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Us
We
are four women who live in Hampshire U.K. who decided to create a web site about our favourite occupation, lunching
together. O.K. we'd had a few glasses of wine! We had
also just had a nice meal spoilt by the
terrible attitude of the staff. This is
the result, a true critique, of any restaurant, pub, wine bar, or any other type of eatery we visit,
who ever we're with, & we'll include dinner as well. We are
neither gourmets nor wine experts, we just enjoy sensibly priced good
food and service. It doesn't matter what type of eatery
we report on, be it a cafe or a top class restaurant,
our marking criteria will be the same, we assess
the food, service, ambiance & most important,
did we have a good time!
We have decided to
remain incognito so that we can give honest
& unbiased reports! 95% of the
time the eateries we visit do not know it is us until we
have paid the bill. We then present them with our
card "You have been visited by Ladies who
Lunch in Hampshire". Some have
heard of us, some not, so please help to spread the word by telling any
restaurants you visit that you tried them because of our
recommendation.
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Obviously
we get lots of letters disagreeing with our markings
but we judge a place on how it was for us on our
visit, so please help
by contributing your eating experiences, good & bad,
to our
Guest Book
this is the place to have your say! Your reviews make for
very interesting reading!
We also have a small circle of
close friends, including our lovely lads who lunch (RM &
HC see left), with whom we eat regularly and, as we know
that they have the same standards as ourselves, we trust
them to do the occasional guest report for us.
Winter 05/06
As CV has decided to spend her winters in the sun
JI from Romsey has come back into the fold! She
was one of the original LWL so we welcome her
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PS. Jan 2005.
Since our success in The Hampshire Web awards &
the resulting publicity, we find that we are now being invited
to restaurants to do reviews, at last
proprietors are appreciating how much free advertising
they can receive from us. As the site is non
profit making & a hobby, we would be mad to turn
down such opportunities, all this eating out on
your behalf is very expensive! Therefore we have
decided to accept any invitations but we promise you
we are not open to bribery & corruption!
Our
reports will still be a true critique of our
eating experiences & our unbiased opinions will not be
compromised.
August
2007, As we now
seem to be finding so many excellent venues we have
found it more & more difficult to separate the top
scorers. From now on we will mark out of 5 for
each of the following categories: 1. Food, 2. Variety of
menu, 3.Staff & Service,
4.
Ambience, setting and decor, 5.
Value for money
thus making the total Yummy Factor out of 25 and thereby
giving much more opportunity to split the good
restaurants at the top of the league. A venue will now
need to achieve 21 or more out of 25 to receive a

Publicity
2003 Our
fame is spreading click
here to read our press cutting in The Hampshire
Society Magazine! We had a fun interview on the Nick Girdler show on
Radio Solent back in the Spring of 2003. The Winter '03
edition of New Forest Magazine features Ladies who Lunch
in it's Internet Corner "A really fun site from
four women who obviously enjoy their food & wine
& who pull no punches when reviewing! Be
prepared for some very high & appallingly low grades
on a range of local eateries ( it surprised me!)."
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On
9th November 2004 we were awarded Runner Up in our
category, Best on Line Service, in The
Hampshire Web Awards. As complete amateurs
we very really delighted about this & obviously
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L
to R
CJ Web"master" & driving force behind the
site. (As in driving the others mad nagging for reports!)
Partial to plonk! Lives in
Southampton.
SA Bon
Viveur! Cordon Bleu cook! Lives near
Beaulieu.
CV Lady of Leisure!
Expert G&T mixer! Lives
in Milford on Sea.
SM Sister of CJ. Fitness
fanatic. ( Except whilst eating & drinking!) Lives in
Southampton.
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These
were the Judges comments: This is a
good fun site which anyone could use given that
we've all got to eat! Despite parts of the site
being a touch slow owing to the use of photographs
of visited venues, the informal and light-hearted
touch of the site complements its ease of use.
There's an awareness of legal issues regarding
personal data and the option to join a dedicated
mailing list to keep up-to-date with the reviews is
an added bonus. I'll know where to look next time
I'm considering a meal out!
Left:
Receiving
our award from inventor Trevor Bayliss OBE &
Councillor Michael Woodhall
Click
here to read Hampshire Chronicle article 12/11/04
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Because
of the award we were also filmed by Meridian
Tonight, it was shown on December 6th 2004 in the
Newbury area.
January
2005, an article about us in
Hampshire Magazine
March
2005, another Radio Solent interview, this time with
Richard Cartridge January
2006, Hampshire Chronicle & Romsey Advertiser
started to occasionally use our reports March
2006, we held
our first ever luncheon for our Privilege Card
Holders at
Clos
du Marquis, follow link to view pics of the
event May
2006, Hampshire
Society Magazine started to use our reviews,
they have also very kindly published pictures of our
Card Holders lunches August
2006, we held
our second Privilege Card Holders Lunch at Whitley
Ridge, follow link to view photos
December 2006,
we held our third Privilege Card Holders Lunch at
Wistaria,
follow link to view photos
February 2007,
We were on the TV programme a Taste of The South.
They filmed us in the Summer of 2006 dining at Alex Aitken's
Le Poussin at Whitley Ridge, great fun, thank you to
Alex for asking us to appear.
July 2007,
We were delighted to be short listed for Hants Web
Awards
this year it
meant we got to the final 10 so we felt it quite an
achievement!
October 2007,
We hosted Taittinger
Champagne Lunch at Clos du Marquis
follow link to
view photos
October 2007,
CJ was interviewed on The Julian Clegg's Breakfast
Show on Radio Solent about the mystery shopper
aspect of our reviews.
December 2007,
we held
our third Privilege Card Holders Lunch at
The Glass
House,
follow link to view photos
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We have a fan!
He kept us guessing but at last we have found out
who sent these hilarious cards. Top L:"
I know you like to be incognito but I think the
sunglasses were better"!! Top: After a
couple of glasses of Pinot The Ladies get up to
their old tricks"!! Left: The LWL made
their way home after yet another Card Holders
Luncheon"!!!!!
LOVE
them, thank
you Hugh! xx |
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Contact:
If
you have any comments, suggestions, criticisms, or
just need to get in touch
then please email us at Reports@ladieswholunch-in-hampshire.co.uk
Please
remember
to tell any restaurants you visit that you
were recommended by Ladies
Who Lunch in Hampshire!
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