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menu AUTUMN/WINTER EDITION 2006
T H E P LY M O U T H
for deciding where to eat and drink
FULL RESTAURANT AND BAR LISTINGS
WIN
A FANTASTIC TABLE FOR TWO AT A TOP FINE DINING RESTAURANT
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GUIDE
YOUR GUIDE TO TIPPING
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Igniting your
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TIMELESS QUALITY AND SERVICE - SINCE 1863 Plymouth’s highest rated hotel-restaurant, combines timeless grace and classic service with truly contemporary cuisine. Awarded 2 RAC Blue Ribands and AA Rosettes for fine food.
The Duke of Cornwall Hotel Millbay Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3LG. Telephone: 01752 275850 Email: enquiries@TheDukeofCornwallHotel.com, Website: www.TheDukeofCornwallHotel.com
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Delivered every six months to 27,500 Homes, Businesses and Hotel Rooms throughout Plymouth and surrounding areas. Also available at leading newsagents in Plymouth. Look out for our second Issue in March 07.
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STARTERS Welcome to the first edition of The Menu Guide. A biannual guide to the best places to eat and drink
Publisher: Andy Nicholson Email: andy@themenuguides.co.uk Tel: 07877359365
in and around Plymouth. Such is the pace of new openings, that we could publish every month and still
Editorial: Nick Bayly Kris Robertson Chris Robinson Photography: Getty Images Punchstock Richard Lemon Norsworthy Photography: www.norwsworthyphotography.com Art Directors: Crunch Creative: www.crunchcreative.co.uk 71degrees: www.71degrees.com Proof reading: John Merry merryproofreader@aol.com Distribution: Blackcat Couriers: www.blackcatplymouth.co.uk Printer: Polestar Group The Plymouth Menu Guide is published every six months and is part of Menu Guides UK Ltd. No reproduction in whole or part without written permission. No responsibility can be accepted for unsolicited manuscripts or transparencies submitted to this publication. The editorial opinions expressed in The Plymouth Menu Guide are not necessarily those of Menu Guides UK Ltd. The Menu Guides UK Ltd also produces publications in Brighton & Hove and Exeter. Front Cover: Corbis
find it hard to keep up with all the additions to the restaurant and bar scene in the area. But hopefully this guide will offer you an informative insight into the huge variety and quality of venues that are waiting to be discovered, as well as old favourites to be revisited. And while Plymouth residents and visitors have always had a wide variety of restaurants and watering-holes to choose from, it does seem that we are now getting extra quality with our quantity. I firmly believe that we are now entering a golden era for culinary expertise. But in order to ensure that these great new restaurants and bars, as well as the longstanding favourites, are around next year for us all to enjoy, we need to frequent them - with the emphasis being on ‘frequent’. In these ultra-tough economic times it really is a question of ‘use them or lose them’. As if you need further encouragement to get out there and experience Plymouth’s great night - and day - life, The Menu Guide has teamed up with the well-known Tanner Brothers, to offer a fabulous table for two at their fine dining restaurant and experience their six-course Tanners Tasting menu in addition to a bottle of their award winning house champagne. Check out how you can win this great prize on page 13. Good luck and here’s to some great nights - and days - out in the coming months. Andy Nicholson
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Small Bites All the latest news on developments in Plymouth’s busy bar and restaurant scene.
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New Openings Keeping tabs on the new arrivals and widening your dining horizons.
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Tipping the Balance Forget Chip and PIN and swipe cards, it’s time to bring back good, old-fashioned cash into the tipping equation, says Nick Bayly.
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Readers’ Competition Your chance to win a fantastic meal for two at the popular Tanners restaurant.
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Little Italy Sample the stylish decor and classic Italian food that have established Zucca firmly in the local restaurant scene.
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The Spirit of Cool The Barbican Kitchen’s classy brasserie perfectly compliments the stylish atmosphere of The Refectory’s cocktail bar, proving there’s more to the Blackfriars Distillery than Plymouth Gin.
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We turn the tables on three Plymouth chefs.
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Moroccan Mystery Experience the sights, smells and vivid tastes of Marrakech in one of Plymouth’s newest restaurants. Souk combines Arabian, African and European influences to delightful effect.
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No Expenses Spared
The Chloe’s Experience Kris Robertson discovers the revolution taking place at the most intimate French Restaurant in town.
Restaurants & Bars Index
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Restaurant Guide Everything you need to know about everywhere there is to go.
Corporate entertaining can be a minefield of dos and don’ts, but follow a few simple guidelines and that new contract will be signed before the bill arrives, says Nick Bayly.
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Fresh Food in Ancient Places Local Historian Chris Robinson takes us on a journey through the city’s oldest existing buildings to the wonderful new eateries now occupying these establishments.
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X Marks the Spot Your fully comprehensive map of restaurants in and around Plymouth. Come find yourself.
64 Listings Full bar and restaurant listings.
Duke of Cornwall
2
Waterfront
41
Rose and Crown Seafood Restaurant
53
Tanners
13
Arribas
42
Dartmoor Union
53
Zucca
14
Morgan’s
43
Kubes
54
Barbican Kitchen
16
Pasta Bars
44
Restaurant One
55
Fab Chocolate
18
Blues Bar and Grill
45
Grecian Taverna
56
Refectory
19
Beefeater
46
Mythos
56
The Souk
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Cawsand Bay Hotel
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B Bar
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Chloe’s
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Monty’s
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Bar Zeegco
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Café Curva
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The Ship Inn
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Edgcumbe Arms
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Bacaro
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Turtley Corn Mill
48
Carbeile Inn
58
Bites
36
Kitley House
49
Ha! Ha!
59
Treasury
37
Steak and Omelette
50
Carpe Diem
60
Ship
37
Lorenzos
51
Langmans Restaurant
61
Cuisine Spontanée
38
Pizza Express
51
Boringdon Hall
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Joined Up Whiting
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Webbs
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Quality Hotel
40
Rosery
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smallbites BIGGER & BETTER THE WATERFRONT REVEALS NEW FACE...
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he Waterfront in West Hoe has undergone a major interior refurbishment and added a large 250 metre square, beautifully lit, sun deck outside to take advantage of its stunning view over the Sound. But more important, say the new proprietors, Steve Bowen and Nic Barber, who hail from the Marco Pierre-White stable in London, was to change the entire team that used to work there, both in the kitchen and front of house. Now boasting the largest lobster holding tank of any restaurant in Europe, their speciality is obviously lobsters and they have teamed that with locally reared, suitably aged Devonshire steaks. Steve has imported London chefs for the job but is determined to source the produce locally. "Lobster frites", their house dish, is available from as little as £11.95 on the bar menu, with the lobster boats pulling into the little harbour outside on a daily basis to deliver. The holding tank also holds some monsters if you want to purchase lobster by weight. The whole venue is now picture perfect for functions, whilst still having the bar menu available all day, seven days a week and the a la carte every lunch and evening. Tel; 01752 226326. www.thewaterfront.org.uk
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LORENZOS
LORENZOS
With over 80% of businesses failing within the first 2 years, longevity is often seen as a sign of success in the business world and that is certainly true of Lorenzos Restaurant and Tapas Bar who in 2007 celebrates its 15th year. Few restaurants in
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Plymouth can match that claim. The success, says Steve Gledhill the owner, “is due simply to good food prepared and served by friendly and efficient staff in a unique relaxed Mediterranean atmosphere – along with a
superb location.” Lorenzos is next to the ABC Cinema off Derry’s Cross only 80 yards from Plymouth’s Theatre Royal and a few minutes stroll from Plymouth Pavilions making it perfect for a pre-or post-theatre meal. Plymouth Menu Guide asked Steve what makes Lorenzos unique? Steve explained; “We have taken the innovative and stimulating flavours of Spanish Tapas which are traditionally eaten off small plates and combined them into large, I guess typically English-sized, portions to satisfy hearty appetites – meaning great flavours and superb value for money that people seem to like.” Indeed the value for money is enhanced through some interesting lunchtime and PreTheatre offers where you can have one of the large portion
Tapas with a glass of wine or beer for £6.00 and £7.00 respectively. Lorenzos has also teamed up with the ABC Cinema next door to combine the above with a ticket to a film of your choice for only £9.99. Lorenzos is perfect for a romantic meal for two or four, parties up to 42 upstairs and with its emphasis on the Mediterranean culture is, of course, family friendly. Steve says “Its recommended to book to avoid disappointment but why not give us a try and see why many of our customers have been coming back for the last 15 years”. I have a feeling that we might still be writing about Lorenzos in the 15th year of the Plymouth Menu Guide. To book telephone: 01752 201522 – Open from 12.00 midday every day.
CUISINE SPONTANEE
The Barbican Kitchen Brasserie has had its AA inspection and after only being open four months has being awarded a strong One AA Rosette. This is a great achievement for the Head Chef Mark Pilgrim and his brigade of chefs to be recognised for being able to produce quality food for numbers up to the 140 people who dine on Saturday evenings! The Tanner Brothers are obviously very pleased at this achievement as it shows just how well the brasserie is doing. Numerous restaurants in the city have being open for longer and have not yet achieved an AA Rosette, it's rare to be able to find fresh, local, award winning quality food at a price point that anyone can afford. At the Barbican Kitchen Brasserie you can have a bowl of soup for a few pounds, or equally have three courses with fine wines if that is what you want.
THE WATERFRONT
AA ROSETTE WINS REWARD FOR BARBICAN KITCHEN BRASSERIE’S EARLY SUCCESS
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GET DOWN TO DEVON’S FIRST JAPANESE RESTAURANT YUKISAN Established in Sept. 2004 Yukisan is the first Japanese restaurant in Devon. Set out in three distinctive dining areas, two spacious Oriental dining rooms and a Japanese room furnished with traditional cushioned seats at floor level, dining at Yukisan is definitely a unique experience. For more information please visit our website www.yukisan.co.uk Tel: 01752 250240.
PEBBLEBED WINS HIGH PRAISE AS IT ENTERS THE WINE MARKET from Seyval Blanc and Madeleine Angevine grapes. The wine is zesty with clean fruit and is light particularly suitable for lunchtime or early evening drinking to accompany fish or light meat dishes. The 2005 Pebblebed wines are produced from vines grown on sunny south facing slopes at Ebford close to the River Exe. The vineyard land has been certified as organic and the vines are in the final year of conversion to organic approved by the Soil Association. Why not come and help pick the grapes – over 100 people came last year and helped for an hour or two followed by a helpers free lunch. Children very welcome. For more information see Celebration of Food events and www.pebblebed. co.uk for more information on the Vineyard.
PEBBLEBED WINES
CUISINE SPONTANEE
Pebblebed Vineyards released its first commercial vintage in early May offering a rosé and a dry white. Both wines have been received well with a strong private client following and numerous restaurants from St Ives (Portminster Beach Café) to Brighton (Terre a Terre) supporting the wines. With the passing of the summer the rosé is now sold out but the Pebblebed 2005 dry white is still available in limited quantities. At the recent Tavistock Food Festival the wine was compared by one customer to the famous Cloudy Bay New Zealand wine. Great praise indeed! and worth checking out given the views of many that England is catching up fast with the excellent wines of New Zealand. The 2005 is a classic English dry white produced
NEW MENU FOR OLD FAVOURITE The new menu at the Marsh Mills Beefeater offers a range of tempting dishes at fantastic prices. As well as our famous steaks and grills, there’s delicious sea bass fillets, a steak and lobster combination and a smoked chicken, bacon, mango and strawberry salad: guaranteed to satisfy all taste buds! Tel: 01752 600660.
NEW OWNER AT THE SHIP’S HELM.. August saw the take over of the Ship Inn on the Barbican by local restaurateur Benjamin Shearn. Benjamin is the brainchild and proprietor of the consistently high standard 'Treasury' barrestaurant, the locally famed 'Bites' sandwich bar and newly opened 'Bacaro' cafe bar on the Barbican. Benjamin and his team are rebranding the 'Ship Inn' and introducing a 'gastro pub' menu and mouthwatering Sunday roasts with the same exceptional standards as you would expect at the Treasury, alongside Benjamin’s own unique flair the 'Ship Inn' is destined to become another eating institution. With an ample inside dining area and the impressive outside heated terrace the 'Ship Inn' will make an exciting addition to the Treasury group all year round. Tel: 0752 254254.
DAVID ASHEN BRINGS THEATRE TO THE RESTAURANT FLOOR AT CUISINE SPONTANEE The restaurant started trading in October 2002; the inspiration for the operation came from an annual event at the Devon County Show, where David Ashen worked with the South Hams Food and Drink Association “busking local products”. He took locally produced meats, fish, vegetables, herbs, alcohols and dairy products and cooked them in front of the community. It became obvious that the public liked the Theatre and the knowledge of Fresh local products. From this the concept grew. Tel: 01752 673757.
CONVERTED GLASSBLOWING HOUSE: THE NEXT ADDITION TO SUTTON HARBOUR Plymouth City Council has given permission for this award winning building to be converted into a top quality bar and restaurant. Listed Building consent has also been given. The new bar and restaurant will open in the summer following a £600,000 conversion. Wykeham Inns owner, John Steven, commented, “This is a hugely exciting opportunity for us, the Glassblowing House is probably one of the best known buildings in Plymouth and has got absolutely stunning views
over Sutton harbour, providing a superb backdrop for those having lunch or dinner. The restaurant will seat 70 and there will be a mezzanine floor for private dining. The kitchen will be fully open plan, providing an almost theatre style level of entertainment for our customers, especially when dishes are flambéed or, hopefully on a less frequent basis, when the chef loses his temper! The design and style of the interior will be contemporary but to a very high standard and although the menu and style of the property is still very much under wraps, there will be an emphasis on seafood and providing a smart new dining option for Plymothians and visitors alike.
“One of the exciting opportunities about the new bar and restaurant is that we will have our own heritage boat moored directly opposite and that will be available for small cocktail parties and small private dining events. The boat will become a visitor attraction in its own right and will add another item of interest for visitors to the Barbican.” The Barbican is definitely going through something of a renaissance. The Plymouth Gin property and the Barbican Association are working hard with the City Council to improve standards of cleanliness and behaviour. The Barbican is becoming what it always should have been, namely the jewel in Plymouth’s crown. PLYMOUTH | MENU GUIDE 7
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newopenings Capitalising on the success of their first venture in Peverell, Caffé Latte has now moved into the Brewhouse at the Royal William Yard. Serving quality gourmet coffee, tasty baguettes, paninis and wraps, the café is setting the trend for café culture using the fantastic riverside views at their disposal. The café is fully licensed so customers can enjoy a bottle of wine with their food, which is all locally sourced. High quality food and drink at reasonable prices is what Caffé Latte is all about. Call them for more information or to order food with free delivery. Tel: 01752 266255.
FISHBONE RESTAURANT Fishbone is sole supplier of food and beverage to the new Future Inn Hotel in Plymouth. Selling Great British food with a contemporary West Country flavour, the restaurant uses the finest local ingredients presented in an informal relaxed manner. Fishbone Restaurant is the ideal location for business lunches and after-work drinks situated within the Plymouth International Business Park, just off the A38, on the A386 Tavistock Road. No booking is required but if you do wish to secure a table, please call. Tel: 01752 701000.
BACARO A new addition to Plymouth’s cafe society is the newly opened Bacaro café bar on Quay Road the Barbican. Bacaro is an exciting new concept in dining out which sees the customer picking small tapas style dishes or ciccetti from the menu which is available all day and late into the evening allowing customers to eat in a relaxed, truly Mediterranean style sitting along the historic harbour side or around the innovative island bar inside the Italian themed premises. Bacaro is owned by the Treasury group headed by founder Benjamin Shearn and forms part of the new Quay Road initiative with Sutton Harbour Holdings and the police, which aims to create a unique
MORGAN’S
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friendly eating and drinking environment alfresco all year round. Open early morning through to midnight Bacaro has something for everyone in a truly authentic Venetian atmosphere. Tel: 01752 254254.
JOINED UP WHITING The model for “joined up whiting” was “Bar André” at the chain gate in La Rochelle where David Ashen spent many an evening eating their wonderful seafood. Joined Up Whiting on Sutton Harbour opened in November 2005 and has sourced all its seafood from local suppliers, including lobsters which are kept in a Homarium in the restaurant. The location is sited in a perfect position for a seafood restaurant right on the waterside in Sutton Harbour, the oldest part of Plymouth. From the restaurant you overlook a busy working harbour of small fishing boats to luxury motorboats and yachts. Although we major on seafood there is a range of meat dishes to keep everybody happy. Tel: 01752 665325.
SOUK A little piece of Morocco is what awaits through the doors of the newly opened Souk Restaurant. Like the traditional market from which it takes its name, the venue is rich with the sights, smells and delightful tastes of Marrakech. Like the market, everything is for sale here, from traditional art to bellydancing dresses. Mouth watering Arabian, North African and European dishes complete the experience and it is only when you finally leave that you remember you are still in Plymouth after all. Tel: 01752 221111.
BACARO
FORSYTH AND BROWN CHOCOLATE
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The long awaited arrival of Forsyth and Brown Chocolate’s FAB CHOCOLATE café and shop opened its doors this July. The café is the perfect place to kick back and relax. It is
modern, friendly and comfortable and offers the ultimate in hot chocolate made from pure melted chocolate, blended with fresh Devon Cream and topped with lashings of hot milk. If you feel a little racy then the El Diablo made with a secret blend of herbs and spices packs a kick! Delicious hand made cakes, espresso based coffees, and cold drinks and ice-cold milkshakes are available. The front of the shop is dedicated to chocolate! An impressive range of loose continental chocolates are available, some made on the premises with a viewing gallery where you can watch the chocolatier at work. Choose a selection and have them gift boxed for that special person, or popped into a bag to eat straight away! Forsyth and Brown also stock an impressive range of bars from some of the top names in chocolate, Valrhona, Cluizel and Amedei to name a few. The FAB fountain is the most impressive offering at FAB Chocolate. A skewer of strawberries and marshmallow is dipped in a fountain of delicious Belgian chocolate. Forsyth and Brown Chocolate can be found at number 58, Southside Street, The Barbican, Plymouth. Tel: 01752 256655 or email: mel@fabchocolate.co.uk
MORGAN’S
Morgan’s Brasserie/Bar is the newest arrival to Princess Street and sees the return of Dave Morgan, former Chef and Proprietor of the very popular Chambers in Notte Street. The restaurant has a contemporary but very cosy feel, creating a relaxed dining experience. Open 7 days a week, Morgan’s serves the very best local produce, including extra mature Devon steaks, and a wide variety of fish dishes sourced from the Plymouth Barbican. An extensive Cocktail list of both the alcoholic and non-alcoholic variety ensures everyone is catered for. The Morgan’s ethos focuses on providing consistently excellent food and service to its customers in a casual, upbeat environment. Tel: 01752 255579.
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Calculating the service charge, working out what ‘gratuity’ means and ensuring your tip reaches the right person – it all adds up to a huge headache when it comes to paying the bill at the end of a meal. Nick Bayly unravels the mystery of tipping
TIPPING THE
BALANCE A
re you a good tipper? Do you know what being a good tipper means? Are you bold enough to hold back a tip if you think your service hasn’t been up to scratch? Has the service been excellent, but you’ve only got a tenner and don’t want to break it and ask for change? Have you ever pocketed a tip left by a fellow diner? Who would have thought that the simple act of paying a bill could be fraught with so many psychological, mathematical and sociological challenges? There can’t be a restaurant-goer alive who hasn’t, at some time or another, screwed their face up at the small black receipt holder as it rests on the tablecloth silently screaming: "Service charge!" Hesitantly signing the small slip of paper inside, we are bound to a fleeting contemplation of guilt or generosity. No-one likes to think of themselves as mean or tight-fisted, but the symptoms of a bad restaurant tipper are easy to spot. First off, and my personal favourite, is the one where the bill payer takes his girlfriend out to the most expensive restaurant in town and, upon blanching at the cost of the meal, says: "This place is expensive enough already, I’m not paying them a penny more." This ‘the more money I spend the less I should tip’ philosophy just doesn’t stand up. Providing you’ve enjoyed a good meal and your waiting staff were professional, then a tip is in order. If the amount you tip gets relatively smaller as the overall bill gets larger, then the waiters making the most money must be working in Pizza Express or your local café – which can’t be right. Professional service is something to be savoured and rewarded. In mainland Europe, working as a waiter in a top-class restaurant is looked upon as a noble profession, but in
Britain waiters don't seem to receive the same respect. Although they tend to get paid a better basic salary than, for example, their American counterparts – many of whom rely almost totally on tips – UK waiting staff will just be about able to make a living wage if their commitment is rewarded by customers. Industry surveys reveal that tips make up to 65% of a waiter’s income in the UK, so what you decide to leave on the table at the end of meal makes a big difference to the kind of meal they can expect to put on their own table. Try and imagine how much money you’d earn in your own job if two-thirds of your salary had to be paid through tips. The argument that it is the restaurant owners who should be paying their staff better is often put forward by ‘anti-tippers’. Few people tip bar staff in a pub for pulling a pint, so why pay extra for someone to bring your food and pour your wine? But then you have to counter that with the fact that most people add 10% to the total when paying a taxi driver or a hairdresser. It seems contradictory, and is perhaps just one of those social habits that has been passed down the generations with no-one really questioning its existence. It is also important to remember that waiters don’t walk out of the door with 100% of their gross tips – it's more likely to be less than half that figure. The nicer the restaurant, the more people there are to share tips with, and the less percentage a waiter makes. If you’re a reluctant tipper because you are worried that the money will just end up in the management’s pockets – which is usually just an excuse for being tight – then all you have to do is take off the ‘optional’ service charge and give that money directly to the waiter in cash.
This method gives you back the power to recognise bad, as well as good service. Having said that, if the service is so bad that you have to penalise the waiter financially, then you really should have said something before the bill arrived. By complaining mid-meal, rather than at the end, at least you are giving the restaurant a chance to make amends. Most waiters are naturally keen to avoid unhappy customers, and will ask you several times during the meal whether ‘everything’s ok’, so if you pass up this opportunity to complain, then you can’t very well express dissatisfaction when it comes to the final tip. Unfortunately, it is a British trait
IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'D EARN IN YOUR OWN JOB IF TWO-THIRDS OF YOUR SALARY HAD TO BE PAID THROUGH TIPS to suffer in silence and then complain bitterly later, often on the way home. A restaurant owner once told me that customers should look upon waiters in a different light. "Waiters are there to work for the customer," he said. "They are a middleman between the diner and the restaurant. Therefore, the guest should pay them." This statement is clearly at one end of the scale of the argument, but there is an element of truth about it. However, rather than indifferent service, it is the act of payment that seems to be causing most angst among the modern consumer. The advent of Chip and PIN is proving a source of much discontent among the restaurant community – with early evidence showing that tipping levels have dropped markedly since diners have been
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TIPPINGTHEBALANCE
Cash is king when it comes to tipping in restaurants, so make sure you take enough to cover a good tip if you want to avoid having to go through the embarrassment of punching in a number in front of your waiter
rushed into typing in a figure when a screen is shoved in their faces. It’s an impersonal way of making a very personal decision. As one Plymouth restaurant owner told me: "With the old system there was a double slip of paper that the customer signed, put the gratuity on, and it went back to the till. It was so easy. With this new nightmare you have to slap this thing in their face that says ‘Do you want to leave a tip?’, not even ‘Would you like to leave a tip?’ I can’t ask the customer for a tip because it’s not in the nature of our business. Before, it was more discretional. Now it’s very impersonal, and so our tips have gone down." The answer to this modern problem is a simple, and somewhat old-fashioned one: Pay in cash. Cash really is king when it comes to tipping. If you add the tip to the credit or switch card payment then your server will have to pay tax on it – which kind of misses the point of a tip. So, when faced with one of those new Chip and PIN machines, my advice would be to pay the bill and leave the tipping part – the gratuity – for coins and notes. And no, don’t even think about rummaging in your coat pocket for spare coppers. Be prepared by visiting the cash point beforehand. In fact, if you are eating at a restaurant where the bill isn’t going to be blowing the monthly wage, then you should always consider bringing enough money to pay the whole bill in cash – that way you save time on filling out card slips and typing in endless figures, as well as saving the restaurant from incurring costly credit card charges – which they probably ultimately pass on to you anyway through the menu pricing. And what of percentages? What is and 12 MENU GUIDE | PLYMOUTH
isn’t acceptable? Should you be using the tip as a barometer of your dining experience? Regardless of your moral stance on the issue, 10% is widely regarded as the minimum for a proper sit-down meal. It’s simple to work out, and probably explains why most people take this easy mathematical option. However, if you’ve had a good time and the service was swift and efficient, then the tip should be nudging towards the 12.5% mark. This provides a metaphorical pat on the back for the staff and is a suitable expression of your enjoyment. Equally, on the occasion when the service perhaps went beyond the normal experience – expert food and wine choices, second-guessing your every desire, saving your mother from choking, etc – then 15% or more is a fitting
reward. American diners are expected to cough up 20% or more on top of the bill, so we almost get off lightly in Blighty. Diners are often annoyed when restaurants add a service charge on to the bill regardless of whether you want it or not. My advice is that if it angers you that much, then make sure it’s taken off – most are discretionary – and have your own percentage added. Just don’t order any coffees afterwards. So the next time you sit down to a meal at your favourite restaurant, try not to see tipping as some sort of devious con trick dreamt up by sharp-witted waiters to increase their bloated bank accounts. Tipping is an opportunity to be generous – something that modern life doesn’t always give us the chance to be. MG
tippingfacts A recent survey shows that we southerners are better-than-average tippers – but not always for the right reasons! ● People in the South of England spend more than £350 million a year tipping restaurant staff. ● 12% don’t tend to tip in restaurants. ● The average restaurant tip is 8%. ● 44% of adults feel obliged to leave a tip even after experiencing poor service. The main reasons people gave for rewarding bad service were: not wanting to make a fuss – 48%. to avoid personal embarrassment – 36%. to avoid embarrassing a member of staff – 26%.
not wanting to ‘look cheap’ - 20% force of habit - 19%. ● 31% of diners had not complained after receiving bad service, even when asked how things were. ● Customers aged 18-29 are least likely to complain. Those over 50 are most likely to kick up a fuss. ● Men were most likely to tip, and least likely to complain, regardless of service given. ● The average annual tipping bill per person is £55.
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COMPETITION
The Plymouth Menu Guide has joined forces with Tanners Restaurant to offer the chance to win a table for two to enjoy a six-course Tanners tasting menu and a bottle of their award winning house champagne.
WIN A FANTASTIC
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t was a childhood dream of the brothers to own and operate their own establishment. On 17th July 1999 they opened Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth and their vision was an affordable, exciting restaurant where they could develop their own individual style and concept: Fine food, fine wine and an ambience to match. They source the very best in local suppliers to ensure your meal is a memorable one. They make everything on site, fresh each day, prepared in the uniquely creative Tanners style. They look forward to introducing you to Tanners Restaurant. The Tanner Brothers are well known to locals and visitors from around the globe through their many television appearances. This was their first restaurant, which is still located in one of Plymouth's oldest buildings, Prysten House. Tanners Restaurant is firmly established as one of the gastronomic delights of the city and attracts diners from far afield, including some of their peers in London who come to check out what the brothers are doing. To win a table for two at Tanners for the six-course Tanners tasting menu (Tuesday to Thursday subject to availability) and a bottle of the award winning house champagne please answer the following question: Question: In which year did Tanners restaurant open? 1) 1997 2) 1998 3) 1999 Tanners Restaurant Prysten House. Finewell Street, Plymouth. Devon. Pl1 2AE. Telephone: 01752 252001.
Send your answer, with name, address, contact number and email address, on a postcard or S.A.E. to: Tanners Competition, Plymouth Menu Guide, The Studio, 37 Meadow Drive, Saltash, Cornwall Pl12 6XJ. The winner will be notified by 28th February 2007.
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Situated on Sutton Harbour, one of Plymouth’s oldest quayside areas is Zucca. This Italian Brasserie’s clean contemporary lines blend in nicely with the historic surroundings.
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he outside terrace backs on to Plymouth Mariner where you can dine in style; an assortment of luxury yachts, speedboats and fishing vessels swaying gently in the breeze behind you. This is as perfect a place for a leisurely lunch watching the world go by as it is for an al fresco evening meal. Inside, the restaurant is far from a stereotypical Italian restaurant of old. The vibrant plum colour of the banquette seating blends well with the dark browns of the oak furniture, creating a warm relaxing ambience. The man behind this stylish restaurant is someone you will probably already know - Edmond Davari. The pioneer, who is also responsible for bringing Lorenzo’s, Papa Joe’s, Shoeless Ed’s, Cuba and The Painter to Plymouth, opened Zucca four years ago. He describes the cuisine as ‘Italian food with a modern twist’. So you won’t find Spaghetti Bolognese on the menu. Instead you might start with Braised Stuffed Baby Squid or Seared Scallops, followed up with the Parmesan Crusted Swordfish perhaps; and to finish, Davari himself recommends the Classic
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Tiramasu on a double espresso sauce. The Italian influenced cuisine makes the most of the fresh seasonal produce available: think wonderful pizzas, breads flavoured with butters, delicious pastas, chicken & beef dishes packed with intense Mediterranean flavours and with the fish market only 200 yards away you couldn’t get fresher fish unless you caught it yourself! In addition, all the meat served in the restaurant is organic, sourced from a local farm. Wash it all down with robust Italian wines followed by a good espresso coffee and a generous grappa. From intimate special occasions to larger private functions, Zucca is the place for you. The outside terrace has seating for fifty people and weddings up to sixty people can also be catered for. Monday to Thursday you can have a three course meal for £15. The restaurant is open from 12 – 2.30pm and 6pm – midnight, Sunday to Friday and 12pm – midnight on Saturdays. Zucca, North Quay House, North Quay, Plymouth. Tel: 01752 224225.
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Situated in the heart of Plymouth's historic Barbican, this lively, well-priced ‘fresh food’ brasserie by the Tanner Brothers is located in the very building where the Pilgrim Fathers spent their last night before setting sail in the Mayflower - the Plymouth Gin Distillery.
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he Barbican Kitchen specialises in the kind of food you can eat every day. Classic and continental dishes offering real customer choice revitalised by the Tanners. “It's not necessarily an alternative but it's definitely a complement to what we already do. It’s the type of place we would like to go and eat”. Locally sourced meat and fish, daily changing specials. The perfect place for some ‘family time’ on Sundays, children under five eat for free! More informal than Tanners’ fine dining experience, the Barbican Kitchen serves the kind of food you could eat every day, with the same guarantee of quality that's seen Southwest diners flocking to Tanners in their droves over the last few years. That said, they're keen to make sure they get it right. It's a big incentive for talented people in the city and a big draw for those coming from outside to be able to eat out with confidence. There's a groundswell of support from locals who are enjoying the mix of comfort food and revitalised classics with a continental feel - a contemporary version of the prawn cocktail, or a more Mediterranean dish of home-cured bresaola. Dishes are carefully priced with a lot of the starters at £4 to £5, and many mains coming in at £8 to £9: You can expect other dishes like 'catch of the day' to come with a choice of sauces such as hollandaise or spring onion and ginger. The scallops with chorizo sausage is great! The idea is to give the customer lots of options for how and what they want to eat, with wines and drinks to complement. "People's perceptions of food have changed - most people have experienced different cultures and different foods, we've both worked abroad in two or three Michelin-Star places and have taken food
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ideas from all over, adapting them for the UK. Of course there's going to be lots of West Country ingredients - there's an abundance of great local produce here." The interior of the restaurant is going to be a pull too and both Christopher and James were heavily involved in the design. Their ideas have built on the original work of the award-winning restaurant designer Sean Clarkson, who is behind the interiors of London's fashionable Denim and Blue bars. "It's a perfect match to our contemporary stylish approach".
To funky pink and green colour scheme with leather seating and exposed ventilation pipes, the Tanners have added an impressive new entrance and a dramatic serving hatch, which introduces an element of theatre to the experience. There is a collection of funky vibrant artwork; some by a local artist, some old school pop art to provoke childhood memories and even some from their own walls. Hand stitched goose down cushions, which you sink into when you sit down, to smart stylish uniforms and a mix of gentle music. The cool, funky informality
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EATDRINKGIVE 58 Southside Street The Barbican Plymouth PL1 2LA 01752 256655
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combines with the centuries-old building to create a dining environment that is unique in Plymouth. The great thing they have is a restaurant that is almost divided into three so they can have a party of 40 in one area and still have lots of smaller tables and you don’t notice! The intimate couples and groups are just that, whilst the party are in a separate area having a private restaurant experience. People are going there for a range of reasons from pre-theatre, first dates,
proposals, weddings, business meals, and just because they don’t want to cook at home or sit in the hotel room again. Open Monday to Saturday 12 noon to 3pm and from 5pm for pre-theatre through 10pm. Whilst Sunday lunch is noon through to 3pm. Barbican Kitchen, Black Friars Distillery, 60 Southside Street, The Barbican, Plymouth. PL1 2LQ. Tel: 01752 604448. Email: info@barbicankitchen.com www.barbicankitchen.com
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lso located within the Blackfriars Distillery, is The Refectory. Dating back to the early 1400's, The Refectory is the oldest part of the distillery (a Grade II listed building) and has been the home of Plymouth Gin since 1793. The Refectory, so named because of its reputed role in the days when the building was a monastery, has been sympathetically transformed into a stunning cocktail lounge which benefits from the original wooden vaulted ceiling and it is now the ultimate place to enjoy a drink be it a coffee, glass of wine or a gin and tonic. Perhaps you could try one of Plymouth's Magnificent 7 Cocktails or choose from a further selection of contemporary and classic gin cocktails, several of which have been made with Plymouth, such as the Gimlet and the legendary Dry Martini. Plymouth, the world's smoothest gin, won the premium awards at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in March of this year, winning a Double Gold medal in the gin category, Best of Show in the gin category and the coveted Best of Show for overall white spirit with its unique smooth taste. It is no wonder that the original Dry Martini recipe called not just for gin....but for Plymouth Gin. It was in 1925 that Plymouth first secured its status as the gin of choice when Harry Craddock, Head Bartender at the Savoy's American Bar, used Plymouth as the featured gin in the "Savoy Cocktail Book". Plymouth continues to be the pouring gin at this world famous bar to this day. Where better to sample this award winning gin than in its home where it is also possible to take a guided tour of the distillery. Black Friars Distillery, 60 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2LQ. Telephone: 01752 665292.
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We get three Plymouth chefs to tell us what makes them tick.
What is your name: Didier Franchet Where do you work now? In my own restaurant, Chloe’s, Princess Street, Plymouth. Where have you worked before? I spent 20 years in a Michelin Star restaurant, Chez Serge, in my native town, La Rochelle, France. Once I came to England I worked in various places between Plymouth and Exeter where I learned to know English customers and waited to accomplish my dream; opening my own place, which I did 12 months ago with Chloe’s. Who taught you to cook? My grandmother made me discover my passion for food through her cooking, but Serge Coulon taught me from the age of 14 in his restaurant how to cook, about the different flavours and how to mix them, but also about the choosing the right product, respect and discipline in my work. Basically he taught me everything that made me the chef and the person I am today. 20 MENU GUIDE | PLYMOUTH
What is your speciality dish? I prefer working with fish and shellfish because of my origin, but I put all my passion in every single dish I do – it’s just my nature. Which chef do you currently admire? In France, Alain Ducasse – He’s the best for his originality, presentation and the way he mixes the flavours and colours. He’s always one step ahead of everybody. In Britain, Gordon Ramsay – For the rigour in his work and his personality. Where else do you eat out locally? I really enjoy a nice piece of beef cooked on the BBQ at Turf Hotel, a great pub near Topsham where simplicity and friendliness make you forget the stress and pressure of the kitchen. Is there anywhere you haven’t eaten that you’re dying to try? Michael Caines’ Gidleigh Park – just to estimate my work next to the best local celebrity chef. A restaurant is not only a place where you go to eat, you should have
the whole experience, feel relaxed in the atmosphere and enjoy good service! If you could cook for two famous people, who would they be and what would you cook them? Firstly it would be the Queen and I would prepare a Marble of Foie Gras and Lobster to start with, Braised Turbot with young vegetables and truffle emulsion butter to follow and for dessert; simply a fresh baked Tarte Tatin with Calvados crème fraiche – voila! The second person would be Kylie Minogue, but I’m not telling you what I would do for her “it’s a secret”! In your experience what is the most important thing about cooking? Quality of the product and respect in its use, strong motivation and lots of discipline in your work
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What is your name: Craig Stevens
fresh Newlyn handpicked crab with beetroot carpaccio, apple jelly and tempura fried prawns.
Where do you work now? The Seafood Restaurant @ The Rose and Crown in Yealmpton. Where have you worked before? The Dorchester Hotel, The Four Seasons Hotel in London, The Ivy, The QE2 and The Horn of Plenty in Tavistock. Who taught you to cook? A number of people had an influence on my cooking, but if I had to name a few it would be Shaun Watling of the Four Seasons, and Peter Gorton of the Horn of Plenty.
Where else do you eat out locally? Yukisan, Tanners and the Dartmoor Union in Holbeton. Is there anywhere you haven’t eaten that you’re dying to try? Midsummer House in Cambridge which has two Michelin stars and The French Laundry in Yountville, California.
In your experience what is the most important thing about cooking? You have to enjoy what you do, because the hours are long and tedious, but when you create new dishes and ideas it’s all worth it.
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What is your speciality dish? At the moment we have a starter; Tian of
Which chef do you currently admire? I know this is a bit of a cliché, but I have to say Gordon Ramsay, because although he has a hard man image he is still able to maintain consistency throughout his group.
If you could cook for two famous people, who would they be and what would you cook them? Samuel L Jackson and Madonna. To start; Sautéed scallops with wild mushroom ravioli and pea veloute For main; Fillet of beef cooked on the bone, hand cut chips and béarnaise sauce or an Assiette of seafood with saffron and herb risotto. To finish, sticky toffee pudding, Devon clotted cream ice-cream.
What is your name: Stephan Beneteau Where do you work now? Zucca Italian Brasserie Where have you worked before? 15 years in France (La Rochelle and Paris) and since '99' in Plymouth at The Painter and Cafe d'Azur. Who taught you to cook? I was taught basic French cooking skills at La Rochelle catering college, work experience in The Ritz in Paris, but my real mentor was Serge Coulon in La Rochelle. He is like the French Rick Stein. What is your speciality dish? It is hard to tell because my cooking is all about local fresh produce, but I have a real passion for cooking fish and lobster. Which chef do you currently admire? Alain Ducasse is one of the best in France known for his cooking not as a celebrity. Where else do you eat out locally? I don’t eat out a lot I much prefer cooking
at home for family and friends, but I have visited The Rose and Crown at Yealmpton and I really like a good Chinese. Is there anywhere you haven’t eaten that you’re dying to try? The New Angel at Dartmouth, also Michael Caines’ Restaurant. If you could cook for two famous people, who would they be and what would you cook them? I would enjoy cooking for Gerard Depardieu. We share the same birthday and it would be nice to see what else we have in common, also Arsene Wenger as I'm a big Arsenal fan. The meal would be Rib of Beef Bordelaise with confit potatoes and porcini. In your experience what is the most important thing about cooking? Cooking is about passion and imagination with food and hoping that the people you cook for enjoy the experience and that it’s much better than they thought it would be. PLYMOUTH | MENU GUIDE 21
©Portraits by Norsworthy Photography
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A visit to the markets & eateries of Morocco inspired the latest Edmond Davari venture ‘The Souk’. Translated literally it means ‘little market’, something this new restaurant embraces wholeheartedly.
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glorious kaleidoscope of the tastes & colours of the market place dominate the interior; fresh produce, tinned goods, textiles, clothing & artworks. You name it, it’s all here and being a market, every single thing on display can be taken home at the right price too. On sunny summer days the full-length glazed windows are opened up and the waft of spices mixed with smoke tendrils from the beautifully crafted sheshas intoxicate those strolling along the picturesque quay setting. A little piece of Morocco is perfectly re-created in this informal eatery. The music is traditional and the staff is carefully chosen to reflect the homely hospitality you would expect to receive in Rabat or Marrakech. A plethora of North African and Middle Eastern flavoured dishes in tapas size servings are an excellent way for everyone to experience all there is to offer. Moroccan food is very healthy and very much in vogue. The delicious Chicken Tegine consists of chicken, apricot and honey served on cous cous in traditional earthenware bowls. There are also lots of vegetarian offerings. All of this is complemented by a simple but well-chosen wine list. A magnificent range of teas, pastries and tobaccos cater for those who just want to while away an afternoon or evening imagining they are transported to the heart of Marrakech. The tented ceiling twinkling with a myriad of Moroccan lanterns really comes alive in the evening. Mixed with the richness of the dark stained and
wonderfully upholstered furniture you’ll discover the warmth and ambience of a truly unique place. Davari opened a similar restaurant in Exeter five years ago and in its five months since opening in Plymouth, The Souk is already hugely popular. A third incarnation is soon to open in Totnes proving that this refreshing formula really works. If it’s atmosphere you want, The Souk has it in spades, the standard reaction being one of awe and wonderment. Come down to the little market and experience it for yourself. Lunch including a drink is £7. A meal for two plus a bottle of wine is £30. The Souk is open 12pm till midnight, seven days a week. The Souk, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth. Tel: 01752 221111.
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Work out why you are inviting someone for lunch and what you re hoping to get out of it. Are you meeting a new client for the first time? Are you pitching an idea? Are you celebrating a contract? Are you buttering up an existing client? Once you’ve established the reasons for entertaining, it will simplify the decisions regarding where and what to eat.
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Choosing your venue is key to making the right impression. Take account of the preferences of your guest and if you are not familiar with the restaurant scene in your area, then don’t be afraid to ask them for suggestions. By empowering them with the decision, you not only take away the pressure of choosing a dud yourself, but also improve the chances of the guest enjoying the meal. If you do chose the venue, then be sure to
Taking a new client out to lunch can be as awkward as a blind date, but it needn’t be that scary providing you follow a few simple rules. By Nick Bayly. find out about vegetarians, non-smokers (and smokers) etc. Ask around your colleagues for advice, rather than flick aimlessly through the Yellow Pages for inspiration. Restaurant guides are useful, if they offer the relevant sections on business entertaining.
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If you are using the meal to get across a business plan or expecting an important discussion, then avoid noisy, open-plan restaurants, or places where the tables are too close to each other. An echoing dining room will make it impossible to get yourself heard.
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Equally, if you’re meeting a new client, then it might be sensible to avoid more intimate venues that offer cosy corners and dim lighting. Your client might get the wrong idea about your intentions!
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Be on time. This sounds like plain commonsense, but it’s downright rude to arrive late for a lunch meeting, and certainly not a good start to arrive later than your guest. Leave your office in plenty of time and, if need be, take a newspaper or even some work with you, so that you can occupy yourself while waiting. Resist the temptation to order a drink and prop up the bar.
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of your client’s wishes, if that is your employer’s policy. However, if that’s not the case, then let your guest be the guide. If they start off by ordering a pre-meal gin-and-tonic, it would be safe to assume that you could follow that up with a bottle of wine. Unless it is the stated intention before the meal to get blind drunk with your guest, don’t overstep the mark with alcohol. Even if they go down this rocky route, resist the temptation to match them drink for drink. Always order water to reduce the effects.
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If your guest is a smoker then it would be considerate to choose a restaurant where they allow smoking throughout, or find a table within a smoking zone. No chain-smoker is going to be able to fully relax if he or she can’t have a fag after a meal.
Turn off your mobile phone before entering the restaurant. No one around you wants to hear your conversation, and your guest won’t be impressed either. If it’s a call you simply have to take, put it on silent buzz and take the call outside, having first excused yourself from the table.
Make your guest feel special. Limit glancing around the room. It’s a sign that you are looking for something better. There is nothing worse than having a conversation with someone who is half there. Listen intently to their stories and laugh at their jokes. Drinking during business hours is frowned upon – even banned – by some companies, so ensure you stick to company rules, regardless
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When ordering, remember to choose something that you can get into your mouth, and not on your tie. Don’t order food that is messy and complicated to eat. De-shelling prawns or cracking the legs off a lobster might be sexy with your partner, but having butter dripping off your chin or olive oil all over your front isn’t going to make you look too cool in front of a business client.
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Unless you’ve known your fellow diner for years, avoid telling jokes – no matter how amusing that might appear to you. It’s impossible to know what will and won’t offend. Below: If you're going to be presenting a receipt for your meal in your monthly expenses, make sure that there's nothing on the bill that could leave you open to criticism like cigars or excessive amounts of alcohol. And remember, always pay with a credit card.
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Always pay for lunch with a credit card. Paying with cash is rather flash, and also let your guest work out how much the lunch has cost. A credit card is authoritative and says “I’ve got it”.
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If you are eventually going to present the bill to your business as part of your monthly expenses, make sure that the receipt tallies up to the importance of the client that you were entertaining. Taking your postman out for a £200 slap-up-lunch won’t go down too well with the accounts department. Equally, don’t expect your biggest client to be overly impressed when you book a table at Pizza Express or your local Chinese. MG PLYMOUTH | MENU GUIDE 25
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THE FRENCH
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hen a restaurant advertises itself as being 'authentic' with regard to the origins of its cuisine, the natural reaction is to be sceptical. So it comes as a pleasant surprise to learn that the chef here really is French. In fact, Didier Franchet has over 25 years’ experience in the industry, almost 20 of those in a Michelin Star restaurant in La Rochelle. So when Chloe's claim to be Plymouth's only authentic French Restaurant, they really mean it. Didier and fiance Jo Hocking set up Chloe's when they decided they needed a more sustainable future after the birth of their
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daughter. Mum was running a Jazz Club while dad was working all hours in various restaurants between Exeter and Plymouth, so daughter Chloe became the inspiration, and of course the name, for their new venture. One year on, the restaurant is attracting a growing number of dedicated followers and the family are expecting another baby. That the first anniversary falls on Bastille Day is the icing on the cake. But Jo and Didier are not planning to rest on their laurels. The success is down to hard work, dedication, great service and of course fantastic food. Didier uses fresh produce, and sometimes has to use his contacts in the top restaurants in France to obtain some of the more specialist items he likes to work with. Everything from the Light Lunch and A La Carte menu, to the Lobster and Champagne Dinner is not only exquisitely presented, but tastes absolutely out of this world. The Foie Gras for example, is nothing short of a work of art, as are all the dishes on the menu. Salt and pepper come in little mounds on the side of the plate, with the cream of pea splayed artistically along the plate with Pineau des Charentes reduction
through the centre. The brioche that accompanies the Foie Gras even has a small hole cut through the centre which is elegantly filled with green salad leaves, nothing short of perfection to look at. Considering there are only ever three chefs in the kitchen, the attention to detail is stunning. In fact numerous customers over the past 12 months have taken photos of the dishes and sent them to their friends just to show them how amazing it really is. And it doesn't stop there. When you come to Chloe's you are always dining with friends. Jo says, "I believe it's about the whole experience. We like to get to know our customers, and are on first name terms with most of our regular ones. It's a small restaurant. I don't want people feeling like strangers, it’s just not the way I operate." Staff are very important to Jo and Didier. Jo runs the front of house and likes to have the same staff working alongside her, although in the hospitality industry this is not always as easy as it sounds. That way the customers get to know the staff, as well as they know Jo, and vice versa. On top of always having a friendly face to greet you on
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Fine-dining was invented in France, so it is no surprise that Chloe's is at the head of the Plymouth food revolution. Celebrating its first birthday on Bastille Day is a happy coincidence for this French restaurant, but its authenticity is based on a whole lot more than a shared anniversary. Kris Robertson went along to find out just what makes Chloe's so special.
arrival it also ensures that the staff are able to answer any questions you have about the menu. This familiarity is important to the great reputation the restaurant has already achieved in such a short time. This philosophy is reinforced by the presence of the Waldstein baby grand piano situated in the corner of the room. Four different pianists play for diners from 7.30pm Tue-Saturday inclusive, and the piano has become something of an icon for Chloe's. According to Jo, the piano creates much more of an intimate but unobtrusive atmosphere than just putting on a CD. This intimacy and relaxed feel is what makes Chloe's so different. The customers love it and often ask the pianist to play requests. If the pianist knows them or has the right music then they oblige, it all adds to the customer feeling special throughout their evening. It is also another reason why people come back time and time again. Its location only 2 minutes walk from the Theatre Royal makes Chloe's an ideal base for a night at the opera or ballet. Theatre-goers are valuable custom for the restaurant and as
such have their own special pre-theatre menu so you can start and end your evening in style. On top of everything else at Chloe’s you can now also book yourself in for a really impressive dining experience on Thursday nights whereby the Chef Patron crafts a special set 6-course Lobster and Champagne Dinner. You reserve your lobster, they pour the champagne on your arrival and your menu is awaiting you at the table elegantly rolled and tied with a ribbon. Private Functions held at Chloe’s have also been a stunning success story offering everything from full A La Carte sit down evenings with Champagne and Canapes on arrival, to intricate and impressive buffets styled on cuisine flair illustrated by top chefs throughout France. So what does the future hold for Chloe's? Michelin Stars? Didier comes out of the kitchen to answer that one. “Chloe’s encompasses everything a fine dining experience should, however, having worked under the pressure of Michelin Stars in France for over 16 years it’s not something that’s top of my list to chase after. If we happen to have everything worthy of Rosettes
and Michelin Stars so much the better for the customers who have managed to find us already. The customers are what really matter to us and that’s how we intend to keep it" And you can't help but believe him when he says: "There is no pretentiousness here. I come out of the kitchen to speak to customers and they look at me surprised when they see shorts and chef whites: 'Are you really the chef?' And I say: 'what's the matter? Don’t you like frogs legs?'" To say Chloe’s is more than one step ahead in the Plymouth food industry just wouldn’t be doing the restaurant justice. Have you found it yet? Chloe's Gill Akaster House, Princess Street, Plymouth, PL1 2EX, Tel: 01752 201523 www.chloesrestaurant.co.uk Opening times: Tuesday to Saturday Light lunch from: 12 noon. A La Carte menu: 12 noon and 5.30pm. Pre/Post Theatre menu: 5.30 - 6.15pm and 10pm (Lobster & Champagne - Thursday night by booking only).
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By Chris Robinson
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ne of the fastest growing phenomena in Plymouth today is undoubtedly the eating out experience. Never before have there been so many places to try, never before so many varied menus to choose from – Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Nepalese, Thai, Greek, Italian, French, Moroccan, Mexican, American, Spanish and English – however this sudden upsurge in the available range of restaurants has not necessarily gone hand in hand with the creation of smart new premises. Not at all, many of these wonderful new eateries are appearing in some of the City’s oldest existing buildings. Indeed one of them, Tanners, is set in the oldest domestic property open in the city – the Prysten House. Chris and James Tanner realised a childhood dream seven years ago when they first opened their doors for business; “Our vision was an affordable, exciting restaurant where we could develop our own individual style and concept: Fine food, fine wine and an ambience to match. We source the very best in local suppliers to ensure your meal is a memorable one. We make everything on site, fresh each day.” Built at the very dawn of the sixteenth century by Thomas Yogge, one of three Cornish brothers, the three-winged stone edifice was inherited by younger brother John as ‘the New Place’ in 1509. The older brother, William, incidentally, served four times as Mayor of Plymouth and is credited with funding the construction of St Andrew’s Church tower, which along with the Prysten House, is one of the few ancient city centre structures to have survived the Blitz of Plymouth. Most of the heart of commercial Plymouth in 1939, however, was Victorian and it’s down the bottom of Finewell Street, on the Barbican that we start to find the really old core of the community. Southside Street was essentially an Elizabethan extension to the town in the sixteenth century, the one building there that predates that development is the property that for the last two hundred years at least has been the source of every drop Plymouth ➔
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Emergency Rations … A wartime British Restaurant of the early forties in Plymouth.
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Food tastes better with
‘Coca-Cola’, ‘Coke’ and the design of the ‘Coca-Cola’ Contour Bottle are registered trade marks of The Coca-Cola Company.
visit... www.cokepubandbar.co.uk
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Cook and Saturday Kitchen and their own Tanner Brothers series, and on UKTV Food). The Tanners are by no means the only ones to have opened the doors of ancient local curiosities to discerning diners. Over in Firestone Bay overlooking Drake’s Island on the Stonehouse peninsula we find the Artillery Tower Restaurant. It is now twenty-one years since this tower, one of a series associated with Henry VIII’s efforts to defend the area, was first converted as a restaurant. Significant as ‘the starting point of a series of forts that gives the city a leading position alongside Portsmouth for defence works of national importance as surviving monuments’ (DoE report), the Artillery Tower has been run since 1998 by Peter and Debbie Constable: Peter had previously been the head chef at Piermasters on the Barbican, one of the longer established upmarket restaurants in the old part of town. Re-invented in the late-1950s/early 1960s, the Barbican with its many ancient buildings had become rather run-down in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but
it quickly became the centre for the post-war boom in the restaurant trade. Today’s generation take it all for granted of course, but before the war foreign food was a rarity either at home, in the works canteen and in the grocery stores – and few people ate out. The big hotels had their restaurants, so did many of the big department stores, but that was about it. There were a few cafés, refreshment rooms and plenty of chip shops, but little else … until the 1950s. “Most of our people have never had it so good”, was how the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan put it in 1957 and he was right. Most Britons had more disposable income than ever before and before you knew it rock and roll, beefburgers and coffee bars were being served up to cater for the younger appetites while spring rolls and chicken in the basket were being simultaneously being made available up for the slightly older ones. Plymouth, a city that had sent so many of its sons and daughters to all corners of the world, had not hitherto been noted for its cosmopolitan composition, but before long a
1930’s dinner dance plymouth.
Gin ever produced – the Blackfriars Distillery. Previous uses appear to suggest that this was perhaps Plymouth’s earliest and medieval Guildhall and there is a popular myth that, prior to the Reformation, it was home to an order of Blackfriars, however its ecclesiastical links are as tenuous as those of the so-called Prysten House – although there was an order of Greyfriars around the corner in New Street. It is in a part of the distillery complex that Chris and James Tanner have launched their latest gastronomic venture – the Barbican Kitchen, a stylish brasserie in a stunning location. As you walk into the place across a cobbled floor you are greeted with what looks like a collection of marvellous museum pieces but which are in fact the working stills that quietly and slowly produce one of the best known gin brands in the world. Although only opened this year, the Tanners’ latest project is already enjoying the sort of success you would expect to be generated by this talented pair of celebrity chefs (the brothers have been on-screen regular in programmes like Ready, Steady,
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Above: The Prysten House – home to Tanners’ Restaurant today – seen here as it appeared in 1828 and more or less as it would have looked in Drake’s day – well over 400 years ago. Right: In the nineteenth century most restaurants were either located in hotels or major department stores, like the Globe Hotel restaurant here in erstwhile Bedford Street, Plymouth. It was pulled down in 1899 and replaced by insurance offices of the Prudential Assurance.
significant Chinese population had grown up around the food trade and still today the local Chinese community represents the most populous ethnic minority in the city. Curiously, however, another ancient Barbican building turned eatery – the so-called China House – has nothing to do with this trend, rather this impressive waterside premises is a seventeenth century warehouse that, for a brief period in the eighteenth century, was a factory for the founding father of British porcelain – china - William Cookworthy. Converted for use as a two-storey restaurant/bar with spectacular waterfront views in the early 1990s, it is one of many interesting conversions around Sutton Harbour. There is also Duttons restaurant, named after a merchantman wrecked under the Citadel in 1796. The premises occupies part of the Royal Citadel’s outer defences at Fisher’s Nose, overlooking Mountbatten. Further around the Hoe sea front we find The Waterfront, a bar/restaurant that occupies a series of rooms built at the beginning of the nineteenth century as the West Hoe Baths and which, in 1967, was the base of the Royal Western Yacht Club, where Sir Francis Chichester first set foot on terra firma after his historic round-the-world solo sailing expedition. Back around to the heart of the Barbican, the Himalayan Spice has brought a distinctly Nepalese flavour to an old sea captain’s house in Elizabethan New Street, while in neighbouring Notte Street (originally Nut Street echoing notions of a more primitive diet) we have a succession of eating establishments 32 MENU GUIDE | PLYMOUTH
almost all of them dating from the last two decades and all housed in late-Victorian properties. Among them we find Devon’s only Japanese Restaurant – Yukisan, a Thai Restaurant – Mekong River, two Indian – Eastern Eye and Sima Sina, a hint of French – Chambers, and a Mexican – Arribas, spectacularly set in a converted Christian Mission Hall. Standing directly in front of the site of Cookworthy’s old house the Mission Hall was built by Michael Foot’s grandfather in the 1880s. Among the many other restaurants dotted
we have The Bank pub/restaurant in a converted Victorian bank building and Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen, in the 1950s-built former Barclay’s Bank in Armada Way. And still on a fiscal theme Ben Shearn has recently converted the old, nineteenth century City Treasury premises into a lively and exciting bar and restaurant that once again owes much of its atmosphere to being created originally for a different use for a bygone generation. And there are many more similarly unusual conversions in the pipeline, with businessman
TODAY’S GENERATION TAKE IT ALL FOR GRANTED OF COURSE, BUT BEFORE THE WAR FOREIGN FOOD WAS A RARITY EITHER AT HOME, IN THE WORKS CANTEEN AND IN THE GROCERY STORES – AND FEW PEOPLE ATE OUT. around the Sutton Harbour itself we find Bistro Bene, specialising in modern British cuisine, and attractively housed on the ground floor of one of the many old waterside warehouses, and a spacious Indian, the Ganges, set downstairs in a former cinema building that was put up in the 1930s. Meanwhile in part of another 1930s cinema complex we find Lorenzos. Located alongside the ABC at Derry’s Cross Lorenzos was the first restaurant opened by former Theatre Royal chef Edmond Davari when he decided to go it alone. Edmond has since moved on and set up many excellent eateries both here and in Exeter – the Souk (Moroccan) on North Quay being his latest venture – while Lorenzos is now in the hands of Steve Gledhill. Still in the centre of town
John Steven planning to put three restaurants into existing local buildings; a Georgian property in Plympton, part of the former Victorian fishmarket on the Barbican and the Plymouth City Council visitor centre Plymouth Dome (opened in 1989) on the Hoe. Over and above this eclectic collection of ‘new in old’ eateries we have many fine new purpose-built restaurants of course and a great array of ancient hostelries offering quality pub fare in truly traditional settings – like the mid-eighteenth century Rising Sun at Compton and the medieval Seven Stars at Tamerton Foliot – probably Plymouth’s oldest public house. So if historic ambience is an interesting extra ingredient you like to have on your menu, there’s certainly plenty to choose from in this ancient royal seaport. MG
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From romantic fine dining in the evenings to cosy cafĂŠs ideal for a family brunch, The Menu Guide showcases the best restaurants in and around Plymouth.
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have been waiting for is here Café Curva The owners of Plymouth’s Pasta Bars & New Continental Hotel have joined forces to bring you Café Curva. This new stylish & contemporary restaurant at the heart of the Drake Circus Shopping Centre has arrived to offer shoppers & visitors to Plymouth an exciting eating experience. Call in for breakfast, grab a snack, light bite or hearty meal from our mouth-watering selection of homemade dishes. Or simply relax with a coffee & pastry at our comfortable cappuccino bar.
RELAX...DO COFFEE, DO BUSINESS, DO LUNCH.
Café Curva, Drake Circus Shopping C
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Chargrilled Shark Steak with crushed new potatoes and mango and coriander salsa
Devonshire Rib'i’Steak
Tuna Nicoise
with chips, grilled tomatoes and
with olives, green beans,
mushrooms
tomato and poached eggs
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OPENING TIMES MONDAY TO SUNDAY 5PM – 11.30PM
CUISINE SPONTANEE
BOOK NOW ON 01752 673757
You select your own ingredients from a chilled buffet. As much fresh meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables as you like. Then you take your selection to the chefs who cook it right there in front of you!!! We add more fresh ingredients and noodles and you sit down with a sizzling feast unique to you. We’ll bring you rice, new potatoes, or fries.
Eat as much as you like! Even though we have a full restaurant license and we sell wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks (YOU CAN BUT DON’T HAVE TO)
BRING YOUR OWN WINE! NO CORKAGE CHARGE!
Please note that customers may only bring wine All other beverages must be purchased from cuisine spontanee.
MEXICAN Best with meat rather than fish. Choose carrots, onions, black eyed beans, peppers, red kidney beans The chefs will add chillies, paprika and a great Mexican salsa Best served with rice CHINESE [CANTONESE, SWEET AND SOUR, SZECHUAN, BLACK BEAN] Choose any meat, fish, shellfish & vegetables The chef will cook with rice wine, garlic and ginger. Best with rice or noodles & maybe a touch of sesame seed oil
DIJON Choose any meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables but avoid the oriental ingredients (bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts) The chef will cook with white wine add cream and finish with parsley, black pepper and finish with pale Dijon mustard. Best with rice or fries
NORMAN Choose any meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables but avoid the oriental ingredients (bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts) The chef will cook with cider add apples and cream and finish with parsley and black pepper. Best with rice or fries
THAI Choose any meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables (try to get as many colours on your tray as possible) The chef will cook with coconut milk. We’ll add fresh garlic, ginger, zest of lime, limejuice, and chillies. Garnished with fresh coriander and a wedge of lime. Best with noodles
THAI CURRY Choose any meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables (try to get as many colours on your tray as possible) The chef will cook with coconut milk. We’ll add fresh garlic, ginger, fish sauce and special red, yellow, or green Thai paste. Garnished with fresh coriander and a wedge of lime. Best with rice
ITALIAN Choose any meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables but avoid the oriental ingredients (bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts) The chef will cook with a pasata sauce and add fresh basil and black pepper and parmesan served with noodles INDIAN [KORMA, MADRAS, JALFREZI, ROGAN JOSH, TIKKA MASALA] Choose any meat, fish, shellfish and vegetables.The chef will cook with special masalas, fresh yoghurt and finish with garam masala and fresh cucumber. Served with rice
SUNDAY TO THURSDAY £14.95 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY £18.95
We specialise in large parties (up to 50 people) – great for birthdays, hen nights, office parties. Fixed price menu, eat as much as you like, over 30 different dishes from around the world to choose from and…bring your own wine!!! We do get quite busy so book early for Christmas to avoid disappointment – some dates are already full. CALL ON 01752 673757 FOR XMAS LUNCH AND DINNER PRICES AND AVAILABILITY.
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“Joined Up Whiting” F I S H , S E A F O O D & S T E A K R E S TAU R A N T 4 North East Quay Sutton Harbour Plymouth
Telephone 01752 665325
simply fresh local fish
Visit us at www.eatoutdevon.com
Opening Times
A La Carte
Lunch Specials
Lunch Tuesday – Sunday 12.00pm-2.30pm Dinner Tuesday – Saturday 5.30pm-close
Starters £4-£6 Mains £10-£20 Desserts £4-£5 Devon Cheeses £6
One course £5.00 Two Course £7.95
• Non smoking • Full disabled access • Steaks available for carnivores • Vegetarians welcome • Special prices for large parties
Fruits de Mer £25 Fresh Lobster £20 Half dozen Oysters £6 Wines £12 - £30 Plymouth Gin & Tonic £2.50 veuve clicquot £30
Evenings Three course special mid-week menu £15.00 (Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday)
Here’s a restaurant that doesn’t charge extra for bread, vegetables or service!
Repertoire Bass, Bream, Cod, Monkfish, Dover Sole, Mackerel, Salmon, Skate, Lobster, Oysters, Mussels, Crab, Whiting (obviously), Langoustines, Fantastic Fish Soup, Steaks, and vegetarian dishes.
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The best seats in town! THE QUALITY HOTEL PLYMOUTH
Its unique location offers easy access to the surrounding areas and city centre; couple this with breathtaking scenery and you have the perfect venue for a quick lunch or a luxurious evening meal.
Call us now to reserve your view!
Quality Hotel Plymouth, Cliff Road, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DL Tel 01752 507800, Fax 01752 507845, Email: sales@quality-hotel-plymouth.com or view our website www.quality-hotel-plymouth.com
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With new proprietors, a new team, chefs imported from London and using locally sourced produce, The Waterfront has finally achieved its full potential. A huge new sun deck seats 200 people. With a bar menu available all day, a lunch menu and a full a-la-carte menu available every evening, we are open 7 days a week. As well as being available for private hire and functions, The Waterfront has the talent on board to make any experience match the stunning views over its own harbour and Plymouth Sound. With the largest lobster tank of any restaurant in Europe we obviously specialise in locally caught lobsters prepared in many mouthwatering styles and often teamed up with locally reared Devonshire beef. Dishes change seasonally and according to the local markets. Visit our website to view our latest menus or call to arrange a private function from 20 - 400 people. We are open from11am - midnight Sunday to Thursday, 11am to 01:00am Friday and Saturday. Families welcome.
The Waterfront, 9 Grand Parade, West Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3DQ tel: 01752 226 326, fax: 01752 206 894
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plymouths premier authentic
mexican restaurant
Located in the lively Barbican district, Arribas is Plymouth’s premier Mexican Restaurant. An exciting and authentic selection of Mexican cuisine and stylish cocktails are offered in a relaxed atmosphere. Open daily, the restaurant presents an attractive, non-smoking dining environment. Upstairs you can enjoy our unique cocktail and tequila bar, which is available for private parties as well as pre and post-dinner drinks. For more details please contact us.
the style is contemporary yet relaxed! 58 Notte Street, The Barbican, Plymouth, Tel:01752 603 303, www.arribasmexican.co.uk
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COOL NIGHTS...
morgan’s brasserie & bar
CONTEMPORARY DAYS
Morgan’s Brasserie & Bar, has a contemporary cosy feel that is ideal for casual dining. The restaurant takes 90 covers with Dave Morgan chef/proprietor (former owner of Chambers) at the helm with over 35 years of experience. Morgan’s prides itself on the consistency of excellent food and attention to detail with an exciting menu of ingredients sourced from local suppliers. This winning combination along with great wines and fabulous ambience makes Morgan’s the perfect place to relax over a morning coffee with the papers, a light lunch, unwind with a post-work drink or savour the atmosphere over dinner. Only 2 minutes from the City Centre, ideal for pre-theatre dinner or a casual cocktail in the bar.
SPECIAL LUNCH MENUS AVAILABLE EVERYDAY! MORGAN’S BRASSERIE & BAR 19 PRINCESS STREET PLYMOUTH Tel: 01752 255579
www.morgansbrasserie.co.uk
OPEN 10AM TILL 11PM
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Plymouth
PASTA BARS THE BARBICAN
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UNION STREET
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MARKET AVENUE
After 15 years trading, the Barbican Pasta Bar remains one of Plymouth’s busiest and best loved restaurants. Situated in Plymouth’s historic Barbican this family owned and run eaterie has enjoyed phenomenal success in recent years. In 2001 the restaurant saw off competition from all over the country including London’s West End to win the coveted award for Best Pasta Restaurant as voted for by the Pasta and Pizza Association. The following year Plymouth Sound listeners voted the Barbican Pasta Bar Plymouth’s Best Restaurant with a further award for Best Italian Restaurant in the South West. Along with its sister restaurants, the Pasta & Pizza Café and the Pasta & Pizza Bar both situated in the city centre, the Barbican Pasta Bar has become synonymous with quality, excellent service and value for money. The extensive menu offers something for everyone with a wide range of fresh pasta, home made pizza and grilled dishes all cooked to order using only the finest ingredients.
Attentive, friendly service and a lively, buzzing ambience make the Pasta Bars a perfect choice for all ages and any occasion.
The Barbican Pasta Bar 40, Southside St, The Barbican, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2LE Tel: 01752 671299
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The Pasta & Pizza Bar 9, Market Avenue, Plymouth, Devon PL1 1PE Tel: 01752 266336
The Pasta & Pizza Café 6-8, Union St, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2SR Tel: 01752 667610
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R A B S BLUE
! ! ! S K ROC
This place has a great-value menu, a 'guitars-only' music policy and a relaxing feel to it. But the main attraction here is the live music; blues bands play in the bar at least five nights a week and there's a great atmosphere, especially at weekends when the bar stays open til late.
The 'tex-mex' food served here includes steak, ribs, nachos, chowder and near-legendary homemade burgers; there's a wide choice of starters, and a new-world biased wine list.
OPEN 12 NOON UNTIL LATE 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 THE PARADE, THE BARBICAN, PLYMOUTH
TEL: 01752 257345
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P U G IN H S A W E H T E V A LE
FOR US!
evening menu ÂŁ9.95* for 2 courses Monday to Thursday from 6.30pm
*
Terms and conditions apply
Marsh Mills Beefeater 300 Plymouth Road, Crabtree Plymouth, Devon PL3 6RW Tel: 01752 600 660
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includes our famous ks stea 8oz rump & sirloin
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Your table, your view...
...at the Cawsand Bay Hotel, Restaurant & Bar
Our menu has been completely transformed to ensure that we only serve the freshest of locally sourced food. Contact us now and taste the difference for yourself.
Caught in the morning, served in the evening! The Cawsand Bay Hotel The Bound, Cawsand, Cornwall, PL10 1PG. Tel: 01752 822425
www.cawsandbay.co.uk
FOR OUR ALL DAY BREAKFASTS, LUNCHES OR JUST A GREAT CUP OF COFFEE, COME AND RELAX WITH US.
• CHILDREN WELCOME • GROUP BOOKINGS • ADVANCE ORDERS TAKEN
13 THE BARBICAN, PLYMOUTH, PL1 2LS
TEL: 01752 252877
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The Ship Inn Sister of The Turtley Corn Mill - Avonwick
“The perfect pub” The Sunday Times
Winner of ITV Westcountry’s The West We Like Best 2005 Noss Mayo, South Devon • 01752 872387 • www.nossmayo.com
The Turtley Corn Mill Sister of The Ship Inn - Noss Mayo
The Perfect Country Pub
Acres of lawn, a lake full of ducks and the babbling river Glazebrook Avonwick, South Devon • 01364 646100 • www.avonwick.net
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Fine Dining For Everyone
Kitley House has become synonymous with the finest in Country House Dining in Plymouth and South Devon. A reputation created for and based on the demands of exacting wedding guests has become extended into the Kitley Dining Experience. During the day Kitley House offers an informal Lounge Menu with baguettes, pastries and light meals. The Traditional Roast Sunday Lunch has become a focal point for local family dining with a walk around the gardens to follow! An extensive afternoon tea menu includes a Champagne & Strawberries choice with local produce from the Estate when in season.
The Dinner Menu’s feature both the Chefs Daily Dishes as well as Traditional Favourites such as Steaks and Bread & Butter Pudding! All the produce is sourced from the local area and is fresh cooked and presented to a creatively high standard. Kitley House is currently a Regional and National Award Winner through Taste of the West for its imaginative use of Local Produce. The service is both friendly and discreet as you are warmly welcomed into the Club Cocktail bar on arrival. During the warmer months drinks can also be taken in the Gardens or on the Terrace overlooking the Trout Lake.
Kitley House offers a range of Dining Rooms to suit your individual needs. The historic Library with its rich burgundy décor and stunning pillars creates an instant atmosphere. The lighter Regency Room with its views over the fountain gardens and pastureland offers a different experience for the larger parties. The Drawing Room is a more intimate Dining Room suited to smaller personal private celebrations.
Restaurant Opening Times • Lunch: Monday – Friday 12.30 – 2.30pm • Roast Sunday Lunch 12.30 – 2.30pm • Dinner: Sunday – Thursday 7.00 – 9.30pm Specialist Events • Murder Mystery Dinners • Gastronomic Winemakers Suppers • Weddings & Christenings • Formal Banquets and Private Celebrations • Christmas & New Year Events
NEW!: Kitley House now offers an ONLINE AVAILABILITY & TABLE RESERVATIONS SERVICE
www.kitleyrestaurant.co.uk
Yealmpton, nr. Plymouth, Devon PL8 2NW Telephone: 01752 881555 • Fax: 01752 881667 • Email: sales@kitleyhousehotel.com
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THE NEWLY REFURBISHED
STEAK & OMELETTE BAR FAMOUS FOR OUR SCOTCH STEAKS
After more than 40 years our reputation in Plymouth & surrounding area is unsurpassed. We use only the finest Scotch beef, top quality local lamb & fresh fish from the Barbican. We specialise in authentic Greek cuisine.
We are open daily including Sundays from 11.30am - 11.00pm Friday & Saturday until 11.30pm 116-118 Cornwall Street Plymouth, Telephone: 01752 669162
COME & ENJOY A FINE MEAL IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE
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Sicilian Passion NOW ON THE MENU
CLASSIC PIZZA
SALADS
Il Padrino
Pollo Verdure
The Godfather - torn chicken with sunblush tomatoes and our mix of chargrilled Italian spring vegetables.
Caponata We’ve added the creamiest bocconcini mozzarella, Santos tomatoes and fresh basil, slow cooked aubergines, olives, pine kernels and capers.
Verdure A lavish vegetarian pizza: tomato and fresh pesto sauce with chargrilled Italian peppers, courgettes, aubergines and sunblush tomatoes.
A warm feast of torn chicken and chargrilled Italian vegetables with our Sicilian lemon and watercress dressing, tossed with rocket and baby spinach, served with baked dough sticks and a wedge of lemon.
Caponata A vegetarian salad of warm chargrilled Italian peppers, aubergines and courgettes tossed with Sicilian lemon and watercress dressing, then added to creamy bocconcini mozzarella balls, sunblush tomatoes topped with a marinated artichoke heart.
LIVE JAZZ - RING FOR LISTINGS PIZZA EXPRESS 17 DERRY’S CROSS, PLYMOUTH, PL1 2SW TELEPHONE 01752 229413 WWW.PIZZAEXPRESS.COM
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A taste of the city in the heart of the town...
Deep red walls, soft leather chairs, comfy sofas to sit and socialise with friends, join us for an evening meal or relax over lunch, run by award winning head chef, Graham Ledwith.
Tel: 01579 343839. Closed Sunday and Monday
Webbs Inn & Restaurant, Pike Street, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 3HW info@webbsinn.co.uk
www.webbsinn.co.uk
The Rosery a la carte restaurant and bistro
The cosy ambience of The Rosery makes it an ideal choice for dining in style when only the best will do. This well-known eating establishment, in the heart of picturesque Cornish seaside village of Downderry, offers you excellent cuisine with unobtrusive service from our dedicated team of staff. Open until 11.30 last orders 9.30
The Rosery Early Bird Menu AVAILABLE 6:30 - 7:30
Starters
Soup of the Day With Homemade Rosery Bread (V) Chicken Liver and Brandy Pate Served With Melba toast Pear and Stilton Tartlet (V) With Green Leaf Salad
Main Course
Chicken and Mushroom Stroganoff Tender Chicken Cooked With Brandy Served With Wild Rice Monkfish Thermidore Fresh Monkfish In a Cream and Pernod Sauce Topped With Parmesan Maitre d Steak Prime Cornish 8 oz Sirloin Topped With Maitre d Butter Served With Fresh Vegetables or Salad and Choice of Potatoes
Desserts
Hazelnut and Brandy Torte, Served With Custard or Cream Trio of Chocolate Pots Served With Chefs Shortbread
3 Course ÂŁ17.95 All Meals Are Cooked From Scratch by Our Chef using local suppliers
Menu changed monthly
Wines
Cuisine
We also offer a wide range of beers, spirits and liqueurs to complement your meal.
The Rosery Restaurant & Bistro is open throughout the year, is air conditioned and sits 70 people.
Enjoy a welcoming aperitif at our friendly, well-stocked bar and choose from our extensive selection of fine wines from regions around the world.
The a la carte menu offers a new and varied experience of traditional country fare. Eat in the relaxed candle-lit dining area of The Bistro in the conservatory.
All food is cooked from fresh, with fish from our shores and the finest Cornish game.
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individual & innovative... Whatever you have read or heard about the newly refurbished Rose & Crown, there is only one way to discover if it lives up to expectations. Book your table for an evening meal and experience our innovative menu using the finest local ingrediants, alternatively call in for a drink or a light lunch!
Bookings are advised Tel: 01752 880223 • TRADITIONAL INN • LITE BITES • PACIFIC RIM RESTAURANT • SEAFOOD RESTAURANT • WALLED GARDEN
www.theroseandcrown.co.uk
traditional pub ambience... Les Routiers dining pub of the year The Dartmoor Union, situated between Yealmpton and Modbury, offering a regularly changing menu using high quality local ingredients. Exquisite service and atmosphere make the Dartmoor Union the perfect place for an evening meal or a light lunch.
To make a reservation Tel: 01752 830288 The Dartmoor Union Inn, Fore Street, Holbeton, Devon, PL8 1NE info@dartmoorunion.co.uk
www.dartmoorunion.co.uk
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Open Tuesday to Sunday for Lunch and Tuesday to Saturday for dinner
One of Plymouth’s best restaurants
with one of the South West’s
finest chef’s! SAMPLE MENU STARTERS Flash fried scallops, crevettes, mussel broth and pernod cream sauce. Ballotine of salmon, fine herbs, summer vegetable salad with a sour cream dressing.
MAIN COURSES Charred beef fillet, potato rissole, roasted vegetables and a truffle and port jus. Roasted saddle of lamb, ratatouille, confit potatoes, honey and rosemary lamb gravy. Grilled sea bass, wilted spinach, cherry tomatoes, saffron potato, smoked salmon sauce.
DESSERTS Malibu créme brulee with coconut ice cream. Dark chocolate rum truffle, chocolate lattice, fruit coulis with a raspberry sorbet.
3 course lunch from £7.95, 3 course dinner from £21.95
John Powe Chef and Proprietor provides fine local food within a smart and relaxed atmosphere. John Will be involved in a series of Cookery Master Classes from August onwards at the following venues: • Plymouth Food Festival • Plymouth Pavilions Ideal Home Exhibition • • Plymouth Pavilions Christmas Fair • Mount Edgcumbe House Christmas Fair •
13 FRANKFORT GATE, PLYMOUTH
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Restaurant One 1 Mutley Plain, Mutley, Plymouth PL4 6JG
Tel: (01752) 671747 Fax: (01752) 671799 Email: contact @restaurantone.co.uk
Come and try...
THE BIG GRILL Create your own Big Grill in three easy steps:
123-
Choose from a selection of mouthwatering hunks of steak, chicken or fish.
Below is a small selection from the comprehensive menu of Plymouth’s newest and most vibrant Grill Restaurant. Bring your own wine (no corkage charge). STARTERS: Chilli Prawns
£4.95
MAINS: Choose from a variety of side dishes. Finally, choose which sauces will best complement your Big Grill to give you a truly individual meal.
£13.95 for one
£25.00 for two
Lunch Menu -
All courses £3.00 Choose from; Roast Dinner Sausages Chips and Pepper Sauce Pasta of the Day Homemade Burger Chicken & Bacon Salad Mini Mixed Grill or Mushroom Stroganoff
Full Rack of Ribs Margarita Grilled Chicken Pesto Salmon Fillet Creamy Bacon Pasta 10oz Rib Eye Steak
£13.95 £11.50 £12.50 £10.50 £13.95
Red Onion & Goats Cheese Tart
£11.95
DESSERTS: Chocolate Fudge Brownie Sundae
£3.25
For those of you who prefer not to bring your own wine, we are a fully licensed restaurant with a large selection of beers, wines and cocktails.
LUNCH Monday to Friday 12.00 - 4.30 Sunday Roast 12.00 - 21.00
DINNER Monday to Saturday 17.00 - 22.00
www.restaurantone.co.uk
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Theresa Bloomfield our Catering Manager would like to introduce you to the Bbar venue and menu which is full of variety and can be tailored to meet your every need. If you need to hire a space, make sure it’s the Bbar! Drop in during the day for a quick bite to eat where there is nothing but good home cooked food in a friendly, informal atmosphere and daily menu’s start at just £2.95. Check out the Café Bar venue at the Barbican Theatre for:
• Arts Events • Private Parties • Wedding Receptions
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• Corporate Events • Conferences • Away Days ……..in fact any event!
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Thank you for providing such a great venue and a lovely buffet (lots of friends have commented on how nice it was) I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending the Bbar to any one having a celebration! Christine Turner
For information about any of the above contact Theresa on (01752) 242021 or email info@barbicantheatre.co.uk
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Carbeile Inn Serving excellent food all day with a good selection of wines of the world and Cornish real ales. En suite accommodation with views across the lake towards Mount Edgcumbe and a large sunbaked decking area ideal for gatherings large or small.
Both the Carbeile Inn and the Edgcumbe Arms are run by the same family and offer a superb traditional carvery every day of the week at lunchtime and evening.
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C a r v e r y
A gem of a place in the forgotten corner of Cornwall
L o c a l
Superior en-suite four star AA accommodation available with stunning views of Plymouth Sound and Tamar estuary
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A traditional pub offering an excellent choice of food served all day and fine wines along with locally produced real ales.
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Edgcumbe Arms
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• OUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL WILL MAKE YOUR EVENING VERY SPECIAL • 6 COURSE TASTING MENU USING FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE • OPENING TIMES THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY OTHER TIMES BY ARRANGEMENT • RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL • CORPORATE HOSPITALITY AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY
TELEPHONE 01579 384933, 3 CHURCH STREET CALLINGTON CORNWALL www.langmansrestaurant.co.uk PHOTOGRAPHY © www.davidskehan.co.uk
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We hope that you’ve enjoyed the first issue of the Plymouth Menu Guide and found the numerous offers to be had amongst the pages. It really does help our supporters and us by mentioning the Menu Guide when using our publication. See you in March 2007!
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RESTAURANT ONE 1 MUTLEY PLAIN
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CARPE DIEM 50 NORTH HILL
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THE SOUK SUTTON HARBOUR
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JOINED UP WHITING 4 NORTH EAST QUAY, SUTTON HARBOUR
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ZUCCA NORTH QUAY HOUSE, NORTH QUAY
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CUISINE SPONTANEE CENTURY QUAY, SUTTON HARBOUR
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BLUES BAR AND GRILL 8 THE PARADE, THE BARBICAN
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SHIP INN QUAY ROAD, THE BARBICAN
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BITES 5-6 QUAY ROAD, THE BARBICAN
10 BACARO 5 QUAY ROAD, THE BARBICAN 11
REFECTORY BLACKFRIARS DISTILLERY, SOUTHSIDE STREET BARBICAN KITCHEN BLACKFRIARS DISTILLERY, SOUTHSIDE STREET
12 FORSYTH AND BROWN CHOCOLATE 58 SOUTHSIDE STREET, THE BARBICAN 13
PASTA BAR 40 SOUTHSIDE STREET, THE BARBICAN
14 MONTY'S 13 THE BARBICAN 15 B BAR CASTLE STREET, THE BARBICAN
24 HA! HA! 17-19 PRINCESS STREET 25 MORGAN’S 19 PRINCESS STREET 26 TREASURY OLD TREASURY BUILDING, CATHERINE STREET 27 TANNERS FINEWELL STREET
16 WATERFRONT 9 GRAND PARADE, THE HOE
28 ARRIBAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT 56-58 NOTTE STREET
17 QUALITY HOTEL CLIFF ROAD, THE HOE
29 THE SPICE WELL 18 BUCKWELL STREET
18 MYTHOS 49-51 CITADEL ROAD, THE HOE,
30 CAFE CURVA DRAKE CIRCUS
19 DUKE OF CORNWALL MILLBAY ROAD
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20 PASTA AND PIZZA CAFE 8 UNION STREET
32 THE GRECIAN TAVERNA 9 MARKET AVENUE
21 PIZZA EXPRESS 17-19 DERRY’S CROSS
33 PASTA AND PIZZA BAR 9 MARKET AVENUE
22 LORENZO’S 26 DERRY’S CROSS, ATHENAEUM PLACE
34 KUBES 13 FRANKFORT GATE
23 CHLOE’S PRINCESS STREET
35 BAR ZEEGCO 4 FRANKFORT GATE
36 BEEFEATER 300 PLYMOUTH ROAD, CRABTREE, PLYMOUTH
42 THE TURTLEY CORN MILL AVONWICK
STEAK ANS OMELETTE 116-118 CORNWALL STREET
DEVON & CORNWALL 37 BORINGDON HALL COLEBROOK, PLYMPTON 38 KITLEY HOUSE KITLEY ESTATE, YEALMPTON 39 ROSE AND CROWN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON 40 DARTMOOR UNION FORE STREET, HOLBETON 41 THE SHIP INN NOSS MAYO
43 CAWSAND BAY HOTEL THE BOUND, CAWSAND 44 EDGCUMBE ARMS CREMYLL, TORPOINT 45 CARBIELE INN TREVOL ROAD, TORPOINT 46 THE ROSERY DOWNDERRY, TORPOINT 47 LANGMANS 3 CHURCH ROAD STREET, CALLINGTON 48 WEBBS INN AND RESTAURANT PIKE STREET, LISKEARD
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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS Cuba Old Orleans Route 38 THE BLUES BAR AND GRILL
1 Sherwell Arcade, Plymouth, Devon Barbican Approach, Plymouth, Devon Trerulefoot, Saltash 8 THE PARADE, PLYMOUTH
INDIAN RESTAURANTS 01752 67116 01752 256470 01752 851038 01752 257345
BANGLADESH RESTAURANTS Jaipur Palace Restaurant
146 Vauxhall Street, Plymouth, Devon
CHINESE RESTAURANTS Birds Nest Crystal Dragon Dragon Garden Emperors Garden Hot Wok Jasmine Restaurant Jasmine Chinese Restaurant New China Garden Ocean Palace Ong Restaurant & Take Away Peking Garden The Hoe The Wet Wok Tin Heung Wah Tin
4 Barley Market Street, Tavistock, Devon 10-11 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon 102 Tavistock Place, Plymouth, Devon Station Road, Liskeard, Cornwall Castle Street, Liskeard, Cornwall 3 Buckland Terrace, Yelverton, Devon 115 Fore Street, Kingsbridge 17 Derrys Cross, Plymouth, Devon 30a Western Approach, Plymouth, Devon 13-14 Pannier Market, Fore St., Callington, Cornwall Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall 14 Athenaeum Street, Plymouth, Devon West Hoe Pier, West Hoe Road, Plymouth, Devon 9 Tin Lane, Barbican, Plymouth, Devon 57-59 North Hill, Plymouth, Devon
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ENGLISH RESTAURANTS Bistro Bene Old Mother Hubbard’s Seasons Restaurant THE WATERFRONT White Hart Hotel Whitsand Bay Hotel
Dolphin House, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon 35 Market Street, Yealmpton, Devon 6 Windsor Place, Liskeard, Cornwall 9 GRAND PARADE, THE HOE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 1 Church Street, Modbury Portwrinkle, Torpoint
01752 254879 01752 880085 01579 342302 01752 226326 01548 831561 01503 230276
Downderry, Torpoint, Cornwall 4 NORTH EAST QUAY, SUTTON HARBOUR, PLYMOUTH Liaisons, Higher Market Street, Looe, Cornwall Little Green, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall Milburn Orchard, Bigbury, Kingsbridge Talland Street, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, PLYMOUTH 31-32 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon The Quay, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall
01503 250210 01752 665325 01503 272459 01548 810876 01503 272780 01752 880502 01752 667688 01503 263593
PRINCESS STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON
01752 201523
49-51 CITADEL ROAD, THE HOE, PLYMOUTH Castle Street, Looe, Cornwall 111 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon 9 MARKET AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 19-21 Frankfort Gate, Plymouth, Devon 150 Cornwall Street, Plymouth, Devon
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ITALIAN RESTAURANTS BED CAFE CURVA PASTA & PIZZA BAR PASTA & PIZZA CAFE Pizzaghetti Ponte Riatto Positano THE PASTA BAR ZUCCA
42 Breton Side, Plymouth, Devon DRAKE CIRCUS, PLYMOUTH 9 MARKET AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 8 UNION STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 23 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon 45 Church Steet, Kingsbridge 36 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon 40 SOUTHSIDE STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON NORTH QUAY HOUSE, NORTH QUAY, PLYMOUTH
01752 252555 01752 266336 01752 667610 01752 665345 01548 857377 01752 661290 01752 671299 01752 224225
Yukisan
51 Notte Street, The Barbican Plymouth
01752 220915
MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANTS Renaissance Teo's Restaurant
2 St.Andrews Street, Plymouth 1 Radford Park Road, Plymouth, Devon
01752 667880 01752 313344
MEXICAN RESTAURANTS ARRIBAS
56-58 NOTTE STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON
01752 603303
THE SOUK
SUTTON HARBOUR, PLYMOUTH
01752 221111
The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall 17-19 DERRY’S CROSS, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 76 Royal Parade, Plymouth, Devon 32 Barbican Approach, Plymouth, Devon 201 Tavistock Road, Plymouth, Devon
01503 272502 01752 229413 01752 254625 01752 255881 01752 709800
PIZZERIA’S
GREEK RESTAURANTS MYTHOS Peppers Taverna The Athenian Restaurant THE GRECIAN TAVERNA The Leandra Zeus
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MOROCCAN RESTAURANTS
FRENCH RESTAURANTS CHLOE’S
2 Pondbridge Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall 32 Western Approach, Plymouth, Devon 23 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall 36 Breton Side, Plymouth, Devon 101 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon 18 Church Street, Plymouth, Devon 37 Lower Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall 4 Hooe Road, Plymouth, Devon 58 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon 9 Broad Street, Modbury, Ivybridge, Devon 137 Ridgeway, Plymouth, Devon 137 Ridgeway, Plymouth, Devon 31 New Street, Plymouth, Devon 18 BUCKWELL STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 67 West Street, Tavistock, Devon 17 Bretonside, Plymouth, Devon 5 New Road, Callington, Cornwall The Quay, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall 57 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon 9 West Street, Tavistock, Devon 23-25 Lower Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall 2 Barne Road, St Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon
JAPANESE RESTAURANTS
FISH/SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS Inn on the Shore JOINED UP WHITING Liaisons Bistro Nevilles Oyster Shack The House On Props The Kitchen THE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT The Village Trawlers
Bangla Style Fahad Fahad Indian Ganges Gurkha Palace Jimmy's Kashmir Balti House Lackys Balti House Mutley Spice Indian Cuisine Sanjida Shapla Shapla Balti Cuisine Simalayan Spices SPICE WELL Thariks Tandoori Restaurant The Baba Indian Restaurant The Balti King The Bay of Bengal The Eastern Eye The Ganges Restaurant The Saltash Tandoori The Taste of India
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Mermaid Pizzeria PIZZA EXPRESS Pizza Hut Pizza Hut Pizza Hut UK Ltd
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DIRECTORY PUB FOOD BEEFEATER Brewers Fayre CARBIELE INN DARTMOOR UNION INN EDGCUMBE ARMS Finnygook Inn Halfway House Inn ROSE AND CROWN The Coachmakers Arms The George Inn The Kings Arms The Ploughboy Inn THE SHIP INN The Swan Inn THE TURTLEY CORN MILL The Unicorn WEBBS INN & RESTAURANT Who'D Have Thought It Inn
300 PLYMOUTH ROAD, CRABTREE, PLYMOUTH 1 Lockyers Quay, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon TREVOL ROAD, TORPOINT, CORNWALL FORE STREET, HOLBETON, DEVON CREMYLL, TORPOINT, CORNWALL Crafthole, Torpoint, Cornwall Two Waters Foot, Liskeard, Cornwall MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, DEVON Newport, Callington, Cornwall 191 St. Stephens Place, Ridgeway, Plympton, Plymouth The Quay, Oreston, Plymouth, Devon Liskeard Road, Saltash, Cornwall NOSS MAYO, SOUTH DEVON Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall AVONWICK, SOUTH DEVON 158 Plymouth Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon PIKE STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL St. Dominick, Saltash, Cornwall
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SPANISH RESTAURANTS CARPE DIEM LORENZOS La Tasca
50 NORTH HILL, PLYMOUTH 26 DERRYS CROSS ATHENAEUM PLACE, PLYMOUTH Derrys Cross, Plymouth, Devon
01752 252942 01752 201522 01752 250094
SPECIALITY RESTAURANTS Astor Hotel 14-22 Elliot Street Plymouth BORINGDON HALL HOTEL COLEBROOK, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH Buccaneer Restaurant Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall Capers Higher Market Street, Looe, Cornwall Couches Great House Saxon Bridge, Big Green, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall CUISINE SPONTANEE CENTURY QUAY, SUTTON HARBOUR First & Last Inn Church Street, Ermington, Ivybridge, Devon Goodbody's 49 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Goodies Taverna 17 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon Harbour Light Hope Cove, Kingsbridge Jaipur Palace 146 Vauxhall Street, Plymouth, Devon Lanterns Kebab & Steak House 88 Cornwall Street, Plymouth, Devon Lords of Princetown Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon Matisee Plantation House, Totnes Road, Ermington, Ivybridge McDonald's Restaurants Ltd 13 New George Street, Plymouth, Devon McDonald's Restaurants Ltd 100 New George Street, Plymouth, Devon McDonald's Restaurants Ltd 150 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, Devon McDonald's Restaurants Ltd Barbican Approach, Plymouth, Devon McDonald's Restaurants Ltd Coypool Road, Plymouth, Devon Moonlight Restaurant Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall MORGANS BRASSERIE 19 PRINCESS STREET, PLYMOUTH National Marine Aquarium Ocean View Restaurant, Rope Walk, Plymouth, Devon Papa Nino Higher Market Street, Looe, Cornwall Partners Restaurant 11-12 Osborne Place, Plymouth, Devon Seawings Breakwater House, Lawrence Road, Plymouth, Devon The East Gate 3 Market Road, Tavistock, Devon The Grapevine Restaurant The Courtyard, Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall The Hayloft Restaurant Lower Clicker Road, Menheniot, Liskeard, Cornwall The Old Sail Loft Quay Street, Looe, Cornwall The Orangery Orangery Lge, Mount Edgcumbe, Torpoint, Cornwall The Polmary Restaurant The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall THE ROSERY DOWNDERRY, TORPOINT, CORNWALL The Sea Shanty The Sea Shanty, Kingsbridge The Tea Clipper Fore Street, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall The Waterfront 9 Parade, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon The Water Rail Lower Market Street, Looe, Cornwall Upstairs At The Cove The Cove, Vauxhaul Quay, Plymouth, Devon
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TAKE AWAY & FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS Aladdin Indian Take Away 66 Embankment Road, Plymouth, Devon Ali Baba 10 Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall Ali Baba Takeaway 115 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon Ali Babas 49 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon Ali Babas 20 Fore Street, Ivybridge, Devon Ali Babas Forty Dishes 115 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon Amora Pizza Bar 118 North Hill, Plymouth, Devon Aster House 23 Bedford Street, Ford, Plymouth, Devon Baba's Indian Takeaway Unit 11a, 11-13 Radford Park Road, Plymouth, Devon Bartlett's Cafe Bistro 54 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon Best Kebab & Burger Takeaway 1 West Street, Liskeard, Cornwall BITES SANDWICH & COFFEE BAR 6 QUAY ROAD, PLYMOUTH, DEVON Bombay Spice 236 Albert Road, Plymouth, Devon Caesars 41 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Cantonese Kitchen 13 Market Street, Tavistock, Devon Cap'N Jaspers Fish Market, Barbican, Plymouth, Devon Caspian Fish Bar 62 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Castle Chicken & Kebab 39 Fore Street, Callington, Cornwall Champ American Chicken 53 Ebrington Street, Plymouth, Devon
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Charcoal Grill China Chef China City China Express China Palace China Valley Chinese Chinese Takeaway Chung Ying Chinese City Charcoal Grill Crownhill Chinese Curry Express Derriford Chinese Devon Chinese Dial a Pizza Dillan Charcoal Grill Domino's Pizza Dragon City Dragon House Eastern Star Eastern Sunrise Elburton Pearl Favourite Food Favourite Pizza Feedwell Chinese Takeaway Fresh & Fruity Golden Bridge Golden Dragon Chinese Golden Oriental Delight Green Chilli Indian Takeaway Gurka Harvey's Fish Bar Hilton Chinese Kitchen Hung Ying India Express Indus Indian Take Away Jade Garden Jaipur Palace Ltd Jake's Jimbos Julius Chinese Takeout Kebab King Kenny Kuet KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC Kwang Tung Kitchen La Bella Pizza-Chicken & Keb. Lai Wan Lotus Luigis Pizzas May Fong May Lok McDonald's Restaurants Ltd McDonald's Restaurants Ltd Merry O Sole Midnight Curry House Mini Wok Mo's Mr Johns Mr Kuet Mystic Pizza New Kwong Lee Ltd New Lucky Gardens No1 Chinese O'Briens Oriental Express Our Plaice Pancake House Papa John's Papa Raj Pappadum Indian Takeaway Pasley Take Away Peking House Chinese Perfect Pizza Pizza Hut Pizza King Pizza Plus Pizza Station Plympton Grill Quality Snacks Ridgeway Pizza Roopnagor Royal Cafes Samanthas Samni Sandies Takeaway Seven Up
87 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 3 Seymour Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon 18 Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall 96 Embankment Road, Plymouth, Devon 52 Morshead Road, Plymouth, Devon 95 Victoria Road, Plymouth, Devon 47 Springfield Road, Plymouth, Devon 24 West Street, Tavistock, Devon 12 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon 8 Alexandra Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon 2 Buckland Terrace, Yelverton, Devon 79a Upland Drive, Plymouth, Devon 18 Ivydale Road, Plymouth, Devon 1 Boringdon Villas, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon 83 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 18 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Unit 6a, Glen Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon 40 Welbeck Avenue, Plymouth, Devon School Drive Shopping, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon 29 Melrose Avenue, Plymouth, Devon 51 Springfield Road, Plymouth, Devon 53 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon 75a Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 131 Speedwell Crescent, Plymouth, Devon 12a Courtenay Street, Plymouth, Devon 34 Fore Street, Ivybridge, Devon 63 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 41 Clifton Street, Plymouth, Devon 47 Bretonside, Plymouth, Devon 3 Pondbridge Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall 17a Lipson Vale, Plymouth, Devon 27 Ridgeway, Plymouth, Devon 3 Beaumont Road, Plymouth, Devon 248 Albert Road, Plymouth, Devon 74 Ebrington Street, Plymouth, Devon 2 Kimberley Court, Fore Street, Ivybridge, Devon 5 Regent Street, Plymouth, Devon 37 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 45 Marlborough Street, Plymouth, Devon 35 Breton Side, Plymouth, Devon 9 Pemros Road, Plymouth, Devon 116-117 New George Street, Plymouth, Devon 77 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 33 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon 608 Wolseley Road, Plymouth, Devon 227 Tavistock Road, Plymouth, Devon 41 Regent Street, Plymouth, Devon 204 Keyham Road, Plymouth, Devon 23 Church Street, Liskeard, Cornwall 18 Barne Road, Plymouth, Devon 109 Wolseley Road, Plymouth, Devon Carrs Hse, Fore St, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon 436 Crownhill Road, West Park, Plymouth, Devon Tavistock Road, Plymouth, Devon Pomphlett Road, Plymouth, Devon 42 Fore Street, Ivybridge, Devon 67 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 14 Marlborough Street, Plymouth, Devon 81 Hyde Park Road, Plymouth, Devon 79 North Hill, Plymouth, Devon 3 Fairmead Road, Saltash, Cornwall 2 George Street, Plymouth, Devon 1 Barn Street, Liskeard, Cornwall 78 Neath Road, Plymouth, Devon 174 Albert Road, Plymouth, Devon 11 Raleigh Street, Plymouth, Devon 27 Thurlestone Walk, Plymouth, Devon 49 Torridge Way, Plymouth, Devon 12 Keyham Road, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon Woolwell Shopping, School Drive, Plymouth, Devon 41 Springfield Road, Plymouth, Devon 427 Crownhill Road, Plymouth, Devon 58 Pasley Street, Plymouth, Devon Unit 2, Westfield, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon 35 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon 71 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon 11 Radford Park Road, Plymouth, Devon 40 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 62 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Westfield, Plymouth, Devon 17 Victoria Road, Plymouth, Devon 94 Ridgeway, Plymouth, Devon 67 Wolseley Road, Plymouth, Devon The Parade, Liskeard, Cornwall 119 Cornwall Street, Plymouth, Devon 70b Lanhydrock Road, Plymouth, Devon Bretonside Bus Station, Bretonside, Plymouth, Devon 7 Wolseley Road, Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon
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DIRECTORY Shake Heaven Shapla Balti Takeaway Silver Dragon Sizzling Grill Small Fry Snack Attack Southway Chinese Takeaway Spice Aruma St. Pancras Chippy St. Pancras Pizza Subway Plymouth Ltd Sun Fong Sunflower Kitchen Chinese Supreme Sutton Snax's Taste of Bengal Tasty Bites Tasty House Teen Sing The Babas The Canton Express The Golden Crown The Guardsmans Plaice The Guru The Indian Chef The Indian Kitchen The International The Lee Gardens The Orient Chinese The Pasty Kitchen The Sandwich Box Plus The Shop On The Square The Silver Bird The Simla The Thai Kitchen The Vindaloo's Indian Tooleys Chinese V I P Indian Valentinos Vino's Take Away Whitleigh Green Fisheries Wimpy Wimpy Wongs Wongs Yang Sing Chinese Takeaway Ying Wah Chinese Take Away Yungs Carry Out
31 Market Avenue, Plymouth, Devon 21 Market Road, Plymouth, Devon 255 Dean Cross Road, Plymouth, Devon 79b Ridgeway, Plymouth, Devon 44 Armada Street, Greenbank, Plymouth, Devon 152 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 347 Southway Drive, Plymouth, Devon Shop 3, 2 Trevol Road, Torpoint, Cornwall 83-87 St. Pancras Avenue, Plymouth, Devon 87 St. Pancras Avenue, Plymouth, Devon 65 Ebrington Street, Plymouth, Devon 15 Church Street, Callington, Cornwall 49 Devonport Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon 2 Wesley Avenue, Plymouth, Devon Sutton Place, Plymouth, Devon Warrenstown Court, Costly Street, Ivybridge, Devon 4 Saltash Road, Keyham, Plymouth, Devon 392 Wolseley Road, Plymouth, Devon 26 Molesworth Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon 33 Morshead Road, Plymouth, Devon 429a Crownhill Road, Plymouth, Devon 4 Fleet Street, Plymouth, Devon 120 Underwood Road, Plymouth, Devon 21 Market Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon School Drive, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon 30 Fore Street, Callington, Cornwall 75 Hoe Road, Plymouth, Devon 50 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon 47 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall Higher Market Street, Looe, Cornwall 320 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon The Square, Cawsand, Torpoint, Cornwall 198 Exeter Street, Plymouth, Devon 71 Delamere Road, Plymouth, Devon 15 Frogmore Ave, Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon 29 Percy Terrace, Plymouth, Devon 11 St Stephens Place, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon 204 Exeter Street, Plymouth, Devon 26 Springfield Road, Plymouth, Devon 58 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall Whitleigh Green, Plymouth, Devon 72 Cornwall Street, Plymouth, Devon 35 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon Tamar Street, Torpoint, Cornwall 82 Priory Road, Plymouth, Devon 45 Ebrington Street, Plymouth, Devon 2 Hooe Road, Plymouth, Devon 39 Lopes Road, Plymouth, Devon
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Tapenades Tastebuds Restaurant The Anchor Inn The Artillery Tower The Bay Leaf Restaurant The Brasserie The Chapter House The China House The Coffee Mill The Cottage Restaurant The Dagger The Dartmoor Diner The Golden Guinea The Miners Arms The Plantation THE SHIP The Ships Tavern The View Cafe The Walrus & The Leat Tinhay Mill Restaurant Ye Olde Cottage
01752 265300
Bar Vivo Bar-Rakuda Bar-Rhumba Bistro 35 Henry Js Images The Barbican Jazz Cafe THE TREASURY LOUNGE BAR
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THAI RESTAURANTS Ruen Thai The Thai House The Thai Palace
101 Mayflower Street, Plymouth 63 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon 3 Elliott Street, Plymouth, Devon
01752 222868 01752 661600 01752 255770
TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS Alpine Lodge Annies Place Arch Deacon Restaurant BARBICAN KITCHEN BAR ZEEGCO CAWSAND BAY HOTEL Chambers Christophers Devon Tors Bar DUKE OF CORNWALL HOTEL Friary Manor Hotel & Rest. Kelly's of Looe Ltd Kelly's Of Saltash Kilbys KUBES KITLEY HOUSE LANGMANS RESTAURANT Little Chef Little Chef Lord Louis Mawgans Nelsons Plantation House Restaurant Port O Call QUALITY HOTEL RESTAURANT ONE Riverside Restaurant Smugglers Cott STEAK AND OMELLETE Steps Tamar View Cafe TANNERS
St Modwen Road, Plymouth, Devon 01752 600220 4 Fernleigh Terr., St Anns Chapel, Gunnislake, Cornwall 01822 832880 Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall 01503 262876 BLACK FRIARS DISTILLERY, SOUTHSIDE STREET, PLYMOUTH 01752 604448 4 FRANKFORT GATE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 01752 664754 THE BOUND, CAWSAND, CORNWALL 01752 822425 60 Notte Street, Plymouth, Devon 01752 663266 19 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, Devon 01822 617581 Devon Tors Bar, Yelverton, Devon 01822 853604 MILLBAY ROAD, PLYMOUTH 01752 275850 The Friary, Maker, Torpoint, Cornwall 01752 822112 Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall 01503 263381 28 Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall 01752 844000 Marine Drive, Torpoint, Cornwall 01752 813200 13 FRANKFORT GATE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 01752 266793 KITLEY ESTATE YEALMPTON NR PLYMOUTH 01752 881555 3 CHURCH STREET, CALLINGTON, CORNWALL 01579 384933 Saltash Industrial Estate, Saltash, Cornwall 01752 848414 A38, Smithaleigh, Plymouth, Devon 01752 894507 Glen Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon 01752 339562 Higher Market Street, Looe, Cornwall 01503 265331 Saxon Bridge, Big Green, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall 01503 272366 Totnes Road, Ermington, Ivybridge, Devon 01548 830741 23 Bishops Place, Plymouth, Devon 01752 265501 CLIFF ROAD, THE HOE, PLYMOUTH DEVON 01752 507800 1 MUTLEY PLAIN, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 01752 671747 Little Furswain Cottage, Liskeard, Cornwall 01579 320597 Middle Market Street, Looe, Cornwall 01503 262397 116-118 CORNWALL STREET 01752 669162 75 West Street, Tavistock, Devon 01822 614280 13a Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall 01752 814418 FINEWELL STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON 01752 252001
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14 Dean Street, Liskeard, Cornwall Tamar View Nurseries, Carkeel, Saltash, Cornwall 1 Lutterburn Street, Ugborough, Ivybridge, Devon Durnford Street, Plymouth, Devon 27 Church Street, Liskeard, Cornwall Mayflower Mariner, Richmond Walk, Plymouth, Devon 1-2 St Andrew Street, Plymouth, Devon Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon 44 Brook Street, Tavistock, Devon The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall 14 Barton Meadow, Pelynt, Looe, Cornwall Mill Hill, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon Fore Street, East Looe, Looe, Cornwall Hemerdon, Plymouth, Devon The Coombes, Polperro, Looe, Cornwall QUAY ROAD, PLYMOUTH, DEVON Arcadia Road, Plymouth, Devon Treninnow Cliff Road, Torpoint, Cornwall Athenaeum Street, Plymouth, Devon The Mill, Tinhay, Lifton, Devon Middle Market Street, Looe, Cornwall
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VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS Flames Veggie Perrins
75 Waterloo Street, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon 97 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon
01752 606050 01752 252888
29 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon 11 Quay Road, Plymouth, Devon 48 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon 35 Church Street, Modbury, Ivybridge, Devon 113-115 Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon 89a Cornwall Street, Plymouth, Devon 11 The Parade, Barbican, Plymouth, Devon OLD TREASURY BUILDING, CATHERINE ST, PLYMOUTH
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15 Derry’s Cross, Plymouth, Devon 2 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon
01752 668922 01752 228930
WINE BARS
CASINOS Grosvenor Casino Stanley Plymouth Grand
NIGHT CLUBS, DISCOS & DANCE HALLS Asylum The Candy Store C 103 Club Fandango Dance Academy Flares & Reflex Harbour Lights Jacks Jesters Oceania Quay Club Ra Revolution Bar Ride Cafe Bar Robin Hood Club Temptations T2 The Cooperage The Deep Club The Hub The Millennium Complex The Voodoo Club Bar (10 Til 2) Upbeat Varsity View 2 Walkabout Zanzibar Nightclub Zeros’s
2 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 99-101 Union Street, Plymouth 103 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon Strathmore Hotel, 13 Elliott Street, Plymouth, Devon 121-123 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 18 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 1 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall The Parade, Liskeard, Cornwall 39-43 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 8 Barbican Approach, Plymouth, Devon 11 The Parade, Plymouth, Devon New Continental Hotel, Millbay Road, Plymouth, Devon Derry’s Cross, Plymouth 45 Tavistock Place Plymouth 12 New Street, Plymouth, Devon 2 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 134 Vauxhall Street, Plymouth, Devon 86-88 Vauxhall Street, Plymouth Bath Street, Plymouth, Devon 34-36 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon 1 The Money Centre, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon 103-109 Union Street, Plymouth 33 Derrys Cross, Plymouth The Barbican, Little Vauxhall Qy, Plymouth 5 Union Street, Plymouth Mayflower Street, Plymouth, Devon 24 Lockyer Street, Plymouth
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BISTRO’S AND BAR’S BACARO Fuel HA! HA! MONTY’S REFECTORY Sand’s Bistro THE B BAR
5 QUAY ROAD, THE BARBICAN, PLYMOUTH 01752 254254 40-42 North Hill Plymouth 01752 672116 17-19 PRINCESS STREET PLYMOUTH 01752 228810 13 THE BARBICAN, PLYMOUTH 01752 252877 BLACK FRIARS DISTILLERY, SOUTHSIDE STREET, PLYMOUTH 01752 665292 Seaton, Downderry, Devon 01752 250611 CASTLE STREET, PLYMOUTH 01752 242021
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The Boringdon Hall Hotel
THE GALLERY RESTAURANT & REMY LOUNGE. Imagine your own 16th Century Elizabethan Manor House where you arrive in the magnificent Great Hall and are immediately pampered with canapés and a glass of your favourite tipple, where you can relax and unwind. Attentive staff present beautiful cherry wood menus with an eclectic choice of dishes sourced only from local suppliers. Negotiate the winding staircase leading to the beautifully appointed oak beamed Gallery Restaurant over looking the impressive Great Hall. Feel and be treated like the ‘Lord of the Manor’.
FOR INFORMATION AND TO MAKE A RESERVATION CONTACT THE HOTEL ON 01752 344455 THE BORINGDON HALL HOTEL COLEBROOK, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL7 4DP WWW.BORINGDONHALL.CO.UK OPENING TIMES MON-SAT 7PM UNTIL 10PM, SUN 7PM UNTIL 9.30PM
At the Boringdon Hall Hotel we are famous for our weddings.This unique 16th Century Manor House is the perfect venue for the smallest and most intimate occasion to the more larger celebration. Allow us to organise your wedding and with our ‘complete package’ take the stress out of arranging cars, cakes and flowers. Call Sarah Canby our wedding co-ordinator on 01752 344455. For all your conference and banqueting needs contact Mike Palmer on 01752 344455.