Hart's

The handsome contemporary building which is home to Hart's stands amidst elegant Georgian and Victorian town houses, on the site of the ramparts of Nottingham's famous medieval castle. Located in its own traffic-free cul de sac, it is just five minutes to the city centre. It opened in November 1997 and was awarded Restaurant of the Year 1997 by The Guardian. Hart's was voted as Nottingham's highest rated restaurant in the Good Food Guide 2004 and winner of Restaurant of the Year at the 2008 Nottingham Restaurant awards.

Hart's restaurant maintains a focus on delivering superb cuisine and excellent personal service in a modern, chic and intimate environment, under the leadership of Head Chef, Tom Earle, and Restaurant Manager, Sally Martin.

The British cuisine is highly seasonal with the emphasis on fantastic fresh ingredients. Expect to see delicious starters such as braised pork terrine with piccalilli and black pudding or the sublime lobster and mango salad with mango dressing. For main courses choose fillet of beef, smoked garlic potato foam, girolles and watercress, or roast duck breast, cep risotto, baby vegetables and thyme sauce. Desserts are to die for, hot chocolate pudding with milk ice cream, passion fruit soufflé with passion fruit and banana sorbet or crème brûlée with English strawberries.

The aesthetic for the interior of the restaurant is inspired by the Bauhaus abstract paintings of Stefa Hart's father, who trained in the famous Weimar design school in the 1920s. The very comfortable wool fabric seating, together with the crisp white linen and rich American cherry of the floor and tables, gives the main dining room both warmth and sophistication.

Hart's restaurant could be described as a bright, uncluttered stage set for the enjoyment of very good food and first class service. They have a sound wine list with plenty of choice in the £15 to £30 price bracket. More information can be gleaned from their excellent Website.

They also opened Hart's Hotel in 2003, it is Nottingham's first purpose built boutique hotel and winners of the Good Hotel Guide 'City Hotel of the Year' for the UK and Ireland in 2007. Light pours into all of the 30 bedrooms and two suites, and the majority of guest rooms boast spectacular views of the city below. Beds are decked with Egyptian cotton bed linen and goose down pillows and duvets. All rooms have en suite bathrooms and state-of-the-art communications technology offered by few hotels in London.