Luke Holder is the Head Chef at Hartnett Holder & Co, the restaurant located within the prestigious Lime Wood Hotel. He is known for his collaboration with Angela Hartnett and his focus on Italian-influenced cuisine,...
5
Really lovely restaurant serving seasonal ingredients in a refined manner. The à la carte menu had a slightly better selection for what I wanted so we opted for the risotto, soup and burrata to start . I finished with the gnocchi but my family had a selection of vegetarian dishes. All were delightful, fresh and well balanced. A great experience!
I went there dressed as a mumble rapper and they still treated me well.
I decided to visit since one of the chefs comes to the same climbing gym and mentioned that would be a great place for great food. No lies were told.
I came completely underdressed. Shorts and a t-shirt that had bulletproof vest (don’t ask why).
The hostess didn’t look at me any differently, asked me if it was our first time and why we decided to visit. I told her and she went into the kitchen unbeknownst to us and I end up meeting the chefs and speaking to the chef that I knew.
The waitress Emilia was amazing as well. Her recommendation was on point and she met my clueless self with kindness and understanding.
Izi was another waitress that also end up serving us and me and my friend felt welcomed.
The risotto was amazing. Never had one so decided to take a chance after Emilia told me it had strong flavours. On point.
Desert was equally delicious. Don’t quite remember what it was since it was a few days ago.
I recommend to:
1. Reserve. It was busy and it kept getting busier.
2. Dress accordingly. The fact you reading this is already better than me. I just made a decision based solely on a recommendation, nothing else.
3. Have money. Kind essential for a place like this.
Thank you Harvey, Emilia and Izi for the experience.
Superb from start to finish.
Outstanding food and also service to match.
Would recommend you arrive 45-60m before your table booking to relax in the bar area and soak up the atmosphere. A treat for gin lovers with 2 full pages of choices and a host of different cocktails.
The restaurant was everything we had hoped for and our waitress was knowledgeable and charming. All other staff we had contact with during our visit couldn't do enough to make our visit a special one.
The food was quite superb with a highlight being the agnolotti, served in this instance with galeux d'eysines pumpkin, brown butter, crispy sage and gorgonzola. That said all the courses we had were beautifully cooked, excellently seasoned and, as one would expect, prepared using the very finest of ingredients.
When can we return!
We came here for the food, but in reality it was more of an all-inclusive experience. We spent the afternoon here, enjoying the good food and vibes. The focaccia starter was oily, but overall tasted great with the mushroom gratin. We tried the vegetarian à la carte menu because the set menu was mixed veg and non-veg items.
Overall, we enjoyed the food, especially the veg hot pot, aubergines and vegetable pasta.
Highly recommended, bit expensive but lovely to go for a special occasion.
Absolutely stunning food and cocktails! Really interesting menu balancing Italian food with local ingredients. There was an excellent variety of meals and as a vegetarian with an egg allergy I was spoilt for choice until it came to dessert - there was only ice-cream and sorbet's available but the server ask the chef to prepare a vegan dessert which they did, really impressed by the service and attentiveness! The whole experience was excellent and our 5 month old was welcomed too.
