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Restaurant Reviews

A curated collection of honest, unfiltered reviews from my dining experiences — from hidden gems to headline spots. Come hungry.

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Sunday Lunch at The Blind Bull: A Delightful Peak District Reward

heylollyNovember 8, 2026October 23, 2026

HEY LOLLY / PEAK DISTRICT / RESTAURANT REVIEWS Sunday Lunch at The Blind Bull after a ten-kilometre walk in the Peak District. Little Hucklow, Derbyshire …

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Cloud 23 Manchester Review: Drinks Above the City

heylollyNovember 6, 2026October 26, 2026

Hey Lolly / Manchester weekend / Cocktails This Cloud 23 Manchester review begins with a £50 window-seat booking and ends with a rather convincing argument …

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Caravan Manchester: Not Your Average Sunday Brunch

heylollyOctober 30, 2026October 22, 2026

A Sunday brunch at Caravan Manchester, with Korean-style fried chicken, generous plates of smoked salmon and eggs, excellent espresso and a few small reservations. My verdict: 7.5/10.

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Savoy Grill Pre-Theatre Menu Review: Dinner Before the Curtain

heylollyOctober 27, 2026October 22, 2026

A girls’ weekend in London, dinner at the iconic Savoy Grill and tickets to Moulin Rouge! From exceptional cooking to Art Deco glamour, here’s my Savoy Grill pre-theatre menu review and whether the experience lived up to its reputation.

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Harrods Afternoon Tea Review: Is It Worth It?

heylollyOctober 25, 2026October 21, 2026

Hey Lolly  /  London  /  The Review Worth making an afternoon of. Chandeliers, beautiful patisserie and a little old-fashioned indulgence. My Harrods afternoon tea review …

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Wolds Wine Estate Review: Breakfast Among the Vines

heylollyUpdated on October 21, 2026October 21, 2026

Breakfast with a vineyard view? Yes, please. We visited Wolds Wine Estate in the Nottinghamshire countryside for a leisurely morning among the vines. From Eggs Royale and a proper Full English to excellent service, here’s why this charming spot earned a strong 8/10 from Hey Lolly.

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The Plough Inn Normanton on the Wolds Review of Sunday Lunch

heylollyOctober 18, 2026October 16, 2026

A glorious pub garden, beautiful Sunday roasts and fresh mint sauce worth remembering. My review of The Plough in Normanton on the Wolds, from the starters and desserts to the excellent mains, with a few honest observations along the way.

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Ezra & Gil Manchester Review: Breakfast Worth Getting Up For?

heylollyUpdated on October 13, 2026October 13, 2026

HEY LOLLY / MANCHESTER / RESTAURANT REVIEWS My Ezra & Gil Manchester review: an exceptionally photogenic breakfast, but does it live up to the queue? …

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Michelin Sunday Lunch at Galvin La Chapelle in Spitalfields

heylollyUpdated on October 12, 2026October 12, 2026

Hey Lolly — Galvin La Chapelle HEY LOLLY / LONDON / RESTAURANT REVIEWS Sunday lunch atGalvin La Chapelle A magnificent room. A leisurely lunch.A few …

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The Martins Arms Colston Bassett Review

heylollyMay 31, 2026May 30, 2026

Restaurant Review · Vale of Belvoir The Martins Arms Colston Bassett Review: A Sunday Lunch Worth Travelling For The Martins Arms Colston Bassett review starts, …

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Time for a little dish & tell. 🍷🥧🐷 Pig’s head, b Time for a little dish & tell. 🍷🥧🐷 

Pig’s head, braised ox cheek… buttery greens. Tell me November’s arrived without telling me November’s arrived.

There’s a lot to love about Winsome. A kitchen in full flight, a dining room with an electric buzz and staff who seem genuinely delighted to have you there.

It’s a rather cool setting for a menu that makes absolutely no concessions. Rich, gutsy British cooking, it will positively encourage you to take a second glass of red and makes the onset of November seem considerably more appealing.

The terrine? Excellent.

The ox cheek pie? Everything you’d hope for beneath that golden crust.

And the madeleines? Well they have been occupying an unreasonable amount of my thoughts ever since… 

A very good reason to be in Manchester. As if one needed another.

📍 Winsome, Manchester
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I have 47 ideas for dinner until somebody actually I have 47 ideas for dinner until somebody actually asks me what I fancy. Then suddenly I’ve never eaten a meal in my life. 🤷‍♀️

Fortunately, past me was considerably more organised and actually wrote a few things down.

So here’s a little inspiration from the Hey Lolly recipe archives. All tried, tested and absolutely worth making again.

Recipes over on heylolly.co.uk 🍋

I’ll still spend twenty minutes deciding, obviously... 

#DinnerInspiration #HomeCookingIdeas #WhatToCookTonight #EasyRecipesatHome #HeyLolly
Another day, another unnecessary amount of burrata Another day, another unnecessary amount of burrata. 💁🏼‍♀️

This time, with cheat’s sun-dried tomatoes (an hour in the oven, considerably less Mediterranean sunshine required), homemade pistachio pesto and a golden, lemony basil crumb.

A little taste of Puglia, courtesy of a British postcode and a fairly enthusiastic approach to olive oil.

Glug generously 😏

#BurrataRecipe #MediterraneanRecipes #SundriedTomatoes #PistachioPesto #HeyLolly
🍂 1 November. We have a peculiar habit of keeping 🍂 1 November.

We have a peculiar habit of keeping things ‘for best’. The beautiful ceramics stay in a cupboard, the linen is saved for guests, and the candlesticks only seem to clock in when December arrives.

I’ve never quite seen the sense in it. An ordinary lunch is as good an occasion as any. And that, broadly speaking, is the spirit of November on Hey Lolly.

There’s going to be a bit more Mediterranean cooking for colder days, quite a lot of butter beans, roasted vegetables and, inevitably, more burrata... 

There will be a few more reviews, alongside some new places and discoveries worth sharing. And since November apparently makes discussing Christmas socially acceptable, I’m turning my attention to the festive table. Think beautiful ceramics, thoughtful little finds and food made for lunches that have absolutely no intention of ending on time.

My Mediterranean Christmas table edit will be published shortly, with plenty more seasonal inspiration to come.

Delicious and easy food to make at home, interesting places to visit and a reminder to stop saving the nice things for special occasions.

The good plates are coming out. 🤎

Lolly x 🕯️

#MediterraneanRecipes #AutumnRecipes #SeasonalCooking #ChristmasTableDecor #HeyLolly
🫒 I thought it was about time I introduced myself 🫒 I thought it was about time I introduced myself properly.

Hello, I'm Lolly. Whether you've just found your way here or you've been following for a while, a very warm welcome.

My granny Sybil (God bless her soul) and my wonderful mum have a lot to answer for. By the age of ten, I had a meticulously organised collection of rollodexed recipes and grand dinner-party ambitions rather beyond my years. Weekends were spent poring over recipes, trying my hand at whatever I could and helping my mum prepare for parties I took every bit as seriously as the grown-ups did. 

These days, food still occupies a considerable amount of my thoughts. I simply love to cook, discovering wonderful restaurants and travelling to places where the food is just as inviting as the scenery.

My cooking has a Mediterranean leaning, although I'm easily distracted by a good ingredient, an interesting menu or something I've eaten on my travels that I can't wait to recreate at home.

Hey Lolly is also my creative outlet, bringing together my love of photography, food styling and writing. I take great pleasure in getting a photograph just right, but finding the words is every bit as satisfying.

I could tell you the pasta was excellent, or insist you try the fish dish I've been making at home. But then I'd want to tell you about the Sicilian market that inspired dinner or the table setting bought back from Tuscany. Food is invariably the starting point, but there's usually a much bigger story unfolding around it. And that's the bit I love putting into words.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you'll find something delicious to cook, somewhere lovely to visit and plenty of reasons to come back.

Lolly 🍋

#FoodBloggerUK #FoodieTravel #HeyLolly #FoodAndTravel #MediterraneanRecipes
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