The Elderflower Restaurant
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Inspector comments
"Impeccable ingredients handled with skill and precision."
Overview
On a cobbled street by Lymington quayside, Andrew and Marjolaine Du Bourg’s Elderflower Restaurant has heaps of old-world charm but the stripped-back interior is more in tune with the modern European cooking. Tasting menus of well-balanced dishes deliver real depth of flavour, starting with punchy game parfait with crab apple jelly, fig chutney and toasted brioche. Given the waterside spot, the catch of the day is always a good bet, as in a mixed grill of sea-fresh bass, prawn, mussels, saffron, Isle of Wight Tomato rice and salsa verde butter. To finish, a divine apple crumble soufflé with apple compôte, granola crumb, calvados custard and thyme and cardamon ice cream.
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Ratings & awards
3 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
Our inspector loves...
Picturesque setting - Quayside location on cobbled pedestrian street.
Grade II listed - Low black beams, bay windows and old-world charm.
Modern cooking - Using the best local and seasonal produce.
Friendly team - Relaxed and attentive service.
Good wine list - A small and considered list of high quality wines.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Facilities
- Seats: 40
- Food and Drink
- Wines under £30: 52
About the area
Hampshire’s varied landscape of hills and heaths, downlands and forests, valleys and coast are without rival in southern England. Hike across the chalk downland of the north Hampshire ‘highlands’, meander along peaceful paths through unspoilt river valleys of the Test, Itchen, Avon and Meon, or explore the lonely salt marshes and the beautiful medieval forest and heathland of the New Forest
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