British, Modern Restaurants in Ruthin
1. Home at Penarth
British, Modern restaurant in Penarth
1 Royal Buildings, Stanwell Road - CF64
“An exceptional experience, with excellent food, outstanding wines and professional service, but all done in a friendly way” – James Sommerin and family continue to inspire high praise for this small and highly personal venue (at which he quickly reclaimed his Michelin star after the forced closure of a former starred venue on the Penarth seafront in 2020) and where he cooks with his daughter Georgia in an open kitchen, with wife Louise and daughters Angharad and Cath also working in the business. “James has always produced top-class food and this is certainly true of this latest venture”.
2. Hare and Hounds
British, Traditional restaurant in Cowbridge
Aberthin - CF71
2023 Review: “Always excellent food” has built a strong reputation for local lad Tom Watts-Jones’s well-regarded pub in the Vale of Glamorgan. Chef’s CV includes stints at London’s St John and also The Anchor & Hope. There are numerous menus here, including an à la carte or nine-course tasting option.
3. Llanerch Vineyard
British, Modern restaurant in Vale of Glamorgan
2023 Review: This “buzzy hotel restaurant” in a “lovely sunny setting overlooking its vineyard” is “great to know about if you’re in the area”. Chef Andy Aston wins good ratings for cooking that is notably “good-value” for its quality.
4. The Shed by James Sommerin
British, Modern restaurant in Barry
Unit 4 The Sidings, Goodsheds Container Village , Hood Road - CF62
2022 Review: “Worth a detour to the old docks” – a converted red-brick Victorian railway building “down by the Barry Island waterfront” is the new (May 2021) home for one of Wales’s best-known chefs, who closed his former Penarth HQ in July last year. It’s an attractive contemporary setting with 30 covers for a menu that’s not as chefy and expensive as his former Michelin-starred one – more affordable and in a style you might describe as ‘brasserie plus’. A range of steaks is a feature, and early reports speak of “classy cooking by James Sommerin's team from a short, well-realised menu”.
5. Heaney's
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
6-10 Romilly Crescent - CF11
“Tommy (Heaney) is a great chef and a great character”, say fans of the chef’s swanky five-year old, in the Cardiff ‘burbs, which he launched after working at Bridgend’s Great House hotel (an appearance on Great British Menu boosting his profile). Sample tasting menus or à la carte, or hit up his next door oyster and wine bar, Uisce (pronounced ‘ish-ka’, meaning ‘water’ in Gaelic).
6. Milkwood
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
83 Pontcanna Street - CF11
2021 Review: This “friendly and interesting” Pontcanna three-year-old serves up “outstanding” modern Welsh fare. Chef-owners Tom Furlong and Gwyn Myring met while working on the premises 15 years when it was an Italian restaurant, Cibo.
7. Thomas by Tom Simmons
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
3-5 Pontcanna Street - CF11
“Excellent in all aspects!” – so say fans of Tom Simmons’s ambitious Pontcanna HQ, who moved back from three years running his eponymous restaurant in London to open here in early 2020. In addition to the à la carte selection – he provides a seven-course tasting menu for £75 per person. His cuisine is traditionally grounded (e.g. chicken liver parfait with sourdough, braised pork cheek, turbot with caviar) rather than striving for flash foodie fireworks.
8. Uisce
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
4 Romilly Crescent - CF11
Next door to the more formal Heaney’s, this two year old spin-off (whose name means water in Gaelic) is a no-booking affair, serving small plates. Oysters are the speciality.
9. Cora
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
83 Pontcanna Street (above Milkwood) - CF11
2023 Review: “Tiny! Difficult to get a table but worth it” – ex-Hedone-chef Lee Skeet’s 12-seater above Pontcanna’s Milkwood opened in January 2022 following the success of his 40 Days, 40 Nights pop-up, and he serves a seasonal tasting menu, majoring in fish and seafood. Limited early feedback all says the food is good, although one reporter felt “I really wanted it to be great, but thought the food was a little muted”.
10. Kindle
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
Sophia Gardens - CF11
“A great place for warm summer evenings” – Phill and Deb Lewis’s sustainably focused outdoors venue (sibling to Nook) is built around Sophia Gardens’ old Warden’s House and offers a menu of well-prepared dishes cooked over fire, complete with natural wines and blankets to keep the cold at bay. It’s rated on limited but highly enthusiastic feedback.
11. Silures
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
55 Wellfield Road - CF24
Two former Gordon Ramsay and Galvin Bros staffers have joined forces to launch this ambitious restaurant and cocktail bar in the suburb of Roath. Its May 2023 debut occurred just as our annual diners’ poll was concluding – too late for feedback – but it aims to provide ‘something for everyone, whether you’re visiting post-dog-walk for a cocktail on our terrace or celebrating your 25th wedding anniversary’. The name? – as you probably know, the Silures were a powerful tribe of ancient Britain, occupying what is now south east Wales.
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