Tag Archives: restaurant

Cross purpose

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Neil Thomas gets round to dining at The Royal Oak in Welshpool — and rather wishes he’d visited earlier.

Cut from cloth of gold

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Neil Thomas enjoys some thoroughly modern cooking in the thoroughly unmodern surroundings of Drapers’ Hall in Shrewsbury

Consummately congenial

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Neil Thomas goes in search of style , and finds it in abundance at a south Shropshire hotel

When in Rome . . .

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Neil Thomas takes an early measure of a new venue in the county town

Six of the best

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Neil Thomas enjoys the evident skills of Fishmore Hall’s head chef – and takes advantage of an overnight stay

Please sir . . . I want some Maw

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The Valley Hotel in Ironbridge was in the right place at the right time. But would the food make the journey worthwhile? Neil Thomas finds out

Food and service, to a tee

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Neil Thomas drops in to the nineteenth hole and finds quality to the ‘fore!’

May fortune favour the brave

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In defiance of the economic gloom engulfing most sectors of the economy, The Yockleton Arms has recently reopened. So the least we could do was go and have a look . . .

Something to crow about

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Neil Thomas muses over Shropshire’s Olympic connections and awards gold to The Raven

Bucking the trend

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Neil Thomas visits a brasserie that’s buzzing with bonhomie in the county town

A taste of the Trust

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Neil Thomas enjoys dinner with a difference in the grand surroundings of a National Trust treasure

Service with a smile

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Neil Thomas braves the elements to enjoy the fruits of Goldstone Hall’s kitchens – and benefit from some off-the-wall lessons from the wine list