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milsoms Summary

  • Cuisine(s): International
  • Opening Times: Mon - Sun: 07:00 - 10:30 (breakfast) 12:00 -14:15 18:00 - 21:15 (21:45 Fri & Sat)
  • Avg Price: £40.00
  • Party Planner: Group bookings & Party planner
 

(Avg Price is the average cost per person for two courses, coffee, half a bottle of house wine and tip/service)

milsoms Description

milsoms essexNever let it be said that Dedham only caters for the upper end of the eating-out market. Now those with shallower pockets can enjoy themselves at milsoms which, in itself has two approaches, one with scrubbed wooden tables, the other, a raised area with classy leather seats.

milsoms is a Victorian house built in 1850 and was bought by Dorothy and Arthur Milsom in 1959. They ran it until 1981 when their late son, Gerald, transformed it into the terrace restaurant and rooms. It was then sold to the Royal Insurance Company who built onto it and ran it as a training centre. In February 2001, the family bought it back and transformed it into milsoms, which is now run by Gerald's son Paul, milsoms, together with the nearby Maison Talbooth, brings a total of 24 rooms in the Dedham area. Their bedrooms are stylish en-suite, thoroughly comfortable rooms, with crisp white linen, duvets and fluffy towels. All are equipped with a mini bar, satellite television and tea making facilities.

The busy bar and brasserie is very much the heartbeat of milsoms. Its informal environment, contemporary design, good cooking and sensible prices ensure an enviable local following. As one of their customers put it, "This is just what we have been waiting for." milsoms is open throughout the day; making it an ideal venue to meet friends or entertain business clients for breakfast, lunch, dinner or maybe just a relaxing glass of wine at the end of a busy day.

They have adopted an interesting approach to the menu, traditional dishes have been preserved (as well as uplifted) so fish and chips appears alongside more sophisticated offerings, great pain is taken to ensure that ingredients are fresh and sound. Their starters are innovative and could include the likes of wok fried pork with water chestnuts and crisp leaves, stuffed cow horn pepper with aubergine biryani, cucumber and nut yoghurt and open baked mussels with spinach, bacon and parmesan.

They have a novel section, entitled 'caught in the middle', where many of them - labelled ample or generous - can be taken as a starter or main course, for instance, corn fed chicken breast with forester sauce, garlic and parsley mash or the tasty Greek lamb burger with hummus, tzatziki and skinny fries. Do look out for the slow braised British lamb shank with butterbeans, garlic and rosemary or even the pave of farm assured norwegian cod, woked chorizo, leek and olive.

However, you have to save room for their appealing puddings. It is good to see banana split deluxe, baileys ice cream and crème Chantilly on the menu in these egalitarian days, with other desserts including triple chocolate brownie, honeycomb ice cream and fudge sauce; orange pannacotta, rhubarb compote and ginger tuille biscuit.

A sensible and appealing wine list offers a large choice for reasonable prices and an impressive number of wines across the range are available by the glass. If you are looking for more details of their private dining room, bedrooms, menus and wine list, it is all to be found on their Website.


Your Reviews of milsoms

Geri Allen (6 August 2007)

We eat here on a regular basis - with family, friends or as a couple. It (and has always been - since the day it had been opened) is one of the nicest eateries in the area offering a great location, a lively but relaxed atmosphere and surprisingly competitive menu prices that compete with good quality pubs! I must say that I was surprised to read a bad review having eaten here so many times. I always left having enjoyed the location and atmosphere (To qualify, I eat out far too much!). Try or you're missing out! Oh, it is great for outside eating (in sunshine or rain) as the patio area is covered and very well heated.

Mrs Jane Cole (25 March 2006)

It was a beautiful March day and we went for lunch as a surprise for a friends birthday and we couldn't have enjoyed ourselves more. We sat outside with the gas heaters on, the gardens are glorious and the atmosphere very welcoming. You are given a notepad and pencil to make your order, which was a novel idea, it also meant that when we ordered our sweets we were able to write a note to the chef, thanking him for the most "divine food". We all had a different starter, each one presented lovely, our main course was simply sensational, I had cornfed chicken on a bruchetta with goats cheese and red onion, our sweets were mouth watering and as our friend put it, "so lovely in the mouth you didn't want to swallow as the texture and sensations were wonderful”. We finished with coffee, having had the house champagne and bottled water for drinks. Milsoms is a fantastic restaurant, very good, friendly staff, divine food, a higher compliment we cannot give as it was the best meal out any of us have had. Worth a visit.

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Additional Info for milsoms

  • Yes Children welcome
  • Yes Groups allowed
  • Yes Air conditioning
  • Yes Outside seating
  • No Reservations
  • No Cover Charge
  • House red: £11.95
  • House white: £11.95
  • Service charge: Not included
 
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