Harrogate restaurant
Harrogate restaurant
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roddo

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584 posts

218 months

Sunday 27th November 2011
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I'm told Jenson button owns a place in harrogate, Anyone have any info?

falkster

4,258 posts

226 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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No idea, asked my dad and he hasn't heard anything either. I'm sure it would be common knowledge.

marshalla

15,902 posts

224 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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http://harrogate-news.co.uk/2011/09/05/new-restaur...

(amazing what happens when you put "Jenson Button Harrogate" into one of these new-fangled searchy thingummies)


Edited by marshalla on Monday 28th November 00:14

gemini

11,352 posts

287 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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hehe

YRRunner

1,652 posts

239 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Mentioned already on this forum, page 2 http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...
Hardly a restaurant, more of a cafe with sandwiches and some simple stuff. If you stand in front of the train station and look across the road, you will see it down a pedestrian parade. Imposing building painted light blue. Used to be a biggish sports shop.

Edited by YRRunner on Monday 28th November 12:41

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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As the Google search item says, it's Victus, just up from Cafe Rouge. It's an odd place, in my opinion much more suited to a trendy evening bar than day time family food.

We went in about 09.30 one Saturday morning and they had no bread, as their delivery had not turned up. I asked the obvious question, with ASDA about 4 minutes walk away, might it be an idea to just go and buy some to see them over the breakfast/mid-morning rush. The suggestion went straight over the girl's head. Then Louise ordered pancakes with maple syrup or similar, and it came in a box, not a large, flat, easy to eat out of box either, a small deep box impossible to access with a knife and fork - like I said, odd!

Cool place decor wise though, but don't expect it to filled with petrol head artifacts, it isn't.

DoctorX

7,995 posts

190 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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A rip off of the Leon chain of restaurants in London but not a patch on them.

falkster

4,258 posts

226 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Did some research today. A chef friend went today and said its terrible.


roddo

Original Poster:

584 posts

218 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Many thanks guys, I'll stick with the restaurant then......

roddo

Original Poster:

584 posts

218 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Many thanks guys, I'll stick with the restaurant then......

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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Which restaurant? Always keen to hear of good restaurants in Harrogate. One of our favourites is Sage. Superb yes

StuB

6,695 posts

262 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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burriana said:
Which restaurant? Always keen to hear of good restaurants in Harrogate. One of our favourites is Sage. Superb yes
Hotel du Vin for me Al.

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Wednesday 30th November 2011
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That could well be our wedding venue Stu smile

But they can't reserve parking out front for all the cars!

StuB

6,695 posts

262 months

Wednesday 30th November 2011
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burriana said:
That could well be our wedding venue Stu smile

But they can't reserve parking out front for all the cars!
Ask someone to park up some 40ft trailers until you're ready Al?

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Wednesday 30th November 2011
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It's private hotel parking. Ideal, right outside the front overlooking The Stray, but they hold them for hotel guests on a first come first served basis. So, unless we book ALL the rooms smile

roddo

Original Poster:

584 posts

218 months

Wednesday 30th November 2011
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burriana said:
Which restaurant? Always keen to hear of good restaurants in Harrogate. One of our favourites is Sage. Superb yes
Its called 'The Restaurant'

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st December 2011
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Restaurant bar & Grill on Parliament Street? I like going to the bar there, but for drinks it isn't that cheap.

It was funny a couple of Saturdays ago when Louise and I were in there standing at the end of the bar having a drink. A small group of about six fairly drunk lads down from the North East rocked up, all looking like wannabe boy band members or footballers - being really cocky with the barman, no please, no thank you, just demanding a load of shots to be lined up along the bar - the picture on the guy's face when the barman calmly said "that'll be £86 please was priceless - certainly took his swagger away as they all had to copper up biggrin

benjj

6,787 posts

186 months

Thursday 1st December 2011
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Al, I know the manager of HdV in Harrogate - my wife is a wine merchant and supplies them with wine.

If you want me to have a word re: parking I could. Shouldn't be too big a deal to get them to blank off the front.

burriana

16,556 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st December 2011
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It would Ben, it was one of the first things I asked. They said that they cannot refuse to let paying residents park. I just need to make sure we invite enough guests to block book the hotel smile

benjj

6,787 posts

186 months

Thursday 1st December 2011
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Let me know the date and I'll sneak up the night before and park the Citroen & Range Rover length wise. Should get you about 20 spaces...

smile