Gidleigh Park - Chagford

We were given a full tea as a joint birthday present and it was a wonderful experience! My husband isn’t easily impressed, but he was won over by the beautiful Edwardian house and grounds and the fab food and Darjeeling tea. The staff were friendly but unobtrusive -just right. We’ve told all our friends about our lovely afternoon.

Gidleigh Park is a country house located in a wooden wally in Devon. It is quite hard to reach the place on a very narrow road, which is very beautiful, but apparently during the winter larger cars can’t even get there. Gidleigh Park houses a two-Michelin star restaurant with Michael Caines as the main chef (the restaurant was recently voted number 1 restaurant in the UK by the Harden’s Sunday Times Food List 2014). Gidleigh Park also has bedrooms (apparently all individual in style and design) and you can stay there for the night and then wonder in the gardens of the estate, which I saw some people doing when I was there. I was visiting Devon and my boyfriend chose Gidleigh Park for lunch on a Sunday and we took the long and narrow road to Gidleigh Park. The inside of the house was very old and had a lot of charm. It had eclectic art and antiques and different style rooms, the lounge had different tables, chairs and the bar was done up in a completely different style. Gidleigh Park showcased British charm and elegance. You could chose to have their signature sample menu for £140/ person, but instead we went for the much cheaper version, their lunch set menu for £44/ person for 3 courses (you could also have 4 courses for £57). Also note choosing dishes a la carte would set you back £115, so the lunch menu seems like the cheapest way how to enjoy Gidleigh Park. We did not have any wine, but apparently thy have an amazing wine cellar. The three course lunch menu included a small appetizer, a starter and a main course and you could choose from one of the 3 starters and one of the 3 main courses. Our appetizer was “goat’s cheese foam with beetroot jelly, candied walnuts and granny smith apple”, but as my boyfriend does not like goats’ cheese he had a tuna tartar as his appetizer which actually looked better than my appetizer. I was not to

I was lucky to have been taken to gidleigh for the 40th birthday. from beginning to end, the visit was exquisite. the staff were exceptionally attentive, the hotel is wonderfully decorated and full of character. our room had a magnificent view over the picturesque garden and the jacuzzi was beautiful! the eating. the eating! gidleigh park has been eating on my bucket list for years, and there is always the risk that the building up of such high expectations leads to disappointment. it has surpassed everything I hoped. the 10-speed cut-off menu was very well thought out and just tasted divine, I would recommend the accompanying weinflug also with every paired glass perfectly to compromise the court. many thanks to the cooking team and the staff for wonderful eating and staying and for my perfect wife, family and friends to make it possible.

For the afternoon after gidleigh. it was worth every penny. it was really lovely and it was nice to feel full and not like so many other places where they feel torn off with the lack of food. the personal was exceptionally helpful without being on them. really relaxing and highly recommended.

Sublime, absolutely sublime. the finest meal I've ever eaten, or will eat, probably. such love for detail in every element. so beautiful to see, as inventively presented and the aromen were from this world. the personal was also exceptional. professional, friendly, but friendly and not sniffing at all. Yes, it's expensive, but, my goodness, what an experience.