Location: Loughborough
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England, United Kingdom Food Guide: 4 European food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Loughborough
Reviews on European food in Loughborough, England, United Kingdom. Loughborough (/ˈlʌfb(ə)rə/ ( listen) LUF-b(ə-)rə) is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University. The town had a population of 57,600 in 2004, making it the second largest settlement in Leicestershire. It is close to the Nottinghamshire border and within short distances of Nottingham, East Midlands Airport and Derby. The town has the world's largest bell foundry – John Taylor Bellfounders, which made the bells for the Carillon war memorial, a landmark in the Queens Park in the town, Great Paul for St Paul's Cathedral, and York Minster.
Things to do in Loughborough
1. Hammer and Pincers
Overall Ratings
4 based on 825 reviews
Reviewed By Sarah B
The Country pub style building and decor did not match the lunch menu. There is nothing relaxed or Country pub dining about the menu. Itâs pretentious and very, very stiff.I love going to very nice country restaurants and externally this is how it was pitted. Inside the decor wasnât as nice as I would expect. A few rough areas but the menu is something youâd find on some of the very stuffy old London hotels which have rested on their laurels and not kept up with what people really want to eat at lunch times - even if eating out at fine dining places. Thereâs no option of a sandwich of any sort. If they wanted to keep up the pretention they could site where the meat came from, describe some convoluted sauce made locally by X, Y or Z, and described the salad as grown by the pixies at the local organic zero carbon footprint farm. I do jest somewhat but you see my point. Lighter meals can still be offered at a higher than normal price and still resemble fine dining. Please look at The Boot at Repton. They are a Michelin star country restaurant, who manage lunch time fine dining options as well as lighter choices or less fussy choices which still command a high price because of the exquisite ingredients. In fact, you could also do with visiting to take a look at how itâs interior has been delicately designed to look both refined and rustic; Something the Pincers arenât achieving. The woman serving us was quite snooty and didnât present well. There was another customer telling them like myself that she couldnât eat the menu. Her because of dietary requirements and me because I didnât fancy an £26 (cheapest option is 2 courses £26) ox cheek for lunch. They wouldnât even make her a portion of chips so that she could eat with her friend. She like us, were told that you were setting up for tonight and you only do what crosses over on your evening menu and as such there was no way someone could possibly sway from the stiff menus and rather than do the very ostentatious it appeared it was impossible to peel a potato, chop it and fry it for her. Why open up at all. There were 4 people in there at 1.30. Only one staff member was taking orders, doing the bar and doing the drinks. Clearly youâre used to having Saturday Lunch which lacks atmosphere and oh yes, guests - hence the one staff member working and the maitre de doing ... well not a lot as there wasnât much for a maitre de to do. Ps - I tried to make good a bad situation and say that I ate like a child because I did not like anything off the menu. The truth is, the menu was to coiffed up and totally seemed all fur coat... and it was inappropriate for both a Saturday Lunch time and setting. Iâm sure thereâs more atmosphere in the evening and I can see how the menu would lend its self to evening fine dining, better.Dear Sarah,I would like to take this opportunity to point out the facts from our side, with regards to this review.Firstly, you did not even dine with us, you came in saw the menus and left, I'm sorry there was nothing on the menu that you felt suited your needs, but the set menu is all we have served on a Saturday lunch for over a year now, and it has been very well received, we feel that £30 for 3 courses is excellent value for money.With regards to the number other guests dining with us, we are a small restaurant with just 13 tables, at the time you visited we had guests sat at 4 out of 5 tables in the room you were sat in, later that shift the other 1 was also taken, plus the table you sat at, in addition to 3 other tables in another area within the restaurant, so we were in fact about 60% full.That does bring us on to another area of your review, you mentioned that you were listening in on conversations between our staff and other guests, at no point did that customer ask for chips, had they asked, we would be more then happy to oblige, the issue was more relating to intolerances, as a result they were offered a choice of 5 other dishes not on the menu.Despite not dining with us, you feel the need to comment on the lack of provenance for our food, you must have missed the A card on each table that quite clearly points out how much effort we put into sourcing locally produced ingredients, this is also mirrored in the menu description, we have been operating for over 15 years now & we are renowned for using the best local produce available, unfortunately Leicstershire has a distinct shortage of "pixies" though, maybe it has something to do with Brexit, however you were correct in pointing out that we do not even offer a sandwich, we do not feel that the vast majority of our guests would come to us and expect to see one on the menu, I think that perhaps you were just looking for a completely different establishment to dine in, of which the local area has plenty, so i'm confident you were able to find what you were looking for elsewhere.with regards to the work ethic of my staff, I stand 100% behind the effort they bring to their individual roles & had you stayed for lunch you would have seen more of this, but I still hark back to your interpretation of how busy we actually were, I am also confident that my staff are neither "snooty" or even remotely "pretentious" it is in fact one of the comments we hear on a regular basis, fine dining without the pretentious atmosphere.yours, Daniel Jimminson, Chef Proprietor, The Hammer & Pincers
2. The Manor House Pub and Rooms
Overall Ratings
4 based on 908 reviews
Reviewed By NickB_47
Stayed here for 2 nights - very nice welcome from the staff - big room and very clean with good facilities. The only slight downside was that having a ground floor room means that you have to suffer from the noise of the footsteps of people above yo. Would stay again
3. Browns Lane Bar and Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 508 reviews
Browns Lane has a stylish bar with a relaxed feel, and a restaurant that offers high quality freshly prepared cuisine. Imaginative cocktails to perfectly chilled champagne, freshly prepared lunchtime snack menus to the sumptuous specials board, create a p
Reviewed By alanandkirsty
Beautifully decorated, nice staff, good value for money. Food looked really good on appearance had the scallops and mixed bread to start which were both nice! The BL burger and ribeye steak for main. There was quite a few items off the menu. The burger bun was rock hard and inedible and the steak was less than blue when Iâd asked for rare. It was cold in the middle! The peppercorn and mushroom and Stilton sauces were amazing. The Pomme Anna had little to no flavour. I told the staff and she wanted to give us money off the bill but we said no as the rest of our meal and drinks were good. So she brought us out some pudding instead. The sticky toffee pudding and creme brûlée both amazing! The restaurant was air-conditioned and really beautiful. We probably would go back yes just not regularly.
4. Pretzel Deli
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By thardingha
We stopped off here for a brunch and as always, the food, decor and staff were first class. There is a very nice menu catering for all types of food from sandwiches to hot meals and fabulous cakes. I cannot fault this establishment and they should be very proud of the service they provide.
