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Nottingham's
restaurant
scene has improved immeasurably in the last five years. French and Mediterranean cuisine are in vogue at present, but the Asian places continue to prosper. In the last couple of years,
cafAŠs
have sprung up all over the city centre. Almost without exception, they've adopted the same formula - angular and ultra-modern furnishings and fittings and a wide range of bottled beers. A few offer tasty, broadly Mediterranean food as well.
Bentons Bar Brasserie corner of Heathcote and Lower Parliament streets. Pleasant cafAŠ-bar offering tasty dishes from an imaginative menu - salads and pastas through to steaks. Inexpensive. Petit Paris 2 Kings Walk, off Upper Parliament Street, near the Theatre Royal tel 0115/947 3767. Arguably the best restaurant of its type in town, offering delicious bistro-style French cuisine in neat and informal surroundings. Moderate. La Cappanna 596 Mansfield Rd tel 0115/985 7411. Outstanding, family-run Italian restaurant with all the usual dishes plus a great line in seafood - the mussels are, so some locals say, the best in England. The regular menu is supplemented by daily specials. The decor is very ordinary, but don't let that put you off. It's located a mile or so north of the city centre. Moderate. Pizza Express 20 King St tel 0115/952 9095. Fashionable pizza and pasta spot serving the chain's usual delicious pizzas. There's another branch at 24 Goose Gate, Hockley tel 0115/912 7888. Moderate. Saagar Tandoori Restaurant 473 Mansfield Rd tel 0115/962 2014. Excellent Indian restaurant, a mile or so north of the city centre. The decor is very homely - you feel as if you're in someone's living room - but it's a very popular spot with locals. Moderate. Shaw's 20 Broad St tel 0115/9500009. Smashing mid-range restaurant in an old, imaginatively converted store with a restaurant in the basement and an agreeable bar upstairs. The menu is lively and creative and the daily specials are first-rate. Wax CafAŠ Bar 27 Broad St. Amongst the city's burgeoning band of cafAŠ-bars, this is one of the trendiest. The food here is good - all light Mediterranean dishes at very reasonable prices. Inexpensive.
World Service
Newdigate House, Castle Gate tel 0115/847 5587. Chic restaurant with bags of flair in charming premises up near the Castle. An international menu done with imagination. Expensive. Other useful information
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