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7   

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7   

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7   

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6   

Value for money

7   

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  Guinea Pig
  May 2017
  
  8 people found this review helpful

  Poor menu for coach party

  
  I was part of a small coach party [17] staying for 3 nights and quite a few, myself included, were unhappy overall with standard of treatment we received. On arrival there was no information given to the party on the coach, such as procedures and meal times. Consequently, no-one was told that we were all meant to dine together at a designated time and those that arrived when the dining room opened were kept waiting.
  
  On the first night there was butter on the table but when we asked for bread rolls we were told that this had not been allowed for for our party [so why was there butter?!!]
  We did get the rolls eventually.
  
  The size of some of the food portions were very poor for a main meal. A roast dinner was twice the size of my meal of a tiny piece of salmon with a minute portion of vegetables. All the meals seemed to be bulked up with excessive potato [cheaper] and virtually non-existant vegetables. A roast dinner had mash and roast potatoes but a desert-spoon size of cabbage leaves with a skinny carrot and parsnip, and no extra vegetables available when asked for.
  
  One meal I had was supposed to be chicken skewers and there was one small skewer with 3 small bits of meat and 2 small vegetable chunks, a few rocket leaves and a small cup of chips. The meat on the skewer was dried up. Meals for other people included tough gamom and runny cottage pie.
  
  Some of the staff could have smiled a bit!
  
  Menu choice was quite limited with a lot of items repeated on other days. This, I assume, was a menu just for our party. I find it hard to believe that this would be the quality and quantity offered to full paying quests.
  
  The self-service breakfasts were good, with a large choice.
  
  
  

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  Brian Lilley
  February 2016
  
  15 people found this review helpful

  excellent hotel

  Fabulous food and excellent staff

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Lytton's Restaurant at Mercure Letchworth Hall Hotel Sample Menu

FOR DINNER

Lytton's fixed price menu @ £30.00 three courses per person,
A selection of our menu changes daily, our team will be pleased to explain chefs evening choices **

The evening Soup (v) **

Rose of melon, Maynard's champagne sorbet, red berry salad (v)

Pulled ham hock terrine, grain mustard, spiced apple, gherkins, pickled vegetables, ciabatta toast

Potted smoked mackerel, potato and fresh horseradish salad, pea shoots

Thirty six hour cold smoked salmon, red onion, caper berries, lemon oil,
cracked black pepper, rye crackers £5 supplement

Roasted beetroot, rosemary and thyme, crumbled wobbly bottom goats cheese, sour dough croutons, cider vinegar dressing (v) £3 supplement

Tempura tiger prawns, sweet chilli and coriander dipping sauce, Asian slaw £3 supplement

Chopped free range chicken salad, baby gem, vine tomato, spring onion, peas
and broad beans with mustard dressing £3 supplement



Chef's choice of the Fishermans daily catch, always fresh, we do not freeze, **
Lytton's ethically sourced roast, free range, outdoor reared, always British,
traditional accompaniments, seasonal vegetables, potatoes **

Roasted free range chicken supreme, cave aged emmental cheese and smoked bacon risotto

Rigatoni arrabiata, "Angry Pasta" rich tomato, garl ic and Norfolk grown chilli ragout, basil leaves, crunchy breadcrumbs (v)

Seared Scottish salmon supreme, wilted greens, potato crush, chive butter sauce

Escalope of English rose veal holstein, fried free range duck egg, anchovies, capers, crushed potatoes, French bean bundle £8 supplement

"Slow cooked" Blythburgh real free range pork belly, lemon , rosemary, garlic marinade, colcannon, sticky shallot gravy, apple sauce, £4 supplement

Spinach, green bean, pea and ricotta risotto, cherry tomato and torn basil salad (v) £3 supplement

Twenty eight day aged pure nature rib eye, watercress, portabella mushroom, roasted plum vine tomato, hand cut chips, truffle mayonnaise £8 supplement

Lytton's classic "entrecote au poive" prime pure nature sirloin steak, crushed black peppercorns, rich red wine syrup and a hint of garlic, shoe string fry's, green salad £10 supplement


Side Dishes
Hand cut chips
Onion rings in beer batter
House salad
New potatoes
Seasonal greens
£3.95

Sauces
Peppercorn
Caramelised onion
Melting blue cheese
£3.50

Puddings
"Remember the past" back to school pudding, sweet chantilly cream,
vanilla custard sauce or Maynard's ice cream **

Vanilla crème brulee, sugar crust, shortbread biscuits

Fresh fruit salad, clotted cream and Tiptree honey syrup

Oreo cookies and cream cheesecake, cherries in kirsch, chantilly cream

The classic and adventurous flavours of Carole Maynard's bespoke ice creams,
sorbets and yogurt ices £2 supplement

British cheeses from the Country Fresh "Good Food Cellar", spelt crackers, quince jelly, celery, grapes £2.50 supplement

Maynard's ice cream sundae, broken meringue, toasted almonds, whipped cream, fresh fruit, berries, fruit purees £2 supplement

Warm chocolate brownie, (gluten free) warm chocolate sauce,
clotted cream, £2.50 supplement
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Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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