Malvern Hills
L'amuse Bouche

L'amuse Bouche

51 Graham Road, WR14 2HU, Malvern Hills, United Kingdom

Steak • Vegan • British • European


"Started off brilliantly, warm friendly reception and very attentive service. Drinks were prompt and very good and the decor and setting is absolutely lovely. We had the Sunday lunch menu and both had the smoked salmon starter which was beautifully presented and very nice. Then the Sunday roasts arrived and things went south rather quickly. I had the ‘best of both’ with both beef and pork which sadly omitted both apple sauce and stuffing, despite being described as ‘with all the trimmings’. My wife had the roast beef, which bizarrely was served with both apple sauce and the black pudding stuffing from the roast pork option. Clearly whomever was plating up wasn’t very attentive. Whilst the meats and roast potatoes were good, sadly the rest of it was rather tasteless. The vegetables were bland and needed seasoning; both the parsnips and Yorkshire pudding appeared to have been cooked much earlier in the day and then warmed up the Yorkshire pudding in particular was dry and tasteless. Equally, the gravy, whilst plentiful was watery and had no depth of flavour and the cauliflower cheese sauce was not cheesy in the slightest. If I were judging this meal as an average pub roast I’d have given it 3 stars, but bearing in mind both the premium price and the expectation set of ‘Malvern’s finest dining experience’ it certainly wasn’t food wise, so sadly only 2 stars. We can only assume that their Sunday roasts are not reflective of their usual standards and we will return to try a weekday evening meal fingers crossed…"

Pembroke House

Pembroke House

Cross Street, Malvern Hills, United Kingdom, WR15 8EF

Meat • Steak • Cheese • British


"Had to recognise the efforts of this lovely establishment today. We grabbed a last minute table at the end of lunch. Couldn’t fault a thing. We received a warm friendly welcome and our starter’s arrived at a nice pace so we didn’t feel rushed at all. I had the king Prawns in a curried batter with mango chutney and salad. It was delicious, other half had the garlic mushrooms with bacon bits that came with a generous amount of toast on the side…. Yummy! Little touches like the butter on the tables are things I love. I loathe it when you a just given packets of butter. For our mains once I’d seen the person opposite with the prawn sandwich and chips I knew I would regret it if I had anything else and it didn’t disappoint. Filled with lots of prawns in a Marie Rose sauce on the freshest softest bread. Again my other half had the Seafood Linguine and loved it. Nice sauce and plenty of it, lots of mussels, prawns, king Prawns even smoked haddock! Oh and chef put these lovely little flower buds in that packed a lovely onion pouch.Tasted just like the Italians do it! Whilst we were sat there every dish that came out looked fantastic… we saw the sea bass with new potatoes, the pie, all looked great. We just kept saying .. why don’t we come here more often? We did the same last time and I still remember how tasty the smoked haddock lasagna with asparagus was. I forgot to mention the chips which were also fab… homemade just like Nan used to make. We shared the chocolate and peanut cheesecake which was off the charts. Honestly this place is great.. lovely staff, great chef (who we were told never gives herself enough credit) she’s very talented and understands flavours and food combinations. Chef you are EPIC. Great atmosphere, mix ox people and very reasonable. We have eaten at Michelin rated places that haven’t been as good! See You All Soon"