The St Helena, Bedford
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The St Helena, Bedford
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Beautiful Setting, Good Service But Only Average Food
We visited the St Helena for our wedding anniversary after a recommendation - and first impressions were excellent.
The restaurant is in a beautiful house and it feels very warm and cosy as you enter through the lovely grounds (past the restaurant dogs)
The interior was lovely, really what you'd hope for and expect in a fine dining restaurant
I had high hopes at this point.
The staff were excellent, friendly, efficient and welcoming.
The food arriving was the only real let down of this restaurant - but its a pretty big let down.
It wasn't dreadful, it wasn't even what I'd call bad, but it was just ordinary which was such a shame as all the other elements came together beautifully.
There was nothing that really sparkled in the dishes we had, it was all good, solid grub - but none of the dishes you'd remember, talk about later or yearn for again - it was simply 'OK'.
It felt like they had all the ingredients for a Michelin star quality restaurant in place, but just hadn't quite got enough flair or panache in the kitchen.
What a shame.
That said, its reasonably priced, is a really quaint place and the service was great, so I wouldn't say don't go - but just be aware that the food isn't the main pull.
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I Must Recommend A Most Wondeful Restaurant Vsit T
I must recommend a most wondeful restaurant vsit to all whom enjoy fine cuisine and ambience alike, our recent visit was once again truly enjoyable from booking to eating from fine wine to good service, the beef St helena main course (myself) and the Skate dish , chosen by my wife Denise was tasty, well presented and most of all delicious, the Gervey martin was not bad either!
If you are a historian and know off Pilgrim'e progress, then you may be interested to learn that John Bunyan lived in a cottage on the site in circa 1655, publicised recently by Terry Waite of coursde.
May I recommend a special occassion visit to St Helena's or even if you just feel like a fine evening and great papmpering alike!
Thank you Raff, Frank and team, please keep up the good work.
Johnny & Denise McGirl
Bedford
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