Memorable restaurants
 

Often my husband and I remember restaurants that others never noticed. We love good food at a reasonable price (not cheap but not breaking the bank).

Please share a memory of a great restaurant experience in:

Glasgow
Inverness
Edinburgh
York
Conwy
Bath
Cotswolds
London

Edinburgh - David Bann's. What a vegetarian restaurant should be.
Not a tofu emporium, but excellent, imaginative vegetarian (both vegan and non) dishes served in a modern upscale atmosphere. One doesn't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy a meal here.

Bourton-on-the Water - Kingsbridge Inn. Great pub grub. The fresh sea bream was outstanding.

York - Russell's Carvery. A fine carvery that is vegetarian friendly too!

York- Not always consistent but usually pretty good with a nice ambience Bistro du Vi.n More later

Thanks

Sound great.

We had a lovely cream tea at the Bantam Tea Rooms in Chipping Campden.

Lee Ann

My favourite restaurant anywhere is Clos Maggiore in Covent Garden. Take a look at their website. We've been there 3 times and it's been great every time. When you book ask for a table in the conservatory. Absolutely gorgeous.

On a student budget, I've never been able to afford to eat at the National Portrait Gallery's restaurant, on the top floor, but the view is nice = )

On a student budget, have you had any fun experience with good food?

York - The Blue Bicycle 34 Fossgate

Bath- the Olive Tree 4-7 Russell St (part of the Queensberry Hotel thequeensberry.co.uk

Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds Cotswold House Restaurant and Hicks Brasserie (all part of same hotel) The Square
cotswoldhouse.com

Milliebest - Yes, I think so! But I'm not hugely particular about food. I love going to Borough market and trying out stuff there, I like Busaba's food - Thai, very affordable, Tayyab's and Lahore Kebab House for Pakistani/Indian food - again very affordable, crepes from roadside stalls in Portobello market...I'm very adaptable = ) I've realised that even the most humdrum of cafes/restaurants can serve a dish that you absolutely love!

Thanks,

I agree. that's why I posted "memorable."
In Tulum, Mexico we ate at a roadside local stop. I think we paid the equivalent of $1 or less for tacos and coconut juice from a coconut with a whole in it. As we ate the local school children were returning home from school. Truly memorable

We just returned from our 2 weeks in the UK with our "needy" daughter--she needs G-F foods and tries to eat a vegan diet. Couple that with "meat and potatoes" kind of dad and we had some difficulty finding dinners to suit us all! But in York we had a very nice vegan/G-F lunch in a wonderful patio on a pleasant day at El Piano. Vegetarian diets are easy to accomodate but G-F and/or vegan not so much, so this restaurant was a real find--and dad and I had pleasant meal, too (although I'd skip the cheesecake).

Betty's in York or Harrogate.
Rick Stein's seafood restaurant in Padstow.

Oh, in Bath, go to Sally Lunn's House, close to Bath cathedral. I loved their food.

And Patisserie Valerie, Villandry/Villandry Kitchen (close to Regent's Park), Tom's Kitchen (Chelsea), The Breakfast Club (in Soho) in London = )

Martin's in Edinburgh, sadly it is no longer there
Wesley House in the Cotswold
La Famiglia in London been going there for over 35 years
But the best of the best

Sharrow Bay Country House hotel when the original owners had it. I hope it is still as good. This was the first of the country house hotels in the UK

Inferno on The Strand, but mainly because 2-3 of the waiters flocked to my son (the 20 mos.) and played with him for most of the meal.

The food was good too.

Glasgow.....

Stravaigin 2 (always had great meals)
La Vallee Blanche (likewise and lovely service))
Two Fat Ladies (Dumbarton Road)(fab seafood, as vouched for by 2 Aussies!...deserts to die for)
Pintxo (excellent Tapas)
Osteria Piero (not been yet, but reputedly the only 'proper' Italian restaurant in the city)
Wee Curry Shop (Byers Road) excellent modern curry

Edinburgh..David Banns (as basingstoke2)

Living near York I think the best restaurants in the area are in the countryside away from the city. Would this be any use or do you just want York city suggestions?

I forgot to mention that Sharrow Bay conceived the recipe for Sticky Toffee Pudding..a good enough excuse to make a trip to the UK!!

Jamie's Italian in Bath. Unbelievable, will never forget it. Everything was wonderful!