw though were the king prawns that were the main event for my wife. They looked magnificent but hadn't been cooked! They were raw in the middle.
We stopped eating after only a coupleof mouthfulls and asked our waiter (luckily he was resetting a neighbouring table) to clear the dishes and bring the bill. I explained that we thought the meal was unsatisfactory in every respect (well, the rice was OK) but would pay the bill and just never return.
The head waiter appeared and apologised to my wife, saying that the chef had made a mistake (with one of his 'specialities'?) and forgot to slice the prawns in half, which had led to them being undercooked.
As a consequence of this, he was not going to charge us for them.
Whoopee do.
What about the rest of the meal? He assumed, I suppose, that my wife could have just eaten the rice and bhaji on their own and, therefore, should have to pay.
No mention was made of the fact that I had returned my meal almost untouched as well.
The bill arrived - and was presented to my wife!?! We paid it and left.
I really did have high hopes for The Banyan Tree, I absolutely love finding a good Indian restaurant - and everything about this place says it should be good.
It's in the middle of nowhere, so it won't get any passing trade but must rely on quality and value.
For me, I'm afraid, it was very much a case of style over subtance - and there wasn't that much style.
Avoid. Like the plague.

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A short tram ride from the city centre, and in truth first impressions of the tram stop are not good, it's in an industrial area - anyway press on it's worth it. This pub is the home of the Alcazar brewery, several very good beers to try and also excellent Thai food at pub prices.
A new favourite of Mr and Mrs Bonio, a return visit on the cards very soon.

Revisited in June 2009, beers and food still very good, a couple more photos now.
Good outdoor seating on a warm day.

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Le Bistrot Pierre won the 2008 Best Casual Restaurant in Nottingham award, having won the Best Value for Money award at the Nottingham Restaurant Awards three years running. Their head chef has also won the Best Chef in Nottingham award.

The food is superb. The best time to eat is from 6 to 7pm, when there is a special pre-theatre dinner offer of two courses for £11.50. Also, after 7pm it is usually completely full. So, you'll need to make a reservation. The atmosphere is informal, so don't feel you need to dress up to go there, although you can if you want to. Two evenings per month there is a Soiree Gastronomique with 6 courses for £18.60.

I would say if you are only going to be in Nottingham for one day, then this is the restaurant you should eat in.

Favorite Dish: The carpaccio of beef entree is superb and the rib-eye steak, with peppercorns and garlic, is a delicious main course.

We went there for the cocktails, but stayed for the food. And we're glad we did! Ended up being cheaper and tastier than what we wouldve eaten anywhere else. We'll be going back, should be come across another Las Iguanas :)

Favorite Dish: The bar food. 3 dishes for a tenner (i think)

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Delilahs is an independent Deli, fine food store & wine merchant - you will find some of the most unusual foods here and a wonderful choice of hard to come by fine wines.

We started our boozy evening here with a few glasses of the recommended Saviougn Blanc together with a deli platter of cold meats and cheeses it was completely delicious. The sell biltong a south african delicacy. The staff are wonderfully helpful & will let you sample what they sell this is top quality stuff. There are seats to sit around a service bar so you can nibble your deli platters or sandwiches freshly prepared before your eyes.