| Chewton Glen 22/25 |  | Hotel, Spa & Country Club
New Milton
Hampshire
BH25 6QSTel: 01425 275341 | Vegetarian: YesParking: AdjacentWheelchairs: EasyLoos: Excellent |  LWL Gold Award - Awarded July 2007 - Cost ££££££££
| I can report that this most famous hotel is still fantastic! After drinks in the bar we spent a lovely couple of hours in the conservatory enjoying our lunch. We were four celebrating my birthday, which meant our drinks bill was marginally higher than usual!! But I can say it was well worth it. Their Wine List is amazing - it's a book - but there are suggested wines at the beginning that are reasonably priced starting at £18 a bottle.
We ate from the Summer Lunch Menu - three courses for £24.50 and, as previously reported, if one only drank tap water with your meal it is really good value. The starters consist of Chilled Pea Soup, Carpaccio of Beef Tomato with pine kernels, parmesan cheese, roasted onions and balsamic dressing, Baked Goats Cheese Salad with apple, pear, rocket salad, cashew nuts and walnut dressing and lastly Salad of Brown Shrimps with avocado, fennel, onions, lemon and dill dressing. We tried all but the pea soup and found them generous portions and delicious. Five choices for the main course of which I had The Great British Dish (different one for each day of the week bar Sunday) and as we were dining on Friday the dish was Fish Pie. Not quite like a pie, more two pieces of fish on a bed of creamy mash topped with the lightest crispy pastry precariously placed on the top. Two chose Escalope of Veal Holstein with green vegetables and Jersey new potatoes. Lastly Butternut Squash and Wild Mushroom Risotto. Again good size portions, excellent flavours and well presented. Our only criticism was that the two remaining choices were fish and therefore the only meat on the Friday Menu was veal. We tried all three of the desserts!! Chocolate Mousse and Mango Sorbet. Passion Fruit Tart with Raspberry and Ginger Sorbet. Fresh Strawberries and Raspberries with clotted cream. All extremely delicious.
We had our coffee and truffles - extra £4 each - in the lounge, unfortunately it was too wet to sit outside. Very relaxing, nobody rushes you, the staff are extremely well trained. Somehow they found out it was my birthday and presented me with a lovely box of handmade truffles, what a lovely touch! | Ladies Who Lunch Scoring:Quality of food
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4/5 | | Total Yummy Factor | 22/25 | | Report: SM
| 5/5 = Cannot be improved upon, 4/5 = Very good, 3/5 = Good,
2/5 = Satisfactory, 1/5 = Poor, 0/5 = TerribleThe higher the "Yummy" factor, the better the food & service. The higher the number of £ signs the more expensive. (Roughly one £ sign = £5 per head) |
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