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Menu Gordon Jones

Somerset, Bath - Modern British - Restaurant - ££££

Surprise tasting menus and a delightfully idiosyncratic vibe

Overall Rating: Very Good

Uniqueness:Does the establishment stand out in the context of the local area? Very Good

Deliciousness:How delicious is the food? Very Good

Warmth:How warm is the service and the hospitality in general? Very Good

Strength of recommendation:How enthusiastically and widely would you recommend the establishment? Very Good

Visitors heap praise on this ‘delightfully individual’ boutique restaurant – the kind of place that ‘leaves you feeling you’ve had a special experience’. Don’t let the website’s monochrome picture of a dour Scottish chef or the ‘Great produce. No option’ policy give the wrong impression – dining here is great fun. Pumping music, outrageous decor (a large sign by the open kitchen reads ‘Live Sex Show’) and ‘imaginative dishes presented with enthusiasm and pride’ make it feel a bit like being at a supper club. That said, there's nothing amateur about Jones’s cooking, which fuses Indian spicing with top-drawer British ingredients across eight inventive courses, starting with a bag of warm home-baked sourdough served alongside Bloody Mary butter and Jerusalem artichoke syrup. Dining here requires a leap of faith: there’s no menu and there are no substitutions (vegetarians and those with ...

Visitors heap praise on this ‘delightfully individual’ boutique restaurant – the kind of place that ‘leaves you feeling you’ve had a special experience’. Don’t let the website’s monochrome picture of a dour Scottish chef or the ‘Great produce. No option’ policy give the wrong impression – dining here is great fun. Pumping music, outrageous decor (a large sign by the open kitchen reads ‘Live Sex Show’) and ‘imaginative dishes presented with enthusiasm and pride’ make it feel a bit like being at a supper club.

That said, there's nothing amateur about Jones’s cooking, which fuses Indian spicing with top-drawer British ingredients across eight inventive courses, starting with a bag of warm home-baked sourdough served alongside Bloody Mary butter and Jerusalem artichoke syrup.

Dining here requires a leap of faith: there’s no menu and there are no substitutions (vegetarians and those with food intolerances must go elsewhere). For omnivores, however, many delights await: say, an espresso cup of extraordinarily rich and velvety mousse, flavoured with chicken of the woods mushrooms (foraged, pickled and dried by Jones) and accompanied by a bite-size vegetable bhaji under a snowdrift of Parmesan. Or how about perfectly cooked tandoori monkfish in a curried cream with apple matchsticks, roast parsnip and toasted pumpkin seeds? Meat could be rose veal with gravy and a comforting but pokey horseradish mash stippled with tiny diced cucumber and candied artichoke.

Puddings range from schoolroom to very grown up, as in a warm apple and medjool date cake in a pool of miso caramel with sea buckthorn sorbet and a sabayon of San Zeno dessert wine. If you don’t opt for the wine flights, choice by the glass is limited but the sommelier will see you right. Service is friendly and personal. You won’t want to leave.

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VENUE DETAILS

2 Wellsway
Bath
Somerset
BA2 3AQ GB

01225 480871

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