Archive for June, 2009
Fine dining restaurants in Nottingham
Looking for a restaurant in Nottingham that offers a fine dining experience? Look no further than our guide to the best fine dining restaurants in Nottingham
The restaurants included in the guide have all been recognised at local and national levels for offering exceptional standards in service and cuisine, along with an expressed interest in targeting and delivering to the fine-dining market.
Incredible Restaurants – The Gilt restaurant New York
With an opulent decor and a phenomenally high standard of cuisine to boot, The Gilt restaurant in New York is regarded as one of the most beautiful restaurants in the world. Found at the centre of Manhattan, tucked in behind the gates of the Villard Mansion, The Gilt is also famed for having one of the most extensive wine lists in the world. The restaurant serves an exciting blend of Modern World and New American cuisine, and within a dining area that seats up to 52 people, guests are able to enjoy exquisite menus that range from 3 courses through to a grand tasting menu of 7 mouth-watering courses.
The Smallest Restaurant in the World – Solo per Due, Italy
“Just for two”, the Solo per Due restaurant in Italy offers the most intimate dining experience in the World. Those with a romantic inclination will appreciate the fact that the restaurant has only the one table, and along with being the smallest restaurant in the world it may well be the most romantic. The concept is simple – no sharing, no queuing, just one small romantic restaurant to enjoy with a loved one.
Diners are treated to a range of dishes that use the finest local ingredients including high grade extra virgin olive oil, wild berries and fruits, a selection of wild mushrooms, fine meats, pasta and breads made on the premises and a range of local sweets. Once seated the restaurant lighting is lowered to create a cosy and romantic atmosphere and a small silver bell is placed on the table, so that whenever service is required a dedicated waiter can attend and make sure you have everything you need. As they say, the best things come in small packages…
Amazing Restaurants – The Skylon restaurant, Niagara Falls, USA
For those who fail to be impressed by the Niagara Falls, there is always the Skylon restaurant nearby…
Standing at a whopping 775 feet, the Skylon restaurant stands over the Falls offering dinners the chance to enjoy a meal with views that are almost incomparable. To get to the restaurant itself, dinners must use a small yellow lift, which makes countless journeys up and down this magnificent building. Once at the top, a spot of lunch or dinner can be enjoyed in the revolving dining area, which makes one full revolution on its axis every hour. Said to be the ultimate position from which to capture the full scenery of the Falls, the Skylon restaurant has to be one of the most impressive and unique restaurants in the world.
Unusual Restaurants – Pomze Paris Restaurant in France
Most restaurants carry some sort of theme, but one restaurant in France takes this notion to another level by including apples in every single one of its 120 dishes!
The team at the Pomze Paris restaurant in France are so obsessed with apples that they have built their entire menu around the fruit, which can be found as the core ingredient in every single starter, main course, and somewhat unsurprisingly, the dessert. The drinks list revolves around apples and includes some interesting ciders and liquors that use the perfect regional pomze!
Based in central Paris, the restaurant is housed in a converted traditional-looking Haussmann style apartment, with regular favoruites including a gazpacho with granny smith apple ice cubes. Might sound a bit odd to many, but there is no doubt the doctor will be happy if you get the chance to go!
Amazing restaurants – Sirocco restaurant, Bangkok
Found on the 63rd floor of The Dome building in Lebua, The Sirocco restaurant in Bangkok offers the highest al fresco dining experience in the world.
Visitors can expect to be blown away by the views over City and the Chao Pharya River, with Bangkok’s night sky carrying the glow of a busy, bustling city. The restaurant serves high quality Mediterranean cuisine using superb local and international ingredients sourced from some of the best markets around. Other exciting features include the Skybar, which glows orange and yellow at night and jazz music performed by international artists, all adding an extra level of ambiance to the occasion. Regarded as one of the most exciting and popular restaurants in Bangkok, if you are planning a visit whilst on a holiday, make sure you book well in advance!
Incredible restaurants – The Anara Tower restaurant, Dubai
Over the years Dubai has become synonymous with an array of incredible skyscrapers, including the tallest building in the world – The Burj Dubai, which stands at a vertigo inducing 2,650 feet.
In 2008, the Atkins design studio announced plans to add to another whopper to Dubai’s skyline by building a new turbine-shaped skyscraper called The Anara Tower. If all goes to plan with its construction, a restaurant, housed in a glass capsule, will form the centre-piece of this remarkable building. The restaurant capsule appears to be held in place, almost precariously, by the 3 large spokes on a propeller like central feature, which will allow lucky diners to view the Dubai coast in its full glory, over a spot of lunch or dinner.
Construction will commence during the fourth quarter of 2009 and would most definitely add another dimension to the already remarkable skyline. If the restaurant can deliver food as impressive as the building we may well be looking at one of the most remarkable dining experiences to be had in the world…
Funky Restaurants – The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant, New Zealand
Overhanging a meandering stream, located in an open meadow on the edge of a forest, the Yellow Treehouse restaurant in New Zealand has to be one of the most sought after and stunning dining destinations in the world.
The restaurant itself is almost 10 feet wide and 12 feet tall, carriying the look of a glowing hanging lantern at night, which is simply stunning. The restaurant is constructed almost entirely from timber and is accessible by a winding 60m walk way. The build was undertaken in conjunction with the Yellow Pages after a brief to develop an off-the-wall restaurant was put forward and since opening the restaurant has proved to be so popular that it is now booked up for many months in advance… Shame!
Amazing Restaurants – Restaurant in Sky, Belgium
Based in Brussels the “Dinner in the Sky” restaurant can serve up to 22 brave people, 150 feet up in the air! The company who run the “restaurant” have developed a specialist crane that lifts a purpose built table and chair arrangement high into the sky. The restaurant can be pitched more or less anywhere that is requested across Belgium with popular destinations including nearby grand churches and overlooking lakes.
The only flip side seems to be the bill, which is likely to send anyone crashing to earth – a regular dining experience (although there is nothing regular about it in reality) costs around£6,500 or around £300 each.
Seatbelts come as standard and diners are advised to hold on tight to their cutlery!
World’s Strangest Restaurants – ’s Baggers restaurant, Germany
Yes, it’s fair to say we live in a modern world – the latest gadgets and trends such as iPhones, electric cars and soon to be commercial space travel remind us of this fact; but will restaurants become this modernised in the near future? ’s Baggers restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany certainly thinks so…
As the proprietor of the restaurant, Michael Mack, decided to remove waiters and staff from the front of house allowing the chefs (who are in fact human’s) and the team to focus on delivering exceptional and rustic food. ’s Baggers is in fact the World’s first fully automated restaurant allowing dinners at the restaurant select their meal from a screen and the dishes are delivered over a gravity-fed conveyor belt. Not only that, dinners are able to send an important text or email on the screens while they await their grub. Mark has patented his conveyor belt system and plans to introduce more of these conveyor belt restaurants are under way.
The best restaurants in the World – Ithaa, the Maldives
For those looking for an extra special dining experience, why not eat 5m below sea level at Ithaa, the world’s first underwater restaurant.
Costing around £3m to construct, the 14 seater restaurant forms and incredible tunnel of blue light, surrounded by some some of the most remarkable tropical fish on the planet.
The food carries a western style that has fused the flavours of the Maldives and includes some of the finest fish dishes of the region. Diners looking to splash out can enjoy the 23 course taster menu for £150 and watch the world swim by.
Nottingham Restaurant Awards 2009
A staggering 40,000 votes were cast this year and in no particular the winners and runners-up of the Nottingham restaurant awards 2009 are:
Nottingham restaurant of the year 2009 – Hart’s restaurant
-runners up: Iberico World Tapas, Memsaab and World Service
Best Newcomer – Tamatanga
-runners up: Anoki, Restaurant 1877, The Farndon Boathouse, Lime Indian Restaurant, The Walk, The Wollaton
Best Asian restaurant – Chino Latino
-runners up: 4500 Miles from Delhi, Memsaab, Tarn Thai
Best Local Produce Menu – Lamb’s at the Market
-runners up: Perkins, Restaurant 1877, Seventh Heaven – Eden Hall Day Spa
Best Drinks / Wine List – World Service
-runners up: Hart’s, Merchants, Tonic
Best Chain restaurant – Yo! Sushi
-runners up: Loch Fyne, Nando’s, Wagamama
Best set lunch menu – Iberico World Tapas
-runners up: Le Bistrot Pierre, Petit Paris, World Service
Outstanding Service – Hart’s
-runners up: Le Bistrot Pierre, Perkins, World Service
Best Out of Town Restaurant – Langar Hall
-runners up: Perkins, The Farndon Boathouse, Tom Browns
Missed last years results? View the Nottingham restaurant Awards 2008 results here…
Father’s Day restaurants in Nottingham
Falling on a Sunday this year, we bring you the guide to the best Father’s Day restaurants in Nottingham.
All the restaurants in the guide are open either Sunday lunch or Sunday dinner…
