Eats: The Maple Lounge, Cleeve

This independent venue which prides itself on classic dishes with a twist, made using local suppliers is one that deserves your attention 🍁 ad 🍽️ The Maple Lounge, Cleeve We ordered: I’d only ever been for a weekday lunch before (the fish and chips not only comes with curry sauce, but wrapped in paper with…

Eats: Brasserie Beau, Bath

Tuesday is B and I’s ‘Mother Daughter’ day (until Sept 🥹) and we recently took a trip to Bath to find a new family-friendly lunch spot. It’s not always easy dining with kids (places with good kids menus tend to fail adults, and vice versa!), but this place hit the ‘child-friendly restaurant in Bath’ brief…

Eats: The Royal Inn, Portishead

The Royal Inn has had a refurb! It’s been so long since I’d been, I’d actually forgotten what the interior looked like… 🙈 📍 Pier Rd, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7HG I can report back it’s now really bright, spacious, and lovely and what I do remember – the fabulous garden – is still glorious, plenty…

Eats: BANK, Totterdown, Bristol

It can be an incredibly divisive combination, but I think I may have found a dish that would convert even the most ardent ham & pineapple hater 🍍 📍BANK, 107 Wells Rd, Totterdown, Bristol BS4 2BS But there was no pizza in sight and this was no ordinary ’ham’. This was the ‘Fried Pork Rillettes’…

Eats: The Clevedon Cookery Club, Clevedon

Have you ever eaten a meal prepared by someone who has cooked for a Queen? 👑 Or had the opportunity to quiz a culinary whiz with your top kitchen dilemmas, whilst being shown how to make a gorgeous 3 course menu and then getting to devour it afterwards? 🍽️ 📍The Clevedon Cookery Club, Clevedon A…

Eats: The River Grille, Bristol

The River Grille at The Bristol Hotel recently relaunched their Sunday lunch menu, replacing its carvery offering with a plated service, allowing guests to sit on their bottoms and enjoy the view (and what views they are – but I’ll get to that). I was lucky enough to be invited along to review the new…

Eats: Lido Spa & Restaurant, Bristol

I’d wanted to visit the restaurant at the Lido in Bristol for some time, and at the beginning of the month finally went along with my husband Chris, father-in-law Al and step-mother-in-law, Jan. We had a voucher (shock!) that we had purchased during their Advent event in December, which for £30 per couple entitled us…