Adam Reid at The French

A phenomenal destination dining experience. 12 varied and inspired courses, ranging from a sublime pork cold cuts with apricot brushed bread, to the best prepared venison I’ve ever eaten. Service was effortless. Neither intrusive, nor inattentive. Worthy of at Michelin Star.

I have no words. Well I have actually…
Best meal this year.
Michelin guide needs to get their act together. From the bread, ham. Salmon. Scallops. Everything was top notch. Great place to go for a special occasion or celebration. Chef came for a chat too. All round a fantastic way to celebrate our anniversary! And, what has to be
#mcrsfinest dining room. Loved it!

Excellent place to eat. Great Northen Cuisine. Set 9 courses men, well proportioned to enjoy from start to end
Cosy atmosphere. Perfect for a date night!

First dining experience for quite some time. Located in the Midland Hotel, this restaurant provided a wonderful succession procession of tastes, flavours and textures.

Mid week and not so busy but the staff were attentive and helpful.

Done a few tasting menus over the years and this was one of the more expensive but was well worth it. No complaints. Highlights were the scallops with blood orange, and the rhubarb dessert.

Excellent!

I don’t usually go back to the same “fine dining” type restaurant twice, or if I do it’s after a few years, but this week it was the second time I visited the French in just over a year, which should be saying something already.

It was refreshing to see that the signature menu had changed enough to make this second visit a brand new experience, while not changing enough to make the restaurant unrecognisable from the one we first experienced and loved – and the current menu offers in my opinion more showstoppers than the already excellent previous one did.

Staff are extremely attentive, very personable, and very comfortable talking about their own personal preferences with diners as if on the same “culinary level” as them. Adam Reid himself has been around both times we’ve been and is a pleasure to interact with.

The setting being the Midland hotel also obviously adds to the experience, but staff do a very good job not to make it all feel overly formal. And we always leave full, which is not always to be taken for granted!

All in all, better than many more celebrated (and starred) restaurants I’ve been to and will definitely be going back soon once again