La Popote Restaurant

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1. Gong Cheng ★★☆☆☆

   We booked this restaurant based on its Michelin and TripAdvisor recommendations, hoping for a special birthday celebration. Unfortunately, the experience fell completely flat. We were struck by how quiet it was—only one other table was occupied. The "birthday surprise" did little to lift the mood, feeling rushed with no candle, atmosphere, or even a name on the plate. The food was a letdown. Excessive saltiness dominated every dish, masking the natural flavors and creating a disjointed, even bitter, experience. Service was mixed. While staff were attentive in some ways, we were unpleasantly surprised to find a charge for the cheese plate we weren't clearly told was an add-on. By the end of the night, the mystery of the empty dining room was solved. Our experience perfectly explained the lack of crowd. It's clear why this place isn't busier. We won't be returning.

   almost 2 months ago
2. nick barber ★★☆☆☆

   My husband asked to go to LA POPOTE for his birthday as he had seen it mentioned on the Michelin review. We went and had the seven course tasting menu. I must say that the service was impeccable. The waiter so was attentive, although as there was only myself my husband and two other people in the entire restaurant that probably wasn’t a taxing shift for him. The only thing that let the meal down was… the food. We started with Bread and butter, the butter was salted butter and didn’t have a particularly creamy flavour. It was an average butter on some Bread. Next an amuse-bouche, it was a cauliflower and blue cheese concoction although you couldn’t taste the blue cheese due to the overwhelming saltines of the dish. The parsley oil was an interesting touch, but it appeared that the chefs rule was when in doubt salt it out. Next we had the scallop dish the scallops were cooked reasonably well, not the best I’ve had, but okay. The sauce however had chunks of cucumber and apple in a honey mustardy sauce and all of those flavours completely overwhelmed the taste of the scallops, in my humble opinion if you order a scallop dish, you should probably be able to taste the scallops and not have it drowned out by some strange French interpretation of McDonald’s burger sauce. The rabbit came next again the meat had been cooked in a way so it fell apart with the slightest touch, very tender, but the sauce had more salt in it than a Scotsman‘s porridge!!! Next in our culinary journey was the monkfish again the meat was cooked well, but the pumpkin seem to be un ripe and cremated on one side and once again the sauce had more salt in it than the dead sea. We had requested the venison instead of the beef. We then later discovered this was the wrong decision. I don’t know how he managed to make a beautiful piece of venison meat taste like liver but he did. The slice of quince or at least that what we think it was, was also cremated on one side and the thin crisps of I don’t know what that was rested above the black pudding just tasted burnt and oily. To be fair, the desserts that we had and the additional cheeseboard were nice the bowl that the mango sorbet was delivered in annoyed me because it kept rolling over and wouldn’t stand upright which that is more a case of form over function, and considering that the Tonka bean is banned in America for its toxicity, it didn’t really add much to the chocolate desert either. Then the thing they do to show that it is a birthday meal instead of just a normal fleecing, is they present you with a plate that has happy birthday written in chocolate and two small cubes of brown jelly. Unfortunately, that is the only adjectives I have for the cubes brown in colour and rolled in sugar I am not a chef, but I do know that a fine dining plate should allow the ingredients to dance together to create a harmonious mouth experience and I get the distinct impression that this chef has recently lost his sense of taste.

   almost 2 months ago
3. Mark Thompson ★★★★★

   Really nice little casual fine dining restaurant. Cosy place, good attentive service and excellent food. The gravadlax starter was very refreshing and the chicken vol au vent tasty. The The roast dinners were good and my pork chop with tempura corn was outstanding very well cooked. Desserts were tasty as well, a good example of Tiramisu and great cherry bakewell. Enjoyed the experience, would like to try the tasting menu next time, not cheap but worth it for high quality food.

   almost 4 months ago

1. Nidtima Maroengsit ★★★★★

   I really enjoyed my visit at Lunch time. The food was delicious and perfectly cooked, with great attention to flavor and presentation. The atmosphere was cozy and welcoming, making it a lovely place to relax and enjoy a meal. Prices were reasonable for the quality, so it felt like very good value. I’d definitely recommend.

   almost 5 months ago
2. Af ★★★★★

   Lovely setting and atmosphere. We went here before we went to Jodrell Bank! We enjoyed our mains very much (this was at a supplementary charge to the set menu charges but this is obvious when looking at the menu), the mains were worth the additional charge. The chips were buttery and melt in your mouth. The starters - were not my favourite due to them being on the colder side but that’s a personal preference.

   almost 8 months ago
3. yulka V ★★★★★

   We had the 7-course tasting menu & it was amazing. Everything was cooked perfectly. The staff were very friendly & accommodating.

   almost 3 years ago

1. KRYSTIAN ★★★★☆

   Great food, exceptional flavours, but for what you are paying service should have been next level, lost a star just for that level of detail, took ages to receive our wine and some people got what looked like sorbet at the end of their food but we didn’t, service was disjointed. It was also very hot in the restaurant to the point I couldn’t wait to leave. Our table for two was in the middle of two large tables, so was very loud, I do feel that the small tables should have been placed together to make it feel more romantic.

   almost 3 years ago
2. Steve Holmes ★★★★★

   Amazing experience and fine dining all in one place, friendly staff and a small select menu for a different meal experience. The food was lovely and surprisingly filling, tried a few things we have never seen, squid ink and tonka been ice cream etc. If you are after a romantic night for 2 and have plenty of spare cash it is worth a try.

   almost 4 years ago
3. Jenny Meyah ★★★★★

   +The fillet beef was perfect! +Delicious chocolate desert. +Staff were attentive and friendly. +Nicely decorated. -The trout starter wasn't for me -Felt a little cramped with other guests in the one room they placed everyone. Overall excellent experience. High quality fine dinning in the heart of Cheshire.

   almost 4 years ago

1. Natasha Philip ★★★★★

   Can't rave about this place enough! My husband booked it for my birthday and we decided to go for the 7 course tasting menu, of which every course was delicious. The staff were so friendly and helpful, and the outside dining area is so quaint and peaceful. Definitely a new favourite of mine and we will 100% be returning!

   almost 4 years ago

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