Granary Grill, Weston Park
Reviewer's rating ***** Lisa Bailey enjoys an evening of perfection at a newly opened restaurant in an old building.
I could sum up our meal at The Granary Grill in one word,
- tremendous. But I think I need to elaborate a little more.
We have visited Weston Park several times for friends' weddings and Christenings and had a fabulous time, so when we heard they were opening the Granary Grill in the grounds we waited with eager anticipation.
However, the run-up to our evening out did not run that smoothly with my husband Neil feeling under the weather and I was edgy because it was the first night our son had stayed overnight at his grandparents'.
But, our tribulations were put to one side when we walked into the Granary Grill, which is a 70-seater restaurant with a contemporary feel situated in the old malting house of the Granary building. There was a split-level seating area with an open plan kitchen at the far end. Our waitress asked us where we would like to sit and gently nudged us to a prime table with views over Church Pool.
We were choosing our drinks and Neil chatted to the food & beverage operations manager Olivier Ansquer after a few organic lagers on the list caught his eye.
Olivier said they were from Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, and had been voted in the top 50 beers of the World by the Independent. He said they had introduced the lager at the model air show and game fair and they had been very successful.
Neil chose the Freedom Organic Dark Lager to start and then followed it with a pint of the Freedom Organic Lager (£3.10 a pint). He really enjoyed both. Neil would not claim to be an expert on the lager front, but said that his favourite was the dark lager because it was unusual.
Looking through the menu there was a choice of meals from the kitchen and from the grill. It stated on the menu that all the Granary Grill meat was sourced by Weston's very own in-house butcher.
