Olive Tree Restaurant at the Queensberry Hotel
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"Exquisitely presented and inventive cooking in Regency splendour."
Overview
Spreading its stylish wings across the basements of the magnificent Georgian townhouses that comprise the boutique hotel above, the Olive Tree Restaurant at the Queensberry Hotel is a refined and relaxed space combining period character with clean-lined contemporary simplicity. Head chef Chris Cleghorn takes a flexible approach with a range of innovative and thoughtfully constructed set menus and tasting menus – from two courses to seven, with vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian and dairy-free versions also available, all built on top-class seasonal ingredients. Among an array of inventive, well-balanced dishes, lobster barbecued over Japanese binchotan charcoal is matched with layered celeriac pavé, black truffle, and lobster velouté infused with verbena berry, followed by loin of Cornbury Park venison stuffed with black pudding and served with fermented and puréed carrot, fennel seeds and roasted quince. A final flourish comes courtesy of warm fondant chocolate topped with a crisp croquant disk and matched with superb Manni olive oil and 50-year-old balsamic.
Ratings & awards
4 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
AA Notable Wine List
Our inspector loves...
Magnificent Georgian Townhouse - Built for the 8th Marquess of Queensbury in 1771
Modern British Cooking - Highly seasonal and inventive cooking in the Olive Tree Restaurant
Range of Menus - Tasting menus and a la carte options available
Polished Service - Attentive, friendly and knowledgeable team
Great Wine List - Eclectic international selection of well chosen wines.
Features
- Facilities
- Seats: 42
- Private dining available
- Food and Drink
- Wines under £30: 2
- Wines over £30: 202
Also at this location
Hotel
The Queensberry Hotel
AA 4 Red Star Award: Inspector's Choice
4-Rosette restaurant
Breakfast Award
Green Tourism Silver
- Family rooms
- Lift
- Outdoor parking
- Wi-Fi
About the area
Somerset remains rural and unspoiled, and ever popular areas to visit are the limestone and red sandstone Mendip Hills rising to over 1,000 feet, and by complete contrast, to the south and southwest, the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Another popular spot, the Quantocks, once the haunt of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth, are noted for their gentle slopes, heather-covered moorland expanses and red deer
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Self-Catering
Russel Street Apartment
- Total units: 1
- Washing machine
- Sky or freeview
- Linens provided
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