The best restaurants serving Other european-cuisines food in Ludlow North Shropshire West Midlands

I was treated to a birthday lunch here. We chose from the three course set menu. The main course [we had cod with seafood and beans] was quite filling but the other two courses were smaller. The desserts were sticky toffee or chocolate or cheese. There was a vegetarian option in each course. The food was all delicious and beautifully presented. The staff were pleasant and professional.My husband has a food intolerance and the menu was modified for him. I throughly enjoyed my birthday lunch.

Wish we'd read ths recent reviews and saved our money. We were recommended this place and the photos on the website were impressive. Also, it's in the Michelin Guide. But that was all based on the previous restaurant, not the current one. Same name, but different management. They still charge 'fine dining' prices but the meal was very average. A rather strange and oily 'amuse bouche' consisted of a cheese and bacon doughnut. My starter was 3 teeny sardines awash in oil plus a teeny bit of focaccia. No discernible seasoning. Main was a slab of trout (which was nice, but no different from what we would cook at home) plus four little florets of cauliflower which had been 'charred', and two teaspoons of puree smeared on the plate. All very dry and very basic seasoning. I had asked for some green veg on the side, and although the waitress smiled and nodded I wasn't convinced she understood. (The green veg never came). She seemed confused about the wines so we had to point at the one we wanted on the menu. My husband's beef was overly salty and instead of the 'fondant potato' he got a blob of mash. Two courses for £45 was little short of a ripoff. Even the two pot plants were dead in that sad conservatory. And no, I didn't complain, to save my husband's embarrassment, and in an effort to salvage the evening we just laughed (and wrote) it off.

We'd been wanting to try the Japanese night for a while and finally had a night that we could go so we were looking forward to it. There were about 5 other tables of couples when we arrived. We were all crammed in to one end of the fairly large seating area, so we had to get to know our neighbours fairly quickly. We went for 3 courses thinking we could add the dessert if we had room. The sushi was dry and average. My starter was the gyoza, which turned out to be tuna gyoza. I was expecting a little more than tinned tuna in a dumpling, but that's what I got. My partner had the tempura prawn which were great - hot and crispy. Those 2 courses were served efficiently, but we had to wait about 25 minutes for the main to arrive. Mine was the white miso salmon. Again, I was expecting a little more than just a piece of salmon on plain rice. It was served with about 5 edamame beans and a spoonful of kimchi, but that was it. My partner had the fillet steak and opted for noodles. He offered me a piece of steak to try, but it was a small portion, so I didn't accept the offer. We did have room for dessert, but we decided against it. A bill of £70 was enough. I'm afraid we won't be going back and we won't be recommending it. I have to say that the two waitresses were brilliant though. Very sweet girls.

We went on a Friday afternoon for a hot drink and cake - the cake selection was limited, in the end we had a chocolate cake which was nice but two cheese scones which were very dry and the two coffees and hot chocolate were luke warm. The service has become poor lately and it’s disappointing you have to go up and order yourself when waitresses just loitering around. When complaining about our visit the managers attitude was really disappointing - to be frank she didn’t worry that we weren’t happy with our visit at all.