Dinner at Merchants Nottingham
Posted on December 20, 2007 in the Tips/Reviews category
I took my fiance to dinner at Merchants Nottingham on Tuesday as a early birthday treat. As we have been to Nottingham’s other top restaurants; World Service, Hart’s & Chino Latino. I thought we should give Merchants a try. I booked the table under Mrs So which is abit cheeky seeing as I’m not married to Dave yet. As Merchants is the restaurant of The Lace Market Hotel, we have to walk through reception to get to it. There were no signs to the restaurant so we had to ask the lady at reception. I think the hotel and restaurant should make some changes to this.
After the waiter took our coats, we sat down to our table. The service was great, although Dave did have trouble understanding one of the waiters because he had a very strong French accent. The Menu seemed pretty standard, nothing on the menu made my mouth water. The prices are quite expensive though. If you go for the 3 course dinner its £35 per head. On the A la carte menu, starters range from £9-£13, mains from £18-£24 and desserts from £8-£10.
We recieved canapes as we were looking at the menu. Which were really tasty. Dave went for the 3 course because I really wanted the christmas pudding souffle that was on that menu. He chose Seafood Chowder to start, then the Lamb saddle for main. I had the Seared Scallop starter and the Sea Bream for main.
Then we got our bread, which I should now make I note of when I go to restaurants to not eat bread cos it kinda fills me up. After we finished that we were give a amuse bouche which was served in a long shot glass. It was a creamy, rich kinda soup/puree of pumpkin. That was quite different.
Our starters came out and they both looked very similar both had scallops on top and tasted kinda the same. We were both amazed by that, especially as mine cost £13. Dave’s Main of Lamb Saddle looked very tasty whilst my fish looked less appealing. All I got with my fish was spinach on the bottom. It was very buttery and simple, not something that I would have expected from a runner up to Nottingham’s 2007 Restaurant Award but maybe that’s why they didn’t win. Dave’s lamb was cooked very nicely and had lots of flavour to it.
Dessert was next, the souffle looked great on the plate but tasted ok. I’ve had better souffles elsewhere and the Drambuie Ice cream didn’t taste that much like drambuie.
I think Merchants isn’t as good as World Service or Hart’s. I would rather go to World Service again becuase it feels alot posher rather than some Hotel Restaurant.
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ello madam i zink you ave er got ze preece of ze scallopz wrong. zey were infact £19 pounds!!
but i am not a complaining az you treated me zank you my hunny xx