Good resturants near Reading?

[Altrezia]

Hello!

Wife's birthday next week, need a place to take her, and some other family, out to eat. Can't give away too much as wifey is a PHer, but we need to be fairly close to Reading Station if pos.

Four adults, and we'll have our 7 month old with us, so no uber posh places.

Aiming for perhaps £20permain as an upper limit?

Sorry if this is vague.

Any ideas?

-a.

[Roger645]

Not been for a while but:

http://www.londonstbrasserie.co.uk/

[Altrezia]

Cheers, looks great.

[beanbag]

Roger645 said:

Not been for a while but:

http://www.londonstbrasserie.co.uk/

It's OK....nothing great.

There are far better places. One sticks in my head but I can't remember for the life of me the name. Give me a mo while I look it up on Google Maps....

[beanbag]

Update! I got the name of the place!

L'Ortolan. It's a Michelin star restaurant and it's excellent...

http://www.lortolan.com/

[Altrezia]

Ooh - now you're talking. - not the cheapest though, but might be worth the extra £.

[bridgdav]

Have a look on this website..

http://www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk/

I have the Berkshire edition which covers Fine dining to Gastropubs.

Quite a few places out towards Goring or out towards Newbury

The Crab @ Chievely
The Miller of mansfield @ Goring
The Winning hand on A4 towards Aldermaston

Or have a look in the recommendations section at the top of Food & Drink.

[Puggit]

www.myalacarte.co.uk - Yasmina from Apprentice's restaurant.

Almost entirely all sourced from Southern England and fantastic food. This place has only recently opened and has usurped London St Brasserie.

Ignore the comments/thoughts about the food she prepared in the Apprentice.

[BenjC]

beanbag said:

Update! I got the name of the place!

L'Ortolan. It's a Michelin star restaurant and it's excellent...

http://www.lortolan.com/

Excellent restaurant went there just before Christmas and it was fabulous - The Sprinfield Estate whole berry Cab Sauv is a must if you have red meat.

The lunch set menus are pretty good value too.

[jep]

Unfortunately not near the station, but a good place nevertheless, is the Bull Inn on the High Street at Sonning, 01189 693901.

[Lardydah]

The Cottage Inn in Winkfield, not a million miles from Reading.

http://www.cottage-inn.co.uk/

Lovely!

[interloper]

There's a Fried chicken place opposite the station! Not sure why but I've never really eaten out in my home town but if you and your wife like a really good curry, there is a particularly nice Nepalese in London Street (The KhuKuri 82 London Street, RG1 4SJ).

Its a bit of a stroll from the station but not too far.

[theboyfold]

beanbag said:

Roger645 said:

Not been for a while but:

http://www.londonstbrasserie.co.uk/

It's OK....nothing great.

I'll second that, I'm not sure if it was just as we had the 'cheap' menu but I wasn't impressed. You could always head down the M4 to Bray if you fancy a short(ish) drive.

[cij100]

There's a restaurant in Malmaison which seemed pretty reasonable when I went to a birthday meal there. It's pretty much as close to the station as you can get as well.

http://www.malmaison-reading.com/indulge/brasserie

[N24]

Near the station & very good, certainly much better than LSB: http://www.forburys.co.uk/
Cheaper (& nearer the station) http://www.chroniclesrestaurant.com/
Finest pie place is Mrs Miggins http://www.readingrestaurants.com/sweeney_todd/

[Roger645]

theboyfold said:

beanbag said:

Roger645 said:

Not been for a while but:

http://www.londonstbrasserie.co.uk/

It's OK....nothing great.

I'll second that, I'm not sure if it was just as we had the 'cheap' menu but I wasn't impressed. You could always head down the M4 to Bray if you fancy a short(ish) drive.

Thanks, looks like one to cross off the list!

[Puggit]

Roger645 said:

theboyfold said:

beanbag said:

Roger645 said:

Not been for a while but:

http://www.londonstbrasserie.co.uk/

It's OK....nothing great.

I'll second that, I'm not sure if it was just as we had the 'cheap' menu but I wasn't impressed. You could always head down the M4 to Bray if you fancy a short(ish) drive.

Thanks, looks like one to cross off the list!

It's only the cheap menu you should avoid - never felt it provided a value-for-money meal. The cheap menu at myalacarte on the other hand, is excellent.

[VR6time]

Colleys supper rooms. Great for a traditional expereince where they encourage you to have at least 2 of the puddings. http://www.colleyssupperrooms.co.uk/

[prand]

Colleys is THE restaurant for Cotty.

[Puggit]

Puggit said:

www.myalacarte.co.uk - Yasmina from Apprentice's restaurant.

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