World Service
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World Service Summary
- Address: Newdigate House, Castle Gate, Nottingham, NG1 6AF (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)115 847 5587
- E-mail: N/A
- Website: Go to the World Service website
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- Cuisine(s): Modern British, Fusion
- Opening Times:
Mon - Sat: 12:00 - 14:00 19:00 - 22:00
Sun: 12:00 - 14:30 19:00 - 21:00 - Avg Price: £50.00
- Reservations: Book this restaurant online
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)
World Service Description
Executive Chef/Proprietor Chris Elson, who used to be at Hambleton Hall and Hart's, brings his expertise from both to bear at World Service, where the ambience is oriental but the food in the main leans slightly more towards Europe than the Pacific. He uses first-class ingredients to produce such eclectic gems as Japanese-styled seared tuna with pickled ginger and white radish salad or crispy monkfish in honeyed breadcrumbs, curried fruit and coconut sauce; the execution of these dishes is also aided by Head Chef Preston Walker, also ex-Hambleton and Hart's.
The bar is quite a local destination now, concentrating on offering a wide range of wines by the glass, spirits from every nation imaginable and their own speciality cocktails, all offered in a richly different setting.
Those who knew the Nottingham United Services Club may be surprised to hear that it has consolidated on the upper floors of its elegant Georgian house, leaving World Service to set up on the ground floor, where it quickly earned its award of Nottinghamshire Newcomer of the Year.
There is a choice of three separate dining areas, two of which are also available for private hire; their lunch menu, which changes daily, represents excellent value whilst still remaining an inventive as the rest of their food.
Amongst the menus, which vary according to the time of the year, is a wide variety of dishes that are designed to blend with the gracious interior of this extraordinary house, a real survival of the gracious city that went before.
Starters of smoked venison with fresh pear, soused beetroot and Manchega cheese, or home cured salmon with Teriyaki cheese, tuna lamb served pink with horseradish butterbeans and spicy tomato sauce, or simple dishes such as truffled potato soup with Parmesan biscuit, all pave the way for mains dishes that could include Korean glazed halibut with potato galette and sweet pepper coulis, baked cod with smoked bacon cabbage, fondant potato and a creamed lentil and parsley sauce, and riscossa and cauliflower cheese with a poached hen's egg.
The side dishes sound equally compelling, green beans with shallot butter, braised red cabbage and home-made fries. Puddings of chocolate and toffee tart with a warm cookie and malt ice cream, or a raspberry crème brûlée accompanied by some very delicate shortbread make a gracious end to a meal prepared and served with impeccable taste.
Far more information can be gleaned from their Website, including very full details on their menus and huge choice of drinks.
They boast a masterful wine list with house wines from £14 and eight by the glass; all helping to increase the enjoyment derived from this smooth-running and promising relative newcomer, which gained the accolade of overall restaurant of the year in the Nottingham Restaurant Awards for a staggering four years out of five: 2003, 2004 and 2005 and 2007. They also have recognition from The Good Food Guide, and, at the end of 2006, they gained a second rosette from the AA.
Fixed Lunch
- £12 (2 courses) to £16.50 (3 courses), Mon - Sat, £17.50 (2 courses) to £22 (3 courses), Sun
Fixed Dinner
- £17.50 (2 courses) to £22 (3 courses), Sun
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Your Reviews of World Service
A Harris (3 February 2008)
My girlfriend and I visited World Service and chose the three-course lunch set menu. The surroundings of the restaurant inside were an excellent contrast to the drab modern exterior, although the bar area is a little too close to the diner's lap. The cocktails ordered were of excellent quality although over priced for Nottingham; the non-alcoholic mango espuna was excellent. We were moved to the restaurant in good time and were pleased with the service. The tomato and pepper soup was tasteful however, tough fish, not fresh, marred my smoked salmon with salad and beetroot pesto. The Pollack main with risotto and butter sauce was excellent. However, our dessert - the crème brule with some kind of biscuit was appalling - the sugar was burnt, warm and the brule was of similar temperature.
Andy (17 January 2008)
My girlfriend has always praised World Service as one of the best restaurants she as been to, so I had to find out for myself. As soon as my girlfriend and I walked in, we were given a royal welcome. The food was the best, as was the service. We went back a second time, but this time it was even more special because I proposed to my girlfriend there.
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Additional Info for World Service
Children welcome
Groups allowed
Air conditioning
Outside seating
Reservations
Cover Charge
- House red: £14.00
- House white: £14.00
- Service charge: 10% (optional)
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