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Pink Geranium Summary
- Address: 25 Station Road, Melbourn, SG8 6DX (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)1763 260215
- E-mail: N/A
- Cuisine(s): French, Modern British, Modern European
- Opening Times:
Tues - Sat: 12:00 - 14:30 19:00 - 21:30 - Avg Price: £45.00
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)
Pink Geranium Description
The Pink Geranium started life as two cottages sometime in the 16th Century. In 1942 Marjorie Barnes started a tearoom, initially serving servicemen and women during and after the Second World War. The Pink Geranium became synonymous with the finer points in life and to this day it remains a special place in the heart of Melbourn.
The Pink Geranium became famous when Prince Charles named it as his favourite restaurant. In 1987 Steven and Sally Saunders bought The Pink Geranium and continued the traditions of the previous incumbents by enhancing its reputation with their own unique style.
In 1991 The Pink Geranium suffered a devastating fire and it took nine months to restore the restaurant to its former glory. Since then The Pink Geranium has been acknowledged as "One of Britain's finest" by national press and food guides alike. Egon Ronay quotes it as "one of Britain's prettiest restaurants". The Pink Geranium has been the subject of many features in magazines such as Homes & Garden, Country Homes & Interiors, The Cambridgeshire Journal, and appeared in Vogue Magazine and The Mail on Sunday's YOU Magazine.
It has also has been voted "Prettiest Restaurant in East Anglia" by The East Anglia Business Journal. In 2002, for the third consecutive year, the restaurant was awarded 3 AA rosettes, putting The Pink Geranium within the top 10% of restaurants in the country, according to the 'AA Best Restaurant Guide'.
So The Pink Geranium lives on, albeit with a somewhat refined décor and jazz has replaced the classical music of hitherto. Modern British cooking produces a range of dishes to suit all tastes and pockets.
From the well-priced lunch menu to the five course tasting menu, quality and flavour shine through. Couple this with the new owner's attention to detail and warm friendly welcome, and become aware that quality eating has seldom been so enjoyable.
Their food could be described as being the sort that you really want to eat, tempting but familiar with a slight twist, typical starters might be cauliflower soup with herb creme frâiche; marinated salmon,watercress salad, shallot dressing or salad of poached egg, smoked bacon and garlic crouton.
Followed by rib eye steak, stacking potatoes, oven dried plum tomato wild mushroom cream; duck leg confit, crushed new potatoes, confit carrot or haddock fillet, egg noodles sesame wilted vegetable.
Leave room for their puddings, as how could you possibly resist sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch sauce; lemon pannacotta, strawberry mousse or Cropwell Bishop stilton with celery and grapes.
An extensive wine list caters for all preferences and pockets and the staff members are always happy to advise and surprise.
Fixed Lunch
- £16.50 (2 courses) to £21.50 (3 courses), Mon to Sat, £24.50
Fixed Dinner
- £21.50 (2 courses) to £27.50 (3 courses)
Your Reviews of Pink Geranium
Robert Mead (23 September 2007)
It was our first visit to the Pink Geranium since its renovation and new ownership, which we didn't know about, so it was a big surprise. We liked the face lift and the only thing that seemed to be lacking was customers. Two people were dining when we arrived, there was nobody in the bar/lounge and another table of four turned up later. Needless to say, the food and service were excellent and we will certainly be returning.
Danielle Taylor (18 February 2007)
We booked a table at the Pink Geranium for my partner’s birthday. As there were nine of us in our party we were offered the private dining room. We arrived at 8.30pm and were shown straight to our table; the restaurant was impressive, with its contemporary furniture, oak beams and crisp white linen.
After being seated our drink orders were taken, but the service was a bit on the slow side and we had quite a wait for our drinks to arrive, however this was soon forgotten when the canapés arrived along with homemade bacon and blue cheese, lemon thyme, and plain warm bread rolls!
The menu was good and had some nice ingredients, however my starter of sweetcorn velouté with crab tortellini and foie gras butter was not what I expected (a bowl of soup with one piece of tortellini) and was so rich I couldn't finish it, however other members in the party had the scallops, and others the chicken roulade and were pleased with their choices. On to the main courses which were somewhat of a disappointment, I had the saddle of lamb, although perfectly cooked it was so small, and served with so much pureed spinach not even the biggest spinach lover could of eaten it all, for £23 my main course didn’t even come with any form of potato and we were not offered any side dishes of potato or vegetables, it was just lamb, spinach and a few slices of carrots and courgettes on top!
The desserts were good but nothing out of this world.
On the whole I think for a restaurant charging Michelin starred prices the food was average and got the impression that maybe the chef is trying to be too adventurous by combining flavours that just don’t work. I feel their neighbouring restaurant the Sheene Mill offers better value for money.
All in all the staff were very friendly and considering we were sitting upstairs in the private dining room away from the main restaurant were always there to top up our glasses.
I would go back to the Pink Geranium as it was far from a bad experience, but I would like to see slightly more food on plates for the main courses and an option to have extra vegetables (side dishes).
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Additional Info for Pink Geranium
Children welcome- Groups allowed
Air conditioning
- Outside seating
- Reservations
- Cover Charge
- House red: N/A
- House white: £12.50
- Service charge: 10% (optional), credit card slips closed
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