Mr Underhills

Mr Underhill’s – Ludlow’s only Michelin Starred restaurant with rooms

We had dinner here, on Sunday 17th April 2011. Here's the menu …

- Marinated cuquillo olives + 'cheese with no name' gougeres
- Cones of marinated smoked salmon
- Garden sorrel velouté with crème fraiche ice cream
- Duck liver custard '10+sweetcorn cream + lemongrass glaze
- Risotto of Bridgnorth asparagus with a white miso, lemon & thyme dressing
- Slow roasted fillet of Mortimer Forest venison & venison jus + gin & orange vinaigrette
+ roasted roots with pear & celeriac purée + smoked baked potato mash
- Rhubarb sponge with custard ice cream
- Choice from dessert menu or platter of speciality cheeses
- Coffee & petits fours


Here's a review

... ***** It’s a pretty good way to celebrate a 30th anniversary . . . On January 12, Mr Underhills learned that it had been voted the best restaurant in the UK, writes Andy Richardson. Yes, that’s right, the best. To avoid any confusion, the publishers of Harden’s Guide 2010 even published a list of runners-up. It read like a list of restaurant Oscars. In at two was the awesome Gidleigh Park, in Devon; the triple Michelin-starred Waterside Inn, at Berkshire was next; Marcus Wareing at The Berkley, in London was fourth while Raymond Blanc’s temple to gastronomy, Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, in Oxfordshire, was fifth. Northcote, Lucknam Park and other notables featured in the list. It was a seminal moment; as significant for Ludlow as the day, 10 years earlier, when the town had launched itself as the gourmet capital of rural Britain by winning three Michelin stars and a bib gourmand. Proprietors Chris and Judy Bradley took it in their stride. Instead of champagne corks popping, the audible response was a pledge to work harder, not rest on laurels, make improvements and aim even higher. So did they remain true to their word? The answer, following a recent visit, is a resounding yes.I’ve eaten at Mr Underhills over the past 10 years and the dinner we ate in April was, by some distance, the best. The flavours were harmonious, the service reliable and sophisticated and the dining room aspirational. I spend much of my time meeting knowledgeable producers, cooks and others involved in the industry. When people ask me where to eat in Shrewsbury or some other town, I give them the same answer: Mr Underhills. But that’s not in Shrewsbury, they say. Then drive . . . It is so far ahead of the competition you have to wonder whether they’ll ever catch up. It seems the restaurant has a band of dedicated locals but – importantly for Ludlow’s economy – has even more visitors from around the UK. The dining room, every night, is filled with a food-savvy cognoscenti enthralled by the talents of the Bradleys. After a refreshing glass of champagne on the restaurant terrace, overlooking Dinham Weir, we took to the dining room. Read more: http://www.shropshirestar.com/lifestyle/2010/04/26/restaurant-review-mr-underhills-dinham-weir-ludlow-sy8-1eh/#ixzz1JtxCsyeX