Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category
March 4th, 2009
With two colleagues, I dined in the Brasserie of the new Malmaison Hotel on Station Road, Reading. I arrived in the main entrance hall around 8pm and the reception desk was busy with guests checking in. Mailmaison is a luxury boutique hotel brand and they seemed to have done a good job in transforming the Great [...]
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February 5th, 2009
I returned to Pepe Sale Restaurant on Queens Walk in Reading last night with two colleagues for dinner. I had visited this restaurant on two previous occasions in 2007 and enjoyed both so was hoping for the same quality of food and level of service.
We arrived around 7.30pm and were greeted at the door by [...]
February 5th, 2009
Having finished work on Wednesday with two colleagues I set off for a spot of dinner at a restaurant in Reading. On our way we stopped for a pint at the Allied Arms on St Marys Butts in Reading. A strange name I thought for a location, but as I learnt more about Reading from [...]
February 5th, 2009
For reasons that are still unclear, I found myself having a spot of lunch at the Monks’ Retreat on Friar Street in Reading last Wednesday. Along with two colleagues, I arrived at just after 1pm and the place was very busy indeed. The clientele were predominantly elderly, unemployed or strangely confused looking (I fell into [...]
February 5th, 2009
Tuesday gone had me dining with a colleague at the Royal Tandoori Restaurant, part of the Royal County Hotel on Duke Street in Reading. From the outside window looking in, it didn’t particularly appeal; what with the plastic table covers and paper napkins, but at around 8pm with the snow falling at the treacherous street [...]
January 29th, 2009
Having complete dinner at a nearby restaurant last night, with a colleague I went to the Island Bar and Restaurant on Pipers Island near Caversham Bridge in Reading. The place was near empty except for a couple and the bar man. The place has clearly been renovated and is actually very stylish. It has both [...]
January 28th, 2009
Described on their website as offering fine dining, I found myself at the Riverside Restaurant on Caversham Road in Reading this evening having dinner with a colleague. It was ideally located for me as the restaurant is just along the river from the Crowne Plaza hotel where I am staying at the moment.
We arrived at [...]
January 28th, 2009
I have a bit of a weakness for KFC and as I took a stroll at lunch time today around Reading I came across the KFC on Broad Street. After navigating the very slippy pavements and pedestrian shopping areas in Reading I was tempted by the three piece meal. As I entered though, I could [...]