Harden's survey result
Summary
Opinions divide a little on this elegant chamber, where “fantastic views towards Winchester enhance the atmosphere”; and where MasterChef: The Professionals winner 2023, Tom Hamblet took over at the stoves in 2023 providing a nine-course tasting menu for £125 per person. The odd reporter feels that “it’s disappointing with uninspiring dishes and small portions at a big price… and without any table cloths!” The majority of reports, though, are more positive, and vouch that “it lives up to the hype in spades” .
Summary
This “great hotel” makes a “lovely setting” for “consistently very good meals” from well-travelled chef Phil Yeomans, who trained at the Dorchester and worked in the US and Bermuda before returning to his native Hampshire to run the kitchen here six years ago.
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Woodman Ln, Winchester, SO21 2LT
Restaurant details
The Avenue, Lainston House Hotel Restaurant Diner Reviews
"What a superb meal - one of the best we have ever had - congratulations to Tom Hamblet for such wonderful cooking and his desire to push for better and better - difficult to pick out the highlights / they were all so good and some I mentally marked down were because they weren’t to my taste not that they weren’t so good. Perhaps the scallops injected with seaweed came just out on top - overall above a 9/10"
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £28.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Woodman Ln, Winchester, SO21 2LT
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Opening hours
| Monday | 2 pm‑5 pm |
| Tuesday | 2 pm‑5 pm |
| Wednesday | 6:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 6:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Friday | 6:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Saturday | 6:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Sunday | 6:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
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