The Hand and Flowers

Recent lunch with friends. A gluten free option requested on booking was handled without fuss and service was efficient and unobtrusive. So, food. Potato “risotto “ surely used up most of the salt from the Dead Sea. Guys, we don’t need you to salt our food, we can always add to suit our personal tastes. Pork belly was a little on the dry side but OK, except that the “crispy skin” defeated my attempts to break it, let alone eat. Another in our party ate OK, maybe the sister of James Bond’s “Jaws”. Rum baba was honestly disappointing. We ordered it to reminisce the 60’s but maybe they were as small and dry as this back then but we forget. Overall, I think the staff make the place, not the food.

Exceptionally good all round. I had a gluten free menu that included gf sourdough and gf soufflé, which was an extra treat. The food was truly excellent and the service was helpful, attentive, well informed and well pitched (unlike the faux friendly and intrusive manners at another well known restaurant in the town centre...). I loved it!