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Elstow in generalNewest Review: ... there for a 'first date' and although I hardly ate anything due to - nerves/excitement/he drove us there in his Mazzerati and I thought he was the best thing since sliced bread - I did eat enough to report on the food!! :-) The wine list went from basic Poilly Fume whites Cote de Rhone reds priced at £10 a bottle to a dessert wine priced at over £3,000. But even at those prices the place was not pretentious and no one looked through their noses at us. We had a mid priced red wine at £24 which I drank too much of (nerves) and helped me decide at that point I was falling in love...... For a starter I had a mushroom risotto whi... more |
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by - written on 23/05/01 (Very useful, 2909 readings)
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St Helenas is a small and intimate restaurant just outside Bedford in the village of Elstow. Junction 13 of the M1 and twenty minutes later you are in Elstow. Having gone past the ugly towers spewing waste gases on the local landfill site your mind isn't on the delights of a sumptous meal but when you drive through the gates of this small manor house it's all forgotten. The restaurant is just like the type of house you would have seen on Pride and Predudice (but on a smaller scale) with the hall full of beautiful pottery in old glass cabinets. The tables are set in small groups in medium sized rooms so there is no uniformity to the seating, no ... Read the complete review
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